Friedek had sought €133,500 (£107,300/$151,800) from the DOSB for loss of prize money and sponsorship fees after claiming the German Athletics Association (DLV) had wrongly deemed him to have not met the necessary qualifying standard for the Games.

He thought he had done enough to secure his ticket to China’s capital after twice jumping the required standard of 17 metres at a qualification event in the German city of Wesel in June 2008.

The DLV said that this had to be replicated at a second competition leading to a legal dispute that rumbled on for more than seven years.

After several legal processes, including the matter being taken to the Federal Court of Justice of Germany in Karlsruhe in October of last year, the two sides have now reached a confidential settlement with the DOSB set to compensate Friedek.

"It has always been the endeavour of Charles Friedek for this thing to end not by a judgment, but through an agreement," Friedek’s lawyer, Michael Lehner, told the German news agency Deutsche Presse Agentur.

"He wanted to make peace and to turn the page."

The DLV changed its selection guidelines in the wake of the case to provide more clarity.

Friedek won a gold medal at the 1999 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Seville.

Earlier that same year, he topped the podium at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Maebashi in Japan.

He also took top honours at the 2000 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Ghent, having won a silver medal at the previous edition of the biennial event hosted by Valencia.

Competing on home turf in Munich at the 2002 European Athletics Championships, Friedek finished second behind Sweden's Christian Olsson. 

He now works as long jump and triple jump coach for the DLV, despite the fact he had taken legal action against the organisation.