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

The men's high jump event at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Stockholm Globe Arena on 9–10 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Dragutin Topić FR Yugoslavia | Leonid Pumalainen Russia | Steinar Hoen Norway |

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification performance: 2.25 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Steinar Hoen | Norway | 2.25 | Q |
| 1 | Jan Janků | Czech Republic | 2.25 | Q |
| 3 | Andrey Sankovich | Belarus | 2.22 | q |
| 3 | Jarosław Kotewicz | Poland | 2.22 | q |
| 3 | Leonid Pumalainen | Russia | 2.22 | q |
| 3 | Staffan Strand | Sweden | 2.22 | q |
| 3 | Vyacheslav Tyrtyshnik | Ukraine | 2.22 | q |
| 3 | Dragutin Topić | FR Yugoslavia | 2.22 | q |
| 3 | Stevan Zorić | FR Yugoslavia | 2.22 | q |
| 3 | Mika Polku | Finland | 2.22 | q |
| 3 | Arturo Ortiz | Spain | 2.22 | q |
| 3 | Konstantin Matusevich | Israel | 2.22 | q |
| 13 | Christian Rhoden | Germany | 2.22 | |
| 13 | Joël Vincent | France | 2.22 | |
| 15 | Mark Mandy | Ireland | 2.19 | |
| 15 | Hakon Särnblom | Norway | 2.19 | |
| 15 | Luca Zampieri | Italy | 2.19 | |
| 15 | Patrick Thavelin | Sweden | 2.19 | |
| 19 | Işık Bayraktar | Turkey | 2.15 | |
| 19 | Antoine Burke | Ireland | 2.15 | |
| 19 | Ramon Kaju | Estonia | 2.15 | |
| 19 | Anton Riepl | Germany | 2.15 | |
| 19 | Sergey Kolesnik | Ukraine | 2.15 | |
| 19 | Dalton Grant | Great Britain | 2.15 | |
| 25 | Esteve Martín | Andorra | 2.10 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.24 | 2.27 | 2.29 | 2.31 | 2.33 | 2.35 | 2.37 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Dragutin Topić | FR Yugoslavia | – | – | o | – | x– | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.35 | |
| | Leonid Pumalainen | Russia | o | o | o | – | o | – | xo | x– | xx | 2.33 | |
| | Steinar Hoen | Norway | – | o | o | o | x– | o | xxx | | | 2.31 | |
| 4 | Konstantin Matusevich | Israel | o | o | xo | xxo | o | xxo | xxx | | | 2.31 | NR |
| 5 | Jarosław Kotewicz | Poland | o | – | o | o | o | x– | xx | | | 2.29 | |
| 6 | Arturo Ortiz | Spain | | | | | | | | | | 2.27 | |
| 7 | Jan Janků | Czech Republic | | | | | | | | | | 2.24 | |
| 8 | Mika Polku | Finland | | | | | | | | | | 2.24 | |
| 9 | Staffan Strand | Sweden | | | | | | | | | | 2.20 | |
| 9 | Stevan Zorić | FR Yugoslavia | | | | | | | | | | 2.20 | |
| 11 | Andrey Sankovich | Belarus | | | | | | | | | | 2.20 | |
| 12 | Vyacheslav Tyrtyshnik | Ukraine | | | | | | | | | | 2.15 | |
