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

Event:	Women's pole vault
Games:	2004 Summer
Venue:	Olympic Stadium
Date:	21–24 August
Competitors:	35
Nations:	22
Gold:	Yelena Isinbayeva
Goldnoc:	RUS
Silver:	Svetlana Feofanova
Silvernoc:	RUS
Bronze:	Anna Rogowska
Bronzenoc:	POL
Win Label:	Winning height
Win Value:	4.91 m
Prev:	2000
Next:	2008

The women's pole vault competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 21–24 August.^[1] 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.^[2]

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

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:

Results

Qualifying round

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

Rank	Group	3.80	4.00	4.15	4.30	4.40	4.45	Result	Notes
1	A	-	-	o	o	x-	o	4.45	Q
2	A	-	-	o	xxo	-	xo	4.45	Q, SB
3	B	-	-	xo	o	-	xxo	4.45	Q
4	A	-	-	-	-	o	-	4.40	q
4	B	-	o	o	o	o	-	4.40	q
4	B	-	-	o	o	o	-	4.40	q
4	B	-	-	-	-	o	-	4.40	q
8	A	-	o	xo	o	o	-	4.40	q
8	B	-	-	o	xo	o	-	4.40	q
10	B	-	-	xo	xxo	o	-	4.40	q
11	B	-	-	o	o	xo	-	4.40	q
12	B	-	xo	o	o	xo	-	4.40	q
13	A	-	-	-	o	xxo	-	4.40	q
14	A	-	-	o	xo	xxo	-	4.40	q, =SB
15	B	xo	xo	o	o	xxo	-	4.40	q
16	B	-	o	o	o	xxx		4.30
17	B	-	-	xxo	o	xxx		4.30
18	A	-	-	o	xo	xx		4.30
19	A	-	-	-	xo	xxx		4.30
19	A	-	o	o	xo	xxx		4.30
19	A	-	o	o	xo	xxx		4.30
22	B	-	-	o	xxo	xxx		4.30
23	A	-	o	xo	xxo	xxx		4.30
24	A	-	o	o	xxx			4.15
24	A	-	o	o	xxx			4.15
24	A	o	o	o	xxx			4.15
24	A	-	o	o	xxx			4.15
24	A	-	-	o	xxx			4.15
24	B	o	o	o	xxx			4.15
24	B	-	o	o	xxx			4.15
24	B	-	o	o	xxx			4.15
32	B	-	o	xxo	xxx			4.15
33	A	-	xo	xxx				4.00	=SB
34	A	-	xxo	xxx				4.00
	B	xxx

Final

Rank	4.00	4.20	4.40	4.55	4.65	4.70	4.75	4.80	4.85	4.90	4.91	Result	Notes
	-	-	o	o	o	x-	x-	o	o	-	o	4.91
	-	-	o	o	o	o	xo	x-	x-	x		4.75
	-	o	o	xxo	o	o	xxx					4.70
	-	o	o	o	xxx							4.55
	-	o	xxo	xo	xx-	x						4.55
	-	o	o	xxx								4.40
	o	o	o	xxx								4.40
	-	o	o	xxx								4.40
	-	o	o	xxx								4.40
10	-	xo	o	xxx								4.40	=SB
11	o	o	xxo	xxx								4.40
12	o	xo	xxx									4.20
13	o	xxo	xxx									4.20
13	o	xxo	xxx									4.20
	-	xxx

External links

Official Olympic Report

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Athens 2004. IAAF. 12 February 2015.
Web site: Athletics at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Women's Pole Vault. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174003/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/ATH/womens-pole-vault.html. dead. 17 April 2020. Athens 2004. Sports Reference. 12 February 2015.