1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault

1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Heptathlon	men
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The women's pole vault event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9.

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Stacy Dragila  United States	Emma George  Australia	Cai Weiyan  China

Results[]

Qualification[]

Qualification: 4.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.^[1]

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	3.50	3.70	3.90	4.00	4.10	Result	Notes
1	A	Daniela Bártová	Czech Republic	–	o	o	–	o	4.10	Q
1	B	Emma George	Australia	–	–	–	o	o	4.10	Q
3	A	Sun Caiyun	China	–	o	xo	xxo	o	4.10	Q
4	A		Russia	–	–	xo	o	xo	4.10	Q
5	A		Hungary	–	–	o	o	xxx	4.00	q
5	B	Cai Weiyan	China	–	o	o	o	–	4.00	q
7	B	Anzhela Balakhonova	Ukraine	–	–	xo	o	x–	4.00	q
7	B	Stacy Dragila	United States	–	o	xo	o	–	4.00	q
9	A	Amandine Homo	France	–	o	xxo	o	xxx	4.00	q, =NR
9	B	Maria Carla Bresciani	Italy	–	xo	xo	o	x–	4.00	q, NR
11	A	Vala Flosadóttir	Iceland	–	o	o	xo	xxx	4.00	q
12	B	Zsuzsanna Szabó	Hungary	–	o	o	xxx		3.90	q
13	B	Yelena Belyakova	Russia	–	xxo	o	xxx		3.90
14	A	Gabriela Mihalcea	Romania	–	o	xo	xxx		3.90
14	B		Belgium	o	o	xo	xxx		3.90	=NR
16	A		Germany	xo	o	xxo	xxx		3.90
16	B		Great Britain	xo	o	xxo	xxx		3.90	=NR
18	A	Doris Auer	Austria	o	o	xxx			3.70
18	A	Janine Whitlock	Great Britain	o	o	xxx			3.70
18	B		Czech Republic	–	o	xxx			3.70
21	B	Dana Cervantes	Spain	xo	o	xxx			3.70
22	A	Melissa Price	United States	–	xo	xxx			3.70
22	A	Anita Tomulevski	Norway	o	xo	xxx			3.70
22	B	Cassandra Kelly	New Zealand	o	xo	xxx			3.70
22	B	Nicole Rieger	Germany	–	xo	xxx			3.70
26	B		France	xo	xxo	xxx			3.70
27	A		Canada	o	xxx				3.50
	A	Alejandra García	Argentina						NM

Final[]

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	3.70	3.90	4.00	4.10	4.20	4.25	4.30	4.35	4.40	4.45	Result	Notes
	Stacy Dragila	United States	–	o	o	o	xo	o	o	xxo	xo	xxx	4.40	WR
	Emma George	Australia	–	–	o	–	o	–	xo	o	xx–	x	4.35
	Cai Weiyan	China	o	o	o	xo	o	o	xxo	o	xxx		4.35	AR
4	Sun Caiyun	China	o	o	o	o	o	x–	xx				4.20
5	Daniela Bártová	Czech Republic	o	o	–	xo	xo	xxx					4.20
6		Russia	–	xxo	–	o	xxx						4.10
7		Hungary	–	o	–	xo	xxx						4.10
8	Vala Flosadóttir	Iceland	o	o	o	xxx							4.00
9	Anzhela Balakhonova	Ukraine	–	o	xo	xxx							4.00
10	Amandine Homo	France	o	o	xxx								3.90
11	Zsuzsanna Szabó	Hungary	xo	xxx									3.70
	Maria Carla Bresciani	Italy											NM

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