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For the women's pole vault event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by jumping the entry standard of 4.73 m (15 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) or higher or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.
The men's pole vault has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896. The women's event is one of the latest additions to the programme, first being contested at the 2000 Summer Olympics – along with the addition of the hammer throw , this brought the women's field event programme to parity with the ...
The competition featured an identical number of medal events for men and women, the first instance in Olympic history. The marathon race walk mixed relay through a marathon course was contested for the first time at these Games, replacing the men's 50 kilometres race walk in the quest for gender equality.
At the U.S. Olympic Trials earlier this summer, American women’s record holder Sandi Morris told Yahoo Sports that she fears for the future of pole vault if the number of airlines that will take ...
Almost a year later, Kennedy and Moon returned to an international stage on Wednesday night for the Olympic women’s pole vault final. They fittingly arrived in Paris as the co-favorites to win ...
The women's pole vault at the 2024 European Athletics Championships took place at the Stadio Olimpico on ... Schedule. Date Time Round 8 June 2024 10:40: Qualification:
Illinois native and professional pole vaulter Emily Grove missed making the U.S. Olympic team by six spots and about one inch, placing ninth in June at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon.
The women's pole vault event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 2 and 5 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. [1] 31 athletes from 19 nations competed. [2]In her first Olympics, 30-year-old American Katie Nageotte won the gold medal by 5cm with a clearance of 4.90 metres.