Women's triple jump at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 15 August 2008 (qualification) 17 August 2008 (final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 36 from 26 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning distance | 15.39 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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The women's triple jump at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 15 and 17 at the Beijing Olympic Stadium. [1]
The qualifying standards for the 2008 event were 14.20 m (46 ft 7 in) (A standard) and 14.00 m (45 ft 11 in) (B standard). [2]
The automatic qualifier was still 14.45m but unlike four years earlier with 15 auto qualifiers, only eight made it this time. Hrysopiyi Devetzi was the #2 qualifier this time with a less spectacular 14.92m (40 cm less than her personal best in qualifying in 2004). The fifth best jumper in history Yamilé Aldama was unable to find the take off board and fouled out in qualifying.
In the first round of the final, defending champion Françoise Mbango Etone showed she was serious jumping 15.19m to take the lead. Marija Šestak went 15.03m to move into second and the #2 jumper in history Tatyana Lebedeva jumped 15.00m for third place. In the second round Lebedeva jumped 15.17m but Devetzí pulled out a 15.23 and Etone exploded a 15.39 m (50 ft 5+3⁄4 in), at the time the second best jump in history and became the new Olympic record. After losing a notch in the all-time list, Lebedeva's third round 15.32m, only equalling her personal third best jump, moved her within 7 cm of the lead. Other athletes were able to improve over the 15m mark but the podium was set. Etone's gold was her nation's second individual gold medal in its Olympic history, which followed her first four years earlier. [3]
Almost eight years after the event, blood samples were retested from the 2007 World Championships. Hrysopiyi Devetzi was found to have stanozolol in her sample and her results were annulled. [4] A year after the event, Devetzi was credited with failing another drug test for failing to allow a different test. She retired in 2009. Her 2004 silver medal was not affected by the annulment. [5] In 2017, retests showed Lebedeva also had a positive test for turinabol and was also disqualified from both her medals at the 2008 Olympics. [6] The IOC requested that the IAAF modify the results, and, after CAS dismissed the appeal of Tatyana Lebedeva, [7] the medals were redistributed accordingly. [8] Olga Rypakova was advanced to silver, and Yargelis Savigne was advanced to bronze.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Inessa Kravets (UKR) | 15.50 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 10 August 1995 |
Olympic record | Inessa Kravets (UKR) | 15.33 | Atlanta, United States | 31 July 1996 |
The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.
Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Distance | Notes |
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17 August | Final | Françoise Mbango Etone | Cameroon | 15.39 | OR |
Qualifying Performance 14.45 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
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1 | A | Yargelis Savigne | Cuba | 14.37 (+0.3) | 14.99 (-0.3) | 14.99 | Q | |
2 | B | Hrysopiyi Devetzi | Greece | 14.92 (+0.1) | 14.92 | DSQ | ||
3 | A | Viktoriya Gurova | Russia | 14.44 (-0.8) | 14.78 (+0.3) | 14.78 | Q | |
