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

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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
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1st Maurren Maggi  Brazil
2nd Tatyana Lebedeva  Russia
3rd Blessing Okagbare  Nigeria
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Athletics at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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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
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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 23x15px 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  Republic of the 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 23x15px 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
1st Maurren Higa Maggi  Brazil 7.04 x x x 6.73 x 7.04 SB
2nd Tatyana Lebedeva  Russia 6.97 x x x x 7.03 7.03 SB
3rd 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

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  3. ↑ http://wikirun.com/Long_jump_women#Final Retrieved 2008-08-22.
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