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

Women's high jump at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	26–28 August
Competitors	35 from 28 nations
Winning height	2.06 OR
Medalists
01 ! Yelena Slesarenko  Russia 02 ! Hestrie Cloete  South Africa 03 ! Vita Styopina  Ukraine
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01 !		Yelena Slesarenko	Russia
02 !		Hestrie Cloete	South Africa
03 !		Vita Styopina	Ukraine

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

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.

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Prior to the competition^[update], the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

The following records were established during the competition:

Rule: Qualifying standard 1.95 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).