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

The women's triple jump at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 15 and 17 at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.[1]

Women's triple jump
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates15 August 2008 (qualification)
17 August 2008 (final)
Competitors36 from 26 nations
Winning distance15.39 OR
Medalists
Françoise Mbango Etone  Cameroon
Olga Rypakova  Kazakhstan
Yargelis Savigne  Cuba

Summary

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 34 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. Hrysopiyí Devetzí 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.

Records

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

World record Inessa Kravets (UKR)15.50Gothenburg, Sweden10 August 1995
Olympic record Inessa Kravets (UKR)15.33Atlanta, United States31 July 1996

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

DateEventNameNationalityDistanceNotes
17 AugustFinalFrançoise Mbango Etone Cameroon15.39OR

Results

Qualifying round

Qualifying Performance 14.45 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

RankGroupNameNationality123MarkNotes
1AYargelis Savigne Cuba 14.37
(+0.3)
14.99
(-0.3)
14.99Q
2BHrysopiyi Devetzi Greece 14.92
(+0.1)
14.92DSQ
3AViktoriya Gurova Russia 14.44
(-0.8)
14.78
(+0.3)
14.78Q
4AOlga Rypakova Kazakhstan 14.64
(0.0)
14.64Q, SB
5BTatyana Lebedeva Russia 14.55
(0.0)
14.55DSQ
6BFrançoise Mbango Etone Cameroon 14.50
(0.0)
14.50Q
7BOlha Saladukha Ukraine 14.46
(-0.3)
14.46Q
8AAnna Pyatykh Russia x14.45
(0.0)
14.45Q
9AMarija Šestak Slovenia x14.44
(-0.5)
x14.44q
10BXie Limei China 13.38
(0.0)
14.27
(0.0)
14.01
(0.0)
14.27q
11BKaire Leibak Estonia 14.19
(0.0)
14.07
(0.0)
x14.19q
12BTrecia Smith Jamaica 14.18
(+0.3)
xx14.18q, SB
13ABiljana Topić Serbia x14.11
(-0.3)
14.14
(-0.2)
14.14
14ATeresa Nzola Meso Ba France 14.11
(0.0)
14.11
(+0.2)
13.98
(-0.2)
14.11
15AMabel Gay Cuba xx14.09
(+0.4)
14.09
16ACarlota Castrejana Spain 14.02
(+0.3)
xx14.02
17ASvitlana Mamieieva Ukraine 13.73
(-0.3)
13.89
(-0.6)
14.01
(+0.2)
14.01
18AMagdelin Martinez Italy x14.00
(-0.1)
13.77
(+0.2)
14.00
19BAdelina Gavrila Romania 13.98
(0.0)
13.71
(0.0)
13.55
(0.0)
13.98
20ACarolina Klüft Sweden 13.60
(+0.6)
x13.97
(+0.2)
13.97
21BYarianna Martinez Cuba 13.76
(0.0)
13.96
(0.0)
13.83
(0.0)
13.96
22BBaya Rahouli Algeria 13.80
(+0.6)
13.57
(0.0)
13.87
(0.0)
13.87
23BGisele de Oliveira Brazil x13.81
(0.0)
x13.81
24BLiliya Kulyk Ukraine 13.53
(-0.5)
13.66
(0.0)
13.39
(0.0)
13.66
25AGita Dodova Bulgaria x13.47
(-0.8)
13.53
(+1.7)
13.53
26AErica McLain United States x13.52
(-0.6)
-13.52
27AYelena Parfyonova Kazakhstan 13.46
(+0.5)
x13.38
(-0.8)
13.46
28BShani Marks United States 13.20
(0.0)
13.44
(0.0)
x13.44
29BAnastasiya Juravleva Uzbekistan 13.36
(+0.1)
xx13.36
30AChinonye Ohadugha Nigeria 12.92
(-0.6)
12.86
(-0.7)
13.29
(+0.1)
13.29
31AKseniya Pryiemka Belarus 13.08
(-0.3)
12.79
(0.0)
x13.08
32AIrina Litvinenko Kazakhstan x12.92
(0.0)
12.91
(0.0)
12.92
BYamile Aldama Sudan xxxNM
AAthanasia Perra Greece xxxNM
BMartina Šestáková Czech Republic xxxNM
BDana Velďáková Slovakia xxxNM

Final

The final was held on August 17.[9]

RankNameNationality123456ResultNotes
Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon 15.1915.39x14.82x14.8815.39OR
DQTatyana Lebedeva  Russia 15.00 15.17 15.32 14.40xx15.32
DQ Hrysopiyí Devetzí  Greece 14.9615.23 xxxx 15.23
Olga Rypakova Kazakhstan x14.8314.9315.0315.11x15.11AR
Yargelis Savigne Cuba x14.8714.7715.05x14.9115.05
4Marija Šestak Slovenia 15.0314.65x14.4614.4714.7515.03NR
5Viktoriya Gurova Russia 14.3814.0414.77x14.65x14.77
6Anna Pyatykh Russia 14.6714.7314.57x14.6714.2814.73
7Olha Saladukha Ukraine 12.7814.7011.2914.70
8Kaire Leibak Estonia 12.1914.13x14.13
9Trecia Smith Jamaica 14.1213.75x14.12
10Xie Limei China 14.0913.9413.6714.09

References

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