Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air pistol

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Women's 10 metre air pistol
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing Shooting Range Hall
DateAugust 10, 2008
Competitors44 from 30 nations
Winning score492.3 (OR)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Guo Wenjun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Natalia Paderina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg Nino Salukvadze Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
  2004
2012  

The Women's 10 metre air pistol event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 10 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall. Natalia Paderina of Russia set a new Olympic record in the qualification round with 391 points out of 400, but entering the final Guo Wenjun was only one point behind and through the last ten shots emerged as the winner. After the competition, Paderina (silver) and Georgian veteran Nino Salukvadze (bronze) posed together; Salukvadze took the opportunity to take a stand for a peaceful solution. [1]

The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 40 shots with an air pistol at 10 metres distance. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10. [2]

The top 8 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired an additional 10 shots. These shots scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 50 shots was used to determine final ranking. [3] [4]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

Qualification records
World recordFlag of Russia.svg  Svetlana Smirnova  (RUS)393 Munich, Germany23 May 1998
Olympic recordFlag of Russia.svg  Marina Logvinenko  (RUS)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tao Luna  (CHN)
390 Atlanta, United States
Athens, Greece
21 July 1996
17 August 2004
Final records
World recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ren Jie  (CHN)493.5 (390+103.5) Munich, Germany22 May 1999
Olympic recordFlag of Russia.svg  Olga Klochneva  (RUS)490.1 (389+101.1) Atlanta, United States21 July 1996

Both Olympic records were broken during the competition: the qualification record was raised to 391 by Natalia Paderina and the final record to 492.3 (390+102.3) by Guo Wenjun.

Qualification round

RankAthleteCountry1234TotalNotes
1 Natalia Paderina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 97989898391Q OR
2 Guo Wenjun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 96989997390Q
3 Tsogbadrakhyn Mönkhzul Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 96959799387Q
4 Nino Salukvadze Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 97969697386Q
5 Viktoria Chaika Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 97949697384Q
6 Jasna Šekarić Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 96949896384Q
7 Mirosława Sagun-Lewandowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 95969796384Q
8 Mira Nevansuu Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 99959595384Q
9 Svetlana Smirnova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 96959498383
10 Claudia Verdicchio Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 93989696383
11 Mariya Grozdeva Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 96939598382
12 Otryadyn Gündegmaa Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 97939597382
13 Zauresh Baibussinova Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 94949896382
14 Sonia Franquet Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 93979696382
15 Jo Yong-Suk Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 98969395382
16 Kim Yun-Mi Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 96959794382
17 Cornelia Frölich Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 96969495381
18 Lalita Yauhleuskaya Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 97959693381
19 Ren Jie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 97969593381
20 Tanyaporn Prucksakorn Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 95959397380
21 Lee Ho-lim Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 92979596380
22 Huang Yi-ling Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 96939496379
23 Brigitte Roy Flag of France.svg  France 93949795379
24 Munkhbayar Dorjsuren Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 95939794379
25 Maria Pilar Fernandez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 93979693379
26 Lenka Marušková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 96969493379
27 Sandra Kolly Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 94929795378
28 Maura Genovesi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 94949595378
29 Zsófia Csonka Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 94939794378
30 Sławomira Szpek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 95959494378
31 Olena Kostevych Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 98939493378
32 Irena Tanova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 96939593377
33 Stéphanie Tirode Flag of France.svg  France 96949493377
34 Luisa Maida Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 94939395375
35 Michaela Musilová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 95949393375
36 Dina Aspandiyarova Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 96969489375
37 Brenda Shinn Flag of the United States.svg  United States 89989393373
38 Michiko Fukushima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 91949791373
39 Avianna Chao Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 89939494370
40 Lindita Kodra Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 92939392370
41 Rebecca Snyder Flag of the United States.svg  United States 93929491370
42 Zhanna Shapialevich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 91929590368
43 Carolina Lozado Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 93929290367
44 Patricia Wilka Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay 909127208DNF

DNF Did not finish – OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

RankAthleteQual12345678910FinalTotalNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Guo Wenjun  (CHN)39010.010.510.410.410.110.39.410.710.89.7102.3492.3 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg  Natalia Paderina  (RUS)39110.08.510.010.210.610.59.89.79.59.398.1489.1
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Georgia.svg  Nino Salukvadze  (GEO)3869.810.310.09.510.210.710.410.69.110.8101.4487.4
4Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Viktoria Chaika  (BLR)3849.39.410.410.110.210.59.210.59.88.698.0482.0
5Flag of Poland.svg  Mirosława Sagun-Lewandowska  (POL)3848.110.39.29.99.810.49.99.410.79.697.3481.3
6Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Jasna Šekarić  (SRB)38410.29.69.99.99.39.19.710.09.39.996.9480.9
7Flag of Finland.svg  Mira Nevansuu  (FIN)3848.79.39.210.39.810.09.79.99.99.796.5480.5
8Flag of Mongolia.svg  Tsogbadrakhyn Mönkhzul  (MGL)3879.310.08.78.39.29.58.510.79.29.292.6479.6

OR Olympic record

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