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World Rankings — Women’s 1956–1993 (rankings not done) © GIANCARLO COLOMBO/PHOTO RUN (rankings 5 deep 1994–96) 1994 1...... Nicole Humbert () 2...... Caiyun Sun () 3...... Andrea Müller (Germany) 4...... Svetlana Abramova () 5...... Weiyan Cai (China) 1995 1...... Daniela Bártová () 2...... Caiyun Sun (China) 3...... () 4...... Andrea Müller (Germany) 5...... Weiyan Cai (China) 1996 1...... Emma George (Australia) 2...... Caiyun Sun (China) 3...... Weiyan Cai (China) 4...... Daniela Bártová (Czech Republic) 5...... Vala Flosadóttir (Iceland) 1997 1...... Emma George (Australia) 2...... (US) 3...... Weiyan Cai (China) 4...... (Ukraine) 5...... Andrea Müller (Germany) 6...... Daniela Bártová (Czech Republic) 7...... Eszter Szemerédi () 8...... Caiyun Sun (China) 9...... Svetlana Abramova (Russia) 10...... Sabine Schulte (Germany) 1998 1...... Emma George (Australia) 2...... Anzhela Balakhonova (Ukraine) Yelena Isinbaeva had a record 3...... (Russia) 6 straight No. 1s, 2004–09, 4...... Daniela Bártová (Czech Republic) and added a seventh in ’13 5...... Vala Flosadóttir (Iceland) 6...... Stacy Dragila (US) 7...... Nastja Ryshich (Germany) 8...... Nicole Humbert (Germany) 9...... (Australia) 10...... Zsuzsa Szabó (Hungary)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s Pole Vault 1999 2003 1...... Stacy Dragila (US) 1...... (Russia) 2...... Anzhela Balakhonova (Ukraine) 2...... Yelena Isinbaeva (Russia) 3...... Tatiana Grigorieva (Australia) 3...... (Russia) 4...... Nicole Humbert (Germany) 4...... (Germany) 5...... Zsuzsa Szabó (Hungary) 5...... Stacy Dragila (US) 6...... Nastja Ryshich (Germany) 6...... () 7...... Vala Flosadóttir (Iceland) 7...... Yvonne Buschbaum (Germany) 8...... Mel Mueller (US) 8...... Yelena Belyakova (Russia) 9...... Pavla Rybová (Czech Republic) 9...... (US) 10...... Daniela Bártová (Czech Republic) 10...... Pavla Rybová (Czech Republic) 2000 2004 1...... Stacy Dragila (US) 1...... Yelena Isinbaeva (Russia) 2...... Anzhela Balakhonova (Ukraine) 2...... Svetlana Feofanova (Russia) 3...... Svetlana Feofanova (Russia) 3...... Stacy Dragila (US) 4...... Yelena Belyakova (Russia) 4...... (Poland) 5...... Vala Flosadóttir (Iceland) 5...... Tatyana Polnova (Russia) 6...... Daniela Bártová (Czech Republic) 6...... Monika Pyrek (Poland) 7...... Tatiana Grigorieva (Australia) 7...... Thórey Elisdóttir (Iceland) 8...... Nicole Humbert (Germany) 8...... Anzhela Balakhonova (Ukraine) 9...... Yvonne Buschbaum (Germany) 9...... Vanessa Boslak () 10...... Emma George (Australia) 10...... Jillian Schwartz (US) 2001 2005 1...... Stacy Dragila (US) 1...... Yelena Isinbaeva (Russia) 2...... Svetlana Feofanova (Russia) 2...... Monika Pyrek (Poland) 3...... Monika Pyrek (Poland) 3...... Anna Rogowska (Poland) 4...... Kellie Suttle (US) 4...... Tatyana Polnova (Russia) 5...... Tatiana Grigorieva (Australia) 5...... Pavla Rybová (Czech Republic) 6...... Yvonne Buschbaum (Germany) 6...... Vanessa Boslak (France) 7...... Pavla Rybová (Czech Republic) 7...... Shuying Gao (China) 8...... Yelena Isinbaeva (Russia) 8...... Dana Ellis () 9...... Thórey Elísdóttir (Iceland) 9...... (Germany) 10...... Mary Vincent (US) 10...... Stacy Dragila (US) 2002 2006 1...... Svetlana Feofanova (Russia) 1...... Yelena Isinbaeva (Russia) 2...... Yvonne Buschbaum (Germany) 2...... Monika Pyrek (Poland) 3...... Monika Pyrek (Poland) 3...... Anna Rogowska (Poland) 4...... Stacy Dragila (US) 4...... Svetlana Feofanova (Russia) 5...... Yelena Isinbaeva (Russia) 5...... () 6...... Annika Becker (Germany) 6...... (US) 7...... Yelena Belyakova (Russia) 7...... Tatiana Grigorieva (Australia) 8...... Krisztina Molnár (Hungary) 8...... Tatyana Polnova (Russia) 9...... Christine Adams (Germany) 9...... Vanessa Boslak (France) 10...... Mary Vincent (US) 10...... (Germany)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s Pole Vault 2007 2011 1...... Yelena Isinbaeva (Russia) 1...... Jenn Suhr (US) 2...... Svetlana Feofanova (Russia) 2...... Fabiana Murer (Brazil) 3...... Monika Pyrek (Poland) 3...... Silke Spiegelburg (Germany) 4....Katerina Bad’urová (Czech Republic) 4...... Yelena Isinbaeva (Russia) 5...... (Russia) 5...... Svetlana Feofanova (Russia) 6...... Tatyana Polnova (Russia) 6...... (Germany) 7...... Vanessa Boslak (France) 7...... () 8...... Jenn Suhr (US) 8...... Anna Rogowska (Poland) 9...... Fabiana Murer (Brazil) 9...... Jiřina Ptáčníkova (Czech Republic) 10...... Silke Spiegelburg (Germany) 10...... Nikoléta Kiriakopoúlou () 2008 2012 1...... Yelena Isinbaeva (Russia) 1...... Jenn Suhr (US) 2...... Jenn Suhr (US) 2...... Yelena Isinbaeva (Russia) 3...... Svetlana Feofanova (Russia) 3...... Yarisley Silva (Cuba) 4...... Monika Pyrek (Poland) 4...... Silke Spiegelburg (Germany) 5...... Yuliya Golubchikova (Russia) 5...... Jiřina Ptáčníkova (Czech Republic) 6...... Silke Spiegelburg (Germany) 6...... Fabiana Murer (Brazil) 7...... Fabiana Murer (Brazil) 7...... (Great Britain) 8...... Anna Rogowska (Poland) 8...... (Germany) 9...... Tatyana Polnova (Russia) 9...... Martina Strutz (Germany) 10...... Carolin Hingst (Germany) 10...... Vanessa Boslak (France) 2009 2013 1...... Yelena Isinbaeva (Russia) 1...... Yelena Isinbaeva (Russia) 2...... Anna Rogowska (Poland) 2...... Yarisley Silva (Cuba) 3...... Monika Pyrek (Poland) 3...... Jenn Suhr (US) 4...... Fabiana Murer (Brazil) 4...... Silke Spiegelburg (Germany) 5...... Svetlana Feofanova (Russia) 5...... Fabiana Murer (Brazil) 6...... Silke Spiegelburg (Germany) 6...... Anastasiya Savchenko (Russia) 7...... Yuliya Golubchikova (Russia) 7..... Jiřina Ptáčníkova (Czech Republic) 8...... Jenn Suhr (US) 8...... Holly Bradshaw (Great Britain) 9...... (US) 9...... Mary Saxer (US) 10...... Kate Dennison (Great Britain) 10...... Nikoléta Kiriakopoúlou (Greece) 2010 2014 1...... Fabiana Murer (Brazil) 1...... Fabiana Murer (Brazil) 2...... Svetlana Feofanova (Russia) 2...... Yarisley Silva (Cuba) 3...... Silke Spiegelburg (Germany) 3...... Jenn Suhr (US) 4...... Anna Rogowska (Poland) 4...... Katerína Stefanídi (Greece) 5...... Lacy Janson (US) 5...... (Russia) 6...... Yuliya Golubchikova (Russia) 6...... Nikoléta Kiriakopoúlou (Greece) 7...... Jiřina Ptáčníkova (Czech Republic) 7...... Angelina Zhuk-Krasnova (Russia) 8...... Lisa Ryzih (Germany) 8...... Lisa Ryzih (Germany) 9...... Yelena Isinbaeva (Russia) 9...... Silke Spiegelburg (Germany) 10...... Jillian Schwartz (Israel) 10...... Jiřina Ptáčníkova (Czech Rep)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s Pole Vault 2015 2018 1...... Nikoléta Kiriakopoúlou (Greece) 1...... (US) 2...... Yarisley Silva (Cuba) 2...... Katerína Stefanídi (Greece) 3...... Fabiana Murer (Brazil) 3...... Anzhelika Sidorova (Russia) 4...... Jenn Suhr (US) 4...... Jenn Suhr (US) 5...... Anzhelika Sidorova (Russia) 5...... Eliza McCartney (New Zealand) 6...... Katerína Stefanídi (Greece) 6...... Katie Nageotte (US) 7...... Sandi Morris (US) 7...... Holly Bradshaw (Great Britain) 8...... () 8...... Yarisley Silva (Cuba) 9...... Silke Spiegelburg (Germany) 9...... Nikoléta Kiriakopoúlou (Greece) 10...... Lisa Ryzih (Germany) 10...... Ninon Guillon-Romarin (France) 2016 2019 1...... Sandi Morris (US) 1...... Anzhelika Sidorova (Russia) 2...... Katerína Stefanídi (Greece) 2...... Sandi Morris (US) 3...... Jenn Suhr (US) 3...... Katerína Stefanídi (Greece) 4...... Nicole Büchler () 4...... Katie Nageotte (US) 5...... Yarisley Silva (Cuba) 5...... (Canada) 6...... Eliza McCartney (New Zealand) 6...... Holly Bradshaw (Great Britain) 7...... Holly Bradshaw (Great Britain) 7...... (Venezuela) 8...... (Australia) 8...... Yarisley Silva (Cuba) 9...... Nikoléta Kiriakopoúlou (Greece) 9...... Angelica Bengtsson (Sweden) 10...... Fabiana Murer (Brazil) 10...... Nikoléta Kiriakopoúlou (Greece) 2017 1...... Katerína Stefanídi (Greece) 2...... Sandi Morris (US) 3...... Yarisley Silva (Cuba) 4...... Holly Bradshaw (Great Britain) 5...... Lisa Ryzih (Germany) 6...... Katie Nageotte (US) 7...... Alysha Newman (Canada) 8...... Nicole Büchler (Switzerland) 9...... Robeilys Peinado (Venezuela) 10...... Anzhelika Sidorova (Russia)

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