Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's triple jump
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The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
Date Event Name Nationality Distance OR WR
17 August Final Françoise Mbango Etone
Françoise Mbango Etone
Françoise Mbango Etone is a female track and field athlete, competing internationally for France, formerly of the Cameroon. She was a gold medalist in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. She retained her title with an Olympic record distance of 15.39m at the Beijing...

 
15.39 OR

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
Yargelis Savigne
Yargelis Savigne Herrera is a Cuban athlete competing in the triple jump and long jump.Her international breakthrough came in 2005, when she, competing in both the triple and long jump events at the 2005 World Championships, won a silver medal and finished fourth, respectively...

14.37
(+0.3)
14.99
(-0.3)
14.99 Q
2 B Hrysopiyi Devetzi
Hrysopiyí Devetzí
Hrysopiyi "Pigi" Devetzi in Alexandroupoli is a former Greek athlete competing in the triple jump and long jump.She won the triple jump silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with 15.25 and the triple jump bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics with 15.23. At the 2004 Summer Olympics...

14.92
(+0.1)
14.92 Q
3 A Viktoriya Gurova
Viktoriya Gurova
Viktoriya Gurova is a Russian triple jumper.She won the silver medal at the 2003 Summer Universiade, the gold medal at the 2005 European Indoor Championships and finished tenth at the 2005 World Championships. She also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the finals.Her personal...

14.44
(-0.8)
14.78
(+0.3)
14.78 Q
4 A Olga Rypakova
Olga Rypakova
Olga Rypakova is a Kazakhstani track and field athlete. Originally a heptathlete, she switched to focus on the long jump and began to compete in the triple jump after 2007...

14.64
(0.0)
14.64 Q, SB
5 B Tatyana Lebedeva
Tatyana Lebedeva
Tatyana Romanovna Lebedeva is a Russian athlete who competes in both the long jump and triple jump events. She is one of most successful athletes in the disciplines, having won gold medals at Olympic, world and European levels...

14.55
(0.0)
14.55 Q
6 B Françoise Mbango Etone
Françoise Mbango Etone
Françoise Mbango Etone is a female track and field athlete, competing internationally for France, formerly of the Cameroon. She was a gold medalist in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. She retained her title with an Olympic record distance of 15.39m at the Beijing...

14.50
(0.0)
14.50 Q
7 B Olha Saladukha 14.46
(-0.3)
14.46 Q
8 A Anna Pyatykh
Anna Pyatykh
Anna Viktorovna Pyatykh is a professional Russian triple jumper. She has won the SPAR European Cup four consecutive times, won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki and has also competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics.In 2006 she finished second at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor...

x 14.45
(0.0)
14.45 Q
9 A Marija Sestak
Marija Šestak
Marija Šestak is a Slovenian triple jumper. She switched nationality from Serbia on 13 July 2006....

x 14.44
(-0.5)
x 14.44 q
10 B Xie Limei
Xie Limei
Xie Limei is a Chinese triple jumper.She won the silver medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships and gold medals at the 2005 Asian Championships and the 2006 Asian Games. She also competed at the 2006 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final...

13.38
(0.0)
14.27
(0.0)
14.01
(0.0)
14.27 q
11 B Kaire Leibak
Kaire Leibak
Kaire Leibak is an Estonian triple jumper.Her personal best jump is 14.43 metres, achieved at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing. This is also the Estonian record.-Achievements:-References:...

14.19
(0.0)
14.07
(0.0)
x 14.19 q
12 B Trecia Smith
Trecia Smith
Trecia-Kaye Smith is a Jamaican athlete competing mainly in triple jump. In college, she competed for the University of Pittsburgh from 1996–1999 and was a seven-time NCAA national champion , 15-time All-American, a 14-time Big East Conference...

14.18
(+0.3)
x x 14.18 q, SB
13 A Biljana Topic
Biljana Topic
Biljana Topić is a Serbian triple jumper.-Career:She competed at the 2008 World Indoor Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final...

x 14.11
(-0.3)
14.14
(-0.2)
14.14
14 A Teresa Nzola Meso Ba
Teresa Nzola Meso Ba
Teresa Nzola Meso Ba is an Angolan-French triple jumper.She formerly represented Angola, but switched to France in 2003. Before this she set an Angolan triple jump record of 13.49 metres, which still stands....

