Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

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Women's long jump
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates19 August 2008 (qualification)
22 August 2008 (final)
Competitors42 from 33 nations
Winning distance7.04
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Maurren Maggi Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Silver medal icon.svg Blessing Okagbare [1] Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Bronze medal icon.svg Chelsea Hammond Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
  2004
2012  

The women's long jump at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 19 and 22 August at the Beijing National Stadium. [2]

The qualifying standards were 6.72 m (A standard) and 6.60 m (B standard). [3]

Summary

In the qualifying round, Blessing Okagbare was the last qualifier, jumping 6.59m on her final attempt to knock bot Tatyana Kotova and triple jump bronze medalist, Hrysopiyí Devetzí out of the final by 2 cm. #1 qualifier Brittney Reese jumped 6.65m as the first jump in the final, which held up for five jumps until Tatyana Lebedeva jumped 6.97m. Four more jumps later, Maurren Maggi's 7.04 m (23 ft 1 in) winner was the only jump of the competition to best Lebedeva. The penultimate jumper Chelsea Hammond jumped 6.79m, then the 19 year old Okagbare hit a 6.91m. Those first round jumps settled the competition. Only Lebedeva was able to improve with a 7.03m final attempt, but it was still 1 cm short of capturing gold.

In 2017, retests showed Tatyana Lebedeva had a positive test for turinabol and was disqualified from both her silver medals. [4] The IOC requested that the IAAF modify the results, and, after CAS dismisses the appeal of Tatyana Lebedeva, [5] the medals were redistributed accordingly. [6] Blessing Okagbare was advanced to silver, and Chelsea Hammond was advanced to bronze.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Galina Chistyakova  (URS)7.52 Leningrad, Soviet Union 11 June 1988
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Jackie Joyner-Kersee  (USA)7.40 Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988

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

Results

Qualifying round

Qualifying performance 6.75 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

RankGroupNameNationality123MarkNotes
1B Brittney Reese Flag of the United States.svg  United States x6.87
(+1.1)
6.87Q
2A Maurren Higa Maggi Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6.68
(+0.3)
6.79
(+0.3)
6.79Q
3B Tatyana Lebedeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6.65
(+0.7)
6.70
(+1.4)
-6.70DSQ
4A Carolina Klüft Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6.70
(+1.0)
x-6.70q
5A Grace Upshaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.47
(−0.2)
6.68
(+0.6)
x6.68q
6A Oksana Udmurtova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6.48
(+1.3)
x6.63
(+0.5)
6.63q
7B Keila Costa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil x6.44
(+0.4)
6.62
(+0.7)
6.62q
8A Tabia Charles Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6.33
(+1.5)
6.61
(+0.6)
6.49
(+0.9)
6.61q
9A Funmi Jimoh Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.42
(+0.9)
6.28
(+1.1)
6.61
(+0.8)
6.61q
10B Jade Johnson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6.33
(0.0)
6.15
(+0.2)
6.61
(+0.7)
6.61q
11A Chelsea Hammond Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 6.60
(+0.4)
xx6.60q
12B Blessing Okagbare Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 6.37
(+0.2)
6.49
(+0.9)
6.59
(+0.4)
6.59q
13B Tatyana Kotova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6.37
(+1.0)
6.57
(+1.2)
x6.57
14A Hrysopiyí Devetzí Flag of Greece.svg  Greece x6.57
(+0.4)
x6.57
15B Concepción Montaner Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6.53
(+0.7)
6.42
(+1.1)
6.43
(+0.7)
6.53
16B Bronwyn Thompson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia x6.53
(+0.3)
x 6.53
17A Yargelis Savigne Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba xx6.49
(+0.1)
6.49
18B Iryna Charnushenka-Stasiuk Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 6.48
(+1.1)
xx6.48
19B Kumiko Ikeda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 6.44
(+0.8)
6.47
(+0.1)
x6.47
20A Denisa Ščerbová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 6.40
(+0.8)
6.46
(+1.5)
5.17
(−0.1)
6.46
21A Patricia Sylvester Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 6.44
(+0.9)
6.42
(+0.1)
6.38
(+0.4)
6.44
22B Viorica Țigău Flag of Romania.svg  Romania x6.38
(+0.7)
6.44
(+0.2)
6.44
23A Viktoriya Rybalko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine xx6.43
(+0.3)
6.43
24A Karin Melis Mey Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey x6.42
(−0.4)
x6.42
25B Ruky Abdulai Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada x6.41
(+0.4)
6.25
(+1.0)
6.41
26A Nina Kolarič Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4.92
(+1.4)
6.19
(0.0)
6.40
(+0.6)
6.40
27B Ksenija Balta Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia x6.38
(+0.7)
x6.38
28B Soon-ok Jung Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea xx6.33
(+0.5)
6.33
29B Olga Rypakova Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan x6.30
(+1.5)
6.04
(+0.6)
6.30
30B Ivana Španović Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia xx6.30
(+1.8)
6.30
31A Naide Gomes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal xx6.29
(+0.5)
6.29
32A Volha Sergeenka Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 6.25
(+0.1)
6.02
(+0.4)
6.09
(−0.6)
6.25
33B Oleksandra Stadnyuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine x6.19
(0.0)
x6.19
34B Marestella Torres Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 4.27
(+0.6)
5.94
(−0.1)
6.17
(+0.8)
6.17
35A Pamela Mouele-Mboussi Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo x5.94
(+0.6)
6.06
(+0.9)
6.06 NR
36B Arantxa King Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 6.01
(−0.3)
xx 6.01
37A Rhonda Watkins Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago x5.88
(+0.5)
x5.88
38A Tricia Flores Flag of Belize (1981-2019).svg  Belize 5.25
(+1.2)
x-5.25
B Anju Bobby George Flag of India.svg  India xxxNM
B Jackie Edwards Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas xxxNM
A Jana Velďáková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia xxxNM
A Lyudmyla Blonska Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine DSQ

Q - Qualified by right / q - Qualified by result / NM - No Mark / NR - National Record / SB - Season Best / DSQ - Disqualified

Final

22 August 2008 - 19:20 [7]

RankNameNationality123456ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Maurren Higa Maggi Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 7.04xxx6.73x7.04SB
DQ Tatyana Lebedeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6.97xxxx7.037.03SB
Silver medal icon.svg Blessing Okagbare Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 6.916.626.796.706.83x6.91PB
Bronze medal icon.svg Chelsea Hammond Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 6.796.686.51x6.646.596.79PB
4 Brittney Reese Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.656.764.23x6.466.676.76
5 Oksana Udmurtova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6.696.706.676.616.656.496.70
6 Jade Johnson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6.516.646.406.596.43x6.64
7 Grace Upshaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.58x6.52xxx6.58
8 Carolina Klüft Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden x6.496.426.49
9 Tabia Charles Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 6.166.386.476.47
10 Keila Costa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil xx6.436.43
11 Funmi Jimoh Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.24x6.296.29

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