Kwalificatie
Elk Nationaal Olympisch Comité mocht drie atleten afvaardigen die in de kwalificatieperiode (1 september 2006 tot 23 juli 2008) aan de A-limiet voldeden (6,72 m). Een NOC mag één atleet afvaardigen, die in dezelfde kwalificatieperiode aan de B-limiet voldeed (6,60 m).
Records
Vóór de Olympische Spelen van 2008 in Peking waren het wereldrecord en olympisch record als volgt.
Uitslagen
De volgende afkortingen worden gebruikt:
- DNS Niet gestart
- X Ongeldige sprong
- Q Aan kwalificatie eis van 6,75 m voldaan
- q Gekwalificeerd door middel van bij de top twaalf te eindigen
Kwalificatieronde
Groep A: 19 augustus 2008 09:40
Groep B: 19 augustus 2008 09:40
| Rang | Groep | Atlete | Nationaliteit | 1 | 2 | 3 | Prestatie | Tijd |
| 1 | B | Brittney Reese | USA |
x | 6,87(+1.1) | | 6,87 | Q |
| 2 | A | Maurren Maggi | BRA |
6,68(+0.3) | 6,79(+0.3) | | 6,79 | Q |
| 3 | B | Tatjana Lebedeva | RUS |
6,65(+0.7) | 6,70(+1.4) | - | 6,70 | q |
| 4 | A | Carolina Klüft | SWE |
6,70(+1.0) | x | - | 6,70 | q |
| 5 | A | Grace Upshaw | USA |
6,47(-0.2) | 6,68(+0.6) | x | 6,68 | q |
| 6 | A | Oksana Udmurtova | RUS |
6,48(+1.3) | x | 6,63(+0.5) | 6,63 | q |
| 7 | B | Keila Costa | BRA |
x | 6,44(+0.4) | 6,62(+0.7) | 6,62 | q |
| 8 | A | Tabia Charles | CAN |
6,33(+1.5) | 6,61(+0.6) | 6,49(+0.9) | 6,61 | q |
| 9 | A | Funmi Jimoh | USA |
6,42(+0.9) | 6,28(+1.1) | 6,61(+0.8) | 6,61 | q |
| 10 | B | Jade Johnson | GBR |
6,33(0.0) | 6,15(+0.2) | 6,61(+0.7) | 6,61 | q |
| 11 | A | Chelsea Hammond | JAM |
6,60(+0.4) | x | x | 6,60 | q |
| 12 | B | Blessing Okagbare | NGR |
6,37(+0.2) | 6,49(+0.9) | 6,59(+0.4) | 6,59 | q |
| 13 | B | Tatjana Kotova | RUS |
6,37(+1.0) | 6,57(+1.2) | x | 6,57 | |
| 14 | A | Hrysopiyi Devetzi | GRE |
x | 6,57(+0.4) | x | 6,57 | |
| 15 | B | Concepción Montaner | ESP |
6,53(+0.7) | 6,42(+1.1) | 6,43(+0.7) | 6,53 | |
| 16 | B | Bronwyn Thompson | AUS |
x | 6,53(+0.3) | x | 6,53 | |
| 17 | A | Yargelis Savigne | CUB |
x | x | 6,49(+0.1) | 6,49 | |
| 18 | B | Iryna Charnushenka-Stasiuk | BLR |
6,48(+1.1) | x | x | 6,48 | |
| 19 | B | Kumiko Ikeda | JPN |
6,44(+0.8) | 6,47(+0.1) | x | 6,47 | |
| 20 | A | Denisa Ščerbová | CZE |
6,40(+0.8) | 6,46(+1.5) | 5,17(-0.1) | 6,46 | |
| 21 | A | Patricia Sylvester | GRN |
6,44(+0.9) | 6,42(+0.1) | 6,38(+0.4) | 6,44 | |
