1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault
The women's pole valut event at the 1998 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 27 February–1 March.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Anzhela Balakhonova Ukraine
|
Daniela Bártová Czech Republic
|
Vala Flosadóttir Iceland
|
Results
Qualification
Qualification Performance: 4.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | 3.40 | 3.60 | 3.80 | 4.00 | 4.10 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Aurore Pignot |  France |
– | o | o | o | o | 4.10 | Q, NR |
| 1 | A | Vala Flosadóttir | Iceland |
– | – | – | o | o | 4.10 | Q |
| 1 | A | Francesca Dolcini |  Italy |
– | o | o | o | o | 4.10 | Q, NR |
| 1 | A | Janine Whitlock |  Great Britain |
– | – | o | o | o | 4.10 | Q |
| 1 | B | Anzhela Balakhonova | Ukraine |
– | – | – | – | o | 4.10 | Q |
| 1 | B | Daniela Bártová | Czech Republic |
– | – | – | o | o | 4.10 | Q |
| 7 | B | Amandine Homo | France |
– | – | xo | o | o | 4.10 | Q, NR |
| 8 | A | Nicole Rieger |  Germany |
– | – | o | o | xo | 4.10 | Q |
| 8 | B | Zsuzsanna Szabó |  Hungary |
– | – | – | o | xo | 4.10 | Q |
| 10 | A | Eszter Szemerédi | Hungary |
– | – | – | o | xxo | 4.10 | Q |
| 11 | B | Monika Götz | Germany |
– | – | xo | xo | xxo | 4.10 | Q |
| 12 | B | Marie Rasmussen |  Denmark |
– | o | o | o | xxx | 4.00 | q |
| 13 | A | Pascale Bourguignon | France |
– | o | xo | xo | xxx | 4.00 | |
| 14 | A | Edit Bolla | Hungary |
– | o | o | xxo | xxx | 4.00 | |
| 14 | B | Mar Sánchez |  Spain |
– | o | o | xxo | xxx | 4.00 | NR |
| 16 | A | Anna Fitidou |  Cyprus |
– | o | o | xxx | 3.80 | ||
| 16 | A | Šárka Mládková | Czech Republic |
– | o | o | xxx | 3.80 | ||
| 16 | B | Þórey Edda Elísdóttir | Iceland |
– | o | o | xxx | 3.80 | ||
| 19 | B | Georgia Tsiliggiri |  Greece |
xo | o | o | xxx | 3.80 | ||
| 20 | A | Dana Cervantes | Spain |
– | o | xo | xxx | 3.80 | ||
| 20 | B | Yvonne Buschbaum | Germany |
– | – | xo | xxx | 3.80 | ||
| 22 | A | Teija Saari |  Finland |
– | o | xxo | xxx | 3.80 | ||
| 23 | B | Rhian Clarke | Great Britain |
o | o | xxx | 3.60 | |||
| A | Monique de Wilt |  Netherlands |
– | – | xxx | NM | ||||
| B | Tanya Koleva |  Bulgaria |
– | xxx | NM | |||||
| B | Maria Carla Bresciani | Italy |
– | – | xxx | NM |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 3.80 | 3.95 | 4.05 | 4.15 | 4.25 | 4.30 | 4.35 | 4.40 | 4.45 | 4.50 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Anzhela Balakhonova | Ukraine |
– | – | – | o | xo | o | o | o | o | xxx | 4.45 | WR, CR |
 |
Daniela Bártová | Czech Republic |
– | o | – | o | – | xxo | – | xo | xxx | 4.40 | ||
 |
Vala Flosadóttir | Iceland |
– | o | o | o | o | xxo | o | xxo | xxx | 4.40 | ||
| 4 | Janine Whitlock | Great Britain |
o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 4.25 | NR | ||||
| 5 | Nicole Rieger | Germany |
– | – | xo | xxo | xo | xxx | 4.25 | NR | ||||
| 6 | Zsuzsanna Szabó | Hungary |
– | – | o | o | xxx | 4.15 | ||||||
| 7 | Eszter Szemerédi | Hungary |
– | – | xo | o | xxx | 4.15 | ||||||
| 8 | Amandine Homo | France |
xo | xo | o | xxx | 4.05 | |||||||
| 9 | Francesca Dolcini | Italy |
o | o | xo | xxx | 4.05 | |||||||
| 10 | Aurore Pignot | France |
xxo | xxo | xxo | xxx | 4.05 | |||||||
| 11 | Marie Rasmussen | Denmark |
o | o | xxx | 3.95 | ||||||||
| 12 | Monika Götz | Germany |
xo | xxx | 3.80 |