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Air Rifle, 10 metres, Women

Date	9 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Shejiguan, Beijing
Participants	47 from 31 countries

Kateřína Emmons of the Czech Republic won the first gold of the Beijing Olympic Games when she won the air rifle. As Kateřína Kůrková she had placed third in this event at the 2004 Olympics, and was the runner-up at the 2006 World Championships. The favorite in Beijing was the defending champion and 2006 World Champion, Du Li of China. Du was fourth after the qualifying with 399, which was led by Emmons who went clear with 400. But Du had the second lowest score among the finalists and dropped back to fifth place overall. Emmons had the highest final score with 103.5 to win the gold over Russia’s Lyubov Galkina, silver medalist in 2004 and many times an international champion. Another disappointment was Germany’s Sonja Pfeilschifter, who had been a three-time World Champion and was one of the best international rifle shooters in the last decade. But Pfeilschifter placed only 12th in qualifying. She has never performed well at the Olympics. Thru 2008, after four Olympics and eight events, she had yet to win a medal and only made the finals four times. Kateřína Emmons was the wife of American shooter Matt Emmons. They had met at the 2004 Olympics and married in June 2007.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Total Points	Preliminary Round	Final
1	–	Kateřina Emmons	CZE	503,5	400 (1)	503,5 (1)	Gold	OR
2	–	Lyubov Galkina	RUS	502,1	399 (=2)	502,1 (2)	Silver
3	–	Snježana Pejčić	CRO	500,9	399 (=2)	500,9 (3)	Bronze
4	–	Jamie Beyerle	USA	499,8	397 (=5)	499,8 (4)
5	–	Du Li	CHN	499,6	399 (4)	499,6 (5)
6	–	Olga Dovgun	KAZ	498,1	397 (=5)	498,1 (6)
7	–	Marie-Laure Gigon	FRA	497,3	396 (8)	497,3 (7)
8	–	Sylwia Bogacka	POL	495,7	397 (=5)	495,7 (8)
9	–	Daniela Pešková	SVK	396	396 (9)	–
10	–	Kim Chan-Mi	KOR	396	396 (10)	–
11	–	Eglys Yahima de la Cruz	CUB	396	396 (11)	–
12	–	Sonja Pfeilschifter	GER	396	396 (12)	–
13	–	Kim Yeo-Ul	KOR	395	395 (13)	–
14	–	Kristina Vestveit	NOR	395	395 (14)	–
15	–	Emily Caruso	USA	395	395 (15)	–
16	–	Irene Beyeler	SUI	395	395 (16)	–
17	–	Barbara Lechner	GER	394	394 (17)	–
18	–	Olga Desyatskaya	RUS	394	394 (18)	–
19	–	Laurence Brize	FRA	394	394 (19)	–
20	–	Lidija Mihajlović	SRB	394	394 (20)	–
21	–	Hanna Etula	FIN	394	394 (21)	–
22	–	Zorigtyn Batkhuyag	MGL	394	394 (22)	–
23	–	Shaimaa Abdel-Latif-Hashad	EGY	393	393 (23)	–
24	–	Yosheefin Prasasti	INA	393	393 (24)	–
25	–	Agnieszka Staroń	POL	393	393 (25)	–
26	–	Desislava Balabanova	BUL	393	393 (26)	–
27	–	Nataliya Kalnysh	UKR	393	393 (27)	–
=28	–	Valentina Turisini	ITA	393	393 (=28)	–
=28	–	Anjali Ramakanta Bhagwat	IND	393	393 (=28)	–
30	–	Suzana Cimbal Špirelja	CRO	393	393 (30)	–
31	–	Pavla Kalná	CZE	392	392 (31)	–
32	–	Yelena Kuznetsova	UZB	392	392 (32)	–
33	–	Annik Marguet	SUI	391	391 (33)	–
34	–	Gyda Ellefsplass Olssen	NOR	391	391 (34)	–
35	–	Anita Tóth	HUN	390	390 (35)	–
36	–	Sasithorn Hongprasert	THA	390	390 (36)	–
37	–	Zhao Yinghui	CHN	389	389 (37)	–
38	–	Marjo Yli-Kiikka	FIN	389	389 (38)	–
39	–	Avneet Sidhu	IND	389	389 (39)	–
40	–	Thanyalak Chotphibunsin	THA	388	388 (40)	–
41	–	Fabienne Pasetti	MON	387	387 (41)	–
42	–	Sue McCready	AUS	386	386 (42)	–
43	–	Diliana Méndez	VEN	386	386 (43)	–
44	–	Robyn Van Nus	AUS	384	384 (44)	–
45	–	Dar'ia Sharipova	UKR	384	384 (45)	–
46	–	Phool Maya Kyapchhaki	NEP	380	380 (46)	–
47	–	Yekaterina Arabova	TKM	376	376 (47)	–

