Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's pole vault explained

Event:	Women's pole vault
Games:	2015
Venue:	CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium
Dates:	July 23
Competitors:	10
Nations:	7
Win Value:	4.85
Win Label:	Winning height
Gold:	Yarisley Silva
Goldnoc:	CUB
Silver:	Fabiana Murer
Silvernoc:	BRA
Bronze:	Jenn Suhr
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2011
Next:	2019

The women's pole vault competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 23 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium.^[1] The defending Pan American Games champion is Yarisley Silva of Cuba.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

World record		5.06	Zürich, Switzerland	August 28, 2009
Pan American Games record		4.75	Guadalajara, Mexico	October 24, 2011

Qualification

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification. Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (3.68) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).^[2]

Results

All results shown are in meters.

KEY:	bgcolor=ccffcc align=center	q		bgcolor=ccffcc align=center	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best	DQ	Disqualified

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	4.00	4.15	4.30	4.40	4.50	4.60	4.65	4.70	4.75	4.80	4.85	4.91	Mark	Notes
			-	-	-	-	o	o	-	o	xo	o	xxo	x-	4.85	WL,PR
			-	-	-	-	o	o	-	o	xx-	o	xxx		4.80	=SB
			-	-	-	-	xo	o	xxx						4.60
			-	-	-	o	o	x-	xx						4.50
			-	o	o	o	xxx								4.40
			o	xo	xxo	xo	xxx								4.40
			-	o	xxx										4.15
			o	o	xxx										4.15
			o	xo	xxx										4.15	SB
10			xo	xo	xxx										4.15

Notes and References

Web site: Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide . 20 April 2015 . toronto2015.org . . 26 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150420184712/http://images.toronto2015.org/system/asset_pdfs/4013/original/pan-am-games-ticket-guide-042015.pdf . 20 April 2015 . dead .
Web site: Athletics Technical Manual . 11 January 2015 . americasathletics.org . . 29 January 2015 . 21 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150421101153/http://americasathletics.org/attachments/article/115/CAN%20PANAM%20Games%20Jul2015%20-%20Technical%20Manual%20ENGLISH.pdf . dead .