The women's pole vault at the

2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born 1993 or later) which was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, on 10–15 ...

was held at the

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys (, formerly known as the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc and Estadio de Montjuic) is a stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Originally built in 1927 for the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition, 1929 Internation ...

on 12 and 14 July. The 2010 world junior champion,

Angelica Bengtsson Angelica Therese Bengtsson (born 8 July 1993) is a Swedish track and field athlete who specialises in the pole vault. She became the first pole vault winner at the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, 2010. Bengtsson has won gold medals ...

of Sweden, is eligible to defend her title.

Medalists

Records

, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

Results

2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics - Pole vault

Qualification

Qualification: Standard 4.10 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)

Final

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

References

External links

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Pole Vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...

Pole vault at the World Athletics U20 Championships 2012 in women's athletics