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Long Jump, Women

Date	19 – 22 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Guojia Tiyuchang, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants	42 from 33 countries

Naide Gomes (POR) was favored, having won the World Indoor earlier in the year, and leading the world list. But she fouled her first two jumps in the qualifying round and then stutter-stepped on the third, failing to make the final. The early leader in the final was the defending champion, Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS), but Brazil’s Maurren Maggi took the lead near the end of the round with 7.04 (23-1¼). It would prove to be the winning jump. Lebedeva scared the lead with 7.03 (23-0¾) in the final round, but it was only good enough for the silver medal. Maggi was married to Formula I racer Antônio Pizzonia. The bronze medal went to Nigerian Blessing Okagbare, whose best jump was 6.91 (22-8) in the first round, but she was fortunate to be in the final. She had placed only 13th in qualifying, but when Ukrainian Lyudmila Blonska was disqualified after a doping positive was revealed from the heptathlon, Okagbare was advanced to the final in her stead. In a later interview she credited her given name as the reason for her good fortune.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	1215	Maurren Maggi	BRA	6.79 (2)	7.04 (1)	Gold
2	2522	Blessing Okagbare	NGR	6.59 (11)	6.91 (2)	Silver
3	2171	Chelsea Hammond	JAM	6.60 (10)	6.79 (3)	Bronze
4	3220	Brittney Reese	USA	6.87 (1)	6.76 (4)
5	2824	Oksana Udmurtova	RUS	6.63 (5)	6.70 (5)
6	1849	Jade Johnson	GBR	6.61 (9)	6.64 (6)
7	3277	Grace Upshaw	USA	6.68 (4)	6.58 (7)
8	2949	Carolina Klüft	SWE	6.70 (3)	6.49 (8)
9	1288	Tabia Charles	CAN	6.61 (7)	6.47 (9)
10	1210	Keila Costa	BRA	6.62 (6)	6.43 (10)
11	3184	Funmi Jimoh	USA	6.61 (8)	6.29 (11)
12 r1/2	2785	Tatyana Kotova	RUS	6.57 (12)	–
13 r1/2	1597	Concepción Montaner	ESP	6.53 (13)	–
14 r1/2	1056	Bronwyn Thompson	AUS	6.53 (14)	–
15 r1/2	1471	Yargelis Savigne	CUB	6.49 (15)	–
16 r1/2	1192	Iryna Charnushenka-Stasiuk	BLR	6.48 (16)	–
17 r1/2	2197	Kumiko Ikeda	JPN	6.47 (17)	–
18 r1/2	1534	Denisa Ščerbova	CZE	6.46 (18)	–
19 r1/2	1966	Patricia Sylvester	GRN	6.44 (=19)	–
20 r1/2	2718	Viorica Țigău	ROU	6.44 (=19)	–
21 r1/2	3062	Vita Rybalko	UKR	6.43 (21)	–
22 r1/2	3044	Karin Melis	TUR	6.42 (22)	–
23 r1/2	1305	Ruky Abdulai	CAN	6.41 (23)	–
24 r1/2	2876	Nina Kolarič	SLO	6.40 (24)	–
25 r1/2	1635	Ksenija Balta	EST	6.38 (25)	–
26 r1/2	2299	Jeong Sun-Ok	KOR	6.33 (26)	–
27 r1/2	2236	Olga Rypakova	KAZ	6.30 (27)	–
28 r1/2	2902	Ivana Španović	SRB	6.30 (28)	–
29 r1/2	2655	Naide Gomes	POR	6.29 (29)	–
30 r1/2	1195	Volha Siarheyenka	BLR	6.25 (30)	–
31 r1/2	3120	Oleksandra Stadniuk	UKR	6.19 (31)	–
32 r1/2	2561	Marestella Torres	PHI	6.17 (32)	–
33 r1/2	1320	Pamela Mouele-Mboussi	CGO	6.06 (33)	–
34 r1/2	1138	Arantxa King	BER	6.01 (34)	–
35 r1/2	3013	Rhonda Watkins	TTO	5.88 (35)	–
36 r1/2	1143	Tricia Flores	BIZ	5.25 (36)	–
AC r1/2	2945	Jana Velďáková	SVK	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	2019	Anju Bobby George	IND	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	1090	Jackie Edwards	BAH	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	3064	Liudmyla Blonska	UKR	[6.76] (DQ)	–
DQ	2762	Tatyana Lebedeva	RUS	[6.70] (DQ)	[7.03] (DQ)		1
DQ	1932	Pigi Devetzi	GRE	[6.57] (DQ)	–		2

