Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's pole vault

Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
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
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km 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
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The women's pole vault event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held on 19 September in Kuala Lumpur.

This was the first time that this event was contested at the Commonwealth Games.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Emma George	Australia	4.20	GR
	Elmarie Gerryts	South Africa	4.15
	Trista Bernier	Canada	4.15	PB
4	Janine Whitlock	England	4.00
5	Rachael Dacy	Australia	4.00
6	Jenny Dryburgh	New Zealand	3.90
7	Melina Hamilton	New Zealand	3.90
7	Cassandra Kelly	New Zealand	3.90
7	Tracey Shepherd	Australia	3.90
10	Anna Fitidou	Cyprus	3.80
11	Rhian Clarke	Wales	3.80
12	Paula Wilson	England	3.70
13	Rebecca Chambers	Canada	3.60
14	Alison Murray-Jessee	Scotland	3.50
15	Emma Hornby	England	3.50

v t e Commonwealth Games champions in women's pole vault
1998: Emma George (AUS) 2002: Tatiana Grigorieva (AUS) 2006: Kym Howe (AUS) 2010: Alana Boyd (AUS) 2014: Alana Boyd (AUS) 2018: Alysha Newman (CAN) 2022: Nina Kennedy (AUS)

v t e Pole vault at the Commonwealth Games
Men's	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Women's	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

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