See main article: Athletics at the 2010 South American Games. The Women's Pole Vault event at the 2010 South American Games was held on March 22 at 17:00. The competition did not meet the requirement for the minimum number of 4 participating nations to be eligible for the South American Games. However, it could not be retrieved whether the event counted solely for the South American Under-23 Championships or not.
| width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
| Sara Pereira | Raissa Schubert | Diana Leyton |
| Standing records prior to the 2010 South American Games | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  | 5.06m | Zürich, Switzerland | 28 August 2009 | ||
| World leading |  | 4.40m | Havana, Cuba | 11 February 2010 | ||
| South American record |  | 4.82m | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 7 June 2009 | ||
| South American U23 record |  | 4.30m | Marrakech, Morocco | 16 July 2005 | ||
Results were published.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Attempt | Best Result | Notes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.50 | 3.55 | 3.60 | 3.65 | 3.70 | 3.75 | 3.80 | 3.85 | 4.00 | |||||
| – | – | – | o | – | xo | o | xo | xxx | 3.85 | |||
| – | – | – | xo | – | xo | o | xxx | 3.80 | ||||
 | – | – | – | – | xxo | – | xxx | 3.70 | |||||
| 4 | | xxo | – | xxx | 3.50 | ||||||||
 | – | – | xxx | NM | |||||||||