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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.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).Cameroonian athlete Françoise Mbango Etone won her nation’s second individual gold medal in its Olympic history attaining her best jump at 15.39 metres.