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.
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).
RankAthleteCountry1 234TotalNotes 1Kateřina Emmons 100 100 100 100 400 Q EWR OR2Lioubov Galkina 99 100 100 100 399Q3Snježana Pejčić 99 100 100 100 399Q4Du Li 100 100 100 99 399Q5 Jamie Beyerle 98 99 100 100 397Q6Olga Dovgun 98 99 100 100 397Q7Sylwia Bogacka 98 99 100 100 397Q8 Marie Laure Gigon 99 99 98 100 396Q9Daniela Pešková 100 98 98 100 396 10Kim Chan-mi 98 99 100 99 396 11Eglis Yaima Cruz 100 98 100 98 396 12Sonja Pfeilschifter 100 100 98 98 396 13Kim Yeo-oul 98 100 98 99 395 14Kristina Vestveit 99 99 98 99 395 15Emily Caruso 98 100 100 97 395 16Irene Beyeler 99 100 99 97 395 17Barbara Lechner 98 97 100 99 394 18Olga Desyatskaya 97 99 99 99 394 19Laurence Brize 99 98 98 99 394 20Lidija Mihajlović 99 97 100 99 394 21Hanna Etula 98 99 99 98 394 22Zorigtyn Batkhuyag 98 99 100 97 394 23Shaimaa Abdel-Latif-Hashad 96 98 99 100 393 24Yosheefin Prasasti 97 98 98 100 393 25Agnieszka Staroń 99 96 99 99 393 26Desislava Balabanova 99 97 98 99 393 27Natallia Kalnysh 97 100 98 98 393 28Valentina Turisini 99 99 97 98 393 29Anjali Bhagwat 99 99 97 98 393 30Suzana Cimbal Špirelja 99 99 99 96 393 31Pavla Kalná 97 97 98 100 392 32Elena Kuznetsova 98 99 99 97 392 33Annik Marguet 97 96 98 100 391 34Gyda Olssen 97 98 97 99 391 35Anita Toth 96 99 97 98 390 36Sasithorn Hongprasert 99 97 97 97 390 37Zhao Yinghui 96 98 97 98 389 38Marjo Yli-Kiikka 98 98 96 97 389 39Avneet Sidhu 98 100 96 95 389 40Thanyalak Chotphibunsin 98 97 97 96 388 41Fabienne Pasetti 94 98 98 97 387 42Susan McCready 97 94 96 99 386 43Diliana Méndez 94 97 98 97 386 44Robyn van Nus 94 96 97 97 384 45Dariya Sharipova 97 96 97 94 384 46Phool Maya Kyapchhaki 93 96 97 94 380 47Yekaterina Arabova 93 94 94 95 376
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.
RankAthleteQual1 2345678910FinalTotalNotes40010.610.79.710.910.210.410.610.310.29.9103.5503.5OR10.710.39.510.210.110.710.310.610.710.0103.1502.110.610.510.610.010.59.810.39.79.810.1101.9500.9410.69.610.310.410.010.79.910.410.810.1102.8499.859.810.010.110.410.110.09.710.010.410.1100.6499.6610.210.19.810.610.09.710.510.69.99.8101.1498.1739610.39.610.410.710.79.910.510.29.89.2101.3497.3810.19.89.79.69.910.39.89.910.39.298.7495.7
OR Olympic record
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