Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air rifle explained

Event:	Women's 10 metre air rifle
Games:	2004 Summer
Venue:	Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre
Date:	August 14, 2004
Competitors:	44
Nations:	31
Gold:	Du Li
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Lioubov Galkina
Silvernoc:	RUS
Bronze:	Kateřina Kůrková
Bronzenoc:	CZE
Win Label:	Winning score
Win Value:	502.0
Prev:	2000
Next:	2008

The women's 10 metre air rifle competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 14 at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece. Following a relatively new Olympic tradition, it was the first event to be concluded at these Games.

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.

China's world record holder Du Li outscored a host of elite markswomen in the air rifle shooting final to notch the first gold medal at these Games, smashing a new Olympic record score of 502.0 points.^{[1] [2]} Russia's Lioubov Galkina, who led the field by a full point into the final with 399, had to settle for the silver with a total score of 501.5 points, while Czech Republic's Kateřina Kůrková held off a daunting challenge from Zhao Yinghui (500.8) to rule out the Chinese supremacy in the medal haul for a bronze at 501.1, falling Zhao to a disappointing fourth by a 0.3-point deficit.^[1]

Records

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

Qualification round

Rank	Athlete	Country	1	2	3	4	Total	Notes
1			99	100	100	100	399	Q,
2			99	100	99	100	398	Q
3			100	99	99	100	398	Q
4			100	99	100	99	398	Q
5			99	100	98	100	397	Q
6			98	99	100	99	396	Q
7			99	98	100	99	396	Q
8			98	100	99	99	396	Q
9			99	99	99	99	396
9			99	99	100	98	396
9			100	99	100	97	396
12			100	98	100	97	395
12			99	99	98	99	395
14			99	99	98	98	394
14			99	99	97	99	394
14			99	100	96	99	394
14			98	100	99	97	394
14			97	98	100	99	394
14			98	99	98	99	394
20			96	100	98	99	393
20			97	98	100	98	393
22			99	98	99	96	392
22			96	99	99	98	392
22			99	96	100	97	392
22			100	97	99	96	392
22			98	99	98	97	392
27			100	97	96	98	391
27			99	96	98	98	391
27			97	98	97	99	391
27			98	99	96	98	391
27			99	97	98	97	391
32			99	97	97	97	390
33			97	96	95	100	388
33			95	96	99	98	388
33			97	97	95	97	388
33			96	97	98	97	388
37			95	97	97	98	387
38			97	96	98	95	386
39			95	98	98	94	385
40			96	92	99	97	384
41			96	94	98	95	383
41			98	93	97	95	383
43			95	98	96	93	382
44			91	95	94	88	368

Final

Rank	Athlete	Qual	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final	Total	Notes
			9.4	10.6	10.7	10.4	10.4	10.1	10.2	10.8	10.8	10.6	104.0	502.0
		399	10.2	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.2	10.8	10.8	10.0	10.6	9.7	102.5	501.5
			9.6	10.3	10.5	10.7	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.1	10.6	10.7	103.1	501.1
4		398	9.7	10.4	10.0	10.1	10.2	10.4	10.2	10.6	10.6	10.6	102.8	500.8
5		397	10.5	10.0	10.7	10.5	9.7	10.4	10.1	10.6	10.2	9.8	102.5	499.5
6			10.3	9.8	10.5	9.1	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.4	10.1	10.1	102.7	498.7
7		396	9.7	10.4	10.0	10.5	10.6	9.5	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.1	101.9	497.9
8			9.8	10.1	10.4	10.2	10.2	9.2	10.6	10.3	10.1	10.3	101.2	497.2

External links

• Official Results

Notes and References

1. News: Du Li of China wins Athens' first gold medal. https://web.archive.org/web/20040814204443/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-08/14/content_1783672.htm. dead. August 14, 2004. Xinhua. 14 August 2004. 19 August 2015.
2. News: China's Du Li wins first Athens Olympic Gold. China Daily. 14 August 2004. 19 August 2015.