Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 25 metre pistol explained

Event:	Women's 25 metre pistol
Games:	2004 Summer
Venue:	Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre
Date:	August 18, 2004
Competitors:	37
Nations:	26
Gold:	Mariya Grozdeva
Goldnoc:	BUL
Silver:	Lenka Hyková
Silvernoc:	CZE
Bronze:	Irada Ashumova
Bronzenoc:	AZE
Win Label:	Winning score
Win Value:	688.2
Prev:	2000
Next:	2008

The women's 25 metre pistol competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 18 at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece.

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.

Bulgaria's Mariya Grozdeva smashed a new Olympic record at 688.2 to defend her title in sport pistol shooting, putting her ahead of 19-year-old eventual silver medalist Lenka Hyková of the Czech Republic (687.8) by just a 0.4-point lead.^{[1] [2]} Meanwhile, Azerbaijan's Irada Ashumova, who had notched the first seed earlier in the prelims, claimed the bronze with 687.3 points.^[3]

Records

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

Qualification round

Rank	Athlete	Country	1	2	3	PR	4	5	6	RF	Total	Notes
1			99	96	96	291	100	98	99	297	588	Q
2			99	98	97	294	98	99	97	294	588	Q
3			96	99	99	294	97	97	97	291	585	Q
4			95	94	98	287	100	99	98	297	584	Q
5			97	95	94	286	100	99	98	297	583	Q
6			96	96	98	290	99	96	98	293	583	Q
7			95	95	98	288	99	97	98	294	582	Q
8			96	95	95	286	97	98	99	294	580	Q
9			96	96	98	290	99	97	93	289	579
10			95	97	98	290	93	96	99	288	578
10			95	100	97	292	95	94	97	286	578
10			94	95	97	286	96	98	98	292	578
13			94	96	96	286	96	98	97	291	577
13			96	98	98	292	96	94	95	285	577
13			96	97	96	289	97	92	99	288	577
13			96	95	98	289	98	96	94	288	577
13			97	97	99	293	94	97	93	284	577
18			94	95	95	284	98	95	99	292	576
19			95	97	94	286	95	98	96	289	575
19			94	96	93	283	96	98	98	292	575
21			92	96	95	283	98	95	98	291	574
21			97	96	99	292	89	96	97	282	574
23			97	97	94	288	96	96	92	284	572
23			97	96	95	288	95	91	98	284	572
25			99	93	94	286	91	96	98	285	571
26			96	95	92	283	91	97	99	287	570
27			97	92	93	282	95	98	94	287	569
27			96	97	96	289	95	93	92	280	569
29			95	99	99	293	88	93	94	275	568
30			95	95	94	284	93	95	95	283	567
31			96	95	96	287	96	86	97	279	566
32			94	93	98	285	89	94	97	280	565
33			94	93	95	282	93	93	97	283	565
34			93	91	94	278	94	92	93	279	557
34			96	93	93	282	96	86	93	275	557
36			89	91	89	269	95	85	87	267	536
37			93	89	89	271	87	88	88	263	534

PR — Precision stage; RF — Rapid fire stage

Final

In 2001, 25 metre pistol final shooting switched to rapid fire style. During this single Olympiad, only two rapid fire series were fired in the finals.

Rank	Athlete	Qual	1	2	Final	Total	Notes
		585	51.0	52.2	103.2	688.2
		588	48.2	51.6	99.8	687.8
			51.0	48.3	99.3	687.3
4		584	50.9	51.3	102.2	686.2
5			51.0	50.6	101.6	684.6
6		583	51.3	49.1	100.4	683.4
7		582	47.0	51.8	98.8	680.8
8		580	49.6	48.7	98.3	678.3

External links

• Official Results

Notes and References

1. News: Bulgaria's Grozdeva Lands Gold in Athens. Novinite. 18 August 2004. 19 August 2015.
2. News: Ian. Willoughby. Silver for shooter Hykova at Olympics a pleasant surprise for Czech sports fans. Radio Prague. 18 August 2004. 18 July 2015.
3. News: Double trap gold for USA's Kim Rhode. USA Today. 19 August 2004. 19 August 2015.