2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault
The women's pole vault at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 11–13 August.
Missing on her first attempt, home stadium favorite and world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva found herself in third place behind Silke Spiegelburg and Jennifer Suhr, both of whom were perfect to 4.75. Along with Yarisley Silva, who struggled with misses at several heights, these four athletes went to 4.82, where Suhr and Isinbaeva made it on their second attempts, giving Suhr the lead, Silva on her third and Spiegelburg bowed out. At 4.89, Isinbaeva moved into first place with a first attempt clearance. Suhr and then Silva failed to negotiate the same height. Isinbayeva then took three attempts at her own world record, but failed.
Records
Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.| World record | 5.06 | Zürich, Switzerland | 28 August 2009 | |
| Championship record | 5.01 | Helsinki, Finland | 12 August 2005 | |
| World leading | 5.02iA | Albuquerque, NM, United States | 2 March 2013 | |
| African record | 4.42 | Wesel, Germany | 12 June 2000 | |
| Asian record | 4.64 | New York City, United States | 2 June 2007 | |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | 4.92 | Eugene, OR, United States | 6 July 2008 | |
| South American record | 4.85 | San Fernando, Cádiz, Spain | 4 June 2010 | |
| European record | 5.06 | Zürich, Switzerland | 28 August 2009 | |
| Oceanian record | 4.65 | Saulheim, Germany | 30 June 2007 |
Qualification standards
Schedule
Results
Qualification
Qualification: 4.60 m and at least 12 best advanced to the [|final].| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 4.15 | 4.30 | 4.45 | 4.55 | 4.60 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Yelena Isinbayeva | - | - | - | o | 4.55 | q | ||
| 1 | A | Silke Spiegelburg | - | - | o | o | 4.55 | q | ||
| 1 | B | Angelina Zhuk-Krasnova | - | o | o | o | 4.55 | q | ||
| 1 | B | Jiřina Ptáčníková | - | o | o | o | 4.55 | q | ||
| 5 | A | Li Ling | o | xo | o | o | 4.55 | q, PB | ||
| 6 | B | Anastasia Savchenko | - | o | o | xo | 4.55 | q | ||
| 6 | B | Jenn Suhr | - | - | - | xo | 4.55 | q | ||
| 8 | B | Lisa Ryzih | - | xo | xxo | xo | 4.55 | q | ||
| 9 | B | Fabiana Murer | - | - | - | xxo | 4.55 | q | ||
| 9 | A | Marion Lotout | o | o | o | xxo | 4.55 | q | ||
| 9 | A | Yarisley Silva | - | - | o | xxo | 4.55 | q | ||
| 9 | A | Kristina Gadschiew | - | o | o | xxo | 4.55 | q | ||
| 13 | A | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | - | o | o | xxx | 4.45 | |||
| 13 | A | Becky Holliday | - | o | o | xxx | 4.45 | |||
| 15 | B | Nicole Büchler | - | o | xo | xxx | 4.45 | |||
| 16 | B | Angelica Bengtsson | o | xo | xo | xxx | 4.45 | |||
| 17 | B | Carolin Hingst | o | o | xxo | - | xxx | 4.45 | ||
| 18 | B | Tori Pena | - | o | xxx | 4.30 | ||||
| 19 | A | Karla Rosa da Silva | o | xo | xxx | 4.30 | ||||
| A | Kylie Hutson | - | xxx | ' | ||||||
| A | Anna Rogowska | - | - | xxx | ' | |||||
| B | Stélla-Iró Ledáki | xxx |
Final
The final was started at 19:35.| Rank | Name | Nationality | 4.30 | 4.45 | 4.55 | 4.65 | 4.75 | 4.82 | 4.89 | 5.07 | Mark | Notes |
| Yelena Isinbayeva | – | – | – | xo | o | xo | o | xxx | 4.89 | SB | ||
| Jenn Suhr | – | – | o | – | o | xo | xxx | 4.82 | ||||
| Yarisley Silva | – | – | o | xxo | xo | xxo | xxx | 4.82 | ||||
| Silke Spiegelburg | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | 4.75 | SB | ||||
| Fabiana Murer | – | – | o | o | xxx | 4.65 | ||||||
| Anastasia Savchenko | o | o | o | o | xxx | 4.65 | ||||||
| Angelina Zhuk-Krasnova | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 4.65 | ||||||
| Lisa Ryzih | – | o | xo | xxx | 4.55 | SB | ||||||
| Jiřina Ptáčníková | o | o | xo | xxx | 4.55 | |||||||
| 10 | Kristina Gadschiew | o | o | xxx | 4.45 | |||||||
| 11 | Li Ling | xo | o | xxx | 4.45 | |||||||
| 12 | Marion Lotout | o | xo | xxx | 4.45 |