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

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Women's 10 metre air rifle
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing Shooting Range Hall
DateAugust 9, 2008
Competitors47 from 31 nations
Winning score503.5 (OR)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Kateřina Emmons Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Silver medal icon.svg Lioubov Galkina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg Snježana Pejčić Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia
  2004
2012  

The Women's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 9 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall. It was the first medal awarded at the 2008 Olympic Games. Kateřina Emmons, who won a bronze medal in Athens four years earlier (then known by her maiden name Kůrková), now went all the way to a gold medal, after becoming the first shooter ever to achieve maximum qualification score (400) in an Olympic air rifle competition.

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

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.

Records

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

Qualification records
World recordFlag of South Korea.svg  Seo Sun-hwa  (KOR)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Gao Jing  (CHN)
Flag of Russia.svg  Lioubov Galkina  (RUS)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Du Li  (CHN)
Flag of Russia.svg  Lioubov Galkina  (RUS)
Flag of India.svg  Suma Shirur  (IND)
Flag of Russia.svg  Lioubov Galkina  (RUS)
Flag of Austria.svg  Monika Haselsberger  (AUT)
Flag of Germany.svg  Barbara Lechner  (GER)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhao Yinghui  (CHN)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wu Liuxi  (CHN)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Du Li  (CHN)
Flag of Germany.svg  Sonja Pfeilschifter  (GER)
400 Sydney, Australia
Shanghai, China
Munich, Germany
Zagreb, Croatia
Munich, Germany
Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
Bangkok, Thailand
Athens, Greece
Tallinn, Estonia
Changwon, South Korea
Munich, Germany
Granada, Spain
Milan, Italy
12 April 2002
22 April 2002
24 August 2002
4 June 2003
14 June 2003
13 February 2004
22 February 2004
22 April 2004
5 March 2005
11 April 2005
11 June 2005
4 October 2006
24 May 2008
Olympic recordFlag of Russia.svg  Lioubov Galkina  (RUS)399 Athens, Greece14 August 2004
Final records
World recordFlag of Germany.svg  Sonja Pfeilschifter  (GER)505.0 (400+105.0) Milan, Italy24 May 2008
Olympic recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Du Li  (CHN)502.0 (398+104.0) Athens, Greece14 August 2004

During the competition, Kateřina Emmons equalled the world record for the qualification round, setting a new Olympic record of maximum 400 points, and then raised the Olympic final record by 1.5 points to 503.5. Silver medalist Lioubov Galkina also surpassed the old Olympic final record.

Qualification round

The qualification round was held between 08:30 and 09:45 China Standard Time (UTC+8), with all shooters fitting into a single relay. It was the first competition event after the opening ceremony (although some football matches had been played before it).

RankAthleteCountry1234TotalNotes
1 Kateřina Emmons Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 100100100100400Q EWR OR
2 Lioubov Galkina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 99100100100399Q
3 Snježana Pejčić Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 99100100100399Q
4 Du Li Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 10010010099399Q
5 Jamie Beyerle Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9899100100397Q
6 Olga Dovgun Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 9899100100397Q
7 Sylwia Bogacka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 9899100100397Q
8 Marie Laure Gigon Flag of France.svg  France 999998100396Q
9 Daniela Pešková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1009898100396
10 Kim Chan-mi Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 989910099396
11 Eglis Yaima Cruz Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 1009810098396
12 Sonja Pfeilschifter Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1001009898396
13 Kim Yeo-oul Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 981009899395
14 Kristina Vestveit Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 99999899395
15 Emily Caruso Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9810010097395
16 Irene Beyeler Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 991009997395
17 Barbara Lechner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 989710099394
18 Olga Desyatskaya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 97999999394
19 Laurence Brize Flag of France.svg  France 99989899394
20 Lidija Mihajlović Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 999710099394
21 Hanna Etula Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 98999998394
22 Zorigtyn Batkhuyag Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 989910097394
23 Shaimaa Abdel-Latif-Hashad Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 969899100393
24 Yosheefin Prasasti Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 979898100393
25 Agnieszka Staroń Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 99969999393
26 Desislava Balabanova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 99979899393
27 Natallia Kalnysh Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 971009898393
28 Valentina Turisini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 99999798393
29 Anjali Bhagwat Flag of India.svg  India 99999798393
30 Suzana Cimbal Špirelja Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 99999996393
31 Pavla Kalná Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 979798100392
32 Elena Kuznetsova Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 98999997392
33 Annik Marguet Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 979698100391
34 Gyda Olssen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 97989799391
35 Anita Toth Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 96999798390
36 Sasithorn Hongprasert Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 99979797390
37 Zhao Yinghui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 96989798389
38 Marjo Yli-Kiikka Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 98989697389
39 Avneet Sidhu Flag of India.svg  India 981009695389
40 Thanyalak Chotphibunsin Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 98979796388
41 Fabienne Pasetti Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 94989897387
42 Susan McCready Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 97949699386
43 Diliana Méndez Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 94979897386
44 Robyn van Nus Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 94969797384
45 Dariya Sharipova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 97969794384
46 Phool Maya Kyapchhaki Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 93969794380
47 Yekaterina Arabova Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 93949495376

EWR Equalled world record – OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

The final was held at 10:30 China Standard Time (UTC+8), and about 20 minutes later the first medalists of the Games were known.

RankAthleteQual12345678910FinalTotalNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Kateřina Emmons  (CZE)40010.610.79.710.910.210.410.610.310.29.9103.5503.5 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg  Lioubov Galkina  (RUS)39910.710.39.510.210.110.710.310.610.710.0103.1502.1
Bronze medal icon.svg Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Snježana Pejčić  (CRO)39910.610.510.610.010.59.810.39.79.810.1101.9500.9
4Flag of the United States.svg  Jamie Beyerle  (USA)39710.69.610.310.410.010.79.910.410.810.1102.8499.8
5Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Du Li  (CHN)3999.810.010.110.410.110.09.710.010.410.1100.6499.6
6Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Olga Dovgun  (KAZ)39710.210.19.810.610.09.710.510.69.99.8101.1498.1
7Flag of France.svg  Marie Laure Gigon  (FRA)39610.39.610.410.710.79.910.510.29.89.2101.3497.3
8Flag of Poland.svg  Sylwia Bogacka  (POL)39710.19.89.79.69.910.39.89.910.39.298.7495.7

OR Olympic record