Thewomen'spole vault event at the2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 15–16 March 2003.
The winning margin was 20 cm which as of July 2024 remains the only time the women's pole vault was won by more than 10 cm at these championships.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Svetlana Feofanova Russia | Yelena Isinbayeva Russia | Monika Pyrek Poland |
Qualification: Qualification Performance 4.35 (Q) or at least 8 best performers advanced to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | 4.10 | 4.25 | 4.30 | 4.35 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia | o | o | – | o | 4.35 | Q |
| 1 | B | Monika Pyrek | Poland | – | o | – | o | 4.35 | Q |
| 1 | B | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia | – | – | – | o | 4.35 | Q |
| 4 | A | Vanessa Boslak |  France | o | xo | – | o | 4.35 | Q |
| 4 | A | Tanya Stefanova |  Bulgaria | – | o | xo | o | 4.35 | Q |
| 4 | B | Annika Becker |  Germany | xo | o | – | o | 4.35 | Q |
| 7 | B | Anna Rogowska | Poland | o | o | – | xo | 4.35 | Q |
| 8 | B | Kellie Suttle |  United States | o | o | o | xxo | 4.35 | Q |
| 9 | B | Thórey Edda Elisdóttir |  Iceland | xo | o | xo | xxx | 4.35 | |
| 10 | A | Kirsten Belin |  Sweden | o | o | xxx | 4.25 | ||
| 11 | A | Krisztina Molnár |  Hungary | o | xxo | xxx | 4.25 | ||
| 12 | A | Naroa Agirre |  Spain | xo | xxx | 4.10 | |||
| 13 | A | Natalya Kushch |  Ukraine | xxo | xxx | 4.10 | |||
| A | Monique de Wilt |  Netherlands | xxx | NM | |||||
| A | Gao Shuying |  China | xxx | NM | |||||
| A | Marie Poissonnier | France | xxx | NM | |||||
| B | Stacy Dragila | United States | – | – | xxx | NM | |||
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 4.20 | 4.35 | 4.45 | 4.55 | 4.60 | 4.65 | 4.70 | 4.75 | 4.80 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Svetlana Feofanova | Russia | – | o | o | xo | o | o | o | o | xo | 4.80 | WR |
 | Yelena Isinbayeva | Russia | xo | o | o | o | o | x– | – | xx | 4.60 | ||
 | Monika Pyrek | Poland | o | o | o | xxx | 4.45 | ||||||
| 4 | Kellie Suttle | United States | o | xxo | o | xxx | 4.45 | SB | |||||
| 5 | Annika Becker | Germany | o | xo | xo | xxx | 4.45 | ||||||
| 6 | Tanya Stefanova | Bulgaria | o | xo | xxx | 4.35 | |||||||
| 6 | Anna Rogowska | Poland | o | xo | xxx | 4.35 | |||||||
| Vanessa Boslak | France | xxx | NM | ||||||||||
