2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault
# 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault

The official results of the Women's Pole Vault at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France, held on Monday August 25, 2003. There were a total number of 27 competitors.

## Medalists

| Gold | Svetlana Feofanova Russia (RUS) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Annika Becker Germany (GER) |
| Bronze | Yelena Isinbayeva Russia (RUS) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round :

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| 23.08.2003 – 16:40h | 23.08.2003 – 16:40h |
| Final Round ||
| 25.08.2003 – 18:30h ||

## Abbreviations

* All results shown are in metres

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

## Records

| World Record | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 4.82 | Gateshead, England | 13 July 2003 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Championship Record | Stacy Dragila (USA) | 4.75 | Edmonton, Canada | 6 August 2001 |
| Championship Record | Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) | 4.75 | Edmonton, Canada | 6 August 2001 |

## Results

### Final

| Rank | Name | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) | 4.75 m | =CR |
| | Annika Becker (GER) | 4.70 m | |
| | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 4.65 m | |
| 4. | Monika Pyrek (POL) | 4.55 m | |
| 4. | Stacy Dragila (USA) | 4.55 m | |
| 6. | Yvonne Buschbaum (GER) | 4.50 m | |
| 7. | Anna Rogowska (POL) | 4.45 m | PB |
| 8. | Yelena Belyakova (RUS) | 4.45 m | |
| 9. | Gao Shuying (CHN) | 4.35 m | |
| 10. | Mary Sauer (USA) | 4.35 m | |
| — | Þórey Edda Elísdóttir (ISL) | NM | |
| — | Marie Poissonnier (FRA) | NM | |

### Qualification

* Held on Saturday 2003-08-23

| RANK | GROUP A | HEIGHT |
| - | - | - |
| 1. | Svetlana Feofanova (RUS) | 4.40 m |
| 2. | Yvonne Buschbaum (GER) | 4.40 m |
| 3. | Monika Pyrek (POL) | 4.40 m |
| 4. | Þórey Edda Elísdóttir (ISL) | 4.35 m |
| 5. | Mary Sauer (USA) | 4.35 m |
| 6. | Natalya Kushch (UKR) | 4.25 m |
| 7. | Tanya Stefanova (BUL) | 4.25 m |
| 8. | Jillian Schwartz (USA) | 4.15 m |
| 9. | Vanessa Boslak (FRA) | 4.15 m |
| 10. | Melina Hamilton (NZL) | 4.00 m |
| 10. | Masumi Ono (JPN) | 4.00 m |
| 12. | Alejandra García (ARG) | 4.00 m |
| — | Carolina Torres (CHI) | NM |
| — | Pavla Hamáčková (CZE) | DNS |
| RANK | GROUP B | HEIGHT |
| 1. | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) | 4.40 m |
| 2. | Annika Becker (GER) | 4.40 m |
| 3. | Stacy Dragila (USA) | 4.40 m |
| 4. | Yelena Belyakova (RUS) | 4.40 m |
| 5. | Gao Shuying (CHN) | 4.35 m |
| 6. | Marie Poissonnier (FRA) | 4.35 m |
| 7. | Anna Rogowska (POL) | 4.25 m |
| 8. | Naroa Agirre (ESP) | 4.25 m |
| 9. | Carolin Hingst (GER) | 4.25 m |
| 10. | Anna Fitidou (CYP) | 4.15 m |
| 11. | Zsuzsanna Szabó (HUN) | 4.15 m |
| 11. | Becky Holliday (USA) | 4.15 m |
| 13. | Stephanie McCann (CAN) | 4.00 m |
