1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's pole vault
The women's pole vault event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Stacy Dragila United States
|
Emma George Australia
|
Cai Weiyan China
|
Results
Qualification
Qualification: 4.10 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.[1]
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | 3.50 | 3.70 | 3.90 | 4.00 | 4.10 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Daniela Bártová |  Czech Republic |
– | o | o | – | o | 4.10 | Q |
| 1 | B | Emma George | Australia |
– | – | – | o | o | 4.10 | Q |
| 3 | A | Sun Caiyun | China |
– | o | xo | xxo | o | 4.10 | Q |
| 4 | A | Svetlana Abramova |  Russia |
– | – | xo | o | xo | 4.10 | Q |
| 5 | A | Eszter Szemerédi |  Hungary |
– | – | o | o | xxx | 4.00 | q |
| 5 | B | Cai Weiyan | China |
– | o | o | o | – | 4.00 | q |
| 7 | B | Anzhela Balakhonova |  Ukraine |
– | – | xo | o | x– | 4.00 | q |
| 7 | B | Stacy Dragila | United States |
– | o | xo | o | – | 4.00 | q |
| 9 | A | Amandine Homo |  France |
– | o | xxo | o | xxx | 4.00 | q, =NR |
| 9 | B | Maria Carla Bresciani |  Italy |
– | xo | xo | o | x– | 4.00 | q, NR |
| 11 | A | Vala Flosadóttir |  Iceland |
– | o | o | xo | xxx | 4.00 | q |
| 12 | B | Zsuzsanna Szabó | Hungary |
– | o | o | xxx | 3.90 | q | |
| 13 | B | Yelena Belyakova | Russia |
– | xxo | o | xxx | 3.90 | ||
| 14 | A | Gabriela Mihalcea |  Romania |
– | o | xo | xxx | 3.90 | ||
| 14 | B | Sophie Zubiolo |  Belgium |
o | o | xo | xxx | 3.90 | =NR | |
| 16 | A | Sabine Schulte |  Germany |
xo | o | xxo | xxx | 3.90 | ||
| 16 | B | Rhian Clarke |  Great Britain |
xo | o | xxo | xxx | 3.90 | =NR | |
| 18 | A | Doris Auer |  Austria |
o | o | xxx | 3.70 | |||
| 18 | A | Janine Whitlock | Great Britain |
o | o | xxx | 3.70 | |||
| 18 | B | Šárka Mládková | Czech Republic |
– | o | xxx | 3.70 | |||
| 21 | B | Dana Cervantes |  Spain |
xo | o | xxx | 3.70 | |||
| 22 | A | Melissa Price | United States |
– | xo | xxx | 3.70 | |||
| 22 | A | Anita Tomulevski |  Norway |
o | xo | xxx | 3.70 | |||
| 22 | B | Cassandra Kelly |  New Zealand |
o | xo | xxx | 3.70 | |||
| 22 | B | Nicole Rieger | Germany |
– | xo | xxx | 3.70 | |||
| 26 | B | Lynda Méziani | France |
xo | xxo | xxx | 3.70 | |||
| 27 | A | Trista Bernier |  Canada |
o | xxx | 3.50 | ||||
| A | Alejandra García |  Argentina |
NM |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 3.70 | 3.90 | 4.00 | 4.10 | 4.20 | 4.25 | 4.30 | 4.35 | 4.40 | 4.45 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Stacy Dragila | United States |
– | o | o | o | xo | o | o | xxo | xo | xxx | 4.40 | WR |
 |
Emma George | Australia |
– | – | o | – | o | – | xo | o | xx– | x | 4.35 | |
 |
Cai Weiyan | China |
o | o | o | xo | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | 4.35 | AR | |
| 4 | Sun Caiyun | China |
o | o | o | o | o | x– | xx | 4.20 | ||||
| 5 | Daniela Bártová | Czech Republic |
o | o | – | xo | xo | xxx | 4.20 | |||||
| 6 | Svetlana Abramova | Russia |
– | xxo | – | o | xxx | 4.10 | ||||||
| 7 | Eszter Szemerédi | Hungary |
– | o | – | xo | xxx | 4.10 | ||||||
| 8 | Vala Flosadóttir | Iceland |
o | o | o | xxx | 4.00 | |||||||
| 9 | Anzhela Balakhonova | Ukraine |
– | o | xo | xxx | 4.00 | |||||||
| 10 | Amandine Homo | France |
o | o | xxx | 3.90 | ||||||||
| 11 | Zsuzsanna Szabó | Hungary |
xo | xxx | 3.70 | |||||||||
| Maria Carla Bresciani | Italy |
NM |