1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault

The women's pole vault event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9. It was the first time that this event was contested by women at the World Indoor Championships.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeStacy DragilaEmma GeorgeCai Weiyan

Results

Qualification Qualification: 4.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.Qualification results

Rank Group Athlete Nationality 3.50 3.70 3.90 4.00 4.10 Result Notes 1 A Daniela Bártová – o o – o 4.10 Q 1 B Emma George – – – o o 4.10 Q 3 A Sun Caiyun – o xo xxo o 4.10 Q 4 A Svetlana Abramova – – xo o xo 4.10 Q 5 A Eszter Szemerédi – – o o xxx 4.00 q 5 B Cai Weiyan – o o o – 4.00 q 7 B Anzhela Balakhonova – – xo o x– 4.00 q 7 B Stacy Dragila – o xo o – 4.00 q 9 A Amandine Homo – o xxo o xxx 4.00 q, =NR 9 B Maria Carla Bresciani – xo xo o x– 4.00 q, NR 11 A Vala Flosadóttir – o o xo xxx 4.00 q 12 B Zsuzsanna Szabó – o o xxx 3.90 q 13 B Yelena Belyakova – xxo o xxx 3.90 14 A Gabriela Mihalcea – o xo xxx 3.90 14 B Sophie Zubiolo o o xo xxx 3.90 =NR 16 A Sabine Schulte xo o xxo xxx 3.90 16 B Rhian Clarke xo o xxo xxx 3.90 =NR 18 A Doris Auer o o xxx 3.70 18 A Janine Whitlock o o xxx 3.70 18 B Šárka Mládková – o xxx 3.70 21 B Dana Cervantes xo o xxx 3.70 22 A Melissa Price – xo xxx 3.70 22 A Anita Tomulevski o xo xxx 3.70 22 B Cassandra Kelly o xo xxx 3.70 22 B Nicole Rieger – xo xxx 3.70 26 B Lynda Méziani xo xxo xxx 3.70 27 A Trista Bernier o xxx 3.50 A Alejandra García

Final Final results RankNameNationality3.703.904.004.104.204.254.304.354.404.45ResultNotes Stacy Dragila –oooxoooxxoxoxxx 4.40 WR Emma George ––o–o–xooxx–x 4.35 Cai Weiyan oooxoooxxooxxx 4.35 AR Sun Caiyun ooooox–xx 4.20 Daniela Bártová oo–xoxoxxx 4.20 Svetlana Abramova –xxo–oxxx 4.10 Eszter Szemerédi –o–xoxxx 4.10 Vala Flosadóttir oooxxx 4.00 Anzhela Balakhonova –oxoxxx 4.00 10 Amandine Homo ooxxx 3.90 11 Zsuzsanna Szabó xoxxx 3.70 Maria Carla Bresciani

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