1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault

The women's pole vault
Pole vault
Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...

event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships

1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from March 7 to March 9, 1997. It was the first athletic championships to introduce women's pole vault...

in Paris, France was held on March 9, 1997.

Medalists

Gold	Stacy Dragila Stacy Dragila Stacy Renée Mikaelsen is an American former pole vaulter.She won the first gold medal in women's pole vaulting at the 2000 Summer Olympics coached by Dave Nielsen... United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... (USA)
Silver	Emma George Emma George -World records:4.25 m - Melbourne, Australia 30 November 19954.28 m - Perth, Australia 17 December 19954.30 m - Perth, Australia 28 January 19964.41 m - Perth, Australia 28 January 19964.42 m - Reims, France 29 June 19964.45 m - Sapporo, Japan 14 July 1996... Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... (AUS)
Bronze	Cai Weiyan China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture... (CHN)

Results

Rank	Name	3.70	3.90	4.00	4.10	4.20	4.25	4.30	4.35	4.40	4.45	Result	Notes
		-	o	o	o	xo	o	o	xxo	xo	xxx	4.40	WR
		-
o
o
xo	o	xx-	x	4.35
		o	o	o	xo	o	o	xxo	o	xxx		4.35	AR
4		o	o	o	o	o	x-	xx				4.20
5		o	o
xo	xo	xxx					4.20
6		-	xxo
o	xxx						4.10
7		-	o
xo	xxx						4.10
8		o	o	o	xxx							4.00
9		-	o	xo	xxx							4.00
10		o	o	xxx								3.90
11		xo	xxx									3.70
—		xxx										NM

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