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 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).
RankAthleteCountry123PR456RFTotalNotes 1 Otryadyn Gündegmaa 97 96 98 291 100 100 99 299 590 Q EOR 2 Munkhbayar Dorjsuren 97 97 98 292 98 98 99 295 587 Q 3 Chen Ying 96 95 100 291 98 98 98 294 585 Q 4 Jo Yong-suk 98 94 97 289 98 99 98 295 584 Q 5 Mariya Grozdeva 97 95 95 287 100 97 99 296 583 Q 6 Luisa Maida 99 96 97 292 96 97 97 290 582 Q 7 Fei Fengji 95 99 98 292 97 96 97 290 582 Q 8 Tanyaporn Prucksakorn 98 96 97 291 97 99 95 291 582 Q 9 Sonia Franquet 97 98 99 294 97 96 95 288 582 10 Michiko Fukushima 95 96 97 288 97 97 99 293 581 11 Ahn Soo-kyeong 97 95 96 288 97 98 98 293 581 12 Tsogbadrakhyn Mönkhzul 95 98 97 290 97 96 98 291 581 13 Viktoria Chaika 97 99 96 292 96 95 98 289 581 14 Lalita Yauhleuskaya 97 96 97 290 98 98 95 291 581 15 Brigitte Roy 96 97 96 289 95 97 99 291 580 16 Nino Salukvadze 96 98 98 292 95 95 98 288 580 17 Lee Ho-lim 98 95 96 289 98 97 96 291 580 18 Yuliya Alipava 97 96 94 287 98 95 99 292 579 19 Natalia Paderina 96 97 99 292 97 94 96 287 579 20 Lenka Marušková 97 97 92 286 94 99 99 292 578 21 Jasna Šekarić 96 95 94 285 99 98 96 293 578 22 Stéphanie Tirode 98 96 97 291 94 95 97 286 577 23 Stefanie Thurmann 95 97 99 291 94 93 98 285 576 24 Maura Genovesi 97 96 93 286 96 97 97 290 576 25 Elizabeth Callahan 97 97 93 287 94 96 98 288 575 26 Olena Kostevych 95 100 93 288 94 95 98 287 575 27 Sławomira Szpek 96 93 94 283 98 98 96 292 575 28 Rebecca Snyder 96 96 95 287 98 94 96 288 575 29 Sandra Kolly 98 94 97 289 94 96 95 285 574 30 Mirosława Sagun Lewandowska 96 95 97 288 95 99 92 286 574 31 Zauresh Baibussinova 92 95 94 281 97 97 96 290 571 32 Zsófia Csonka 95 95 97 287 95 93 96 284 571 33 Dina Aspandiyarova 95 99 96 290 93 94 94 281 571 34 Michaela Musilová 96 97 95 288 97 94 92 283 571 35 Lindita Kodra 92 94 97 283 98 97 92 287 570 36 Maria Pilar Fernandez 97 96 98 291 83 95 100 278 569 37 Irena Tanova 97 93 90 280 94 97 98 289 569 38 Zhanna Shapialevich 94 96 97 287 92 95 95 282 569 39 Huang Yi-ling 91 95 95 281 94 97 91 282 563 40 Carmen Malo 94 93 94 281 90 92 96 278 559 41 Avianna Chao 94 95 88 277 96 92 83 281 558
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.
RankAthleteQual1 234FinalTotalNotes58552.553.152.550.3208.4793.4OR59051.151.149.051.0202.2792.258748.750.052.650.9202.2789.2452.451.350.851.4205.9787.9558349.249.952.552.0203.6786.6658449.950.349.549.7199.4783.4749.547.649.649.0195.7777.7847.846.051.746.5192.0774.0
OR Olympic record