Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's pole vault

Women's pole vault at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	21–24 August
Competitors	35 from 22 nations
Winning height	4.91 m WR
Medalists
Yelena Isinbayeva   Russia   Svetlana Feofanova   Russia   Anna Rogowska   Poland

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races

The women's pole vault competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 21–24 August.^[1]

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.^[2]

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)	4.90 m	London, United Kingdom	30 July 2004
Olympic record	Stacy Dragila (USA)	4.60 m	Sydney, Australia	25 September 2000

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Result	Record
24 August	Final	Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia	4.91 m	WR

Results

Key

Qualifying round

Rule: Qualifying standard 4.45 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	3.80	4.00	4.15	4.30	4.40	4.45	Result	Notes
1	A	Monika Pyrek	Poland	-	-	o	o	x-	o	4.45	Q
2	A	Pavla Hamáčková	Czech Republic	-	-	o	xxo	-	xo	4.45	Q, SB
3	B	Anna Rogowska	Poland	-	-	xo	o	-	xxo	4.45	Q
4	A	Svetlana Feofanova	Russia	-	-	-	-	o	-	4.40	q
4	B	Kateřina Baďurová	Czech Republic	-	o	o	o	o	-	4.40	q
4	B	Dana Cervantes	Spain	-	-	o	o	o	-	4.40	q
4	B	Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia	-	-	-	-	o	-	4.40	q
8	A	Naroa Agirre	Spain	-	o	xo	o	o	-	4.40	q
8	B	Dana Ellis	Canada	-	-	o	xo	o	-	4.40	q
10	B	Þórey Edda Elísdóttir	Iceland	-	-	xo	xxo	o	-	4.40	q
11	B	Vanessa Boslak	France	-	-	o	o	xo	-	4.40	q
12	B	Alejandra García	Argentina	-	xo	o	o	xo	-	4.40	q
13	A	Anzhela Balakhonova	Ukraine	-	-	-	o	xxo	-	4.40	q
14	A	Stephanie McCann	Canada	-	-	o	xo	xxo	-	4.40	q, =SB
15	B	Silke Spiegelburg	Germany	xo	xo	o	o	xxo	-	4.40	q
16	B	Kym Howe	Australia	-	o	o	o	xxx		4.30
17	B	Jillian Schwartz	United States	-	-	xxo	o	xxx		4.30
18	A	Anastasiya Ivanova	Russia	-	-	o	xo	xx		4.30
19	A	Stacy Dragila	United States	-	-	-	xo	xxx		4.30
19	A	Krisztina Molnár	Hungary	-	o	o	xo	xxx		4.30
19	A	Yeoryia Tsiliggiri	Greece	-	o	o	xo	xxx		4.30
22	B	Carolin Hingst	Germany	-	-	o	xxo	xxx		4.30
23	A	Zhao Yingying	China	-	o	xo	xxo	xxx		4.30
24	A	Melina Hamilton	New Zealand	-	o	o	xxx			4.15
24	A	Floé Kühnert	Germany	-	o	o	xxx			4.15
24	A	Teja Melink	Slovenia	o	o	o	xxx			4.15
24	A	Tanya Stefanova	Bulgaria	-	o	o	xxx			4.15
24	A	Kellie Suttle	United States	-	-	o	xxx			4.15
24	B	Anna Fitidou	Cyprus	o	o	o	xxx			4.15
24	B	Nadine Rohr	Switzerland	-	o	o	xxx			4.15
24	B	Gao Shuying	China	-	o	o	xxx			4.15
32	B	Takayo Kondo	Japan	-	o	xxo	xxx			4.15
33	A	Carolina Torres	Chile	-	xo	xxx				4.00	=SB
34	A	Marie Poissonnier	France	-	xxo	xxx				4.00
99	B	Afroditi Skafida	Greece	xxx						0.00 !NM

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	4.00	4.20	4.40	4.55	4.65	4.70	4.75	4.80	4.85	4.90	4.91	Result	Notes
01 !	Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia	-	-	o	o	o	x-	x-	o	o	-	o	4.91	WR
02 !	Svetlana Feofanova	Russia	-	-	o	o	o	o	xo	x-	x-	x		4.75
03 !	Anna Rogowska	Poland	-	o	o	xxo	o	o	xxx					4.70
04 !4	Monika Pyrek	Poland	-	o	o	o	xxx							4.55
05 !5	Þórey Edda Elísdóttir	Iceland	-	o	xxo	xo	xx-	x						4.55
06 !6	Vanessa Boslak	France	-	o	o	xxx								4.40
06 !6	Naroa Agirre	Spain	o	o	o	xxx								4.40
06 !6	Dana Ellis	Canada	-	o	o	xxx								4.40
06 !6	Anzhela Balakhonova	Ukraine	-	o	o	xxx								4.40
10	Stephanie McCann	Canada	-	xo	o	xxx								4.40	=SB
11	Pavla Hamáčková	Czech Republic	o	o	xxo	xxx								4.40
12	Kateřina Baďurová	Czech Republic	o	xo	xxx									4.20
13	Silke Spiegelburg	Germany	o	xxo	xxx									4.20
13	Alejandra García	Argentina	o	xxo	xxx									4.20
99 !	Dana Cervantes	Spain	-	xxx										0.00 !NM

References

External links

• Official Olympic Report