Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air rifle
| Women's 10 metre air rifle at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue |
Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre | ||||||||||||
| Date | August 14, 2004 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 44 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 502.0 OR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Rifle | ||
| 50 m rifle three positions | men | women |
| 50 m rifle prone | men | |
| 10 m air rifle | men | women |
| Pistol | ||
| 50 m pistol | men | |
| 25 m pistol | women | |
| 25 m rapid fire pistol | men | |
| 10 m air pistol | men | women |
| Shotgun | ||
| Trap | men | women |
| Double trap | men | women |
| Skeet | men | women |
| Running target | ||
| 10 m running target | men | |
The women's 10 metre air rifle competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 14 at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece. Following a relatively new Olympic tradition, it was the first event to be concluded at these Games.
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.
China's world record holder Du Li outscored a host of elite markswomen in the air rifle shooting final to notch the first gold medal at these Games, smashing a new Olympic record score of 502.0 points.[1][2] Russia's Lioubov Galkina, who led the field by a full point into the final with 399, had to settle for the silver with a total score of 501.5 points, while Czech Republic's Kateřina Kůrková held off a daunting challenge from Zhao Yinghui (500.8) to rule out the Chinese supremacy in the medal haul for a bronze at 501.1, falling Zhao to a disappointing fourth by a 0.3-point deficit.[1]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| Qualification records | ||||
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| World record |  | 400 | Athens, Greece | 22 April 2004 |
| Olympic record | .svg.png){kind=small} | 397 | Sydney, Australia | 16 September 2000 |
| Final records | ||||
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| World record |  | 504.9 (400+104.9) | Zagreb, Croatia | 4 June 2003 |
| Olympic record | .svg.png){kind=small} | 498.2 (396+102.2) | Barcelona, Spain | 26 July 1992 |
Qualification round
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Final
| Rank | Athlete | Qual | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | Total | Notes |
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 | | 398 | 9.4 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.6 | 104.0 | 502.0 | OR |
 |  | 399 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 102.5 | 501.5 | |
 |  | 398 | 9.6 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 103.1 | 501.1 | |
| 4 | | 398 | 9.7 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 102.8 | 500.8 | |
| 5 | | 397 | 10.5 | 10.0 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 9.7 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 9.8 | 102.5 | 499.5 | |
| 6 |  | 396 | 10.3 | 9.8 | 10.5 | 9.1 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 102.7 | 498.7 | |
| 7 |  | 396 | 9.7 | 10.4 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 9.5 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 101.9 | 497.9 | |
| 8 |  | 396 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 101.2 | 497.2 |
References
- 1 2 "Du Li of China wins Athens' first gold medal". Xinhua. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ↑ "China's Du Li wins first Athens Olympic Gold". China Daily. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
External links
Olympic champions in women's 10 metre air rifle | |
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