Quick Facts Women's high jump at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, Venue ...

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
Yelena Slesarenko  Russia Hestrie Cloete  South Africa Vita Styopina  Ukraine
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The women's high jump competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 26–28 August.^[1][2]

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.^[3]

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Prior to the competition^[update], the existing World and Olympic records 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

The following records were established during the competition:

More information Date, Event ...

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Result	Record
28 August	Final	Yelena Slesarenko	Russia	2.06 m	OR

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