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

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

Women's long jump
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates19 August 2008 (qualification)
22 August 2008 (final)
Competitors42 from 33 nations
Winning distance7.04
Medalists
Maurren Maggi  Brazil
Blessing Okagbare[1]  Nigeria
Chelsea Hammond  Jamaica

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 2cm. #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 1cm 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 record Galina Chistyakova (URS)7.52Leningrad, Soviet Union11 June 1988
Olympic record Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)7.40Seoul, South Korea29 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
1BBrittney Reese United States x6.87
(+1.1)
6.87Q
2AMaurren Higa Maggi Brazil 6.68
(+0.3)
6.79
(+0.3)
6.79Q
3BTatyana Lebedeva Russia 6.65
(+0.7)
6.70
(+1.4)
-6.70DSQ
4ACarolina Klüft Sweden 6.70
(+1.0)
x-6.70q
5AGrace Upshaw United States 6.47
(−0.2)
6.68
(+0.6)
x6.68q
6AOksana Udmurtova Russia 6.48
(+1.3)
x6.63
(+0.5)
6.63q
7BKeila Costa Brazil x6.44
(+0.4)
6.62
(+0.7)
6.62q
8ATabia Charles Canada 6.33
(+1.5)
6.61
(+0.6)
6.49
(+0.9)
6.61q
9AFunmi Jimoh United States 6.42
(+0.9)
6.28
(+1.1)
6.61
(+0.8)
6.61q
10BJade Johnson Great Britain 6.33
(0.0)
6.15
(+0.2)
6.61
(+0.7)
6.61q
11AChelsea Hammond Jamaica 6.60
(+0.4)
xx6.60q
12BBlessing Okagbare Nigeria 6.37
(+0.2)
6.49
(+0.9)
6.59
(+0.4)
6.59q
13BTatyana Kotova Russia 6.37
(+1.0)
6.57
(+1.2)
x6.57
14AHrysopiyí Devetzí Greece x6.57
(+0.4)
x6.57
15BConcepción Montaner Spain 6.53
(+0.7)
6.42
(+1.1)
6.43
(+0.7)
6.53
16BBronwyn Thompson Australia x6.53
(+0.3)
x 6.53
17AYargelis Savigne Cuba xx6.49
(+0.1)
6.49
18BIryna Charnushenka-Stasiuk Belarus 6.48
(+1.1)
xx6.48
19BKumiko Ikeda Japan 6.44
(+0.8)
6.47
(+0.1)
x6.47
20ADenisa Ščerbová Czech Republic 6.40
(+0.8)
6.46
(+1.5)
5.17
(−0.1)
6.46
21APatricia Sylvester Grenada 6.44
(+0.9)
6.42
(+0.1)
6.38
(+0.4)
6.44
22BViorica Țigău Romania x6.38
(+0.7)
6.44
(+0.2)
6.44
23AViktoriya Rybalko Ukraine xx6.43
(+0.3)
6.43
24AKarin Melis Mey Turkey x6.42
(−0.4)
x6.42
25BRuky Abdulai Canada x6.41
(+0.4)
6.25
(+1.0)
6.41
26ANina Kolarič Slovenia 4.92
(+1.4)
6.19
(0.0)
6.40
(+0.6)
6.40
27BKsenija Balta Estonia x6.38
(+0.7)
x6.38
28BSoon-ok Jung South Korea xx6.33
(+0.5)
6.33
29BOlga Rypakova Kazakhstan x6.30
(+1.5)
6.04
(+0.6)
6.30
30BIvana Španović Serbia xx6.30
(+1.8)
6.30
31ANaide Gomes Portugal xx6.29
(+0.5)
6.29
32AVolha Sergeenka Belarus 6.25
(+0.1)
6.02
(+0.4)
6.09
(−0.6)
6.25
33BOleksandra Stadnyuk Ukraine x6.19
(0.0)
x6.19
34BMarestella Torres Philippines 4.27
(+0.6)
5.94
(−0.1)
6.17
(+0.8)
6.17
35APamela Mouele-Mboussi Republic of the Congo x5.94
(+0.6)
6.06
(+0.9)
6.06NR
36BArantxa King Bermuda 6.01
(−0.3)
xx 6.01
37ARhonda Watkins Trinidad and Tobago x5.88
(+0.5)
x5.88
38ATricia Flores Belize 5.25
(+1.2)
x-5.25
N/ABAnju Bobby George India xxxNM
N/ABJackie Edwards Bahamas xxxNM
N/AAJana Velďáková Slovakia xxxNM
N/AALyudmyla Blonska 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
Maurren Higa Maggi Brazil 7.04xxx6.73x7.04SB
DQTatyana Lebedeva Russia 6.97xxxx7.037.03SB
Blessing Okagbare Nigeria 6.916.626.796.706.83x6.91PB
Chelsea Hammond Jamaica 6.796.686.51x6.646.596.79PB
5Brittney Reese United States 6.656.764.23x6.466.676.76
6Oksana Udmurtova Russia 6.696.706.676.616.656.496.70
7Jade Johnson Great Britain 6.516.646.406.596.43x6.64
8Grace Upshaw United States 6.58x6.52xxx6.58
9Carolina Klüft Sweden x6.496.426.49
10Tabia Charles Canada 6.166.386.476.47
11Keila Costa Brazil xx6.436.43
12Funmi Jimoh United States 6.24x6.296.29

References

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