Women Qualifying for World Championships

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The list that follows shows the vaulters regarded by the IAAF as the top qualifiers for the World Championships that begin in Helsinki on August 6. Each country can enter up to three vaulters who have met the "A" standard. If no vaulter for a country has met the "A" standard, the country can enter one vaulter who has met the "B" standard.

A national federation may choose to substitute a different vaulter who has met the "A" standard for one who has a better qualifying height. For example, USA traditionally designates as their entries the three athletes who place highest in their national championships among those who have attained the "A" standard. In this instance, that would mean replacing Kelly Suttle, who finished fourth, with Tracy O'Hara, who finished second. O'Hara has a 2005 outdoor best of 4.60m, while Suttle's best this season is 4.41m.

My thanks to Mirko Jalava for his permission to abstract this list from his compilation on tilastopaja.net. His original list includes the further details of meet venue, date and placings from which I have summarized the following.

4.93 Yelena Isinbayeva RUS 2005
4.88 Svetlana Feofanova RUS 2004
4.83 Stacy Dragila USA 2004
4.78 Tatyana Polnova RUS 2004
4.77 Anna Rogowska POL 2005
4.72 Monika Pyrek POL 2004
4.68i Annika Becker GER 2004
4.67 Kellie Suttle USA 2004
4.66 Carolin Hingst GER 2004
4.60i Jillian Schwartz USA 2004
4.60 Thórey Elísdóttir ISL 2004
4.57 Anzhela Balahonova UKR 2004
4.56 Vanessa Boslak FRA 2005
4.55i Pavla Hamácková CZE 2005
4.52 Katerina Badurová CZE 2004
4.50i Nastja Ryshich GER 2004
4.50 Nataliya Kushch UKR 2004
4.50i Tania Stefanova BUL 2005
4.50 Dana Ellis CAN 2005
4.48 Afrodíti Skafída GRE 2005
4.47 Naroa Agirre ESP 2004
4.47 Yeoryía Tsiliggíri GRE 2004
4.46i Dana Cervantes ESP 2004
4.46 Janine Whitlock GBR 2005
4.46 Kelsie Hendry CAN 2005
4.45 Gao Shuying CHN 2004
4.45i Zhao Yingying CHN 2005
4.45 Kirsten Belin SWE 2005
4.45 Krisztina Molnár HUN 2005

Limit A: 4.45

4.43 Alejandra Garcia ARG 2004
4.40 Kym Howe AUS 2004
4.40i Anna Fitidou CYP 2005
4.40 Fabiana Murer BRA 2005
4.35 Takayo Kondo JPN 2004
4.31 Melina Hamilton NZL 2005
4.30 Nadine Rohr SUI 2004
4.30 Teja Melink SLO 2004
4.30i Elisabete Tavares POR 2005

Limit B: 4.30