2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's pole vault

The women's pole vault at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 15 and 17 July 2022.Timetable

Summary

Out of 15 finalists, 7 survived to 4.60m, 5 of them still with perfect rounds going. By 4.70m, only 5 got over the bar, Olympic Champion Katie Moon needing two attempts, and 2016 Olympic Champion Katerina Stefanidi making it on her third and last attempt. Only Sandi Morris remained perfect. At 4.80m, Tina Šutej, Stefanidi and Nageotte missed their first attempt, while Nina Kennedy and Morris made it on their first attempt, putting Kennedy in second place behind Morris. Nageotte made her second attempt, Stefanidi strategically passed to the next height and Šutej exhausted her attempts. At 4.85m, Nageotte made her first attempt to leap from third into the lead. Both Kennedy and Morris aborted their first attempts mid-air going under the bar, while Stefanidi missed. On her second attempt, Morris had a little brush on the way down, but the bar stayed up. Kennedy had a credible near miss at what would have been a new personal best. When Stefanidi went under the bar on her final attempt, she dropped back to her last clearance at 4.70m to finish behind Šutej in fifth place. Kennedy passed her third attempt for an all or nothing jump at 4.90m but couldn't hit her marks under the pressure, running under the bar still collecting the bronze. Nageotte and Morris each made their three attempts at 4.90m, Morris coming the closest on her second attempt, but the results reverted to their final clearances at 4.85m, with Nageotte confirming her gold from the Olympics.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record5.06 mZürich, Switzerland28 August 2009Championship record5.01 mHelsinki, Finland12 August 2005World Leading4.82 mEugene, United States24 June 2022African Record4.42 mWesel, Germany12 June 2000Asian Record4.72 mShanghai, China18 May 2019North, Central American and Caribbean record5.02 mAlbuquerque, United States2 March 2013South American Record4.87 mSao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil3 July 2016European Record5.06 mZürich, Switzerland28 August 2009Oceanian record4.94 mJockgrim, Germany17 July 2018

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 4.70 m.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date Time Round15 July 17:20 Qualification17 July 17:25 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 4.65 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).Qualification start list

Rank Group Name Nationality 4.20 4.35 4.50 4.60 4.65 Mark Notes 1 A Xu Huiqin – o o 4.50 q 1 A Katie Moon – – o 4.50 q 1 A Wilma Murto – o o 4.50 q 1 B Ninon Chapelle – o o 4.50 q 1 B Sandi Morris – – o 4.50 q 1 B Jacqueline Otchere o o o 4.50 q, 1 B Katerina Stefanidi – – o 4.50 q 1 B Nina Kennedy – – o 4.50 q 9 A Olivia McTaggart – o xo 4.50 q 10 A Margot Chevrier – o xxo 4.50 q 10 B Anicka Newell o o xxo 4.50 q, 12 A Tina Šutej – o xxx 4.35 q 12 A Li Ling o o xxx 4.35 q, 12 B Gabriela Leon o o xxx 4.35 q 12 B Angelica Moser – o xxx 4.35 q 16 A Maryna Kylypko o xo xxx 4.35 16 A Saga Andersson o xo xxx 4.35 16 A Alysha Newman – xo xxx 4.35 16 A Elisa Molinarolo o xo xxx 4.35 16 B Roberta Bruni – xo xxx 4.35 16 B Lisa Gunnarsson o xo xxx 4.35 22 A Eleni-Klaoudia Polak xo xo xxx 4.35 23 B Yana Hladiychuk o xxo xxx 4.35 24 A Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou xo xxo xxx 4.35 25 B Molly Caudery o xxx 4.20 26 A Amálie Švábíková xo xxx 4.20 26 B Elina Lampela xo xxx 4.20 26 B Niu Chunge xo xxx 4.20 A Holly Bradshaw – – r B Imogen Ayris xxx

Final The final was started on 17 July at 17:10.Final results

Rank Name Nationality 4.30 4.45 4.60 4.70 4.80 4.85 4.90 Mark Notes Katie Moon – o o xo xo o xxx 4.85 Sandi Morris – o o o o xo xxx 4.85 Nina Kennedy – xxo o o o xx- x 4.80 4 Tina Šutej o o xxo o xxx 4.70 5 Katerina Stefanidi – o o xxo x- xx 4.70 6 Li Ling o o o xxx 4.60 6 Wilma Murto o o o xxx 4.60 8 Angelica Moser o xxo o xxx 4.60 9 Anicka Newell o o xxx 4.45 10 Jacqueline Otchere xo o xxx 4.45 11 Ninon Chapelle xo o xxx 4.45 12 Gabriela Leon o xxx 4.30 13 Xu Huiqin xo xxx 4.30 Margot Chevrier – xxx Olivia McTaggart xxx

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