The women's pole vault at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 17, 2016.

The women's entrants included eight of the top 20 vaulters in history, most of them peaking in the weeks before the competition.

One day after her 35th birthday, Fabiana Murer improved upon the listed Masters W35 world record by clearing 4.60.

At 4.75, the world record holder (improved earlier this season) Jenn Suhr took only her second attempt of the competition to tie for the lead with Ekaterini Stefanidi, who had jumped clean at 5 heights.

After everyone else failed at 4.90, Suhr cleared it on only her fourth attempt of the competition which ultimately gave her the gold.