The 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.

Yelena Slesarenko , Russia	Hestrie Cloete , South Africa	Viktoriya Styopina , Ukraine

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 Vlasic , 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 Rosario Arrendel , Dominican Republic 1.89 m
9. Iva Strakova , 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 Vlasic, Croatia 1.89 m
12. Tia Hellebaut, Belgium 1.85 m