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Women's triple jump
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Medalists
Gold medal    Cameroon
Silver medal    Russia
Bronze medal    Greece
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Athletics at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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The Women's triple jump at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 15 and 17 at the Beijing 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]

Cameroonian athlete Françoise Mbango Etone won at this competition the second gold medal for her country in its Olympic history.

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[edit] Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Ukraine Inessa Kravets (UKR) 15.50 Göteborg, Sweden 10 August 1995
Olympic record  Inessa Kravets (UKR) 15.33 Atlanta, United States 31 July 1996

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Name Nationality Distance OR WR
17 August Final Francoise Mbango Etone Cameroon 15.39 OR

[edit] Results

[edit] Qualifying round

Qualifying Performance 14.45 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank Group Name Nationality 1 2 3 Mark Notes
1 A Yargelis Savigne Cuba 14.37
(+0.3)
14.99
(-0.3)
14.99 Q
2 B Hrysopiyi Devetzi Greece 14.92
(+0.1)
14.92 Q
3 A Viktoriya Gurova Russia 14.44
(-0.8)
14.78
(+0.3)
14.78 Q
4 A Olga Rypakova Kazakhstan 14.64
(0.0)
14.64 Q, SB
5 B Tatyana Lebedeva Russia 14.55
(0.0)
14.55 Q
6 B Francoise Mbango Etone Cameroon 14.50
(0.0)
14.50 Q
7 B Olga Saladukha Ukraine 14.46
(-0.3)
14.46 Q
8 A Anna Pyatykh Russia x 14.45
(0.0)
14.45 Q
9 A Marija Sestak Slovenia x 14.44
(-0.5)
x 14.44 q
10 B Xie Limei China 13.38
(0.0)
14.27
(0.0)
14.01
(0.0)
14.27 q
11 B Kaire Leibak Estonia 14.19
(0.0)
14.07
(0.0)
x 14.19 q
12 B Trecia Smith Jamaica 14.18
(+0.3)
x x 14.18 q, SB
13 A Biljana Topic Serbia x 14.11
(-0.3)
14.14
(-0.2)
14.14
14 A Teresa Nzola Meso Ba France 14.11
(0.0)
14.11
(+0.2)
13.98
(-0.2)
14.11
15 A Mabel Gay Cuba x x 14.09
(+0.4)
14.09
16 A Carlota Castrejana Spain 14.02
(+0.3)
x x 14.02
17 A Svitlana Mamieieva Ukraine 13.73
(-0.3)
13.89
(-0.6)
14.01
(+0.2)
14.01
18 A Magdelin Martinez Italy x 14.00
(-0.1)
13.77
(+0.2)
14.00
19 B Adelina Gavrila Romania 13.98
(0.0)
13.71
(0.0)
13.55
(0.0)
13.98
20 A Carolina Klüft Sweden 13.60
(+0.6)
x 13.97
(+0.2)
13.97
21 B Yarianna Martinez Cuba 13.76
(0.0)
13.96
(0.0)
13.83
(0.0)
13.96
22 B Baya Rahouli Algeria 13.80
(+0.6)
13.57
(0.0)
13.87
(0.0)
13.87
23 B Gisele de Oliveira Brazil x 13.81
(0.0)
x 13.81
24 B Liliya Kulyk Ukraine 13.53
(-0.5)
13.66
(0.0)
13.39
(0.0)
13.66
25 A Gita Dodova Bulgaria x 13.47
(-0.8)
13.53
(+1.7)
13.53
26 A Erica McLain United States x 13.52
(-0.6)
- 13.52
27 A Yelena Parfyonova Kazakhstan 13.46
(+0.5)
x 13.38
(-0.8)
13.46
28 B Shani Marks United States 13.20
(0.0)
13.44
(0.0)
x 13.44
29 B Anastasiya Juravleva Uzbekistan 13.36
(+0.1)
x x 13.36
30 A Chinonye Ohadugha Nigeria 12.92
(-0.6)
12.86
(-0.7)
13.29
(+0.1)
13.29
31 A Kseniya Pryiemka Belarus 13.08
(-0.3)
12.79
(0.0)
x 13.08
32 A Irina Litvinenko Kazakhstan x 12.92
(0.0)
12.91
(0.0)
12.92
B Yamile Aldama Sudan x x x NM
A Athanasia Perra Greece x x x NM
B Martina Sestakova Czech Republic x x x NM
B Dana Veldakova Slovakia x x x NM

[edit] Final

The final was held on August 17.

Rank Name Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result Notes
1 Françoise Mbango Etone Cameroon 15.19 15.39 x 14.82 x 14.88 15.39 OR
2 Tatyana Lebedeva Russia 15.00 15.17 15.32 14.40 x x 15.32
3 Hrysopiyí Devetzí Greece 14.96 15.23 x x x x 15.23
4 Olga Rypakova Kazakhstan x 14.83 14.93 15.03 15.11 x 15.11 AR
5 Yargelis Savigne Cuba x 14.87 14.77 15.05 x 14.91 15.05
6 Marija Šestak Slovenia 15.03 14.65 x 14.46 14.47 14.75 15.03 NR
7 Viktoriya Gurova Russia 14.38 14.04 14.77 x 14.65 x 14.77
8 Anna Pyatykh Russia 14.67 14.73 14.57 x 14.67 14.28 14.73
9 Olha Saladuha Ukraine 12.78 14.70 11.29 14.70
10 Kaire Leibak Estonia 12.19 14.13 x 14.13
11 Trecia Smith Jamaica 14.12 13.75 x 14.12
12 Limei Xie China 14.09 13.94 13.67 14.09

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