Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's skeet

At the 2000 Summer Olympics, women's skeet shooting was included for the first time. The competition was held on 21 September, with Zemfira Meftahatdinova becoming the inaugural champion. The only woman to previously win a skeet competition at the Olympics, Zhang Shan (who won the 1992 competition open to both men and women) participated but did not reach the final.[1]

Women's skeet
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Shooting Centre
Date21 September 2000
Competitors13 from 11 nations
Winning score98 (OR)
Medalists
Zemfira Meftahatdinova  Azerbaijan
Svetlana Demina  Russia
Diána Igaly  Hungary

Records

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

Qualification records
World record Svetlana Demina (RUS)75Kumamoto, Japan1 June 1999
Olympic recordNew event
Final records
World record Svetlana Demina (RUS)99 (75+24)Kumamoto, Japan1 June 1999
Olympic recordNew event

Qualification round

RankAthleteCountryScoreNotes
1Zemfira Meftahatdinova Azerbaijan 73Q OR
2Diána Igaly Hungary 71Q
3Cindy Shenberger United States 70Q
4Erdzhanik Avetisyan Russia 70Q
4Tash Lonsdale Australia 70Q
6Svetlana Demina Russia 70Q
7Kim Rhode United States 69
8Zhang Shan China 69
9Kim Myong-hwa North Korea 69
9Sophia Miaouli Cyprus 69
11Maarit Lepomäki Finland 68
11Cristina Vitali Italy 68
13Andrea Stranovská Slovakia 67

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

RankAthleteQualFinalTotal5th place
shoot-off
Bronze
shoot-off
Notes
 Zemfira Meftahatdinova (AZE) 732598OR
 Svetlana Demina (RUS) 702595
 Diána Igaly (HUN) 7122934
4 Tash Lonsdale (AUS) 7023933
5 Cindy Shenberger (USA) 7022926
6 Erdzhanik Avetisyan (RUS) 7022925

OR Olympic record

References

  1. "Shooting at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Skeet". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

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