2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault explained

The women's pole vault at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 12 and 14 July.^[1]

The 2010 world junior champion, Angelica Bengtsson of Sweden, is eligible to defend her title.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Angelica Bengtsson	Elizabeth Parnov	Roberta Bruni

Records

, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record		4.63 m (i)	Stockholm, Sweden	22 February 2011
Championship Record		4.40 m	Kingston, Jamaica	18 July 2002
			Bydgoszcz, Poland	11 July 2008
World Junior Leading		4.58 m	Sollentuna, Sweden	5 July 2012
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Championship Record		4.50	Barcelona, Spain	14 July 2012

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Standard 4.10 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	3.65	3.85	3.95	4.05	4.10	Result	Note
1	A			–	o	o	o	o	4.10	Q
1	B			–	–	–	–	o	4.10	Q
1	B			–	o	o	o	o	4.10	Q
1	A			–	–	–	o	o	4.10	Q
1	A			–	–	o	–	o	4.10	Q
1	B			–	–	o	–	o	4.10	Q
7	B			–	xo	o	xo	o	4.10	Q
8	A			–	o	xo	xo	xo	4.10	Q
9	A			–	–	–	o	xxx	4.05	q
9	A			–	–	–	o	xxx	4.05	q
11	B			–	o	xo	xo	xxx	4.05	q, NJ
12	B			xo	xo	xo	xo	xxx	4.05	q
13	B			o	o	o	xxo	xxx	4.05	PB
14	A			–	xo	o	xxo	xxx	4.05
15	A			xo	xo	o	xxx		3.95	NJ
16	B			o	o	xo	xxx		3.95
17	B			xo	o	xo	xxx		3.95
18	A			o	xo	xxo	xxx		3.95
18	B			o	xo	xxo	xxx		3.95	NJ
20	A			o	o	xxx			3.85
21	A			xo	o	xxx			3.85
21	A			xo	o	xxx			3.85
21	B			xo	o	xxx			3.85
24	A			xo	xo	xxx			3.85
25	B			o	xxx				3.65
	B			xxx
	B			–	–	–	xxx
	B			–	xxx
	A			xxx

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	3.80	3.95	4.05	4.15	4.20	4.25	4.30	4.35	4.40	4.45	4.50	4.60	Result	Notes
			–	–	–	–	–	o	–	o	–	–	xo	xxx	4.50	CR
			–	–	–	–	xxo	–	o	–					4.30
			–	–	xo	xxo	xxo	xxx							4.20
			xxo	o	o	o	xxx								4.15	NJ
			o	xo	xo	o	xx-	x							4.15
			o	xo	o	xo	xxx								4.15
			o	o	o	xxo	xxx								4.15
			–	–	o	xxx									4.05
			xo	xxo	xxx										3.95
10			o	xxx											3.80
			–	–	xxx
			–	–	–	xxx

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pole Vault Women – 14th IAAF World Junior Championships. 19 June 2012 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160321112831/http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-u20-championships/14th-iaaf-world-junior-championships-4872/results/women/pole-vault/final/series . 21 March 2016 .