1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault

Events at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's pole vault event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 28 and 29 July.

Medalists

Gold	Monika Götz Germany
Silver	María Mar Sánchez Spain
Silver	Monika Pyrek Poland

Results

Final

29 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Monika Götz	Germany	4.20
	María Mar Sánchez	Spain	4.10
	Monika Pyrek	Poland	4.10
4	Yvonne Buschbaum	Germany	4.10
5	Amandine Homo	France	4.05
6	Vanessa Boslak	France	4.00
7	Anna Wielgus	Poland	4.00
8	Gao Shuying	China	3.90
9	Yelena Isinbaeva	Russia	3.90
10	Tuna Köstem	Turkey	3.90
11	Kym Howe	Australia	3.90
12	Christine Elwin	Australia	3.70

Qualifications

28 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Monika Pyrek	Poland	4.00	Q
2	Amandine Homo	France	3.90	q
3	Gao Shuying	China	3.90	q
3	Yvonne Buschbaum	Germany	3.90	q
5	Christine Elwin	Australia	3.80	q
6	Monika Erlach	Austria	3.65
7	Alla Checheleva	Russia	3.65
8	Iris Niederer	Switzerland	3.65
9	Tracey Bloomfield	United Kingdom	3.50
9	Nina Zega	Slovenia	3.50
9	Teja Melink	Slovenia	3.50
12	Ana Vieira	Portugal	3.50
13	Ioánna Volpánou	Greece	3.50
14	Annu Mäkelä	Finland	3.50
15	Kuan Mei-Lien	Chinese Taipei	3.30

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Monika Götz	Germany	3.90	q
2	Tuna Köstem	Turkey	3.90	q
3	Anna Wielgus	Poland	3.90	q
4	Yelena Isinbaeva	Russia	3.90	q
5	Vanessa Boslak	France	3.80	q
6	María Mar Sánchez	Spain	3.80	q
7	Kym Howe	Australia	3.80	q
8	Fanni Juhász	Hungary	3.80
9	Emma Draisey	New Zealand	3.65
10	Mami Nakano	Japan	3.65
11	Elisabete Tavares	Portugal	3.65
12	Fabiana Murer	Brazil	3.65
13	Melissa Feinstein	United States	3.50
14	Du Na	China	3.50
14	Katalin Donáth	Hungary	3.50
16	Chang Ko-Hsin	Chinese Taipei	3.50

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

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