The women's pole vault competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held at the Olympic Stadium on 4–6 August.

In the qualifying round, the 12 competitors who cleared 4.55 went into the final. Non-qualifiers included junior record holder Angelica Bengtsson, former world record holder Svetlana Feofanova and reigning world champion Fabiana Murer.

Wind and rain made conditions difficult in the final. The gold medal was won by Jennifer Suhr who cleared 4.75, silver by Yarisley Silva who also cleared 4.75, but had one more missed attempt at a lower height and bronze by two-time reigning champion Yelena Isinbaeva who cleared 4.70.

Competition format The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete had three attempts at each height and was eliminated if they failed to clear any height. Athletes who successfully jumped the qualifying height moved on the final. If fewer than 12 reached that height, the best 12 moved on. Cleared heights reset for the final, which followed the same three-attempts-per-height format until all athletes reached a height they could not jump.

Schedule All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1) Date Time RoundSaturday, 4 August 2012 10:20QualificationsMonday, 6 August 2012 19:00Finals

Records , the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record5.06 mZürich, Switzerland28 August 2009Olympic record5.05 mBeijing, China18 August 20082012 World leading4.83 mChampaign, United States7 July 2012

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 4.60m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank Group Name Nationality 4.104.254.404.504.55Result Notes 1 B Yelena Isinbayeva – – – o o 4.55q 1 A Yarisley Silva – – – o o 4.55 q 1 A Jennifer Suhr – – – – o 4.55 q 4 A Lisa Ryzih – – o xo o 4.55q 5 B Anna Rogowska – – xo xo o 4.55q 6 B Silke Spiegelburg – – – o xo 4.55 q 7 A Holly Bleasdale – – xo o xo 4.55q 7 A Vanessa Boslak – o xo o xo 4.55q 7 A Martina Strutz – o o xo xo 4.55q 10 B Becky Holliday – xo xxo o xo 4.55 q 11 A Alana Boyd – o xxo xxo xo 4.55q 12 B Jiřina Ptáčníková – – xo xo xxo 4.55q 13 B Stélla-Iró Ledáki xxo o xo o xxx 4.50 14 B Fabiana Murer – – – xo xxx 4.50 15 B Lacy Janson – o o xxx 4.40 15 A Monika Pyrek – o o xxx 4.40 17 A Anastasiya Shvedova – xo o – xxx 4.40 18 A Jillian Schwartz o xxo o xxx 4.40 19 A Tomomi Abiko o o xxx 4.25 19 A Angelica Bengtsson – o xxx 4.25 19 B Mélanie Blouin o o xxx 4.25 19 B Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou – o xxx 4.25 19 A Tina Šutej o o xxx 4.25 24 A Katerina Stefanidi xo o xxx 4.25 25 B Nicole Büchler xxo o xxx 4.25 26 B Kate Dennison – xo xxx 4.25 26 B Nataliya Mazuryk – xo xxx 4.25 26 A Minna Nikkanen o xo xxx 4.25 26 A Anastasia Savchenko – xo xxx 4.25 30 A Li Ling – xxo xxx 4.25 31 A Choi Yun-Hee xo xxx 4.10 31 A Maria Leonor Tavares xo xxx 4.10 33 B Marion Lotout xxo xxx 4.10 33 A Ganna Shelekh xxo – xxx 4.10 B Dailis Caballero xxx NM B Svetlana Feofanova – – xx– x NM B Caroline Bonde Holm xxx NM B Liz Parnov xxx NM B Tori Pena xxx NM

Final Rank Name Nationality 4.304.454.554.654.704.754.80Result Notes Jennifer Suhr – – o – o xo xxx 4.75 Yarisley Silva – xo o o o xo xxx 4.75 =NR Yelena Isinbayeva – – x– o o xx– x 4.70 Silke Spiegelburg – – o o x– xx 4.65 Martina Strutz – xo o x– xx 4.55 Jiřina Ptáčníková o xxo xx– x 4.45 Lisa Ryzih – xxo xxx 4.45 Holly Bleasdale – xxo xxx 4.45 Becky Holliday xo xxo xxx 4.45 10 Vanessa Boslak xo xxx 4.30 11 Alana Boyd xxo xxx 4.30 Anna Rogowska – xxx

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