2018 European Athletics Championships – Women's pole vault explained

Event:	Women's pole vault
Competition:	2018 European Athletics Championships
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Location:	Berlin
Competitors:	25
Nations:	16
Win Value:	4.85
Win Label:	Winning height
Gold:	Katerina Stefanidi
Silver:	Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou
Bronze:	Holly Bradshaw
Gold Nation:	GRE
Silver Nation:	GRE
Bronze Nation:	GBR
Previous:	2016
Next:	2022

The women's pole vault at the 2018 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 7 and 9 August.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2018 European Athletics Championships
World record		5.06 m	Zürich, Switzerland	28 August 2009
European record		5.06 m	Zürich, Switzerland	28 August 2009
Championship record		4.81 m	Amsterdam, Netherlands	9 July 2016
World Leading		4.95 m	Greenville, United States	27 July 2018
European Leading		4.85 m	Monaco	20 July 2018
Broken records during the 2018 European Athletics Championships
Championship record		4.85 m	Berlin, Germany	9 August 2018

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
7 August 2018	19:05	Qualification
9 August 2018	19:20	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 4.55 m (Q) or best 12 performances (q)^[2]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	4.00	4.20	4.35	4.45	4.50	4.55	Result	Notes
1	B			–	–	–	–	–	o	4.55
2	B			–	–	–	–	o	r	4.50
2	A			–	–	–	–	o	r	4.50
4	A			–	–	–	o	–		4.45
4	B			–	–	–	o	r		4.45
4	B			–	o	o	o	r		4.45
4	B			–	o	o	o	r		4.45
4	B			–	o	o	o	–r		4.45
9	A			xo	xo	xo	o	–		4.45
10	A			xo	xxo	o	xo	–		4.45
11	A			–	–	xo	xxo	–		4.45
12	B			o	xo	o	xxx			4.35
13	B			–	xxo	o	xxx			4.35
13	B			–	xxo	o	xxx			4.35	=
15	A			o	o	xo	xxx			4.35	=
15	B			–	o	xo	xxx			4.35
17	A			–	o	xxo	xxx			4.35
17	A			o	o	xxo	xxx			4.35
19	B			o	xo	xxo	xxx			4.35
20	A			–	o	xxx				4.20
20	B			–	o	xxx				4.20
22	A			o	xo	xxx				4.20
22	A			o	xo	xxx				4.20
24	B			xxo	xo	xxx				4.20
25	A			–	xxo	xxx				4.20
25	A			o	xxo	xxx				4.20
27	A			o	xxx					4.00

Final

^[3]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	4.30	4.45	4.55	4.65	4.70	4.75	4.80	4.85	4.96	Result	Notes
			–	–	–	o	–	o	o	xxo	xxx	4.85
			–	o	xo	o	o	o	xo	xxx		4.80
			–	–	o	o	–	xxo	xxx			4.75
			–	–	o	–	xxo	–	xxx			4.70
			–	o	o	o	xxx					4.65
			–	o	xo	xo	xxx					4.65
			o	xo	xxo	xxx						4.55
			xo	xo	xxx							4.45
			o	xxx								4.30
			o	xxx								4.30
11			xo	xxx								4.30
			xxx

Notes and References

1. Web site: European Athletics 2018 European Championships Timetable . european-athletics.org . 15 March 2018 . 3 May 2018.
2. Web site: Qualification results . 21 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181001172241/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW072900_C74B.pdf . 1 October 2018 . dead . dmy-all .
3. Web site: Final results . 2 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180810052439/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATW072101_C73M.pdf . 10 August 2018 . dead . dmy-all .