Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's pole vault
Women's pole vault at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 16 August 2008 (qualification) 18 August 2008 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 36 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning height | 5.05 m WR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's pole vault at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 16 and 18 at the Beijing National Stadium.[1]
The qualifying standards were 4.45 m (A standard) and 4.30 m (B standard).[2]
The final was won by Yelena Isinbayeva, who set a new world record height of 5.05 meters for the discipline.
During the finals, one of the poles which Brazilian Fabiana Murer would use disappeared, causing her to spend 10–15 minutes trying to get it back.[3] The lost time and having to use another pole led her to bad results. Murer complained about the organization,[4] and would only return to China 7 years later at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, this time winning a silver medal.[5]
Records[]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
World record | ![]() |
5.04 | Monaco, Monaco | 29 July 2008 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
4.91 | Athens, Greece | 24 August 2004 |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Height | Notes |
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18 August | Final | Yelena Isinbayeva | ![]() |
5.05 | WR |
Results[]
Key
- o = Height cleared
- x = Height failed
- – = Height passed
- r = Retired
- SB = Season's best
- PB = Personal best
- NR = National record
- AR = Area record
- OR = Olympic record
- WR = World record
- WL = World lead
- NM = No mark
- DNS = Did not start
- DQ = Disqualified
Qualifying round[]
Qualifying performance: 4.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 4.00 | 4.15 | 4.30 | 4.40 | 4.50 | 4.60 | Result | Notes[6] |
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1 | A | Yelena Isinbayeva | ![]() |
– | – | – | – | – | o | 4.60 | Q |
2 | B | Vanessa Boslak | ![]() |
– | o | o | o | o | – | 4.50 | q, =SB |
2 | A | Gao Shuying | ![]() |
– | – | o | o | o | – | 4.50 | q |
2 | B | Fabiana Murer | ![]() |
– | – | – | o | o | – | 4.50 | q |
2 | B | Jennifer Stuczynski | ![]() |
– | – | – | – | o | – | 4.50 | q |
6 | A | Svetlana Feofanova | ![]() |
– | – | – | xo | o | – | 4.50 | q |
6 | A | April Steiner Bennett | ![]() |
– | – | xo | o | o | – | 4.50 | q |
8 | A | Monika Pyrek | ![]() |
– | – | – | o | xo | – | 4.50 | q |
8 | B | Anna Rogowska | ![]() |
– | – | – | o | xo | – | 4.50 | q |
10 | B | Yuliya Golubchikova | ![]() |
– | – | o | xo | xo | – | 4.50 | q |
10 | A | Carolin Hingst | ![]() |
– | o | xo | o | xo | – | 4.50 | q |
12 | B | Silke Spiegelburg | ![]() |
– | – | xxo | o | xo | – | 4.50 | q |
13 | A | Naroa Agirre | ![]() |
o | o | o | xo | xxx | 4.40 | =SB | |
14 | A | Anastasija Reiberger | ![]() |
– | o | xo | xo | xxx | 4.40 | ||
15 | B | Kate Dennison | ![]() |
xo | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | 4.40 | =PB | |
16 | B | Alana Boyd | ![]() |
– | – | o | xxx | 4.30 | |||
16 | B | Roslinda Samsu | ![]() |
o | o | o | xxx | 4.30 | =SB | ||
18 | B | Kelsie Hendry | ![]() |
– | – | xo | xxx | 4.30 | |||
19 | A | Joanna Piwowarska | ![]() |
xo | o | xo | xxx | 4.30 | |||
19 | A | Afrodíti Skafída | ![]() |
– | xo | xo | xxx | 4.30 | |||
19 | A | Sandra-Helena Tavares | ![]() |
o | xo | xo | xxx | 4.30 | |||
22 | B | Nicole Büchler | ![]() |
xxo | o | xxo | xxx | 4.30 | |||
23 | A | Marion Buisson | ![]() |
o | o | xx | 4.15 | ||||
23 | B | Thórey Edda Elisdóttir | ![]() |
– | o | xxx | 4.15 | ||||
25 | B | Zhou Yang | ![]() |
xo | o | xxx | 4.15 | ||||
26 | B | Krisztina Molnár | ![]() |
xxo | o | xxx | 4.15 | ||||
27 | A | Natalya Kushch | ![]() |
– | xxo | – | xxx | 4.15 | |||
27 | B | Nikoléta Kiriakopoúlou | ![]() |
– | xxo | xxx | 4.15 | ||||
27 | A | Li Ling | ![]() |
– | xxo | xxx | 4.15 | ||||
27 | A | Yarisley Silva | ![]() |
– | xxo | xxx | 4.15 | ||||
31 | A | Alejandra García | ![]() |
xxo | xxo | xxx | 4.15 | ||||
32 | A | Leila Ben Youssef | ![]() |
xo | xxx | 4.00 | |||||
32 | A | Vanessa Vandy | ![]() |
xo | xxx | 4.00 | |||||
34 | B | Anna Fitídou | ![]() |
xxo | xxx | 4.00 | |||||
B | Kateřina Baďurová | ![]() |
xxx | NM | |||||||
B | Erica Bartolina | ![]() |
– | – | xxx | NM |
WR – World Record / =SB – Equal Season Best / PB – Personal Best / SB – Season Best
Final[]
The final was held on August 18.
Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.30 | 4.45 | 4.55 | 4.65 | 4.70 | 4.75 | 4.80 | 4.85 | 4.90 | 4.95 | 5.00 | 5.05 | Result | Notes[7] |
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Yelena Isinbayeva | ![]() |
– | – | – | – | o | – | – | o | – | xxo | – | xxo | 5.05 | WR |
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Jennifer Stuczynski | ![]() |
– | – | o | – | o | xo | o | – | xxx | 4.80 | ||||
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Svetlana Feofanova | ![]() |
– | o | o | xo | – | o | xxx | 4.75 | SB | |||||
4 | Yulia Golubchikova | ![]() |
– | o | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | 4.75 | PB | |||||
5 | Monika Pyrek | ![]() |
– | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 4.70 | |||||||
6 | Carolin Hingst | ![]() |
o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 4.65 | SB | |||||||
7 | Silke Spiegelburg | ![]() |
o | xo | o | xxo | xxx | 4.65 | ||||||||
8 | April Steiner Bennett | ![]() |
o | o | o | xxx | 4.55 | |||||||||
9 | Vanessa Boslak | ![]() |
o | o | xo | xxx | 4.55 | SB | ||||||||
10 | Fabiana Murer | ![]() |
– | o | – | xxx | 4.45 | |||||||||
10 | Anna Rogowska | ![]() |
– | o | xxx | 4.45 | ||||||||||
12 | Gao Shuying | ![]() |
o | xxo | xxx | 4.45 |
WR – World Record / =SB – Equal Season Best / PB – Personal Best / SB – Season Best
References[]
- ^ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ^ "Entry Standards – The XXIX Olympic Games – Beijing, China – 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ^ "Isinbayeva wins with new record". BBC. 2008-08-18. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
- ^ "Após sumiço de vara, Murer fica longe do pódio e critica organização" (in Portuguese). UOL. 2008-08-18. Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
- ^ "Murer esquece trauma na China, iguala melhor marca e é prata no Mundial" (in Portuguese). UOL. 2015-08-26. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
- ^ "Olympic Games 2008 – Results Pole Vault W Qualification". IAAF. Archived from the original on 2009-07-17. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- ^ "Olympic Games 2008 – Pole Vault W Final". IAAF. Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
- Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Pole vault at the Olympics
- 2008 in women's athletics
- Women's events at the 2008 Summer Olympics