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

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The Women's High Jump at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 26 and August 28.

Medalists

Gold	Yelena Slesarenko Russia (RUS)
Silver	Hestrie Cloete South Africa (RSA)
Bronze	Viktoriya Styopina Ukraine (UKR)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
26.08.2004 – 20:00h	26.08.2004 – 20:00h
Final Round
28.08.2004 – 20:00h

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
OR	Olympic record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics
World Record	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	2.09 m	August 30, 1987	Rome, Italy
Olympic Record	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	2.05 m	August 3, 1996	Atlanta, United States
Broken records during the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record	Yelena Slesarenko (RUS)	2.06 m	August 28, 2004	Athens, Greece

Qualification

Heat 1

1. Hestrie Cloete, South Africa 1.95 m Q
1. Viktoriya Styopina, Ukraine 1.95 m Q
3. Tia Hellebaut, Belgium 1.95 m Q
4. Blanka Vlašić, Croatia 1.95 m Q
5. Inha Babakova, Ukraine 1.92 m Q
6. Oana Pantelimon, Romania 1.92 m Q
7. Tatyana Novoseltseva, Russia 1.92 m
8. Ruth Beitia, Spain 1.89 m
9. Candeger Kilincer Oguz, Turkey 1.89 m
10. Corinne Muller, Switzerland 1.89 m
10. Solange Witteveen, Argentina 1.89 m
12. Zuzana Hlavonova, Czech Republic 1.85 m
13. Bobby Aloysius, India 1.85 m
13. Chaunte Howard, United States 1.85 m
15. Marina Aitova, Kazakhstan 1.85 m
16. Bui Thi Nhung, Vietnam 1.80 m
17. Petrina Price, Australia 1.80 m

Heat 2

1. Iryna Mykhalchenko, Ukraine 1.95 m Q
2. Anna Chicherova, Russia 1.95 m Q
2. Yelena Slesarenko, Russia 1.95 m Q
4. Monica Iagar, Romania 1.95 m Q
4. Amy Acuff, United States 1.95 m Q
6. Marta Mendia, Spain 1.92 m Q
7. Romary Rifka, Mexico 1.92 m
8. Venelina Veneva, Bulgaria 1.92 m
9. Tisha Waller, United States 1.89 m
9. Xuezhu Jing, China 1.89 m
9. Juana Arrendel, Dominican Republic 1.89 m
9. Iva Straková, Czech Republic 1.89 m
13. Noengrothai Chaipetch, Thailand 1.89 m
14. Tatiana Efimenko, Kyrgyzstan 1.89 m
15. Inna Gliznutsa, Moldova 1.85 m
16. Caterine Ibarguen, Colombia 1.85 m
17. Nikolia Mitropoulou, Greece 1.85 m

Final

1. Yelena Slesarenko, Russia 2.06 m OR
2. Hestrie Cloete, South Africa 2.02 m
3. Viktoriya Styopina, Ukraine 2.02 m PB
4. Amy Acuff, United States 1.99 m
5. Iryna Mykhalchenko, Ukraine 1.96 m
6. Anna Chicherova, Russia 1.96 m
7. Oana Pantelimon, Romania 1.93 m SB
8. Monica Iagar, Romania 1.93 m
9. Inha Babakova, Ukraine 1.93 m
10. Marta Mendia, Spain 1.93 m
11. Blanka Vlašić, Croatia 1.89 m
12. Tia Hellebaut, Belgium 1.85 m

References

• Official Olympic Report