14.11
(0.0)
14.11
(+0.2)
13.98
(-0.2)
14.11
15 A Mabel Gay
Mabel Gay
Mabel Gay Tamayo is a Cuban triple jumper. Her personal best jump is 14.66 metres, achieved in March 2007 in Havana.-Achievements:-References:...

x x 14.09
(+0.4)
14.09
16 A Carlota Castrejana
Carlota Castrejana
María Carlota Castrejana Fernández is a female triple jumper from Spain. Her personal best jump is 14.60 metres, achieved at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería...

14.02
(+0.3)
x x 14.02
17 A Svitlana Mamieieva 13.73
(-0.3)
13.89
(-0.6)
14.01
(+0.2)
14.01
18 A Magdelin Martinez
Magdelin Martinez
Magdelín Martínez Castillo is a female triple jumper, competing internationally for Italy....

x 14.00
(-0.1)
13.77
(+0.2)
14.00
19 B Adelina Gavrila
Adelina Gavrila
Adelina Gavrilă is a Romanian triple jumper.She was a bronze medalist at the 1996 World Junior Championships. In 1998 she broke the 14-metre barrier for the first time, with 14.53 metres...

13.98
(0.0)
13.71
(0.0)
13.55
(0.0)
13.98
20 A Carolina Klüft
Carolina Klüft
Carolina Evelyn Klüft is a Swedish athlete competing in triple jump, long jump and formerly in heptathlon and pentathlon. She won the Olympic heptathlon title in 2004...

13.60
(+0.6)
x 13.97
(+0.2)
13.97
21 B Yarianna Martinez
Yarianna Martínez
Yarianna Martínez is a female triple jumper from Cuba. Her personal best jump is 14.36 metres, achieved in March 2007 in Havana....

13.76
(0.0)
13.96
(0.0)
13.83
(0.0)
13.96
22 B Baya Rahouli
Baya Rahouli
Baya Rahouli is an Algerian athlete who competes in the triple jump. She is a former African record holder in this event, and has two African championship titles, beating Françoise Mbango Etone and Kéné Ndoye on both occasions...

13.80
(+0.6)
13.57
(0.0)
13.87
(0.0)
13.87
23 B Gisele de Oliveira
Gisele de Oliveira
Gisele Lima de Oliveira is a Brazilian triple jumper.She finished eighth in the 2008 World Athletics Final, and also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final....

x 13.81
(0.0)
x 13.81
24 B Liliya Kulyk
Liliya Kulyk
Liliya Kulyk is a Ukrainian triple jumper.She won the bronze medal at the 2006 World Junior Championships. This was the first time she broke the 14-metre barrier, with a 14.01 jump. She improved further to 14.39 metres when she won the 2007 European U23 Championships. At the 2009 European U23...

13.53
(-0.5)
13.66
(0.0)
13.39
(0.0)
13.66
25 A Gita Dodova
Gita Dodova
Gita Dodova is a Bulgarian triple jumper. She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. Her personal best jump is 14.24 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Argos Orestiko.-References:...

x 13.47
(-0.8)
13.53
(+1.7)
13.53
26 A Erica McLain
Erica McLain
Erica McLain is an American triple jumper.As a junior athlete, she also competed in the long jump. She finished twelfth at the 2002 World Junior Championships and eighth at the 2003 World Youth Championships. In the triple jump she finished seventh at the 2003 World Youth Championships and...

x 13.52
(-0.6)
- 13.52
27 A Yelena Parfyonova 13.46
(+0.5)
x 13.38
(-0.8)
13.46
28 B Shani Marks
Shani Marks
Shani Marks is an American athlete who competes in the triple jump. Marks finished first at the U.S...

13.20
(0.0)
13.44
(0.0)
x 13.44
29 B Anastasiya Juravleva
Anastasiya Juravleva
Anastasiya Juravleva is a Uzbekistani triple jumper and long jumper.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*Long jump - 6.69 m *Triple jump - 14.55 m - current national record.-References:...

13.36
(+0.1)
x x 13.36
30 A Chinonye Ohadugha
Chinonye Ohadugha
Chinonyelum Ohadugha is a Nigerian triple jumper.In 2006 she finished fourth at the Commonwealth Games. In 2007 she won the silver medal at the All-Africa Games with a jump of 14.21 metres, a new Nigerian record. She did not reach the final round at the 2007 World Championships, but won the bronze...

12.92
(-0.6)
12.86
(-0.7)
13.29
(+0.1)
13.29
31 A Kseniya Pryiemka
Kseniya Pryiemka
Kseniya Pryiemka-Dziatsuk is a Belarusian triple jumper.She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.Her personal best jump is 14.17 metres, achieved in June 2007 in Minsk.-References:...

