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

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.

Women's 10 metre air rifle
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing Shooting Range Hall
DateAugust 9, 2008
Competitors47 from 31 nations
Winning score503.5 (OR)
Medalists
Kateřina Emmons  Czech Republic
Lioubov Galkina  Russia
Snježana Pejčić  Croatia

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 record Seo Sun-hwa (KOR)
 Gao Jing (CHN)
 Lioubov Galkina (RUS)
 Du Li (CHN)
 Lioubov Galkina (RUS)
 Suma Shirur (IND)
 Lioubov Galkina (RUS)
 Monika Haselsberger (AUT)
 Barbara Lechner (GER)
 Zhao Yinghui (CHN)
 Wu Liuxi (CHN)
 Du Li (CHN)
 Sonja Pfeilschifter (GER)
400Sydney, 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 record Lioubov Galkina (RUS)399Athens, Greece14 August 2004
Final records
World record Sonja Pfeilschifter (GER)505.0 (400+105.0)Milan, Italy24 May 2008
Olympic record 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).

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

Rank Athlete Qual 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Total Notes
 Kateřina Emmons (CZE) 400 10.6 10.7 9.7 10.9 10.2 10.4 10.6 10.3 10.2 9.9 103.5 503.5 OR
 Lioubov Galkina (RUS) 399 10.7 10.3 9.5 10.2 10.1 10.7 10.3 10.6 10.7 10.0 103.1 502.1
 Snježana Pejčić (CRO) 399 10.6 10.5 10.6 10.0 10.5 9.8 10.3 9.7 9.8 10.1 101.9 500.9
4  Jamie Beyerle (USA) 397 10.6 9.6 10.3 10.4 10.0 10.7 9.9 10.4 10.8 10.1 102.8 499.8
5  Du Li (CHN) 399 9.8 10.0 10.1 10.4 10.1 10.0 9.7 10.0 10.4 10.1 100.6 499.6
6  Olga Dovgun (KAZ) 397 10.2 10.1 9.8 10.6 10.0 9.7 10.5 10.6 9.9 9.8 101.1 498.1
7  Marie Laure Gigon (FRA) 396 10.3 9.6 10.4 10.7 10.7 9.9 10.5 10.2 9.8 9.2 101.3 497.3
8  Sylwia Bogacka (POL) 397 10.1 9.8 9.7 9.6 9.9 10.3 9.8 9.9 10.3 9.2 98.7 495.7

OR Olympic record

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