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.
The qualifying standards were 6.72 m and 6.60 m.
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 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. 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 and Olympic records were as follows:No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
Results
Qualifying round
Qualifying performance 6.75 or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | B | Brittney Reese | x | 6.87 ' | 6.87 | Q | ||
| 2 | A | Maurren Higa Maggi | 6.68 ' | 6.79 ' | 6.79 | Q | ||
| 3 | B | Tatyana Lebedeva | 6.65 ' | 6.70 ' | - | 6.70 | DSQ | |
| 4 | A | Carolina Klüft | 6.70 ' | x | - | 6.70 | q | |
| 5 | A | Grace Upshaw | 6.47 ' | 6.68 ' | x | 6.68 | q | |
| 6 | A | Oksana Udmurtova | 6.48 ' | x | 6.63 ' | 6.63 | q | |
| 7 | B | Keila Costa | x | 6.44 ' | 6.62 | 6.62 | q | |
| 8 | A | Tabia Charles | 6.33 ' | 6.61 ' | 6.49 ' | 6.61 | q | |
| 9 | A | Funmi Jimoh | 6.42 ' | 6.28 ' | 6.61 ' | 6.61 | q | |
| 10 | B | Jade Johnson | 6.33 ' | 6.15 ' | 6.61 ' | 6.61 | q | |
| 11 | A | Chelsea Hammond | 6.60 ' | x | x | 6.60 | q | |
| 12 | B | Blessing Okagbare | 6.37 ' | 6.49 ' | 6.59 ' | 6.59 | q | |
| 13 | B | Tatyana Kotova | 6.37 ' | 6.57 ' | x | 6.57 | ||
| 14 | A | Hrysopiyí Devetzí | x | 6.57 ' | x | 6.57 | ||
| 15 | B | Concepción Montaner | 6.53 | 6.42 ' | 6.43 ' | 6.53 | ||
| 16 | B | Bronwyn Thompson | x | 6.53 ' | x | 6.53 | ||
| 17 | A | Yargelis Savigne | x | x | 6.49 ' | 6.49 | ||
| 18 | B | Iryna Charnushenka-Stasiuk | 6.48 ' | x | x | 6.48 | ||
| 19 | B | Kumiko Ikeda | 6.44 ' | 6.47 ' | x | 6.47 | ||
| 20 | A | Denisa Ščerbová | 6.40 ' | 6.46 ' | 5.17 ' | 6.46 | ||
| 21 | A | Patricia Sylvester | 6.44 ' | 6.42 ' | 6.38 ' | 6.44 | ||
| 22 | B | Viorica Țigău | x | 6.38 ' | 6.44 ' | 6.44 | ||
| 23 | A | Viktoriya Rybalko | x | x | 6.43 ' | 6.43 | ||
| 24 | A | Karin Melis Mey | x | 6.42 ' | x | 6.42 | ||
| 25 | B | Ruky Abdulai | x | 6.41 ' | 6.25 ' | 6.41 | ||
| 26 | A | Nina Kolarič | 4.92 ' | 6.19 ' | 6.40 ' | 6.40 | ||
| 27 | B | Ksenija Balta | x | 6.38 ' | x | 6.38 | ||
| 28 | B | Soon-ok Jung | x | x | 6.33 ' | 6.33 | ||
| 29 | B | Olga Rypakova | x | 6.30 ' | 6.04 ' | 6.30 | ||
| 30 | B | Ivana Španović | x | x | 6.30 ' | 6.30 | ||
| 31 | A | Naide Gomes | x | x | 6.29 ' | 6.29 | ||
| 32 | A | Volha Sergeenka | 6.25 ' | 6.02 ' | 6.09 ' | 6.25 | ||
| 33 | B | Oleksandra Stadnyuk | x | 6.19 ' | x | 6.19 | ||
| 34 | B | Marestella Torres | 4.27 ' | 5.94 ' | 6.17 ' | 6.17 | ||
| 35 | A | Pamela Mouele-Mboussi | x | 5.94 ' | 6.06 ' | 6.06 | NR | |
| 36 | B | Arantxa King | 6.01 ' | x | x | 6.01 | ||
| 37 | A | Rhonda Watkins | x | 5.88 ' | x | 5.88 | ||
| 38 | A | Tricia Flores | 5.25 ' | x | - | 5.25''' | ||
| B | Anju Bobby George | x | x | x | ' | |||
| B | Jackie Edwards | x | x | x | ' | |||
| A | Jana Velďáková | x | x | x | ' | |||
| A | Lyudmyla Blonska | ' |
Q - Qualified by right / q - Qualified by result / NM - No Mark / NR - National Record / SB - Season Best / DSQ - Disqualified