# 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 winning margin was 13cm.
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 7.04 m (23 ft 1 in) 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:
| 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 |
| World Leading | Naide Gomes (POR) | 7.12 | Fontvieille, Monaco | 29 July 2008 |
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 | DSQ |
| 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 | 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 | Belize | 5.25 (+1.2) | x | - | 5.25 | |
| — | B | Anju Bobby George | India | x | x | x | NM | |
| — | B | Jackie Edwards | Bahamas | x | x | x | NM | |
| — | A | Jana Velďáková | Slovakia | x | x | x | NM | |
| — | 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
| 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 |
| DQ | 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 |
| | Chelsea Hammond | Jamaica | 6.79 | 6.68 | 6.51 | x | 6.64 | 6.59 | 6.79 | PB |
| 4 | Brittney Reese | United States | 6.65 | 6.76 | 4.23 | x | 6.46 | 6.67 | 6.76 | |
| 5 | Oksana Udmurtova | Russia | 6.69 | 6.70 | 6.67 | 6.61 | 6.65 | 6.49 | 6.70 | |
| 6 | Jade Johnson | Great Britain | 6.51 | 6.64 | 6.40 | 6.59 | 6.43 | x | 6.64 | |
| 7 | Grace Upshaw | United States | 6.58 | x | 6.52 | x | x | x | 6.58 | |
| 8 | Carolina Klüft | Sweden | x | 6.49 | 6.42 | | | | 6.49 | |
| 9 | Tabia Charles | Canada | 6.16 | 6.38 | 6.47 | | | | 6.47 | |
| 10 | Keila Costa | Brazil | x | x | 6.43 | | | | 6.43 | |
| 11 | Funmi Jimoh | United States | 6.24 | x | 6.29 | | | | 6.29 | |