13.08
(-0.3)
12.79
(0.0)
x 13.08
32 A Irina Litvinenko
Irina Litvinenko
Irina Litvinenko is a Kazakhstani triple jumper.She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.Her personal best jump is 14.33 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Bangkok.-References:...

x 12.92
(0.0)
12.91
(0.0)
12.92
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Yamilé Aldama
Yamilé Aldama Pozo is a Cuban-born triple jumper currently competing for Great Britain after formerly representing Cuba and Sudan.Aldama was born in Havana, Cuba, and initially represented her country of birth...

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| ||A||align="left"| Athanasia Perra
Athanasia Perra
Athanasia Perra is a Greek triple jumper.She finished tenth at the 2002 World Junior Championships. She also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2005 World Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final....

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| ||B||align="left"| Dana Veldakova
Dana Veldáková
Dana Velďáková is a Slovak triple jumper. Her personal best jump is 14.51 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Pavia. She has a twin sister named Jana, who is a long jumper.-Achievements:-External links:...

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Final

The final was held on August 17.
Rank Name Nationality 123456Result Notes
Françoise Mbango Etone
Françoise Mbango Etone
Françoise Mbango Etone is a female track and field athlete, competing internationally for France, formerly of the Cameroon. She was a gold medalist in the triple jump at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. She retained her title with an Olympic record distance of 15.39m at the Beijing...

 
15.19 15.39 x 14.82 x 14.88 15.39
Tatyana Lebedeva
Tatyana Lebedeva
Tatyana Romanovna Lebedeva is a Russian athlete who competes in both the long jump and triple jump events. She is one of most successful athletes in the disciplines, having won gold medals at Olympic, world and European levels...

 
15.00 15.17 15.32 14.40 x x 15.32
Hrysopiyí Devetzí
Hrysopiyí Devetzí
Hrysopiyi "Pigi" Devetzi in Alexandroupoli is a former Greek athlete competing in the triple jump and long jump.She won the triple jump silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with 15.25 and the triple jump bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics with 15.23. At the 2004 Summer Olympics...

 
14.96 15.23 x x x x 15.23
4 Olga Rypakova
Olga Rypakova
Olga Rypakova is a Kazakhstani track and field athlete. Originally a heptathlete, she switched to focus on the long jump and began to compete in the triple jump after 2007...

 
x 14.83 14.93 15.03 15.11 x 15.11 AR
5 Yargelis Savigne
Yargelis Savigne
Yargelis Savigne Herrera is a Cuban athlete competing in the triple jump and long jump.Her international breakthrough came in 2005, when she, competing in both the triple and long jump events at the 2005 World Championships, won a silver medal and finished fourth, respectively...

 
x 14.87 14.77 15.05 x 14.91 15.05
6 Marija Šestak
Marija Šestak
Marija Šestak is a Slovenian triple jumper. She switched nationality from Serbia on 13 July 2006....

 
15.03 14.65 x 14.46 14.47 14.75 15.03 NR
7 Viktoriya Gurova
Viktoriya Gurova
Viktoriya Gurova is a Russian triple jumper.She won the silver medal at the 2003 Summer Universiade, the gold medal at the 2005 European Indoor Championships and finished tenth at the 2005 World Championships. She also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the finals.Her personal...

 
14.38 14.04 14.77 x 14.65 x 14.77
8 Anna Pyatykh
Anna Pyatykh
Anna Viktorovna Pyatykh is a professional Russian triple jumper. She has won the SPAR European Cup four consecutive times, won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki and has also competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics.In 2006 she finished second at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor...

 
14.67 14.73 14.57 x 14.67 14.28 14.73
9 Olha Saladukha  12.78 14.70 11.29 14.70
10 Kaire Leibak
Kaire Leibak
Kaire Leibak is an Estonian triple jumper.Her personal best jump is 14.43 metres, achieved at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing. This is also the Estonian record.-Achievements:-References:...

 
12.19 14.13 x 14.13
11 Trecia Smith
Trecia Smith
Trecia-Kaye Smith is a Jamaican athlete competing mainly in triple jump. In college, she competed for the University of Pittsburgh from 1996–1999 and was a seven-time NCAA national champion , 15-time All-American, a 14-time Big East Conference...

 
14.12 13.75 x 14.12
12 Limei Xie 14.09 13.94 13.67 14.09
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