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 RoundThursday, 26 August 2004 20:00QualificationSaturday, 28 August 2004 19:00Final
Records Prior to the competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading jump were as follows:
The following record was established during the competition:
Date Event Name Nationality Result Record 28 August Final Yelena Slesarenko 2.06 m
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 1.891.921.95 Result Notes 1 A Hestrie Cloete o o o o1.95Q 1 A Vita Styopina o o o o o1.95Q 1 B Iryna Mykhalchenko o o o o o1.95Q 4 A Tia Hellebaut o o o xo o o1.95Q, =NR 4 B Anna Chicherova o o o xo o1.95Q 4 B Yelena Slesarenko o o o xo o1.95Q 7 A Blanka Vlašić xxo xo o o1.95Q 8 B Monica Iagăr o o o xo xo1.95Q, =SB 8 B Amy Acuff o o o xo xo1.95Q 10 A Inha Babakova o o o o xxx 1.92q 11 B Marta Mendía o o xo o xxx 1.92q 12 A Oana Pantelimon o o xxo o xxx 1.92q, SB 13 A Tatyana Novoseltseva o o o xo xxx 1.92 14 B Romary Rifka o o xo xxo xxx 1.92 15 B Venelina Veneva o o xxo xxo xxx 1.92 16 A Ruth Beitia o o o o xxx 1.89 16 B Tisha Waller o o o xxx 1.89 16 B Jing Xuezhu o o o o xxx 1.89 16 B Juana Arrendel o o o xxx 1.89SB 16 B Iva Straková o o o o xxx 1.89 21 B Noengrothai Chaipetch o o xo o xxx 1.89 22 A Candeğer Kilinçer o o xo xxx 1.89 23 A Corinne Müller o o xxo xxx 1.89 23 A Solange Witteveen o o o xxo xxx 1.89 23 B Tatyana Efimenko o o xxo xxx 1.89 26 A Zuzana Hlavoňová o o xxx 1.85 26 B Inna Gliznuta o o o xxx 1.85 28 A Bobby Aloysius o o xo xxx 1.85 28 A Chaunte Howard o xo xxx 1.85 30 B Caterine Ibargüen xo xxo xxx 1.85 31 A Marina Aitova o xxo xxo xxx 1.85 31 B Nikolia Mitropoulou xxo xxo xxx 1.85 33 A Bùi Thị Nhung o o xxx 1.80 34 A Petrina Price xxo xxx 1.80
Final Rank Name Nationality 1.85 1.89 1.931.961.992.022.042.062.10 Result Notes Yelena Slesarenko o o o o o o o o xxx 2.06 Hestrie Cloete o o o o o o xx- x 2.02 Vita Styopina o o o xxo xxo o xxx 2.02 PB Amy Acuff o o o xo o - xxx 1.99 Iryna Mykhalchenko o o o xo xxx 1.96 Anna Chicherova xo o o xxo xxx 1.96 Oana Pantelimon o o o xxx 1.93 SB Monica Iagăr o o xo xxx 1.93 Inha Babakova o xo xo xxx 1.93 10 Marta Mendía o o xxo xxx 1.93 11 Blanka Vlašić o o xxx 1.89 12 Tia Hellebaut o xxx 1.85
References
External links Official Olympic Report