2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault

Events at the
2008 World Junior
Championships in Athletics

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
10,000 m walk men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's pole vault event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9 and 11 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Valeriya Volik
 Russia
Silver Yekaterina Kolesova
 Russia
Bronze Ekateríni Stefanídi
 Greece

Results

Final

11 July

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Valeriya Volik  Russia 4.40
2nd, silver medalist(s) Yekaterina Kolesova  Russia 4.40
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Ekateríni Stefanídi  Greece 4.25
4 Rachel Laurent  United States 4.25
5 Vicky Parnov  Australia 4.20
6 Vanessa Vandy  Finland 4.20
7 Natasha Benner  Germany 4.10
8 Petra Olsen  Sweden 4.10
8 Leslie Brost  United States 4.10
10 Ann Katrin Schwartz  Germany 4.00
11 Hortense Lecuyot  France 4.00
12 Ariane Beaumont-Courteau  Canada 4.00

Qualifications

9 July

Group A

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Vicky Parnov  Australia 4.00 q
1 Ann Katrin Schwartz  Germany 4.00 q
3 Petra Olsen  Sweden 4.00 q
4 Yekaterina Kolesova  Russia 4.00 q
5 Leslie Brost  United States 3.90 q
6 Ariane Beaumont-Courteau  Canada 3.90 q
7 Jade Ive  United Kingdom 3.90
8 Wu Yutong  China 3.80
8 Agnieszka Kolasa  Poland 3.80
10 Caroline Bonde Holm  Denmark 3.65
11 Ángela Arias  Spain 3.65
12 Marion Lotout  France 3.65

Group B

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Valeriya Volik  Russia 4.00 q
2 Vanessa Vandy  Finland 4.00 q
2 Natasha Benner  Germany 4.00 q
4 Rachel Laurent  United States 4.00 q
5 Ekateríni Stefanídi  Greece 3.90 q
6 Hortense Lecuyot  France 3.90 q
7 Jesica Soto  Spain 3.80
8 Rachel Birtles  Australia 3.65
8 Giorgia Benecchi  Italy 3.65
8 Joanna Michalska  Poland 3.65
9 Iben Høgh-Pedersen  Denmark NH
10 Denise Groot  Netherlands NH
11 Madeleine Nilsson  Sweden NH

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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