Women's high jump at the European Athletics Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Amsterdam
Dates	6 July (qualification) 7 July (final)
Competitors	26 from 20 nations
Winning height	1.98 m
Medalists
Ruth Beitia    Spain   Mirela Demireva    Bulgaria   Airinė Palšytė    Lithuania
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2016 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Half marathon	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's high jump at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 7 July.

Standing records prior to the 2016 European Athletics Championships
World record	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	2.09 m	Rome, Italy	30 August 1987
European record	Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)	2.09 m	Rome, Italy	30 August 1987
Championship record	Tia Hellebaut (BEL)	2.03 m	Gothenburg, Sweden	9 August 2006
	Venelina Veneva-Mateeva (BUL)
	Blanka Vlašić (CRO)		Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2010
World Leading	Kamila Lićwinko (POL)	1.99 m	Szczecin, Poland	18 June 2016
European Leading	Kamila Lićwinko (POL)	1.99 m	Szczecin, Poland	18 June 2016

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Qualification: 1.92 m (Q) or best 12 performances (q)^[1]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1.70	1.75	1.80	1.85	1.89	1.92	Result	Note
1	A	Michaela Hrubá	Czech Republic	–	–	o	o	o	o	1.92	Q
1	A	Airinė Palšytė	Lithuania	–	–	o	o	o	o	1.92	Q, SB
3	B	Ruth Beitia	Spain	–	–	–	o	xo	o	1.92	Q
4	B	Mirela Demireva	Bulgaria	–	–	o	o	xo	xxo	1.92	Q
5	A	Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch	Germany	–	–	o	o	o	xx	1.89	q
5	B	Sofie Skoog	Sweden	–	o	o	o	o	xxx	1.89	q
5	A	Barbara Szabó	Hungary	–	–	o	o	o	xx	1.89	q, SB
5	B	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium	–	–	o	o	o	x–	1.89	q
5	A	Alessia Trost	Italy	–	o	o	o	o	xx	1.89	q
10	A	Oksana Okuneva	Ukraine	–	o	o	o	xo	xx	1.89	q
10	A	Desirée Rossit	Italy	o	o	o	o	xo	xx	1.89
12	A	Maruša Černjul	Slovenia	–	xo	o	o	xo	xxx	1.89	q
13	B	Linda Sandblom	Finland	–	o	o	xxo	xxo	xxx	1.89
14	B	Ana Šimić	Croatia	–	–	xo	xxo	xxo	xxx	1.89
15	A	Yuliya Chumachenko	Ukraine	–	o	o	o	xxx		1.85
16	B	Erika Furlani	Italy	–	o	xo	o	xxx		1.85
16	B	Isobel Pooley	Great Britain	–	o	xo	o	xxx		1.85
18	A	Eleriin Haas	Estonia	–	o	o	xo	xxx		1.85
18	B	Iryna Herashchenko	Ukraine	–	–	o	xo	xxx		1.85
18	A	Katarina Mögenburg	Norway	–	o	o	xo	xxx		1.85
18	B	Marija Vuković	Montenegro	–	o	o	xo	xxx		1.85
22	A	Erika Kinsey	Sweden	–	o	o	xxo	xxx		1.85
23	B	Anna Iljuštšenko	Estonia	–	o	o	xxx			1.80
23	A	Valentina Liashenko	Georgia	o	o	o	xxx			1.80
25	B	Ma'ayan Shahaf	Israel	o	o	xo	xxx			1.80
26	B	Claudia Guri	Andorra	o	xxo	xxx				1.75

^[2]

Rank	Name	Nationality	1.84	1.89	1.93	1.96	1.98	2.00	Mark	Note
	Ruth Beitia	Spain	o	o	xo	o	o	xxx	1.98	=SB
	Mirela Demireva	Bulgaria	o	o	o	o	xxx		1.96
	Airinė Palšytė	Lithuania	o	o	o	o	xxx		1.96	SB
4	Nafissatou Thiam	Belgium	o	xo	xo	xxx			1.93
5	Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch	Germany	o	o	xxo	xxx			1.93	=SB
6	Alessia Trost	Italy	o	o	xxx				1.89
6	Desirée Rossit	Italy	o	o	xxx				1.89
6	Oksana Okuneva	Ukraine	o	o	xxx				1.89
9	Sofie Skoog	Sweden	o	xo	xxx				1.89
9	Maruša Černjul	Slovenia	o	xo	xxx				1.89
11	Barbara Szabó	Hungary	xxo	xo	xxx				1.89	=SB
12	Michaela Hrubá	Czech Republic	o	xxx					1.84