Qualifying Round

Date	19 August 2008

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	2nd-Best Mark Distance
1	3220	Brittney Reese	USA	6.87	+1.1	–	Q
2	1215	Maurren Maggi	BRA	6.79	+0.3	–	Q
3	2949	Carolina Klüft	SWE	6.70	+1.0	–	q
4	3277	Grace Upshaw	USA	6.68	+0.6	–	q
5	2824	Oksana Udmurtova	RUS	6.63	+0.5	–	q
6	1210	Keila Costa	BRA	6.62	+0.7	–	q
7	1288	Tabia Charles	CAN	6.61	+0.6	6.49	q
8	3184	Funmi Jimoh	USA	6.61	+0.8	6.42	q
9	1849	Jade Johnson	GBR	6.61	+0.7	6.33	q
10	2171	Chelsea Hammond	JAM	6.60	+0.4	–	q
11	2522	Blessing Okagbare	NGR	6.59	+0.4	–	q
12	2785	Tatyana Kotova	RUS	6.57	+1.2	–
13	1597	Concepción Montaner	ESP	6.53	+0.7	6.43
14	1056	Bronwyn Thompson	AUS	6.53	+0.3	x
15	1471	Yargelis Savigne	CUB	6.49	+0.1	–
16	1192	Iryna Charnushenka-Stasiuk	BLR	6.48	+1.1	–
17	2197	Kumiko Ikeda	JPN	6.47	+0.1	–
18	1534	Denisa Ščerbova	CZE	6.46	+1.5	–
=19	1966	Patricia Sylvester	GRN	6.44	+0.9	6.42
=19	2718	Viorica Țigău	ROU	6.44	+0.2	6.38
21	3062	Vita Rybalko	UKR	6.43	+0.3	–
22	3044	Karin Melis	TUR	6.42	-0.4	–
23	1305	Ruky Abdulai	CAN	6.41	+0.4	–
24	2876	Nina Kolarič	SLO	6.40	+0.6	–
25	1635	Ksenija Balta	EST	6.38	+0.7	–
26	2299	Jeong Sun-Ok	KOR	6.33	+0.5	–
27	2236	Olga Rypakova	KAZ	6.30	+1.5	6.04
28	2902	Ivana Španović	SRB	6.30	+1.8	x
29	2655	Naide Gomes	POR	6.29	+0.5	–
30	1195	Volha Siarheyenka	BLR	6.25	+0.1	–
31	3120	Oleksandra Stadniuk	UKR	6.19	0.0	–
32	2561	Marestella Torres	PHI	6.17	+0.8	–
33	1320	Pamela Mouele-Mboussi	CGO	6.06	+0.9	–
34	1138	Arantxa King	BER	6.01	-0.3	–
35	3013	Rhonda Watkins	TTO	5.88	+0.4	–
36	1143	Tricia Flores	BIZ	5.25	+1.2	–
NM	2945	Jana Velďáková	SVK	–	–	–
NM	2019	Anju Bobby George	IND	–	–	–
NM	1090	Jackie Edwards	BAH	–	–	–
DQ	3064	Liudmyla Blonska	UKR	[6.76]	[+0.3]	–
DQ	2762	Tatyana Lebedeva	RUS	[6.70]	[+1.4]	–	Q	3
DQ	1932	Pigi Devetzi	GRE	[6.57]	[+0.4]	–		4

