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
Results
Qualification
Qualification: 4.10 or at least 12 best performers qualified for the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | 3.50 | 3.70 | 3.90 | 4.00 | 4.10 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Daniela Bártová | | – | o | o | – | o | 4.10 | Q |
| 1 | B | Emma George | | – | – | – | o | o | 4.10 | Q |
| 3 | A | Sun Caiyun | | – | o | xo | xxo | o | 4.10 | Q |
| 4 | A | Svetlana Abramova | | – | – | xo | o | xo | 4.10 | Q |
| 5 | A | Eszter Szemerédi | | – | – | o | o | xxx | 4.00 | q |
| 5 | B | Cai Weiyan | | – | o | o | o | – | 4.00 | q |
| 7 | B | Anzhela Balakhonova | | – | – | xo | o | x– | 4.00 | q |
| 7 | B | Stacy Dragila | | – | o | xo | o | – | 4.00 | q |
| 9 | A | Amandine Homo | | – | o | xxo | o | xxx | 4.00 | q, =NR |
| 9 | B | Maria Carla Bresciani | | – | xo | xo | o | x– | 4.00 | q, NR |
| 11 | A | Vala Flosadóttir | | – | o | o | xo | xxx | 4.00 | q |
| 12 | B | Zsuzsanna Szabó | | – | o | o | xxx | | 3.90 | q |
| 13 | B | Yelena Belyakova | | – | xxo | o | xxx | | 3.90 | |
| 14 | A | Gabriela Mihalcea | | – | o | xo | xxx | | 3.90 | |
| 14 | B | Sophie Zubiolo | | o | o | xo | xxx | | 3.90 | =NR |
| 16 | A | Sabine Schulte | | xo | o | xxo | xxx | | 3.90 | |
| 16 | B | Rhian Clarke | | xo | o | xxo | xxx | | 3.90 | =NR |
| 18 | A | Doris Auer | | o | o | xxx | | | 3.70 | |
| 18 | A | Janine Whitlock | | o | o | xxx | | | 3.70 | |
| 18 | B | Šárka Mládková | | – | o | xxx | | | 3.70 | |
| 21 | B | Dana Cervantes | | xo | o | xxx | | | 3.70 | |
| 22 | A | Melissa Price | | – | xo | xxx | | | 3.70 | |
| 22 | A | Anita Tomulevski | | o | xo | xxx | | | 3.70 | |
| 22 | B | Cassandra Kelly | | o | xo | xxx | | | 3.70 | |
| 22 | B | Nicole Rieger | | – | xo | xxx | | | 3.70 | |
| 26 | B | Lynda Méziani | | xo | xxo | xxx | | | 3.70 | |
| 27 | A | Trista Bernier | | o | xxx | | | | 3.50 | |
| A | Alejandra García | | | | | | | | |
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 | | – | o | o | o | xo | o | o | xxo | xo | xxx | 4.40 | WR |
| Emma George | | – | – | o | – | o | – | xo | o | xx– | x | 4.35 | |
| Cai Weiyan | | o | o | o | xo | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | | 4.35 | AR |
| Sun Caiyun | | o | o | o | o | o | x– | xx | | | | 4.20 | |
| Daniela Bártová | | o | o | – | xo | xo | xxx | | | | | 4.20 | |
| Svetlana Abramova | | – | xxo | – | o | xxx | | | | | | 4.10 | |
| Eszter Szemerédi | | – | o | – | xo | xxx | | | | | | 4.10 | |
| Vala Flosadóttir | | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 4.00 | |
| Anzhela Balakhonova | | – | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | | 4.00 | |
| 10 | Amandine Homo | | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | | 3.90 | |
| 11 | Zsuzsanna Szabó | | xo | xxx | | | | | | | | | 3.70 | |
| Maria Carla Bresciani | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
