Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's pole vault

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The official results of the Women's Pole Vault at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, held on Monday September 29, 2000. There were a total number of 30 participating athletes in this event, which made its Olympic debut. The qualifying round was held on Saturday September 23, 2000, with the qualifying distance set at 4.35 metres. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  Stacy Dragila
United States (USA)
Silver  Tatiana Grigorieva
Australia (AUS)
Bronze  Vala Flosadóttir
Iceland (ISL)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
23.09.2000 – 18:00h 23.09.2000 – 18:00h
Final Round
25.09.2000 – 18:00h

Abbreviations

Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
OR olympic record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record  Stacy Dragila (USA) 4.63 m July 23, 2000 Sacramento, United States
Olympic Record New Event
Broken records during the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record  Stacy Dragila (USA) 4.60 m September 25, 2000 Sydney, Australia

Qualifying

Group A

Place Overall Athlete Nation Mark Qual Record
1 1 Tatiana Grigorieva Australia 4.30 q
1 1 Daniela Bártová Czech Republic 4.30 q
1 1 Nicole Rieger-Humbert Germany 4.30 q
1 1 Anzhela Balakhonova Ukraine 4.30 q
5 7 Marie Rasmussen Denmark 4.30 q = NR
6 11 Stacy Dragila United States 4.30 q
7 12 Monika Pyrek Poland 4.30 q
8 17 Caroline Ammel France 4.15
9 18 Alejandra García Argentina 4.15
10 20 Janine Whitlock Great Britain 4.15
11 22 Þórey Edda Elísdóttir Iceland 4.00
Svetlana Feofanova Russia NM
Zsuzsanna Szabó Hungary NM
Yelena Isinbayeva Russia NM
Tanya Koleva Bulgaria NM

Group B

Place Overall Athlete Nation Mark Qual Record
1 1 Vala Flosadóttir Iceland 4.30 q
1 1 Kellie Suttle United States 4.30 q
3 7 Gao Shuying China 4.30 q
3 7 Elmarie Gerryts South Africa 4.30 q
3 7 Yvonne Buschbaum Germany 4.30 q
6 13 Doris Auer Austria 4.30 q
7 14 Melissa Mueller United States 4.25
8 15 Emma George Australia 4.25
8 15 Mar Sánchez Spain 4.25
10 18 Marie Poissonnier France 4.15
11 21 Déborah Gyurcsek Uruguay 4.15
12 22 Pavla Hamáčková Czech Republic 4.00
Yelena Belyakova Russia NM
Thalia Iakovidou Greece NM
Katalin Donath Hungary NM

Overall Qualifying Results

Place Athlete Nation Group Mark Qual Record
1 Nicole Rieger-Humbert Germany A 4.30 q
1 Tatiana Grigorieva Australia A 4.30 q
1 Kellie Suttle United States B 4.30 q
1 Daniela Bártová Czech Republic A 4.30 q
1 Anzhela Balakhonova Ukraine A 4.30 q
1 Vala Flosadóttir Iceland B 4.30 q
7 Elmarie Gerryts South Africa B 4.30 q
7 Yvonne Buschbaum Germany B 4.30 q
7 Marie Rasmussen Denmark A 4.30 q = NR
7 Gao Shuying China B 4.30 q
11 Stacy Dragila United States A 4.30 q
12 Monika Pyrek Poland A 4.30 q
13 Doris Auer Austria B 4.30 q
14 Melissa Mueller United States B 4.25
15 Emma George Australia B 4.25
15 Mar Sánchez Spain B 4.25
17 Caroline Ammel France A 4.15
18 Marie Poissonnier France B 4.15
18 Alejandra García Argentina A 4.15
20 Janine Whitlock Great Britain A 4.15
21 Déborah Gyurcsek Uruguay B 4.15
22 Pavla Hamáčková Czech Republic B 4.00
22 Þórey Edda Elísdóttir Iceland A 4.00
Zsuzsanna Szabó Hungary A NM
Yelena Isinbayeva Russia A NM
Yelena Belyakova Russia B NM
Svetlana Feofanova Russia A NM
Katalin Donath Hungary B NM
Thalia Iakovidou Greece B NM
Tanya Koleva Bulgaria A NM

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Extra
4.00 4.15 4.25 4.35 4.40 4.45 4.50 4.55 4.60 4.65
 Stacy Dragila (USA) - - O O XO O XXO XO O XXX 4.60 m OR
 Tatiana Grigorieva (AUS) - XO O O O O XO O X- XX 4.55 m PB
 Vala Flosadóttir (ISL) O O O O O O O XXX 4.50 m NR
4  Daniela Bártová (CZE) O - O XXO - XXO O XXX 4.50 m
5  Nicole Humbert (GER) - XXO XXO XXO - XXO - XXX 4.45 m
6  Yvonne Buschbaum (GER) - - XO O XO XXX 4.40 m
7  Monika Pyrek (POL) XO XXO O O XO XXX 4.40 m NR
8  Marie Rasmussen (DEN) O O O O XXX 4.35 m NR
9  Doris Auer (AUT) - - O XXX 4.25 m
10  Gao Shuying (CHN) O O XXX 4.15 m
11  Kellie Suttle (USA) O XXX 4.00 m
 Anzhela Balakhonova (UKR) - - XXX NM
 Elmarie Gerryts (RSA) XX- NM

See also

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