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
Results
Qualification performance: 2.25 or at least 12 best performers advanced to the final.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Steinar Hoen | | 2.25 | Q |
| 1 | Jan Janků | | 2.25 | Q |
| 3 | Andrey Sankovich | | 2.22 | q |
| 3 | Jarosław Kotewicz | | 2.22 | q |
| 3 | Leonid Pumalainen | | 2.22 | q |
| 3 | Staffan Strand | | 2.22 | q |
| 3 | Vyacheslav Tyrtyshnik | | 2.22 | q |
| 3 | Dragutin Topić | FR Yugoslavia | 2.22 | q |
| 3 | Stevan Zorić | FR Yugoslavia | 2.22 | q |
| 3 | Mika Polku | | 2.22 | q |
| 3 | Arturo Ortiz | | 2.22 | q |
| 3 | Konstantin Matusevich | | 2.22 | q |
| 13 | Christian Rhoden | | 2.22 | |
| 13 | Joël Vincent | | 2.22 | |
| 15 | Mark Mandy | | 2.19 | |
| 15 | Hakon Särnblom | | 2.19 | |
| 15 | Luca Zampieri | | 2.19 | |
| 15 | Patrick Thavelin | | 2.19 | |
| 19 | Işık Bayraktar | | 2.15 | |
| 19 | Antoine Burke | | 2.15 | |
| 19 | Ramon Kaju | | 2.15 | |
| 19 | Anton Riepl | | 2.15 | |
| 19 | Sergey Kolesnik | | 2.15 | |
| 19 | Dalton Grant | | 2.15 | |
| 25 | Esteve Martín | | 2.10 | |
Final