Group A

Date	19 August 2008

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #2 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #3 Distance (Wind [m/s])
1	3	Maurren Maggi	BRA	6.79	+0.3	–	6.68 (+0.3)	6.79 (+0.3)	p	Q
2	21	Carolina Klüft	SWE	6.70	+1.0	–	6.70 (+1.0)	x (+0.7)	p	q
3	13	Grace Upshaw	USA	6.68	+0.6	–	6.47 (-0.2)	6.68 (+0.6)	x (+0.8)	q
4	12	Oksana Udmurtova	RUS	6.63	+0.5	–	6.48 (+1.3)	6.61 (+0.6)	6.63 (+0.5)	q
5	7	Tabia Charles	CAN	6.61	+0.6	6.49	6.33 (+1.5)	6.61 (+0.6)	6.49 (+0.9)	q
6	6	Funmi Jimoh	USA	6.61	+0.8	6.42	6.42 (+0.9)	6.28 (+1.1)	6.61 (+0.8)	q
7	16	Chelsea Hammond	JAM	6.60	+0.4	–	6.60 (+0.4)	x (+0.4)	x (-0.3)	q
8	17	Yargelis Savigne	CUB	6.49	+0.1	–	x (+0.4)	x (+0.5)	6.49 (+0.1)
9	10	Denisa Ščerbova	CZE	6.46	+1.5	–	6.40 (+0.8)	6.46 (+1.5)	5.17 (-0.1)
10	19	Patricia Sylvester	GRN	6.44	+0.9	–	6.44 (+0.9)	6.42 (+0.1)	6.38 (+0.4)
11	2	Vita Rybalko	UKR	6.43	+0.3	–	x (-0.2)	x (+0.7)	6.43 (+0.3)
12	18	Karin Melis	TUR	6.42	-0.4	–	x (+0.5)	6.42 (-0.4)	x (+0.4)
13	1	Nina Kolarič	SLO	6.40	+0.6	–	4.92 (+1.4)	6.19 (0.0)	6.40 (+0.6)
14	5	Naide Gomes	POR	6.29	+0.5	–	x (+0.4)	x (+1.2)	6.29 (+0.5)
15	20	Volha Siarheyenka	BLR	6.25	+0.1	–	6.25 (+0.1)	6.02 (+0.4)	6.09 (-0.6)
16	4	Pamela Mouele-Mboussi	CGO	6.06	+0.9	–	x (-0.4)	5.94 (+0.6)	6.06 (+0.9)
17	15	Rhonda Watkins	TTO	5.88	+0.4	–	x (+1.1)	x (+0.6)	x (+0.4)
18	8	Tricia Flores	BIZ	5.25	+1.2	–	5.25 (+1.2)	x (-)	p
NM	14	Jana Velďáková	SVK	–	–	–	x (+0.3)	6.76 (+0.8)	6.29 (+0.5)
DQ	11	Liudmyla Blonska	UKR	[6.79]	[+0.3]	–	[x (+0.3)]	[6.79 (+0.3)]	[p]
DQ	9	Pigi Devetzi	GRE	[6.57]	[+0.4]	–	[x (+0.6)]	[6.57 (+0.4)]	[x (+0.5)]		5

Group B

Date	19 August 2008

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	2nd-Best Mark Distance	Round #1 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #2 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #3 Distance (Wind [m/s])
1	7	Brittney Reese	USA	6.87	+1.1	–	x (+1.1)	6.87 (+1.1)	p	Q
2	9	Keila Costa	BRA	6.62	+0.7	–	x (+0.5)	6.44 (+0.4)	6.62 (+0.7)	q
3	20	Jade Johnson	GBR	6.61	+0.7	–	6.33 (0.0)	6.15 (+0.2)	6.61 (+0.7)	q
4	13	Blessing Okagbare	NGR	6.59	+0.4	–	6.37 (+0.2)	6.49 (+0.9)	6.59 (+0.4)
5	6	Tatyana Kotova	RUS	6.57	+1.2	–	6.37 (+1.0)	6.57 (+1.2)	x (+0.9)
6	12	Concepción Montaner	ESP	6.53	+0.7	6.43	6.53 (+0.7)	6.42 (+1.1)	6.43 (+0.7)
7	21	Bronwyn Thompson	AUS	6.53	+0.3	X	x (+0.6)	6.53 (+0.3)	x (+0.7)
8	3	Iryna Charnushenka-Stasiuk	BLR	6.48	+1.1	–	6.48 (+1.1)	x (0.0)	x (+0.9)
9	17	Kumiko Ikeda	JPN	6.47	+0.1	–	6.44 (+0.8)	6.47 (+0.1)	x (+1.2)
10	15	Viorica Țigău	ROU	6.44	+0.2	–	x (+0.6)	6.38 (+0.7)	6.44 (+0.2)
11	1	Ruky Abdulai	CAN	6.41	+0.4	–	x (+0.6)	6.41 (+0.4)	6.25 (+1.0)
12	8	Ksenija Balta	EST	6.38	+0.7	–	x (+0.7)	6.38 (+0.7)	x (+0.9)
13	14	Jeong Sun-Ok	KOR	6.33	+0.5	–	x (+0.6)	x (+0.9)	6.33 (+0.5)
14	11	Olga Rypakova	KAZ	6.30	+1.5	–	x (+0.5)	6.30 (+1.5)	6.04 (+0.6)
15	2	Ivana Španović	SRB	6.30	+1.8	–	x (+0.2)	x (+0.4)	6.30 (+1.8)
16	18	Oleksandra Stadniuk	UKR	6.19	0.0	–	x (+0.9)	6.19 (0.0)	x (+0.8)
17	16	Marestella Torres	PHI	6.17	+0.8	–	4.27 (+0.6)	5.94 (-0.1)	6.17 (+0.8)
18	4	Arantxa King	BER	6.01	-0.3	–	6.01 (-0.3)	x (+0.6)	x (+1.0)
NM	19	Anju Bobby George	IND	–	–	–	x (-0.1)	x (-0.1)	x (+0.8)
NM	5	Jackie Edwards	BAH	–	–	–	x (+0.7)	x (+0.5)	x (+0.9)
DQ	10	Tatyana Lebedeva	RUS	[6.70]	[+1.4]	–	[6.65 (+0.7)]	[6.70 (+1.4)]	[p]	Q	6

