2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault
# 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault

The women's pole vault at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships will be held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena on 11 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Yelena Isinbayeva Russia | Vanessa Boslak France | Holly Bleasdale Great Britain |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships :

| World record | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 5.01 | Stockholm, Sweden | 23 February 2012 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Championship record | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 4.86 | Budapest, Hungary | 6 March 2004 |
| World Leading | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 5.01 | Stockholm, Sweden | 23 February 2012 |
| African record | Elmarie Gerryts (RSA) | 4.41 | Birmingham, Great Britain | 20 February 2000 |
| Asian record | Li Ling (CHN) | 4.51 | Hangzhou, China | 19 February 2012 |
| European record | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 5.01 | Stockholm, Sweden | 23 February 2012 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record | Jenn Suhr (USA) | 4.88 | Boston, United States | 4 February 2012 |
| Oceanian Record | Kym Howe (AUS) | 4.72 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 10 February 2007 |
| South American record | Fabiana Murer (BRA) | 4.82 | Birmingham, Great Britain | 20 February 2010 |

## Qualification standards

* Indoor
* 4.52

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| March 11, 2012 | 14:00 | Final |

## Results

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 4.30 | 4.45 | 4.55 | 4.65 | 4.70 | 4.75 | 4.80 | 5.02 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia | — | — | — | — | o | — | o | xxx | 4.80 | |
| | Vanessa Boslak | France | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | 4.70 | NR |
| | Holly Bleasdale | Great Britain | — | xo | — | o | xo | xxx | | | 4.70 | |
| 4 | Silke Spiegelburg | Germany | — | o | xo | o | xxx | | | | 4.65 | |
| 5 | Lacy Janson | United States | xo | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | 4.65 | SB |
| 6 | Jiřina Ptáčníková | Czech Republic | o | o | o | xx— | x | | | | 4.55 | |
| 7 | Yarisley Silva | Cuba | — | xo | o | xxx | | | | | 4.55 | |
| 8 | Nicole Büchler | Switzerland | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 4.55 | NR |
| 9 | Alana Boyd | Australia | o | xxo | xo | xxx | | | | | 4.55 | |
| 10 | Anastasia Savchenko | Russia | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 4.45 | |
| 11 | Jillian Schwartz | Israel | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 4.45 | |
| 12 | Kristina Gadschiew | Germany | o | xxx | | | | | | | 4.30 | |
| 12 | Hanna Shelekh | Ukraine | o | x | | | | | | | 4.30 | |
| 14 | Mary Saxer | United States | xxo | xxx | | | | | | | 4.30 | |
| | Katie Byres | Great Britain | xxx | | | | | | | | NM | |
| | Caroline Bonde Holm | Denmark | xxx | | | | | | | | NM | |
