The invention discloses a construction method for a roof steel grid frame. The construction method comprises the following steps that A1, cranes are arranged along the oval plane circumference and the interior of the roof steel grid frame, and scaffold operation platforms are arranged; A2, segments of the roof steel grid frame are assembled, specifically, each steel grid frame body of the roof steel grid frame is spliced in a segmented mode symmetrically from the south and north directions to the center of a gymnasium, each steel grid frame body is divided into the corresponding five segments, namely the first segment, the second segment, the third segment, the fourth segment and the fifth segment to be spliced; A3, the segmenting-spliced segments of each steel grid frame body are spliced into the steel grid frame body symmetrically from the east and west directions to the center; and A4, the step A2 and the step A3 are repeated, the segmented splicing and hoisting method is stopped when only the middle steel grid frame body needs to be constructed, a high-altitude assembly construction method is adopted for a middle closing segment, and after the closing section is mounted, mounting and construction of the whole steel grid frame are completed. By combining high-altitude assembly and segmented hoisting, the advantages that safety is high, the construction occupied area is small, and the construction period is short and other advantages are achieved.