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.

Summary

The qualifying standards for the 2008 event were and .
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. 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. Hrysopiyí Devetzí 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 and Olympic records were as follows.
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
DateEventNameNationalityDistanceNotes
17 AugustFinalFrançoise Mbango Etone15.39

Results

Qualifying round

Qualifying Performance 14.45 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.
RankGroupNameNationality123MarkNotes
1AYargelis Savigne14.37
'		14.99
'		14.99Q
2BHrysopiyi Devetzi14.92
'		14.92DSQ
3AViktoriya Gurova14.44
'		14.78
'		14.78Q
4AOlga Rypakova14.64
'		14.64Q, SB
5BTatyana Lebedeva14.55
'		14.55DSQ
6BFrançoise Mbango Etone14.50
'		14.50Q
7BOlha Saladukha14.46
'		14.46Q
8AAnna Pyatykhx14.45
'		14.45Q
9AMarija Šestakx14.44
'		x14.44q
10BXie Limei13.38
'		14.27
'		14.01
'		14.27q
11BKaire Leibak14.19
'		14.07
'		x14.19q
12BTrecia Smith14.18
'		xx14.18q, SB
13ABiljana Topićx14.11
'		14.14
'		14.14
14ATeresa Nzola Meso Ba14.11
'		14.11
'		13.98
'		14.11
15AMabel Gayxx14.09
'		14.09
16ACarlota Castrejana14.02
'		xx14.02
17ASvitlana Mamieieva13.73
'		13.89
'		14.01
'		14.01
18AMagdelin Martinezx14.00
'		13.77
'		14.00
19BAdelina Gavrila13.98
'		13.71
'		13.55
'		13.98
20ACarolina Klüft13.60
'		x13.97
'		13.97
21BYarianna Martinez13.76
'		13.96
'		13.83
'		13.96
22BBaya Rahouli13.80
'		13.57
'		13.87
'		13.87
23BGisele de Oliveirax13.81
'		x13.81
24BLiliya Kulyk13.53
'		13.66
'		13.39
'		13.66
25AGita Dodovax13.47
'		13.53
'		13.53
26AErica McLainx13.52
'		-13.52
27AYelena Parfyonova13.46
'		x13.38
'		13.46
28BShani Marks13.20
'		13.44
'		x13.44
29BAnastasiya Juravleva13.36
'		xx13.36
30AChinonye Ohadugha12.92
'		12.86
'		13.29
'		13.29
31AKseniya Pryiemka13.08
'		12.79
'		x13.08
32AIrina Litvinenkox12.92
'		12.91
'		12.92'''
BYamile Aldamaxxx'
AAthanasia Perraxxx'
BMartina Šestákováxxx'
BDana Velďákováxxx'

Final

The final was held on August 17.