Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 25 metre pistol

Women's 25 metre pistol
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing Shooting Range Hall
Date August 13, 2008
Competitors 41 from 28 nations
Winning score 793.4 (OR)
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Chen Ying  China
2nd, silver medalist(s) Otryadyn Gündegmaa  Mongolia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Munkhbayar Dorjsuren  Germany

The Women's 25 metre pistol event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 13 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall. It was won by the reigning World champion, Chen Ying of the host nation, while Otryadyn Gündegmaa won Mongolia's second Olympic medal in shooting ahead of Munkhbayar Dorjsuren who won its first, 16 years earlier, but now competes for Germany.

The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with a pistol at 25 metres distance. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10. The first 30 shots were in the precision stage, with series of 5 shots being shot within 5 minutes. The second set of 30 shots gave shooters 3 seconds to take each shot.

The top 8 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired an additional 20 shots. These shots scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9. They were fired in four sets of 5 rapid fire shots. The total score from all 80 shots was used to determine final ranking.

Records

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

Qualification records
World record Diana Iorgova (BUL)
 Tao Luna (CHN)		594Milan, Italy
Munich, Germany		31 May 1994
23 August 2002
Olympic record Tao Luna (CHN)590Sydney, Australia22 September 2000
Final records
World record Mariya Grozdeva (BUL)796.7 (591+205.7)Changwon, South Korea11 April 2005
Olympic recordISSF Rule changed on 01.01.2005–
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Qualification round

The precision stage was fired at 09:00 China Standard Time (UTC+8), with all participants fitting into a single relay. In this stage, the time limit for each five-shot string is five minutes. Sonia Franquet of Spain took a two-point lead.

The rapid fire stage was fired at 12:00, with all participants fitting into a single relay. In this stage, the shooter must fire one shot each within three-second time frames, and the arm must be held at a 45 degree angle until the lights turn green, signalling the beginning of these time frames. To compensate for the shorter time, the score zones are larger than in the precision round. Mongolia's Otryadyn Gündegmaa shot 29 tens and only 1 nine, taking the overall lead and equalling the Olympic record for the qualification round that Tao Luna had set in Sydney (as opposed to Gündegmaa's 291+299, Tao had shot her record 299+291).

Rank Athlete Country 1 2 3 PR 4 5 6 RF Total Notes
1 Otryadyn Gündegmaa  Mongolia 979698291 10010099299590Q EOR
2 Munkhbayar Dorjsuren  Germany 979798292 989899295587Q
3 Chen Ying  China 9695100291 989898294585Q
4 Jo Yong-suk  North Korea 989497289 989998295584Q
5 Mariya Grozdeva  Bulgaria 979595287 1009799296583Q
6 Luisa Maida  El Salvador 999697292 969797290582Q
7 Fei Fengji  China 959998292 979697290582Q
8 Tanyaporn Prucksakorn  Thailand 989697291 979995291582Q
9 Sonia Franquet  Spain 979899294 979695288582
10 Michiko Fukushima  Japan 959697288 979799293581
11 Ahn Soo-kyeong  South Korea 979596288 979898293581
12 Tsogbadrakhyn Mönkhzul  Mongolia 959897290 979698291581
13 Viktoria Chaika  Belarus 979996292 969598289581
14 Lalita Yauhleuskaya  Australia 979697290 989895291581
15 Brigitte Roy  France 969796289 959799291580
16 Nino Salukvadze  Georgia 969898292 959598288580
17 Lee Ho-lim  South Korea 989596289 989796291580
18 Yuliya Alipava  Russia 979694287 989599292579
19 Natalia Paderina  Russia 969799292 979496287579
20 Lenka Marušková  Czech Republic 979792286 949999292578
21 Jasna Šekarić  Serbia 969594285 999896293578
22 Stephanie Tirode  France 989697291 949597286577
23 Stefanie Thurmann  Germany 959799291 949398285576
24 Maura Genovesi  Italy 979693286 969797290576
25 Elizabeth Callahan  United States 979793287 949698288575
26 Olena Kostevych  Ukraine 9510093288 949598287575
27 Sławomira Szpek  Poland 969394283 989896292575
28 Rebecca Snyder  United States 969695287 989496288575
29 Sandra Kolly  Switzerland 989497289 949695285574
30 Mirosława Sagun Lewandowska  Poland 969597288 959992286574
31 Zauresh Baibussinova  Kazakhstan 929594281 979796290571
32 Zsófia Csonka  Hungary 959597287 959396284571
33 Dina Aspandiyarova  Australia 959996290 939494281571
34 Michaela Musilová  Czech Republic 969795288 979492283571
35 Lindita Kodra  Albania 929497283 989792287570
36 Maria Pilar Fernandez  Spain 979698291 8395100278569
37 Irena Tanova  Bulgaria 979390280 949798289569
38 Zhanna Shapialevich  Belarus 949697287 929595282569
39 Huang Yi-ling  Chinese Taipei 919595281 949791282563
40 Carmen Malo  Ecuador 949394281 909296278559
41 Avianna Chao  Canada 949588277 969283281558

EOR Equalled Olympic record – PR Precision stage – Q Qualified for final – RF Rapid fire stage

Final

The final round consisted of four additional five-shot rapid fire strings. As the final rules had changed since 2004, the winner was guaranteed to establish a new Olympic record.

Rank Athlete Qual 1 2 3 4 Final Total Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)  Chen Ying (CHN) 585 52.5 53.1 52.5 50.3 208.4 793.4 OR
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Otryadyn Gündegmaa (MGL) 590 51.1 51.1 49.0 51.0 202.2 792.2
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Munkhbayar Dorjsuren (GER) 587 48.7 50.0 52.6 50.9 202.2 789.2
4  Fei Fengji (CHN) 582 52.4 51.3 50.8 51.4 205.9 787.9
5  Mariya Grozdeva (BUL) 583 49.2 49.9 52.5 52.0 203.6 786.6
6  Jo Yong-suk (PRK) 584 49.9 50.3 49.5 49.7 199.4 783.4
7  Tanyaporn Prucksakorn (THA) 582 49.5 47.6 49.6 49.0 195.7 777.7
8  Luisa Maida (ESA) 582 47.8 46.0 51.7 46.5 192.0 774.0

OR Olympic record

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