# Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

These are the official results of the Women's High Jump event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total of 32 participating athletes, with two non-starters. The qualification round mark was set at 1.93 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Stefka Kostadinova Bulgaria |
| Silver | Niki Bakogianni Greece |
| Bronze | Inha Babakova Ukraine |

## Results
### Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 1.96 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.90 | 1.93 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Inha Babakova | Ukraine | – | – | o | o | o | 1.93 | q |
| 1 | A | Niki Bakogianni | Greece | – | o | o | o | o | 1.93 | q |
| DQ | A | Antonella Bevilacqua* | Italy | – | o | o | o | o | 1.93 | q |
| 1 | A | Yelena Gulyayeva | Russia | – | o | o | o | o | 1.93 | q |
| 1 | A | Stefka Kostadinova | Bulgaria | – | o | o | o | o | 1.93 | q |
| 1 | A | Tisha Waller | United States | o | o | o | o | o | 1.93 | q |
| 1 | A | Svetlana Zalevskaya | Kazakhstan | – | o | o | o | o | 1.93 | q |
| 1 | B | Alina Astafei | Germany | – | o | o | o | o | 1.93 | q |
| 1 | B | Hanne Haugland | Norway | – | o | o | o | o | 1.93 | q |
| 1 | B | Tatyana Motkova | Russia | o | o | o | o | o | 1.93 | q |
| 1 | B | Nelė Žilinskienė | Lithuania | – | o | o | o | o | 1.93 | q |
| 11 | B | Britta Bilač | Slovenia | – | o | o | o | xo | 1.93 | q |
| 12 | A | Olga Bolşova | Moldova | – | o | xo | o | xo | 1.93 | q |
| 13 | B | Zuzana Kováčiková | Czech Republic | o | o | xo | xo | xxo | 1.93 | q |
| 14 | B | Tatyana Khramova | Belarus | – | o | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | |
| 15 | B | Kajsa Bergqvist | Sweden | o | xo | o | o | xxx | 1.90 | |
| 16 | B | Lea Haggett | Great Britain | – | xo | o | xo | xxx | 1.90 | |
| 17 | B | Ioamnet Quintero | Cuba | – | o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | |
| 18 | A | Connie Teaberry | United States | o | xo | o | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | |
| 19 | A | Sieglinde Cadusch | Switzerland | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.85 | |
| 19 | A | Debbie Marti | Great Britain | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.85 | |
| 19 | B | Yuliya Lyakhova | Russia | – | o | o | xxx | | 1.85 | |
| 19 | B | Vita Styopina | Ukraine | – | o | o | xxx | | 1.85 | |
| 23 | B | Inna Gliznuta | Moldova | o | xo | o | xxx | | 1.85 | |
| 24 | B | Amy Acuff | United States | o | o | xo | xxx | | 1.85 | |
| 24 | B | Alica Javadová | Slovakia | – | o | xo | xxx | | 1.85 | |
| 26 | A | Natasha Alleyne | Trinidad and Tobago | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | 1.85 | |
| 27 | A | Juana Arrendel | Dominican Republic | o | o | xxx | | | 1.80 | |
| 28 | A | Svetlana Munkova | Uzbekistan | o | xxo | xxx | | | 1.80 | |
| 29 | A | Irene Tiendrebeogo | Burkina Faso | xxo | xxo | xxx | | | 1.80 | |
| 29 | B | Venelina Veneva | Bulgaria | xxo | xxo | xxx | | | 1.80 | |
| | B | Alison Inverarity | Australia | – | – | xxx | | | NM | |
| | A | Coralea Cline | British Virgin Islands | | | | | | DNS | |
| | A | Sigrid Kirchmann | Austria | | | | | | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.90 | 1.93 | 1.96 | 1.99 | 2.01 | 2.03 | 2.05 | 2.10 | Result | Notes |
| | Stefka Kostadinova | Bulgaria | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.05 | OR |
| | Niki Bakogianni | Greece | o | o | xo | o | o | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | | 2.03 | |
| | Inha Babakova | Ukraine | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | 2.01 | |
| DQ | Antonella Bevilacqua* | Italy | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | 1.99 | |
| 4 | Yelena Gulyayeva | Russia | – | o | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | | 1.99 | |
| 5 | Alina Astafei | Germany | – | o | o | o | o | x– | xx | | | | 1.96 | |
| 5 | Tatyana Motkova | Russia | – | o | o | o | o | x– | xx | | | | 1.96 | |
| 5 | Nelė Žilinskienė | Lithuania | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | 1.96 | |
| 8 | Hanne Haugland | Norway | – | o | xxo | xo | o | xxx | | | | | 1.96 | |
| 9 | Britta Bilač | Slovenia | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.93 | |
| 9 | Tisha Waller | United States | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 1.93 | |
| 11 | Olga Bolşova | Moldova | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | | | | 1.93 | |
| 11 | Zuzana Kováčiková | Czech Republic | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | 1.93 | |
| 13 | Svetlana Zalevskaya | Kazakhstan | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 1.93 | |
* In May 1996, Antonella Bevilacqua twice tested positive for ephedrine which carried the penalty of a three-month ban. The IAAF decided to put the case to arbitration and allow her to compete in Atlanta, where she placed 4th. However, after the Olympics the IAAF decided she was guilty of a doping offence and annulled her results from May onwards, including her Olympic performance.