The women's pole vault competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 21–24 August. The winning margin was 16cm.
Competition format The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. Athletes start with a qualifying round. Jumping in turn, each athlete attempts to achieve the qualifying height. If they fail at three jumps in a row, they are eliminated. After a successful jump, they receive three more attempts to achieve the next height. Once all jumps have been completed, all athletes who have achieved the qualifying height go through to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieve the qualifying standard, the best 12 athletes go through. Cleared heights reset for the final, which followed the same format until all athletes fail three consecutive jumps.
Schedule
All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2) Date Time RoundSaturday, 21 August 2004 19:00QualificationTuesday, 24 August 2004 20:55Final
Records Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
The following record was established during the competition:
Date Event Name Nationality Result Record 24 August Final Yelena Isinbayeva 4.91 m
Results
Qualifying round Rule: Qualifying standard 4.45 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
Rank Group Name Nationality 3.804.004.154.304.404.45Result Notes 1 A Monika Pyrek - - o o x- o 4.45 Q 2 A Pavla Hamáčková - - o xxo - xo 4.45 Q, SB 3 B Anna Rogowska - - xo o - xxo 4.45 Q 4 A Svetlana Feofanova - - - - o - 4.40 q 4 B Kateřina Baďurová - o o o o - 4.40 q 4 B Dana Cervantes - - o o o - 4.40 q 4 B Yelena Isinbayeva - - - - o - 4.40 q 8 A Naroa Agirre - o xo o o - 4.40 q 8 B Dana Ellis - - o xo o - 4.40 q 10 B Þórey Edda Elísdóttir - - xo xxo o - 4.40 q 11 B Vanessa Boslak - - o o xo - 4.40 q 12 B Alejandra García - xo o o xo - 4.40 q 13 A Anzhela Balakhonova - - - o xxo - 4.40 q 14 A Stephanie McCann - - o xo xxo - 4.40 q, =SB 15 B Silke Spiegelburg xo xo o o xxo - 4.40 q 16 B Kym Howe - o o o xxx 4.30 17 B Jillian Schwartz - - xxo o xxx 4.30 18 A Anastasiya Ivanova - - o xo xx 4.30 19 A Stacy Dragila - - - xo xxx 4.30 19 A Krisztina Molnár - o o xo xxx 4.30 19 A Yeoryia Tsiliggiri - o o xo xxx 4.30 22 B Carolin Hingst - - o xxo xxx 4.30 23 A Zhao Yingying - o xo xxo xxx 4.30 24 A Melina Hamilton - o o xxx 4.15 24 A Floé Kühnert - o o xxx 4.15 24 A Teja Melink o o o xxx 4.15 24 A Tanya Stefanova - o o xxx 4.15 24 A Kellie Suttle - - o xxx 4.15 24 B Anna Fitidou o o o xxx 4.15 24 B Nadine Rohr - o o xxx 4.15 24 B Gao Shuying - o o xxx 4.15 32 B Takayo Kondo - o xxo xxx 4.15 33 A Carolina Torres - xo xxx 4.00 =SB 34 A Marie Poissonnier - xxo xxx 4.00 B Afroditi Skafida xxx
Final
Rank Name Nationality 4.004.204.404.554.654.70 4.754.804.854.904.91Result Notes Yelena Isinbayeva - - o o o x- x- o o - o 4.91 Svetlana Feofanova - - o o o o xo x- x- x 4.75 Anna Rogowska - o o xxo o o xxx 4.70 Monika Pyrek - o o o xxx 4.55 Þórey Edda Elísdóttir - o xxo xo xx- x 4.55 Vanessa Boslak - o o xxx 4.40 Naroa Agirre o o o xxx 4.40 Dana Ellis - o o xxx 4.40 Anzhela Balakhonova - o o xxx 4.40 10 Stephanie McCann - xo o xxx 4.40 =SB 11 Pavla Hamáčková o o xxo xxx 4.40 12 Kateřina Baďurová o xo xxx 4.20 13 Silke Spiegelburg o xxo xxx 4.20 13 Alejandra García o xxo xxx 4.20 Dana Cervantes - xxx
References
External links Official Olympic Report