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

Women's long jump at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	19 August 2008 (qualification) 22 August 2008 (final)
Competitors	42 from 33 nations
Winning distance	7.04
Medalists
Maurren Maggi   Brazil   Tatyana Lebedeva   Russia   Blessing Okagbare   Nigeria

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4 × 100 m relay		men		women
4 × 400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's long jump at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 19 and 22 August at the Beijing National Stadium.^[1]

The qualifying standards were 6.72 m (A standard) and 6.60 m (B standard).^[2]

Records

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

World record	Galina Chistyakova (URS)	7.52	Leningrad, Soviet Union	11 June 1988
Olympic record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7.40	Seoul, South Korea	29 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.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Mark	Notes
1	B	Brittney Reese	United States	x	6.87 (+1.1)		6.87	Q
2	A	Maurren Higa Maggi	Brazil	6.68 (+0.3)	6.79 (+0.3)		6.79	Q
3	B	Tatyana Lebedeva	Russia	6.65 (+0.7)	6.70 (+1.4)	-	6.70	q
4	A	Carolina Klüft	Sweden	6.70 (+1.0)	x	-	6.70	q
5	A	Grace Upshaw	United States	6.47 (−0.2)	6.68 (+0.6)	x	6.68	q
6	A	Oksana Udmurtova	Russia	6.48 (+1.3)	x	6.63 (+0.5)	6.63	q
7	B	Keila Costa	Brazil	x	6.44 (+0.4)	6.62 (+0.7)	6.62	q
8	A	Tabia Charles	Canada	6.33 (+1.5)	6.61 (+0.6)	6.49 (+0.9)	6.61	q
9	A	Funmi Jimoh	United States	6.42 (+0.9)	6.28 (+1.1)	6.61 (+0.8)	6.61	q
10	B	Jade Johnson	Great Britain	6.33 (0.0)	6.15 (+0.2)	6.61 (+0.7)	6.61	q
11	A	Chelsea Hammond	Jamaica	6.60 (+0.4)	x	x	6.60	q
12	B	Blessing Okagbare	Nigeria	6.37 (+0.2)	6.49 (+0.9)	6.59 (+0.4)	6.59	q
13	B	Tatyana Kotova	Russia	6.37 (+1.0)	6.57 (+1.2)	x	6.57
14	A	Hrysopiyí Devetzí	Greece	x	6.57 (+0.4)	x	6.57
15	B	Concepción Montaner	Spain	6.53 (+0.7)	6.42 (+1.1)	6.43 (+0.7)	6.53
16	B	Bronwyn Thompson	Australia	x	6.53 (+0.3)	x	6.53
17	A	Yargelis Savigne	Cuba	x	x	6.49 (+0.1)	6.49
18	B	Iryna Charnushenka-Stasiuk	Belarus	6.48 (+1.1)	x	x	6.48
19	B	Kumiko Ikeda	Japan	6.44 (+0.8)	6.47 (+0.1)	x	6.47
20	A	Denisa Ščerbová	Czech Republic	6.40 (+0.8)	6.46 (+1.5)	5.17 (−0.1)	6.46
21	A	Patricia Sylvester	Grenada	6.44 (+0.9)	6.42 (+0.1)	6.38 (+0.4)	6.44
22	B	Viorica Țigău	Romania	x	6.38 (+0.7)	6.44 (+0.2)	6.44
23	A	Viktoriya Rybalko	Ukraine	x	x	6.43 (+0.3)	6.43
24	A	Karin Melis Mey	Turkey	x	6.42 (−0.4)	x	6.42
25	B	Ruky Abdulai	Canada	x	6.41 (+0.4)	6.25 (+1.0)	6.41
26	A	Nina Kolarič	Slovenia	4.92 (+1.4)	6.19 (0.0)	6.40 (+0.6)	6.40
27	B	Ksenija Balta	Estonia	x	6.38 (+0.7)	x	6.38
28	B	Soon-ok Jung	South Korea	x	x	6.33 (+0.5)	6.33
29	B	Olga Rypakova	Kazakhstan	x	6.30 (+1.5)	6.04 (+0.6)	6.30
30	B	Ivana Španović	Serbia	x	x	6.30 (+1.8)	6.30
31	A	Naide Gomes	Portugal	x	x	6.29 (+0.5)	6.29
32	A	Volha Sergeenka	Belarus	6.25 (+0.1)	6.02 (+0.4)	6.09 (−0.6)	6.25
33	B	Oleksandra Stadnyuk	Ukraine	x	6.19 (0.0)	x	6.19
34	B	Marestella Torres	Philippines	4.27 (+0.6)	5.94 (−0.1)	6.17 (+0.8)	6.17
35	A	Pamela Mouele-Mboussi	Congo	x	5.94 (+0.6)	6.06 (+0.9)	6.06	NR
36	B	Arantxa King	Bermuda	6.01 (−0.3)	x	x	6.01
37	A	Rhonda Watkins	Trinidad and Tobago	x	5.88 (+0.5)	x	5.88
38	A	Tricia Flores	Belize	5.25 (+1.2)	x	-	5.25
N/A	B	Anju Bobby George	India	x	x	x	NM
N/A	B	Jackie Edwards	Bahamas	x	x	x	NM
N/A	A	Jana Velďáková	Slovakia	x	x	x	NM
N/A	A	Lyudmyla 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^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Maurren Higa Maggi	Brazil	7.04	x	x	x	6.73	x	7.04	SB
	Tatyana Lebedeva	Russia	6.97	x	x	x	x	7.03	7.03	SB
	Blessing Okagbare	Nigeria	6.91	6.62	6.79	6.70	6.83	x	6.91	PB
4	Chelsea Hammond	Jamaica	6.79	6.68	6.51	x	6.64	6.59	6.79	PB
5	Brittney Reese	United States	6.65	6.76	4.23	x	6.46	6.67	6.76
6	Oksana Udmurtova	Russia	6.69	6.70	6.67	6.61	6.65	6.49	6.70
7	Jade Johnson	Great Britain	6.51	6.64	6.40	6.59	6.43	x	6.64
8	Grace Upshaw	United States	6.58	x	6.52	x	x	x	6.58
9	Carolina Klüft	Sweden	x	6.49	6.42				6.49
10	Tabia Charles	Canada	6.16	6.38	6.47				6.47
11	Keila Costa	Brazil	x	x	6.43				6.43
12	Funmi Jimoh	United States	6.24	x	6.29				6.29

References

1. "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
2. "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
3. http://wikirun.com/Long_jump_women#Final Retrieved 2008-08-22.