The women's pole vault at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 27 to 29 September 2019.

At 4.85 m, defending and Olympic champion Katerina Stefanidi missed once, while Morris and Sidorova remained clean.

The tie was broken, and Sidorova became only the fourth woman in history to clear 4.95 m. Morris congratulated her opponent after the winning vault, an act which earned her a place on the shortlist for the International Fair Play Award that year.

Prior to 2019, the maximum number of women who cleared 4.80 m in a World Championship final was three, in 2013 and 2015.

In fact, the winning height of 4.95 m would have won all previous World Championships except for 2005 when Yelena Isinbayeva won with a then-world record of 5.01 m. Before the competition records were as follows:[3] The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[4] Qualification: 4.60 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).