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
<small>All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)</small>
{| class="wikitable"
! Date
! Time
! Round
|-
|Saturday, 21 August 2004 ||19:00||Qualification
|-
|style=background:lemonchiffon|Tuesday, 24 August 2004 ||style=background:lemonchiffon| 20:55||style=background:lemonchiffon|Final
|-
|}
Records
, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
! Date !! Event !! Name !! Nationality !! Result !! Record
|-
| 24 August || Final || align=left|Yelena Isinbayeva || align=left| || 4.91 m ||
|}
Results
Qualifying round
Rule: Qualifying standard 4.45 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Rank !! Group !! Name !! Nationality !! 3.80!!4.00!!4.15!!4.30!!4.40!!4.45!!Result !! Notes
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| 1 || A || align="left"| Monika Pyrek || align="left"| || - || - || o || o || x- || o || 4.45 || Q
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| 2 || A || align="left"| Pavla Hamáčková || align="left"| || - || - || o || xxo || - || xo || 4.45 || Q, SB
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| 3 || B || align="left"| Anna Rogowska || align="left"| || - || - || xo || o || - || xxo || 4.45 || Q
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 4 || A || align="left"| Svetlana Feofanova || align="left"| || - || - || - || - || o || - || 4.40 || q
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 4 || B || align="left"| Kateřina Baďurová || align="left"| || - || o || o || o || o || - || 4.40 || q
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 4 || B || align="left"| Dana Cervantes || align="left"| || - || - || o || o || o || - || 4.40 || q
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 4 || B || align="left"| Yelena Isinbayeva || align="left"| || - || - || - || - || o || - || 4.40 || q
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 8 || A || align="left"| Naroa Agirre || align="left"| || - || o || xo || o || o || - || 4.40 || q
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 8 || B || align="left"| Dana Ellis || align="left"| || - || - || o || xo || o || - || 4.40 || q
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 10 || B || align="left"| Þórey Edda Elísdóttir || align="left"| || - || - || xo || xxo || o || - || 4.40 || q
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 11 || B || align="left"| Vanessa Boslak || align="left"| || - || - || o || o || xo || - || 4.40 || q
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 12 || B || align="left"| Alejandra García || align="left"| || - || xo || o || o || xo || - || 4.40 || q
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 13 || A || align="left"| Anzhela Balakhonova || align="left"| || - || - || - || o || xxo || - || 4.40 || q
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 14 || A || align="left"| Stephanie McCann || align="left"| || - || - || o || xo || xxo || - || 4.40 || q, =SB
|-bgcolor=ddffdd
| 15 || B || align="left"| Silke Spiegelburg || align="left"| || xo || xo || o || o || xxo || - || 4.40 || q
|-
| 16 || B || align="left"| Kym Howe || align="left"| || - || o || o || o || xxx || || 4.30 ||
|-
| 17 || B || align="left"| Jillian Schwartz || align="left"| || - || - || xxo || o || xxx || || 4.30 ||
|-
| 18 || A || align="left"| Anastasiya Ivanova || align="left"| || - || - || o || xo || xx || || 4.30 ||
|-
| 19 || A || align="left"| Stacy Dragila || align="left"| || - || - || - || xo || xxx || || 4.30 ||
|-
| 19 || A || align="left"| Krisztina Molnár || align="left"| || - || o || o || xo || xxx || || 4.30 ||
|-
| 19 || A || align="left"| Yeoryia Tsiliggiri || align="left"| || - || o || o || xo || xxx || || 4.30 ||
|-
| 22 || B || align="left"| Carolin Hingst || align="left"| || - || - || o || xxo || xxx || || 4.30 ||
|-
| 23 || A || align="left"| Zhao Yingying || align="left"| || - || o || xo || xxo || xxx || || 4.30 ||
|-
| 24 || A || align="left"| Melina Hamilton || align="left"| || - || o || o || xxx || || || 4.15 ||
|-
| 24 || A || align="left"| Floé Kühnert || align="left"| || - || o || o || xxx || || || 4.15 ||
|-
| 24 || A || align="left"| Teja Melink || align="left"| || o || o || o || xxx || || || 4.15 ||
|-
| 24 || A || align="left"| Tanya Stefanova || align="left"| || - || o || o || xxx || || || 4.15 ||
|-
| 24 || A || align="left"| Kellie Suttle || align="left"| || - || - || o || xxx || || || 4.15 ||
|-
| 24 || B || align="left"| Anna Fitidou || align="left"| || o || o || o || xxx || || || 4.15 ||
|-
| 24 || B || align="left"| Nadine Rohr || align="left"| || - || o || o || xxx || || || 4.15 ||
|-
| 24 || B || align="left"| Gao Shuying || align="left"| || - || o || o || xxx || || || 4.15 ||
|-
| 32 || B || align="left"| Takayo Kondo || align="left"| || - || o || xxo || xxx || || || 4.15 ||
|-
| 33 || A || align="left"| Carolina Torres || align="left"| || - || xo || xxx || || || || 4.00 || =SB
|-
| 34 || A || align="left"| Marie Poissonnier || align="left"| || - || xxo || xxx || || || || 4.00 ||
|-
| || B || align="left"| Afroditi Skafida || align="left"| || xxx || || || || || || ||
|}
Final
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! 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
|-
| || align="left"| Yelena Isinbayeva || align="left"| || - || - || o || o || o || x- || x- || o || o || - || o || 4.91 ||
|-
| || align="left"| Svetlana Feofanova || align="left"| || - || - || o || o || o || o || xo || x- || x- || x || || 4.75 ||
|-
| || align="left"| Anna Rogowska || align="left"| || - || o || o || xxo || o || o || xxx || || || || || 4.70 ||
|-
| || align="left"| Monika Pyrek || align="left"| || - || o || o || o || xxx || || || || || || || 4.55 ||
|-
| || align="left"| Þórey Edda Elísdóttir || align="left"| || - || o || xxo || xo || xx- || x || || || || || || 4.55 ||
|-
| || align="left"| Vanessa Boslak || align="left"| || - || o || o || xxx || || || || || || || || 4.40 ||
|-
| || align="left"| Naroa Agirre || align="left"| || o || o || o || xxx || || || || || || || || 4.40 ||
|-
| || align="left"| Dana Ellis || align="left"| || - || o || o || xxx || || || || || || || || 4.40 ||
|-
| || align="left"| Anzhela Balakhonova || align="left"| || - || o || o || xxx || || || || || || || || 4.40 ||
|-
| 10 || align="left"| Stephanie McCann || align="left"| || - || xo || o || xxx || || || || || || || || 4.40 || =SB
|-
| 11 || align="left"| Pavla Hamáčková || align="left"| || o || o || xxo || xxx || || || || || || || || 4.40 ||
|-
| 12 || align="left"| Kateřina Baďurová || align="left"| || o || xo || xxx || || || || || || || || || 4.20 ||
|-
| 13 || align="left"| Silke Spiegelburg || align="left"| || o || xxo || xxx || || || || || || || || || 4.20 ||
|-
| 13 || align="left"| Alejandra García || align="left"| || o || xxo || xxx || || || || || || || || || 4.20 ||
|-
| || align="left"| Dana Cervantes || align="left"| || - || xxx || || || || || || || || || || ||
|}
References
External links
- Official Olympic Report