# Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

The women's high jump competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 26–28 August.

## Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. Athletes start with a qualifying round. Jumping in turn, each athlete attempts to achieve the qualifying height. If they fail at three jumps in a row, they are eliminated. After a successful jump, they receive three more attempts to achieve the next height. Once all jumps have been completed, all athletes who have achieved the qualifying height go through to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieve the qualifying standard, the best 12 athletes go through. Cleared heights reset for the final, which followed the same format until all athletes fail three consecutive jumps.

## Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Thursday, 26 August 2004 | 20:00 | Qualification |
| Saturday, 28 August 2004 | 19:00 | Final |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading jump were as follows:
| World record | Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 2.09 m | Rome, Italy | 30 August 1987 |
| Olympic record | Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 2.05 m | Atlanta, United States | 3 August 1996 |
| World Leading | Anna Chicherova (RUS) | 2.04 | Arnstadt, Germany | 7 February 2004 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Result | Record |
| 28 August | Final | Yelena Slesarenko | Russia | 2.06 m | OR |

## Results
### Qualifying round

Rule: Qualifying standard 1.95 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.89 | 1.92 | 1.95 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Hestrie Cloete | South Africa | | | o | o | o | o | 1.95 | Q |
| 1 | A | Vita Styopina | Ukraine | | o | o | o | o | o | 1.95 | Q |
| 1 | B | Iryna Mykhalchenko | Ukraine | | o | o | o | o | o | 1.95 | Q |
| 4 | A | Tia Hellebaut | Belgium | o | o | o | xo | o | o | 1.95 | Q, =NR |
| 4 | B | Anna Chicherova | Russia | | o | o | o | xo | o | 1.95 | Q |
| 4 | B | Yelena Slesarenko | Russia | | o | o | o | xo | o | 1.95 | Q |
| 7 | A | Blanka Vlašić | Croatia | | | xxo | xo | o | o | 1.95 | Q |
| 8 | B | Monica Iagăr | Romania | | o | o | o | xo | xo | 1.95 | Q, =SB |
| 8 | B | Amy Acuff | United States | | o | o | o | xo | xo | 1.95 | Q |
| 10 | A | Inha Babakova | Ukraine | | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.92 | q |
| 11 | B | Marta Mendía | Spain | | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 1.92 | q |
| 12 | A | Oana Pantelimon | Romania | | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | 1.92 | q, SB |
| 13 | A | Tatyana Novoseltseva | Russia | | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.92 | |
| 14 | B | Romary Rifka | Mexico | | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.92 | |
| 15 | B | Venelina Veneva | Bulgaria | | o | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | 1.92 | |
| 16 | A | Ruth Beitia | Spain | o | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| 16 | B | Tisha Waller | United States | | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| 16 | B | Jing Xuezhu | China | o | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| 16 | B | Juana Arrendel | Dominican Republic | | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.89 | SB |
| 16 | B | Iva Straková | Czech Republic | o | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| 21 | B | Noengrothai Chaipetch | Thailand | o | o | xo | o | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| 22 | A | Candeğer Kilinçer | Turkey | | o | o | xo | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| 23 | A | Corinne Müller | Switzerland | | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| 23 | A | Solange Witteveen | Argentina | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| 23 | B | Tatyana Efimenko | Kyrgyzstan | | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 1.89 | |
| 26 | A | Zuzana Hlavoňová | Czech Republic | | o | o | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 26 | B | Inna Gliznuta | Moldova | o | o | o | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 28 | A | Bobby Aloysius | India | o | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 28 | A | Chaunte Howard | United States | | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 30 | B | Caterine Ibargüen | Colombia | | xo | xxo | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 31 | A | Marina Aitova | Kazakhstan | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 31 | B | Nikolia Mitropoulou | Greece | | xxo | xxo | xxx | | | 1.85 | |
| 33 | A | Bùi Thị Nhung | Vietnam | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.80 | |
| 34 | A | Petrina Price | Australia | | xxo | xxx | | | | 1.80 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.85 | 1.89 | 1.93 | 1.96 | 1.99 | 2.02 | 2.04 | 2.06 | 2.10 | Result | Notes |
| | Yelena Slesarenko | Russia | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.06 | OR |
| | Hestrie Cloete | South Africa | o | o | o | o | o | o | xx- | x | | 2.02 | |
| | Vita Styopina | Ukraine | o | o | o | xxo | xxo | o | xxx | | | 2.02 | PB |
| 4 | Amy Acuff | United States | o | o | o | xo | o | - | xxx | | | 1.99 | |
| 5 | Iryna Mykhalchenko | Ukraine | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 1.96 | |
| 6 | Anna Chicherova | Russia | xo | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | 1.96 | |
| 7 | Oana Pantelimon | Romania | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.93 | SB |
| 8 | Monica Iagăr | Romania | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | 1.93 | |
| 9 | Inha Babakova | Ukraine | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | | | | 1.93 | |
| 10 | Marta Mendía | Spain | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 1.93 | |
| 11 | Blanka Vlašić | Croatia | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 1.89 | |
| 12 | Tia Hellebaut | Belgium | o | xxx | | | | | | | | 1.85 | |