The women's long jump at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 19 and 22 August at the Beijing National Stadium.

[3] 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.

The penultimate jumper Chelsea Hammond jumped 6.79m, then the 19 year old Okagbare hit a 6.91m.

In 2017, retests showed Tatyana Lebedeva had a positive test for turinabol and was disqualified from both her silver medals.

[4] The IOC requested that the IAAF modify the results, and, after CAS dismisses the appeal of Tatyana Lebedeva,[5] the medals were redistributed accordingly.