Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's skeet explained

Event:Women's skeet
Games:2000 Summer
Date:21 September 2000
Competitors:13
Nations:11
Goldnoc:AZE
Silvernoc:RUS
Bronzenoc:HUN
Win Label:Winning score
Win Value:98 (OR)
Next:2004

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]

Records

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

Qualification round

RankAthleteCountryScoreNotes
1Zemfira Meftahatdinova73Q OR
2Diána Igaly71Q
3Cindy Shenberger70Q
4Erdzhanik Avetisyan70Q
4Tash Lonsdale70Q
6Svetlana Demina70Q
7Kim Rhode69
8Zhang Shan69
9Kim Myong-hwa69
9Sophia Miaouli69
11Maarit Lepomäki68
11Cristina Vitali68
13Andrea Stranovská67
OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

RankAthleteQualFinalTotal5th place
shoot-off
Bronze
shoot-off
Notes
732598OR
702595
7122934
47023933
57022926
67022925
OR Olympic record

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shooting at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Skeet . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418030642/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/SHO/womens-skeet.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 3 March 2020.