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

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][2][3]

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

Medalists[edit]

Gold Silver Bronze
Angelica Bengtsson
 Sweden
Elizabeth Parnov
 Australia
Roberta Bruni
 Italy

Records[edit]

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

World Junior Record  Angelica Bengtsson (SWE) 4.63 m (i) Stockholm, Sweden 22 February 2011
Championship Record  Floé Kühnert (GER) 4.40 m Kingston, Jamaica 18 July 2002
 Ekaterina Kolesova (RUS) Bydgoszcz, Poland 11 July 2008
 Valeriya Volik (RUS)
World Junior Leading  Angelica Bengtsson (SWE) 4.58 m Sollentuna, Sweden 5 July 2012
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Championship Record  Angelica Bengtsson (SWE) 4.50 Barcelona, Spain 14 July 2012

Results[edit]

From the pole vault

Qualification[edit]

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 Alissa Söderberg  Sweden o o o o 4.10 Q
1 B Angelica Bengtsson  Sweden o 4.10 Q
1 B Emily Grove  United States o o o o 4.10 Q
1 A Ganna Shelekh  Ukraine o o 4.10 Q
1 A Xu Huiqin  China o o 4.10 Q
1 B Natalya Demidenko  Russia o o 4.10 Q
7 B Anjuli Knäsche  Germany xo o xo o 4.10 Q
8 A Lilli Schnitzerling  Germany o xo xo xo 4.10 Q
9 A Liz Parnov  Australia o xxx 4.05 q
9 A Roberta Bruni  Italy o xxx 4.05 q
11 B Kira Grünberg  Austria o xo xo xxx 4.05 q, NJ
12 B Reena Koll  Estonia xo xo xo xo xxx 4.05 q
13 B Sonia Malavisi  Italy o o o xxo xxx 4.05 PB
14 A Kristina Bondarenko  Russia xo o xxo xxx 4.05
15 A Seda Firtina  Turkey xo xo o xxx 3.95 NJ
16 B Iryna Yakaltsevich  Belarus o o xo xxx 3.95
17 B Clara Amat  Spain xo o xo xxx 3.95
18 A Yeoryía Stefanídi  Greece o xo xxo xxx 3.95
18 B Buse Arikazan  Turkey o xo xxo xxx 3.95 NJ
20 A Sydney White  United States o o xxx 3.85
21 A Diamara Planell  Puerto Rico xo o xxx 3.85
21 A Enna Hassinen  Finland xo o xxx 3.85
21 B Paris McCathrion  Australia xo o xxx 3.85
24 A Maialen Axpe  Spain xo xo xxx 3.85
25 B Alysha Newman  Canada o xxx 3.65
B Jasmine Moser  Switzerland xxx NM
B Katie Byres  Great Britain xxx NM
B Olga Zyuzina  Ukraine xxx NM
A Choi Yee-un  South Korea xxx NM

Final[edit]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Angelica Bengtsson  Sweden o o xo xxx 4.50 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Liz Parnov  Australia xxo o 4.30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Roberta Bruni  Italy xo xxo xxo xxx 4.20
4 Kira Grünberg  Austria xxo o o o xxx 4.15 NJ
4 Anjuli Knäsche  Germany o xo xo o xx- x 4.15
6 Emily Grove  United States o xo o xo xxx 4.15
7 Alissa Söderberg  Sweden o o o xxo xxx 4.15
8 Xu Huiqin  China o xxx 4.05
9 Lilli Schnitzerling  Germany xo xxo xxx 3.95
10 Reena Koll  Estonia o xxx 3.80
Natalya Demidenko  Russia xxx NM
Ganna Shelekh  Ukraine xxx NM

Participation[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Pole Vault Women – 14th IAAF World Junior Championships". Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  2. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC – 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10–15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 5 October 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015

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