1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
# 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's high jump

The women's high jump event at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Stockholm Globe Arena on 8–10 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Alina Astafei Germany | Niki Bakoyianni Greece | Olga Bolşova Moldova |

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification performance: 1.92 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Monica Iagăr | Romania | 1.92 | Q |
| 1 | Zuzana Kováčiková | Czech Republic | 1.92 | Q |
| 3 | Alina Astafei | Germany | 1.90 | q |
| 3 | Niki Bakoyianni | Greece | 1.90 | q |
| 3 | Olga Bolşova | Moldova | 1.90 | q |
| 3 | Donata Wawrzyniak | Poland | 1.90 | q |
| 3 | Kajsa Bergqvist | Sweden | 1.90 | q |
| 3 | Natalya Golodnova | Russia | 1.90 | q |
| 3 | Alica Javadová | Slovakia | 1.90 | q |
| 3 | Viktoriya Seryogina | Russia | 1.90 | q |
| 3 | Nelė Žilinskienė | Lithuania | 1.90 | q |
| 12 | Pia Zinck | Denmark | 1.88 | q |
| 13 | Iryna Mykhalchenko | Ukraine | 1.88 | |
| 13 | Maryse Maury | France | 1.88 | |
| 15 | Emelie Färdigh | Sweden | 1.85 | |
| 15 | Isabelle Jeanne | France | 1.85 | |
| 17 | Monika Gollner | Austria | 1.80 | |
| 17 | Zhanna Dyatlovskaya | Belarus | 1.80 | |
| 17 | Tatyana Khramova | Belarus | 1.80 | |
| 17 | Desislava Aleksandrova-Mladenova | Bulgaria | 1.80 | |
| 17 | Debbie Marti | Great Britain | 1.80 | |
| | Venelina Veneva | Bulgaria | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.80 | 1.85 | 1.89 | 1.92 | 1.94 | 1.96 | 1.98 | 2.01 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Alina Astafei | Germany | – | o | o | – | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.98 | |
| | Niki Bakoyianni | Greece | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | | 1.96 | NR |
| | Olga Bolşova | Moldova | o | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | | | 1.94 | NR |
| 4 | Nelė Žilinskienė | Lithuania | | | | | | | | | 1.94 | |
| 5 | Monica Iagăr | Romania | | | | | | | | | 1.94 | |
| 6 | Kajsa Bergqvist | Sweden | | | | | | | | | 1.92 | |
| 7 | Natalya Golodnova | Russia | | | | | | | | | 1.89 | |
| 8 | Pia Zinck | Denmark | | | | | | | | | 1.89 | |
| 8 | Alica Javadová | Slovakia | | | | | | | | | 1.89 | |
| 10 | Donata Wawrzyniak | Poland | | | | | | | | | 1.89 | |
| 11 | Viktoriya Seryogina | Russia | | | | | | | | | 1.89 | |
| 12 | Zuzana Kováčiková | Czech Republic | | | | | | | | | 1.80 | |