Final Round

Date	22 August 2008 — 19:20

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Wind (m/s)	Round #1 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #2 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #3 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #4 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #5 Distance (Wind [m/s])	Round #6 Distance (Wind [m/s])
1	9 / 8 / 8	Maurren Maggi	BRA	7.04	+0.2	7.04 (+0.2)	x (+0.2)	x (+0.2)	x (+0.6)	6.73 (+0.3)	p
2	12 / 6 / 6	Blessing Okagbare	NGR	6.91	+0.1	6.91 (+0.1)	6.62 (0.0)	6.79 (+0.7)	6.70 (+0.3)	6.83 (-0.1)	x (+0.4)
3	11 / 5 / 5	Chelsea Hammond	JAM	6.79	+0.2	6.79 (+0.2)	6.68 (-0.2)	6.51 (-0.3)	x (+0.2)	6.64 (0.0)	6.59 (+0.3)
4	1 / 4 / 4	Brittney Reese	USA	6.76	+0.4	6.65 (+0.2)	6.76 (+0.4)	4.23 (+0.4)	x (+0.2)	6.46 (+0.2)	6.67 (+0.3)
5	6 / 3 / 3	Oksana Udmurtova	RUS	6.70	+0.6	6.69 (+0.4)	6.70 (+0.6)	6.67 (+0.4)	6.61 (+0.4)	6.65 (+0.2)	6.49 (+0.5)
6	8 / 2 / 2	Jade Johnson	GBR	6.64	+0.7	6.51 (+0.4)	6.64 (+0.7)	6.40 (+0.1)	6.59 (+0.4)	6.43 (+0.6)	x (+0.2)
7	7 / 1 / 1	Grace Upshaw	USA	6.58	+0.4	6.58 (+0.4)	x (+0.5)	6.52 (+0.3)	x (+0.2)	x (+0.3)	x (+0.3)
8	10	Carolina Klüft	SWE	6.49	+0.2	x (+0.3)	6.49 (+0.2)	6.42 (-0.3)	–	–	–
9	2	Tabia Charles	CAN	6.47	+0.5	6.16 (+0.3)	6.38 (+0.3)	6.47 (+0.5)	–	–	–
10	4	Keila Costa	BRA	6.43	+0.3	x (+0.1)	x (+0.5)	6.43 (+0.3)	–	–	–
11	3	Funmi Jimoh	USA	6.29	+0.2	6.24 (+0.4)	x (+0.7)	6.29 (+0.2)	–	–	–
DQ	5 / 7 / 7	Tatyana Lebedeva	RUS	[7.03]	[+0.4]	[6.97 (+0.5)]	[x (+0.2)]	[x (+0.2)]	[x (+0.2)]	[x (+0.1)]	[7.03 (+0.4)]	7