The women's pole vault at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 16 and 18 at the Beijing National Stadium.

[2] The final was won by 25 cm by Yelena Isinbayeva, who set a new world record height of 5.05 meters for the discipline.

During the finals, one of the poles which Brazilian Fabiana Murer would use disappeared, causing her to spend 10–15 minutes trying to get it back.

[3] The lost time and having to use another pole led her to bad results.

Murer complained about the organization,[4] and would only return to China 7 years later at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, this time winning a silver medal.