Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air rifle explained

Event:Women's 10 metre air rifle
Games:1996 Summer
Date:20 July 1996
Competitors:49
Nations:31
Goldnoc:POL
Silvernoc:GER
Bronzenoc:YUG
Win Label:Winning score
Win Value:497.6
Next:2000

Women's 10 metre air rifle was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Renata Mauer narrowly defeated Petra Horneber to win her first Olympic gold medal, as well as the first gold medal of the Atlanta games. Aleksandra Ivošev won the bronze medal; all three medalists finished within 0.4 points of each other.[1]

Qualification round

RankAthleteCountryScoreNotes
1Petra Horneber397Q OR
2Renata Mauer395Q
3Valérie Bellenoue395Q
4Marta Nedvedova395Q
5Aleksandra Ivošev395Q
6Olga Pogrebniak394Q
7Lessia Leskiv394Q
8Éva Joó393Q (4th: 100; 3rd: 100)
9Aranka Binder393(4th: 100; 3rd: 98)
9Irina Shilova393(4th: 99)
9Jin Sun-ryeong393(4th: 98)
9Xu Yanhua393(4th: 98)
13Elizabeth Bourland392
13Gaby Bühlmann392
13Amelia Fournel392
13Sabina Fuchs392
13Marina Grigoryeva392
13Vessela Letcheva392
19Kim Jung-mi391
20Dagmar Bilkova390
20Mladenka Malenica390
20Anna Maloukhina390
20Nonka Matova390
25Cindy Bouque389
25Lindy Hansen389
25Pushpamali Ramanayake389
25Suzana Skoko389
29Jarintorn Dangpiam388
29Tetyana Nesterova388
31Sue Banks387
31Anni Bisso387
31Eva Forian387
31Masami Iwaki387
31Iris Kremer-Roseneck387
36Cristina Antolín386
36Bettina Knells386
36Nancy Napolski386
39Yoko Minamoto385
39Fabienne Pasetti385
41Carole Couesnon384
41Malgorzata Książkiewicz384
43Rhona Barry382
44Hanne Vataker381
44Malini Wickramasinghe381
46Lida Fariman379
47Sara Antunes377
48Carla Ribeiro375
49Bibhashwori Rai359
OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

RankAthleteQualFinalTotal
395102.6497.6
397100.4497.4
395102.2497.2
4395101.6496.6
5394102.4496.4
6395100.1495.1
7393101.5494.5
8394100.2494.2

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shooting at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's Air Rifle, 10 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124814/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SHO/womens-air-rifle-10-metres.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 1 March 2020.