Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre rifle three positions explained

The women's 50 metre rifle three positions competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on 20 September. The qualification round, consisting of 20 shots from each position, was fired between 09:00 and 11:30 Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10), and the final round of 10 additional shots standing at 12:15.^[1]

Records

The existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

Qualification round

Rank	Athlete	Country	Prone	Stand	Kneel	Total	Notes
1	Sonja Pfeilschifter		200	188	197	585	Q
2	Tatiana Goldobina		198	191	196	585	Q
3	Renata Mauer		198	192	195	585	Q
4	Anni Bisso		199	192	193	584	Q
5	Olga Dovgun		197	188	198	583	Q
6	Maria Feklistova		194	192	196	582	Q
7	Shan Hong		198	185	197	580	Q
8	Melissa Mulloy		197	193	190	580	Q
9	Lindy Hansen		197	187	195	579
9	Lessia Leskiv		199	188	192	579
11	Vessela Letcheva		196	188	194	578
11	Olga Pogrebnyak		199	189	190	578
11	Alexandra Schneider		197	186	195	578
14	Nonka Matova		199	186	192	577
14	Lucie Valová		193	192	192	577
16	Wang Xian		197	189	190	576
17	Valérie Bellenoue		194	189	192	575
17	Petra Horneber		197	189	189	575
17	Oriana Scheuss		197	187	191	575
20	Sue McCready		193	187	194	574
20	Irina Shilova		196	185	193	574
22	Aleksandra Ivosev		197	185	191	573
23	Batkhuyagyn Zorigt		194	187	191	572
23	Aranka Binder		196	187	189	572
23	Gaby Bühlmann		196	193	183	572
26	Sharon Bowes		196	185	190	571
26	Jean Foster		198	185	188	571
26	Mladenka Maleniča		196	183	192	571
29	Natallia Kalnysh		197	177	194	568
30	Alyona Aksyonova		194	185	188	567
30	Eunice Caballero		188	186	193	567
30	Yuliya Shakhova		192	187	188	567
33	Anjali Vedpathak		196	185	185	566
34	Marina Pons		187	188	190	565
35	Thrine Kane		188	183	191	562
36	Divna Pešić		190	190	181	561
37	Hiromi Misaki		197	181	180	558
38	Sabrina Sultana		189	176	189	554
39	Carrie Quigley		198	174	179	551
40	Cari Johnson		193	168	183	544
41	Amelia Rosa Fournel		188	177	177	542
42	Malini Wickramasinghe		191	172	165	528

Q Qualified for final

Final

Rank	Athlete	Qual	Final	Total
		585	99.6	684.6
			95.9	680.9
		582	97.9	679.9
4			93.5	678.5
5			96.9	676.9
6		584	91.6	675.6
7		583	91.2	674.2
8		580	93.7	673.7

Sources

• Book: Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad — Shooting . PDF . 6 September 2008.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Shooting at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418030644/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/SHO/womens-small-bore-rifle-three-positions-50-metres.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 3 March 2020.