4 | A | Olga Rypakova | Kazakhstan | 14.64 (0.0) | 14.64 | Q, SB | ||
5 | B | Tatyana Lebedeva | Russia | 14.55 (0.0) | 14.55 | DSQ | ||
6 | B | Françoise Mbango Etone | Cameroon | 14.50 (0.0) | 14.50 | Q | ||
7 | B | Olha Saladukha | Ukraine | 14.46 (-0.3) | 14.46 | Q | ||
8 | A | Anna Pyatykh | Russia | x | 14.45 (0.0) | 14.45 | Q | |
9 | A | Marija Šestak | Slovenia | x | 14.44 (-0.5) | x | 14.44 | q |
10 | B | Xie Limei | China | 13.38 (0.0) | 14.27 (0.0) | 14.01 (0.0) | 14.27 | q |
11 | B | Kaire Leibak | Estonia | 14.19 (0.0) | 14.07 (0.0) | x | 14.19 | q |
12 | B | Trecia-Kaye Smith | Jamaica | 14.18 (+0.3) | x | x | 14.18 | q, SB |
13 | A | Biljana Topić | Serbia | x | 14.11 (-0.3) | 14.14 (-0.2) | 14.14 | |
14 | A | Teresa Nzola Meso Ba | France | 14.11 (0.0) | 14.11 (+0.2) | 13.98 (-0.2) | 14.11 | |
15 | A | Mabel Gay | Cuba | x | x | 14.09 (+0.4) | 14.09 | |
16 | A | Carlota Castrejana | Spain | 14.02 (+0.3) | x | x | 14.02 | |
17 | A | Svitlana Mamyeyeva | Ukraine | 13.73 (-0.3) | 13.89 (-0.6) | 14.01 (+0.2) | 14.01 | |
18 | A | Magdelín Martínez | Italy | x | 14.00 (-0.1) | 13.77 (+0.2) | 14.00 | |
19 | B | Adelina Gavrilă | Romania | 13.98 (0.0) | 13.71 (0.0) | 13.55 (0.0) | 13.98 | |
20 | A | Carolina Klüft | Sweden | 13.60 (+0.6) | x | 13.97 (+0.2) | 13.97 | |
21 | B | Yarianna Martínez | Cuba | 13.76 (0.0) | 13.96 (0.0) | 13.83 (0.0) | 13.96 | |
22 | B | Baya Rahouli | Algeria | 13.80 (+0.6) | 13.57 (0.0) | 13.87 (0.0) | 13.87 | |
23 | B | Gisele de Oliveira | Brazil | x | 13.81 (0.0) | x | 13.81 | |
24 | B | Liliya Kulyk | Ukraine | 13.53 (-0.5) | 13.66 (0.0) | 13.39 (0.0) | 13.66 | |
25 | A | Gita Dodova | Bulgaria | x | 13.47 (-0.8) | 13.53 (+1.7) | 13.53 | |
26 | A | Erica McLain | United States | x | 13.52 (-0.6) | - | 13.52 | |
27 | A | Yelena Parfyonova | Kazakhstan | 13.46 (+0.5) | x | 13.38 (-0.8) | 13.46 | |
28 | B | Shani Marks | United States | 13.20 (0.0) | 13.44 (0.0) | x | 13.44 | |
29 | B | Anastasiya Juravleva | Uzbekistan | 13.36 (+0.1) | x | x | 13.36 | |
30 | A | Chinonye Ohadugha | Nigeria | 12.92 (-0.6) | 12.86 (-0.7) | 13.29 (+0.1) | 13.29 | |
31 | A | Kseniya Pryiemka | Belarus | 13.08 (-0.3) | 12.79 (0.0) | x | 13.08 | |
32 | A | Irina Litvinenko | Kazakhstan | x | 12.92 (0.0) | 12.91 (0.0) | 12.92 | |
B | Yamilé Aldama | Sudan | x | x | x | NM | ||
A | Athanasia Perra | Greece | x | x | x | NM | ||
B | Martina Šestáková | Czech Republic | x | x | x | NM | ||
B | Dana Velďáková | Slovakia | x | x | x | NM |
The final was held on August 17. [9]
Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
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Françoise Mbango Etone | Cameroon | 15.19 | 15.39 | x | 14.82 | x | 14.88 | 15.39 | OR | |
DQ | x | x | ||||||||
DQ | x | x | x | x | ||||||
Olga Rypakova | Kazakhstan | x | 14.83 | 14.93 | 15.03 | 15.11 | x | 15.11 | AR | |
Yargelis Savigne | Cuba | x | 14.87 | 14.77 | 15.05 | x | 14.91 | 15.05 | ||
4 | Marija Šestak | Slovenia | 15.03 | 14.65 | x | 14.46 | 14.47 | 14.75 | 15.03 | NR |
5 | Viktoriya Gurova | Russia | 14.38 | 14.04 | 14.77 | x | 14.65 | x | 14.77 | |
6 | Anna Pyatykh | Russia | 14.67 | 14.73 | 14.57 | x | 14.67 | 14.28 | 14.73 | |
7 | Olha Saladukha | Ukraine | 12.78 | 14.70 | 11.29 | 14.70 | ||||
8 | Kaire Leibak | Estonia | 12.19 | 14.13 | x | 14.13 | ||||
9 | Trecia-Kaye Smith | Jamaica | 14.12 | 13.75 | x | 14.12 | ||||
10 | Xie Limei | China | 14.09 | 13.94 | 13.67 | 14.09 | ||||
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