The women's high jump at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 21–23 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.

Summary The qualifying standards were 1.95 m (A standard) and 1.91 m (B standard).

The field was narrowed to four athletes by 2.01m. Blanka Vlašić was in the driver's seat, with a perfect round. Vlašić remained in gold medal position by continuing her perfect round to 2.03m. Anna Chicherova moved into silver position with a first attempt clearance as well. Tia Hellebaut took two attempts to get over the height and was in bronze position. Yelena Slesarenko couldn't get over the height and finished in fourth. After Vlašić missed for the first time in the competition Hellebaut's fortunes reversed with a first attempt clearance of , leapfrogging her into the lead. Vlašić cleared on her second attempt, while Chicherova ended her competition with three straight misses. The bar was moved up to an Olympic record 2.07m, just 2cm below the world record. Neither competitor could get over 2.07m.

Eight years after the competition, samples taken after the event were retested. Chicherova tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol). The fourth- and fifth-place finishers, Yelena Slesarenko and Vita Palamar also tested positive in the 2016 re-tests. All three were disqualified from the Olympics, and their results were struck from the record. Medals of other athletes have been reallocated by IAAF.IAAF.org. The XXIX Olympic Games. High Jump women.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading jump were as follows:

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Qualifying round Qualification criteria: 1.96 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Name Nationality 1.80 1.85 1.89 1.93 Result Notes 1 B Marina Aitova o o o o1.93q 1 B Ruth Beitia o o o o1.93q 1 A Tia Hellebaut - o o o1.93q 1 B Vita Styopina o o o o1.93q 5 B Antonietta Di Martino xo o o o1.93q 5 A Ariane Friedrich - o xo o 1.93q 7 B Iva Straková o o xxo o1.93q 8 B Chaunté Howard o o o xo1.93q 8 A Svetlana Shkolina o o o xo1.93q 8 B Blanka Vlašić o o o xo1.93q 11 B Emma Green o o o xxo1.93q 12 A Romana Dubnová o xo o xxo1.93q 13 A Doreen Amata o o o xxx1.89 13 B Melanie Skotnik o o o xxx1.89 15 A Svetlana Radzivil o xo o xxx1.89 16 A Amy Acuff o o xo xxx1.89 16 B Nicole Forrester o o xo xxx1.89 18 B Anna Iljustsenko o xxo xo xxx1.89 19 A Xingjuan Zheng xo o xxo xxx1.89 20 A Karina Vnukova o o xxx 1.85 21 A Sharon Day xo o xxx 1.85 22 A Antonia Stergiou xo o xxx 1.85 23 B Nadiya Dusanova xxo o xxx 1.85 24 B Levern Spencer - xo xxx 1.85 25 A Yekaterina Yevseyeva o xxo xxx 1.85 26 A Noeng-Ruthai Chaipech o xxx 1.80 26 A Inna Gliznuta o xxx 1.80 B Tatiana Efimenko xxx B Romary Rifka xxx DQ (8th) A Vita Palamar - o o xo 1.93 q DQ (12th) A Anna Chicherova o o xo xo 1.93 q DQ (14th) B Yelena Slesarenko o o xo xxo 1.93 q NM - No Mark

Final Rank Name Nationality 1.851.891.931.961.992.012.032.052.07HeightNotes Tia Hellebaut ooooxoxoxoox--2.05 NR Blanka Vlašić ooo ooooxoxxx2.05 Chaunté Howard ooxoxoxxoxxx 1.99 SB 4 Ariane Friedrich o-ooxxx 1.96 4 Ruth Beitia ooooxxx 1.96 6 Emma Green oooxxoxxx 1.96 SB 7 Marina Aitova oooxxx 1.93 7 Antonietta Di Martino oooxxx 1.93 9 Iva Straková ooxxoxxx 1.93 9 Vita Styopina ooxxoxxx 1.93 11 Svetlana Shkolina oxoxxoxxx 1.93 12 Romana Dubnová oxox- 1.89 DQ (3rd) Anna Chicherova oooxoxxoooxxx 2.03DQ (4th) Yelena Slesarenko ooxoxoxoxoxxx 2.01DQ (5th) Vita Palamar oooxoxoxx-x 1.99 NR = National Record / PB = Personal Best / SB = Season Best

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