The women's long jump at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 19 and 22 August at the Beijing National Stadium. The winning margin was 13 cm.
The qualifying standards were 6.72 m (A standard) and 6.60 m (B standard).
Summary In the qualifying round, Blessing Okagbare was the last qualifier, jumping 6.59m on her final attempt to knock out 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 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. The IOC requested that the IAAF modify the results, and, after CAS dismisses the appeal of Tatyana Lebedeva, the medals were redistributed accordingly. Blessing Okagbare was advanced to silver, and Chelsea Hammond was advanced to bronze.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading jump were as follows:
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.
Rank Group Name Nationality 1 2 3 Mark Notes1 BBrittney Reese x 6.87(+1.1) 6.87 Q2 AMaurren Higa Maggi 6.68(+0.3) 6.79(+0.3) 6.79 Q3 BTatyana Lebedeva 6.65(+0.7) 6.70(+1.4) - 6.70 DSQ4 ACarolina Klüft 6.70(+1.0) x - 6.70 q5 AGrace Upshaw 6.47(−0.2) 6.68(+0.6) x 6.68 q6A Oksana Udmurtova 6.48(+1.3) x 6.63(+0.5) 6.63 q7B Keila Costa x 6.44(+0.4) 6.62(+0.7) 6.62 q8A Tabia Charles 6.33(+1.5) 6.61(+0.6) 6.49(+0.9) 6.61 q9A Funmi Jimoh 6.42(+0.9) 6.28(+1.1) 6.61(+0.8) 6.61 q10 BJade Johnson 6.33(0.0) 6.15(+0.2) 6.61(+0.7) 6.61 q11 A Chelsea Hammond 6.60(+0.4) x x 6.60 q12 BBlessing Okagbare 6.37(+0.2) 6.49(+0.9) 6.59(+0.4) 6.59 q13 BTatyana Kotova 6.37(+1.0) 6.57(+1.2) x 6.57 14 AHrysopiyí Devetzí x 6.57(+0.4) x 6.57 15 BConcepción Montaner 6.53(+0.7) 6.42(+1.1) 6.43(+0.7) 6.53 16 BBronwyn Thompson x 6.53(+0.3) x 6.53 17 AYargelis Savigne x x 6.49(+0.1) 6.49 18 BIryna Charnushenka-Stasiuk 6.48(+1.1) x x 6.48 19 BKumiko Ikeda 6.44(+0.8) 6.47(+0.1) x 6.47 20 ADenisa Ščerbová 6.40(+0.8) 6.46(+1.5) 5.17(−0.1) 6.46 21 APatricia Sylvester 6.44(+0.9) 6.42(+0.1) 6.38(+0.4) 6.44 22 BViorica Țigău x 6.38(+0.7) 6.44(+0.2) 6.44 23 AViktoriya Rybalko x x 6.43(+0.3) 6.43 24 AKarin Melis Mey x 6.42(−0.4) x 6.42 25 BRuky Abdulai x 6.41(+0.4) 6.25(+1.0) 6.41 26 ANina Kolarič 4.92(+1.4) 6.19(0.0) 6.40(+0.6) 6.40 27 BKsenija Balta x 6.38(+0.7) x 6.38 28 B Soon-ok Jung x x 6.33(+0.5) 6.33 29 B Olga Rypakova x 6.30(+1.5) 6.04(+0.6) 6.30 30 BIvana Španović x x 6.30(+1.8) 6.30 31 ANaide Gomes x x 6.29(+0.5) 6.29 32 AVolha Sergeenka 6.25(+0.1) 6.02(+0.4) 6.09(−0.6) 6.25 33 BOleksandra Stadnyuk x 6.19(0.0) x 6.19 34 BMarestella Torres 4.27(+0.6) 5.94(−0.1) 6.17(+0.8) 6.17 35 APamela Mouele-Mboussi x 5.94(+0.6) 6.06(+0.9) 6.06 NR36 BArantxa King 6.01(−0.3) x x 6.01 37 ARhonda Watkins x 5.88(+0.5) x 5.88 38 ATricia Flores 5.25(+1.2) x - 5.25 BAnju Bobby George x x x BJackie Edwards x x x AJana Velďáková x x x ALyudmyla Blonska
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 Rank Name Nationality 123456Result Notes Maurren Higa Maggi 7.04xxx6.73x7.04SB Blessing Okagbare 6.916.626.796.706.83x6.91PB Chelsea Hammond 6.796.686.51x6.646.596.79PB4Brittney Reese 6.656.764.23x6.466.676.765 Oksana Udmurtova 6.696.706.676.616.656.496.706Jade Johnson 6.516.646.406.596.43x6.647Grace Upshaw 6.58x6.52xxx6.588Carolina Klüft x6.496.42 6.499Tabia Charles 6.166.386.47 6.4710Keila Costa xx6.43 6.4311Funmi Jimoh 6.24x6.29 6.29 DQ Tatyana Lebedeva 6.97xxxx7.037.03SB
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