The women's pole vault event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Paris, France was held on March 9, 1997.
| Gold | Stacy Dragila United States (USA) |
| Silver | Emma George Australia (AUS) |
| Bronze | Cai Weiyan China (CHN) |
| Rank | Name | 3.70 | 3.90 | 4.00 | 4.10 | 4.20 | 4.25 | 4.30 | 4.35 | 4.40 | 4.45 | Result | Notes |
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| Stacy Dragila (USA) | - | o | o | o | xo | o | o | xxo | xo | xxx | 4.40 | WR | |
| Emma George (AUS) | - | - | o | - | o | - | xo | o | xx- | x | 4.35 | ||
| Cai Weiyan (CHN) | o | o | o | xo | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | 4.35 | AR | ||
| 4 | Sun Caiyun (CHN) | o | o | o | o | o | x- | xx | 4.20 | ||||
| 5 | Daniela Bártová (CZE) | o | o | - | xo | xo | xxx | 4.20 | |||||
| 6 | Svetlana Abramova (RUS) | - | xxo | - | o | xxx | 4.10 | ||||||
| 7 | Eszter Szemeredi (HUN) | - | o | - | xo | xxx | 4.10 | ||||||
| 8 | Vala Flosadottir (ISL) | o | o | o | xxx | 4.00 | |||||||
| 9 | Angela Balakhonova (UKR) | - | o | xo | xxx | 4.00 | |||||||
| 10 | Amandine Homo (FRA) | o | o | xxx | 3.90 | ||||||||
| 11 | Zsuzsanna Szabó (HUN) | xo | xxx | 3.70 | |||||||||
| — | Maria Carla Bresciani (ITA) | xxx | NM | ||||||||||
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