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

Summary The qualifying standards for the 2008 event were (A standard) and (B standard).

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 , 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.

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. 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. In 2017, retests showed Lebedeva also had a positive test for turinabol and was also disqualified from both her medals at the 2008 Olympics. The IOC requested that the IAAF modify the results, and, after CAS dismissed the appeal of Tatyana Lebedeva, the medals were redistributed accordingly. Olga Rypakova was advanced to silver, and Yargelis Savigne was advanced to bronze.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading jump were as follows:

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Distance Notes 17 August Final Françoise Mbango Etone 15.39

Results

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

Rank Group Name Nationality 1 2 3 Mark Notes1 AYargelis Savigne 14.37 14.99 — 14.99 Q2 BHrysopiyi Devetzi 14.92 — — 14.92 DSQ3 AViktoriya Gurova 14.44 14.78 — 14.78 Q4 AOlga Rypakova 14.64 — — 14.64 Q, SB5 BTatyana Lebedeva 14.55 — — 14.55 DSQ 6 BFrançoise Mbango Etone 14.50 — — 14.50 Q 7 BOlha Saladukha 14.46 — — 14.46 Q 8 AAnna Pyatykh x 14.45 — 14.45 Q 9 AMarija Šestak x 14.44x 14.44 q 10 B Xie Limei 13.38 14.2714.01 14.27 q 11 B Kaire Leibak 14.19 14.07 x 14.19 q 12 B Trecia-Kaye Smith 14.18 x x 14.18 q, SB13 A Biljana Topić x 14.11 14.14 14.14 14 A Teresa Nzola Meso Ba 14.11 14.11 13.98 14.11 15 A Mabel Gay x x 14.09 14.09 16 A Carlota Castrejana 14.02 x x 14.02 17 A Svitlana Mamyeyeva 13.73 13.89 14.01 14.01 18 A Magdelín Martínez x 14.0013.77 14.00 19 B Adelina Gavrilă 13.98 13.71 13.55 13.98 20 A Carolina Klüft 13.6 x 13.97 13.97 21 B Yarianna Martínez 13.76 13.9613.83 13.96 22 B Baya Rahouli 13.80 13.57 13.87 13.87 23 B Gisele de Oliveira x 13.81x 13.81 24 B Liliya Kulyk 13.53 13.6613.39 13.66 25 A Gita Dodova x 13.47 13.53 13.53 26 A Erica McLain x 13.52 - 13.52 27 A Yelena Parfyonova 13.46x 13.38 13.46 28 B Shani Marks 13.20 13.44 x 13.44 29 B Anastasiya Juravleva 13.36x x 13.36 30 A Chinonye Ohadugha 12.92 12.86 13.29 13.29 31 A Kseniya Pryiemka 13.0812.79 x 13.08 32 A Irina Litvinenko x 12.9212.91 12.92 B Yamilé Aldama x x x A Athanasia Perra x x x B Martina Šestáková x x x B Dana Velďáková x x x

Final Rank Name Nationality 123456Result Notes Françoise Mbango Etone 15.19 15.39 x 14.82 x 14.88 15.39 Olga Rypakova x 14.83 14.93 15.03 15.11 x 15.11 AR Yargelis Savigne x 14.87 14.77 15.05 x 14.91 15.05 4 Marija Šestak 15.03 14.65 x 14.46 14.47 14.75 15.03 NR 5 Viktoriya Gurova 14.38 14.04 14.77 x 14.65 x 14.77 6 Anna Pyatykh 14.67 14.73 14.57 x 14.67 14.28 14.73 7 Olha Saladukha 12.78 14.70 11.29 Did not advance 14.70 8 Kaire Leibak 12.19 14.13 x Did not advance 14.13 9 Trecia-Kaye Smith 14.12 13.75 x Did not advance 14.12 10 Xie Limei 14.09 13.94 13.67 Did not advance 14.09 DSQ Tatyana Lebedeva 15.00 15.17 15.32 14.40 x x 15.32 DSQ for doping DSQ Hrysopiyi Devetzi 14.96 15.23 x x x x 15.23 DSQ for doping

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