Record Athlete Nation Venue Date #[2]
4.05 m (13 ft 314 in)[1] Sun Caiyun  China Nanjing, China 21 May 1992 1
4.08 m (13 ft 412 in)[1] Sun Caiyun  China Taiyuan, China 18 May 1995 2
4.08 m (13 ft 412 in)[1] Zhong Guiqing  China Taiyuan, China 18 May 1995 1
4.10 m (13 ft 514 in)[1] Daniela Bártová  Czech Republic Ljubljana, Slovenia 21 May 1995 1
4.12 m (13 ft 6 in)[1] Daniela Bártová  Czech Republic Duisburg, Germany 18 June 1995 2
4.13 m (13 ft 612 in)[1] Daniela Bártová  Czech Republic Wesel, Germany 24 June 1995 3
4.14 m (13 ft 634 in)[1] Daniela Bártová  Czech Republic Gateshead, England 2 July 1995 4
4.15 m (13 ft 714 in)[1] Daniela Bártová  Czech Republic Ostrava, Czech Republic 6 July 1995 5
4.16 m (13 ft 734 in)[1] Daniela Bártová  Czech Republic Feldkirch, Austria 14 July 1995 6
4.17 m (13 ft 8 in)[1] Daniela Bártová  Czech Republic Feldkirch, Austria 15 July 1995 7
4.18 m (13 ft 812 in)[1] Andrea Müller  Germany Zittau, Germany 5 August 1995 1
4.20 m (13 ft 914 in)[1] Daniela Bártová  Czech Republic Köln, Germany 18 August 1995 8
4.21 m (13 ft 912 in)[1] Daniela Bártová  Czech Republic Linz, Austria 22 August 1995 9
4.22 m (13 ft 10 in)[1] Daniela Bártová  Czech Republic Salgotarjan, Hungary 11 September 1995 10
4.25 m (13 ft 1114 in)[1] Emma George  Australia Melbourne, Australia 30 November 1995 1
4.28 m (14 ft 012 in)[1] Emma George  Australia Perth, Australia 17 December 1995 2
4.41 m (14 ft 512 in)[1] Emma George  Australia Perth, Australia 28 January 1996 3
4.42 m (14 ft 6 in)[1] Emma George  Australia Reims, France 29 June 1996 4
4.45 m (14 ft 7 in)[1] Emma George  Australia Sapporo, Japan 14 July 1996 5
4.50 m (14 ft 9 in)[1] Emma George  Australia Melbourne, Australia 8 February 1997 6
4.55 m (14 ft 11 in)[1] Emma George  Australia Melbourne, Australia 20 February 1997 7
4.57 m (14 ft 1134 in)[1] Emma George  Australia Auckland, New Zealand 21 February 1998 8
4.58 m (15 ft 014 in)[1] Emma George  Australia Melbourne, Australia 14 March 1998 9
4.59 m (15 ft 012 in)[1] Emma George  Australia Brisbane, Australia 21 March 1998 10
4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)[1] Emma George  Australia Sydney, Australia 20 February 1999 11
4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)[1] Stacy Dragila  United States Sevilla, Spain 21 August 1999 1
i 4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)[1][3] Stacy Dragila  United States Pocatello, U.S. 19 Feb 2000 2
i 4.62 m (15 ft 134 in)[1][3] Stacy Dragila  United States Atlanta, U.S. 3 Mar 2000 3
4.63 m (15 ft 214 in)[1] Stacy Dragila  United States Sacramento, U.S. 23 July 2000 4
i 4.63 m (15 ft 214 in)[1][3] Stacy Dragila  United States New York City, U.S. 2 Feb 2001 5
i 4.64 m (15 ft 212 in) [1][3] Svetlana Feofanova  Russia Dortmund, Germany 11 February 2001 1
i 4.66 m (15 ft 314 in) [1][3] Stacy Dragila  United States Pocatello, U.S. 17 Feb 2001 6
i 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) [1][3] Stacy Dragila  United States Pocatello, U.S. 17 Feb 2001 7
4.70 m (15 ft 5 in)[1] Stacy Dragila  United States Pocatello, U.S. 27 April 2001 8
4.71 m (15 ft 514 in)[1] Stacy Dragila  United States Palo Alto, U.S. 9 June 2001 9
4.81 m (15 ft 914 in)[1] Stacy Dragila  United States Palo Alto, U.S. 9 June 2001 10
4.82 m (15 ft 934 in)[1] Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia Gateshead, England 13 July 2003 1
i 4.83 m (15 ft 10 in)[1][3] Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia Donets'k, Ukraine 15 February 2004 2
i 4.85 m (15 ft 1034 in)[1][3] Svetlana Feofanova[4]  Russia Athens, Greece 22 February 2004 2
i 4.86 m (15 ft 1114 in)[1][3] Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia Budapest, Hungary 6 March 2004 3
4.87 m (15 ft 1112 in)[1] Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia Gateshead, England 27 June 2004 4
4.88 m (16 ft 0 in)[1] Svetlana Feofanova  Russia Heraklion, Greece 4 July 2004 3
4.89 m (16 ft 012 in)[1] Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia Birmingham, England 25 July 2004 5
4.90 m (16 ft 034 in)[1] Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia London, England 30 July 2004 6
4.91 m (16 ft 114 in)[1] Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia Athens, Greece 24 August 2004 7
4.92 m (16 ft 112 in)[1] Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia Brussels, Belgium 3 September 2004 8
4.93 m (16 ft 2 in)[1] Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia Lausanne, Switzerland 5 July 2005 9
4.95 m (16 ft 234 in)[1] Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia Madrid, Spain 16 July 2005 10
4.96 m (16 ft 314 in)[1] Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia London, England 22 July 2005 11
5.00 m (16 ft 434 in)[1] Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia London, England 22 July 2005 12
5.01 m (16 ft 5 in)[1] Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia Helsinki, Finland 9 August 2005 13
5.03 m (16 ft 6 in)[1] Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia Rome, Italy 11 July 2008 14
5.04 m (16 ft 614 in)[1] Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia Fontvieille, Monaco 29 July 2008 15
5.05 m (16 ft 634 in)[1] Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia Beijing, China 18 August 2008 16
5.06 m (16 ft 7 in)[5] Yelena Isinbayeva  Russia Zürich, Switzerland 28 August 2009 17