2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault
| Women's pole vault at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Omnisport Apeldoorn[1] | |||||||||
| Location | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | |||||||||
| Dates | 6 March 2025 (qualification) 8 March 2025 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 11 nations | |||||||||
| Winning mark | 4.80 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The women's pole vault at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships is scheduled to be held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 6 and 7 March 2025. This will be the 15th time the event is contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
The qualifying round is scheduled for 6 March during the evening session. The final is scheduled for 8 March during the evening session.
Background
[edit]The women's pole vault was contested 14 times before 2025, held every time since 1996.[2] The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships will be held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.[3] The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024.[3]
Jenn Suhr is the world record holder in the event, with a height of 5.03 m, set in 2016.[4] Yelena Isinbayeva is the European record holder, with a height of 5.01 m, set in 2012. Isinbayeva also holds the championship record, set at the 2005 championships.
| Record | Athlete (nation) | Height (m) | Location | Date |
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| World record[4] |  Jenn Suhr (USA)
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5.03 | Brockport, United States | 30 January 2016 |
| European record[4] |  Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)
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5.01 | Stockholm, Sweden | 23 February 2012 |
| Championship record[5] | Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS)
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4.90 | Madrid, Spain | 6 March 2005 |
| World leading[6] | Amanda Moll (USA)
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4.88 | Albuquerque, United States | 15 February 2025 |
| European leading[6] |  Molly Caudery (GBR)
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4.85 | Madrid, Spain | 28 February 2025 |
Qualification
[edit]For the women's pole vault, the qualification period runs from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025.[7] Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standards of 4.70 m or by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event.[7] There is a target number of 18 athletes.[7]
Rounds
[edit]Qualification
[edit]The qualifying round is scheduled for 6 March, starting at 19:05 (UTC+1) in the evening.[8] All athletes meeting the Qualification Standard of 4.65 m (Q) or at least 8 best performers (q) advance to the Final.[9]
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | 4.10 | 4.30 | 4.45 | 4.55 | 4.65 | Result | Notes | PB |
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| 1 | Elina Lampela |  Finland
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− | o | o | o | 4.55 | q | 4.63 | |
| 1 | Angelica Moser |  Switzerland
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− | − | o | o | 4.55 | q | 4.88 | |
| 1 | Tina Šutej |  Slovenia
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− | − | o | o | 4.55 | q | 4.82 | |
| 1 | Amálie Švábíková |  Czech Republic
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− | − | o | o | 4.55 | q | 4.80 | |
| 5 | Roberta Bruni |  Italy
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− | o | xo | o | 4.55 | q | 4.73 | |
| 5 | Elien Vekemans |  Belgium
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− | o | xo | o | 4.55 | q | 4.56 | |
| 7 | Marie-Julie Bonnin |  France
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− | − | o | xo | 4.55 | q | 4.71 | |
| 8 | Elisa Molinarolo | Italy
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− | o | o | xxx | 4.45 | q | 4.70 | |
| 9 | Saga Andersson | Finland
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− | o | xo | xxx | 4.45 | 4.52 | ||
| 9 | Hanga Klekner |  Hungary
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o | o | xo | xxx | 4.45 | =SB | 4.57 | |
| 11 | Alix Dehaynain | France
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− | o | xxo | xxx | 4.45 | 4.53 | ||
| 12 | Ariadni Adamopoulou |  Greece
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xxo | o | xxo | xxx | 4.45 | SB | 4.50 | |
| 13 | Virginia Scardanzan | Italy
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o | o | xxx | 4.30 | 4.45 | |||
| 14 | Anjuli Knäsche |  Germany
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o | xo | xxx | 4.30 | 4.55 | |||
| 15 | Kitty Friele Faye |  Norway
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o | xxx | 4.10 | 4.55 | ||||
| Lene Retzius | Norway
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− | xxx | NM | 4.70 |
Final
[edit]The final is scheduled for 8 March, starting at 19:35 (UTC+1) in the evening.[8]
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | 4.30 | 4.45 | 4.55 | 4.65 | 4.70 | 4.75 | 4.80 | 4.89 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Angelica Moser | Switzerland
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– | o | o | o | xo | xo | o | xxx | 4.80 | =NR |
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Tina Šutej | Slovenia
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– | o | o | xo | o | xxo | xxx | 4.75 | SB | |
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Marie-Julie Bonnin | France
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– | – | xo | xo | xo | xxx | 4.70 | |||
| 4 | Elina Lampela | Finland
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xo | o | xo | xo | xo | xxx | 4.70 | PB | ||
| 5 | Roberta Bruni | Italy
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o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 4.70 | =SB | ||
| 6 | Amálie Švábíková | Czech Republic
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– | o | o | o | xxx | 4.65 | =SB | |||
| 7 | Elien Vekemans | Belgium
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o | o | o | xxx | 4.55 | |||||
| 7 | Elisa Molinarolo | Italy
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o | o | o | xxx | 4.55 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Six months until Apeldoorn! New track surface for 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships", European Athletics, 6 September 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Omnisport with renovated track is ready for European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025", European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025, 6 September 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ a b c "All time Top lists – Senior – pole vault women", World Athletics. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-03-05. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
- ^ a b "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – Pole vault women", World Athletics, 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ a b c "Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics, 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ "Start List Pole Vault Women - Qualification" (PDF). European Athletics. 6 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ "Final Entries - Athletes List by event and SB" (PDF). European Athletics. 27 February 2025. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
- ^ "Pole Vault Women - Qualification results" (PDF). European Athletics. 6 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
- ^ "Pole Vault Women - Final results" (PDF). European Athletics. 8 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
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