| Women's triple jump at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 15 August 2008 (qualification) 17 August 2008 (final) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 26 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning distance | 15.39OR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Thewomen'striple jump at the2008 Olympic Games took place on August 15 and 17 at theBeijing Olympic Stadium.[1]
The qualifying standards for the 2008 event were 14.20 m (46 ft 7 in) (A standard) and 14.00 m (45 ft 11 in) (B standard).[2]
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 (40 cm less than her personal best in qualifying in 2004). The fifth best jumper in historyYamilé Aldama was unable to find the take off board and fouled out in qualifying.
In the first round of the final, defending championFrançoise 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 historyTatyana 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 15.39 m (50 ft5+3⁄4 in), at the time the second best jump in history and became the newOlympic 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 itsOlympic history, which followed her first four years earlier.[3]
Almost eight years after the event, blood samples were retested from the 2007 World Championships.Hrysopiyi Devetzi was found to havestanozolol in her sample and her results were annulled.[4] A year after the event, Devetzi was credited with failing another drug test for failing to allow a different test. She retired in 2009. Her2004 silver medal was not affected by the annulment.[5] In 2017, retests showed Lebedeva also had a positive test forturinabol and was also disqualified from both her medals at the 2008 Olympics.[6] The IOC requested that theIAAF modify the results, and, afterCAS dismissed the appeal of Tatyana Lebedeva,[7] the medals were redistributed accordingly.[8]Olga Rypakova was advanced to silver, andYargelis Savigne was advanced to bronze.
Prior to this competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading jump were as follows:
| World record |  Inessa Kravets (UKR) | 15.50 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 10 August 1995 |
| Olympic record | Inessa Kravets (UKR) | 15.33 | Atlanta, United States | 31 July 1996 |
| World Leading |  Yargelis Savigne (CUB) | 15.20 | Rethymno, Greece | 14 July 2008 |
The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Distance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August | Final | Françoise Mbango Etone |  Cameroon | 15.39 | OR |
Qualifying Performance 14.45 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Françoise Mbango Etone | Cameroon | 15.19 | 15.39 | x | 14.82 | x | 14.88 | 15.39 | OR |
 | Olga Rypakova |  Kazakhstan | x | 14.83 | 14.93 | 15.03 | 15.11 | x | 15.11 | AR |
 | Yargelis Savigne |  Cuba | x | 14.87 | 14.77 | 15.05 | x | 14.91 | 15.05 | |
| 4 | Marija Šestak |  Slovenia | 15.03 | 14.65 | x | 14.46 | 14.47 | 14.75 | 15.03 | NR |
| 5 | Viktoriya Gurova |  Russia | 14.38 | 14.04 | 14.77 | x | 14.65 | x | 14.77 | |
| 6 | Anna Pyatykh | Russia | 14.67 | 14.73 | 14.57 | x | 14.67 | 14.28 | 14.73 | |
| 7 | Olha Saladukha | Ukraine | 12.78 | 14.70 | 11.29 | Did not advance | 14.70 | |||
| 8 | Kaire Leibak |  Estonia | 12.19 | 14.13 | x | Did not advance | 14.13 | |||
| 9 | Trecia-Kaye Smith |  Jamaica | 14.12 | 13.75 | x | Did not advance | 14.12 | |||
| 10 | Xie Limei |  China | 14.09 | 13.94 | 13.67 | Did not advance | 14.09 | |||
| DSQ | Tatyana Lebedeva | Russia | 15.00 | 15.17 | 15.32 | 14.40 | x | x | 15.32 | DSQ for doping |
| DSQ | Hrysopiyi Devetzi |  Greece | 14.96 | 15.23 | x | x | x | x | 15.23 | DSQ for doping |
