The final of the Women's High Jump event at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenborg, Sweden was held on August 11, 2006. Belgium's Tia Hellebaut won the competition setting a new championship and a national record (2.03 metres). By winning Hellebaut gave Belgium its second gold medal at these championships after Kim Gevaert had already won the women's 100 metres event. Ten minutes after the high jump competition ended, Gevaert ran the final of the women's 200 metres and won a third gold medal for Belgium.
Medalists edit
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Tia Hellebaut Belgium
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Venelina Veneva Bulgaria
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Kajsa Bergqvist Sweden
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Schedule edit
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| August 8, 2006 | 18:45 | Qualification |
| August 11, 2006 | 18:30 | Final |
Records edit
| World Record | Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)
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2.09 m | Rome, Italy | 30 August 1989 |
Results edit
Qualification edit
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 1.92 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1.78 | 1.83 | 1.87 | 1.90 | 1.92 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Venelina Veneva | Bulgaria |
- | o | o | o | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 1 | A | Blanka Vlašić |  Croatia |
- | - | o | o | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 1 | B | Kajsa Bergqvist | Sweden |
- | - | o | o | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 1 | B | Iryna Mykhalchenko |  Ukraine |
o | o | o | o | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 1 | B | Yelena Slesarenko |  Russia |
o | o | o | o | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 1 | B | Tia Hellebaut | Belgium |
- | o | o | o | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 1 | B | Anna Chicherova | Russia |
- | o | o | o | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 8 | A | Ruth Beitia |  Spain |
o | o | o | xxo | o | 1.92 | Q |
| 9 | B | Deirdre Ryan |  Ireland |
o | o | xo | xxo | o | 1.92 | Q, NR |
| 10 | A | Yekaterina Savchenko | Russia |
o | o | o | o | xxo | 1.92 | Q |
| 10 | A | Antonietta Di Martino |  Italy |
o | o | o | o | xxo | 1.92 | Q |
| 12 | A | Emma Green | Sweden |
- | o | o | xo | xxo | 1.92 | Q, SB |
| 13 | B | Elena Meuti | Italy |
o | o | xxo | xo | xxo | 1.92 | Q, PB |
| 14 | A | Romana Dubnová |  Czech Republic |
o | o | xxo | o | xxx | 1.90 | |
| 15 | B | Marta Mendía | Spain |
o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.90 | SB |
| 16 | A | Julia Hartmann |  Germany |
o | o | o | xxx | 1.87 | ||
| 16 | B | Barbora Laláková | Czech Republic |
o | o | o | xxx | 1.87 | ||
| 18 | B | Dóra Győrffy |  Hungary |
o | xo | o | xxx | 1.87 | ||
| 19 | A | Iryna Kovalenko | Ukraine |
o | o | xo | xxx | 1.87 | ||
| 20 | A | Anna Iljuštšenko |  Estonia |
o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.87 | ||
| 20 | B | Inna Gliznuta |  Moldova |
o | o | xxo | xxx | 1.87 | ||
| 22 | B | Iva Straková | Czech Republic |
xo | xo | xxx | 1.83 | |||
| 23 | A | María Papayeoryiou |  Greece |
o | xxo | xxx | 1.83 | |||
| A | Anne Gerd Eieland |  Norway |
xxx | NM |
Final edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.79 | 1.84 | 1.88 | 1.92 | 1.95 | 1.97 | 1.99 | 2.01 | 2.03 | 2.05 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Tia Hellebaut | Belgium |
- | o | o | o | o | o | o | xo | o | xx- | 2.03 | CR, NR,PB |
 |
Venelina Veneva | Bulgaria |
- | o | o | o | xo | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.03 | CR |
 |
Kajsa Bergqvist | Sweden |
- | o | - | o | - | o | o | o | x- | xx | 2.01 | |
| 4 | Blanka Vlašić | Croatia |
- | o | o | o | o | - | xo | o | xx- | x | 2.01 | |
| 5 | Yelena Slesarenko | Russia |
- | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.99 | |||
| 6 | Iryna Mykhalchenko | Ukraine |
o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.95 | SB | ||||
| 7 | Yekaterina Savchenko | Russia |
o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.95 | SB | ||||
| 7 | Anna Chicherova | Russia |
- | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 1.95 | SB | ||||
| 9 | Ruth Beitia | Spain |
o | o | o | o | xxx | 1.92 | ||||||
| 10 | Antonietta Di Martino | Italy |
xo | o | o | o | xxx | 1.92 | ||||||
| 11 | Emma Green | Sweden |
o | xo | xo | xxo | xxx | 1.92 | SB | |||||
| 12 | Elena Meuti | Italy |
o | xo | xo | xxx | 1.88 | |||||||
| 13 | Deirdre Ryan | Ireland |
o | xxo | xxx | 1.84 |