| 22 | B | Viorica Tigau | ROU |
x | 6,38(+0.7) | 6,44(+0.2) | 6,44 | |
| 23 | A | Viktoriya Rybalko | UKR |
x | x | 6,43(+0.3) | 6,43 | |
| 24 | A | Melis Karin Mey | TUR |
x | 6,42(-0.4) | x | 6,42 | |
| 25 | B | Ruky Abdulai | CAN |
x | 6,41(+0.4) | 6,25(+1.0) | 6,41 | |
| 26 | A | Nina Kolaric | SLO |
4,92(+1.4) | 6,19(0.0) | 6,40(+0.6) | 6,40 | |
| 27 | B | Ksenija Balta | EST |
x | 6,38(+0.7) | x | 6,38 | |
| 28 | B | Soon-ok Jung | KOR |
x | x | 6,33(+0.5) | 6,33 | |
| 29 | B | Olga Rypakova | KAZ |
x | 6,30(+1.5) | 6,04(+0.6) | 6,30 | |
| 30 | B | Ivana Španović | SRB |
x | x | 6,30(+1.8) | 6,30 | |
| 31 | A | Naide Gomes | POR |
x | x | 6,29(+0.5) | 6,29 | |
| 32 | A | Volha Sergeenka | BLR |
6,25(+0.1) | 6,02(+0.4) | 6,09(-0.6) | 6,25 | |
| 33 | B | Oleksandra Stadnyuk | UKR |
x | 6,19(0.0) | x | 6,19 | |
| 34 | B | Marestella Torres | PHI |
4,27(+0.6) | 5,94(-0.1) | 6,17(+0.8) | 6,17 | |
| 35 | A | Pamela Mouele Mboussi | CGO |
x | 5,94(+0.6) | 6,06(+0.9) | 6,06 | NR |
| 36 | B | Arantxa King | BER |
6,01(-0.3) | x | x | 6,01 | |
| 37 | A | Rhonda Watkins | TRI |
x | 5,88(+0.5) | x | 5,88 | |
| 38 | A | Tricia Flores | BIZ |
5,25(+1.2) | x | - | 5,25 | |
| B | Anju Bobby George | IND |
x | x | x | NM | |
| B | Jackie Edwards | BAH |
x | x | x | NM | |
| A | Jana Veldáková | SVK |
x | x | x | NM | |
| A | Ljoedmila Blonska | UKR |
| | | DQ | |
Finale
22 augustus 2008 19:20
| Rang | Atlete | Nationaliteit | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Resultaat | Extra |
1  | Maurren Maggi | BRA |
7,04 | x | x | x | 6,73 | x | 7,04 | SB |
2  | Blessing Okagbare | NGR |
6,91 | 6,62 | 6,79 | 6,70 | 6,83 | x | 6,91 | PB |
3  | Chelsea Hammond | JAM |
6,79 | 6,68 | 6,51 | x | 6,64 | 6,59 | 6,79 | PB |
| 4 | Brittney Reese | USA |
6,65 | 6,76 | 4,23 | x | 6,46 | 6,67 | 6,76 | |
| 5 | Oksana Udmurtova | RUS |
6,69 | 6,70 | 6,67 | 6,61 | 6,65 | 6,49 | 6,70 | |
| 6 | Jade Johnson | GBR |
6,51 | 6,64 | 6,40 | 6,59 | 6,43 | x | 6,64 | |
| 7 | Grace Upshaw | USA |
6,58 | x | 6,52 | x | x | x | 6,58 | |
| 8 | Carolina Klüft | SWE |
x | 6,49 | 6,42 | | 6,49 | |
| 9 | Tabia Charles | CAN |
6,16 | 6,38 | 6,47 | | 6,47 | |
| 10 | Keila Costa | BRA |
x | x | 6,43 | | 6,43 | |
| 11 | Funmi Jimoh | USA |
6,24 | x | 6,29 | | 6,29 | |
| DQ | Tatjana Lebedeva | RUS |
6,97 | x | x | x | x | 7,03 | 7,03 | SB |