Preliminary Round

Date	9 August 2008 — 8:30
Format	10 metres. Four rounds of 10 shots each. 400 possible.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Round 1 Points	Round 2 Points	Round 3 Points	Round 4 Points
1	–	Kateřina Emmons	CZE	400	100	100	100	100	=WR
=2	–	Lyubov Galkina	RUS	399	99	100	100	100
=2	–	Snježana Pejčić	CRO	399	99	100	100	100
4	–	Du Li	CHN	399	100	100	100	99
=5	–	Jamie Beyerle	USA	397	98	99	100	100
=5	–	Olga Dovgun	KAZ	397	98	99	100	100
=5	–	Sylwia Bogacka	POL	397	98	99	100	100
8	–	Marie-Laure Gigon	FRA	396	99	99	98	100
9	–	Daniela Pešková	SVK	396	100	98	98	100
10	–	Kim Chan-Mi	KOR	396	98	99	100	99
11	–	Eglys Yahima de la Cruz	CUB	396	100	98	100	98
12	–	Sonja Pfeilschifter	GER	396	100	100	98	98
13	–	Kim Yeo-Ul	KOR	395	98	100	98	99
14	–	Kristina Vestveit	NOR	395	99	99	98	99
15	–	Emily Caruso	USA	395	98	100	100	97
16	–	Irene Beyeler	SUI	395	99	100	99	97
17	–	Barbara Lechner	GER	394	98	97	100	99
18	–	Olga Desyatskaya	RUS	394	97	99	99	99
19	–	Laurence Brize	FRA	394	99	98	98	99
20	–	Lidija Mihajlović	SRB	394	99	97	100	98
21	–	Hanna Etula	FIN	394	98	99	99	98
22	–	Zorigtyn Batkhuyag	MGL	394	98	99	100	97
23	–	Shaimaa Abdel-Latif-Hashad	EGY	393	96	98	99	100
24	–	Yosheefin Prasasti	INA	393	97	98	98	100
25	–	Agnieszka Staroń	POL	393	99	96	99	99
26	–	Desislava Balabanova	BUL	393	99	97	98	99
27	–	Nataliya Kalnysh	UKR	393	97	100	98	98
=28	–	Valentina Turisini	ITA	393	99	99	97	98
=28	–	Anjali Ramakanta Bhagwat	IND	393	99	99	97	98
30	–	Suzana Cimbal Špirelja	CRO	393	99	99	99	96
31	–	Pavla Kalná	CZE	392	97	97	98	100
32	–	Yelena Kuznetsova	UZB	392	98	99	98	97
33	–	Annik Marguet	SUI	391	97	96	98	100
34	–	Gyda Ellefsplass Olssen	NOR	391	97	98	97	99
35	–	Anita Tóth	HUN	390	96	99	97	98
36	–	Sasithorn Hongprasert	THA	390	99	97	97	97
37	–	Zhao Yinghui	CHN	389	96	98	97	98
38	–	Marjo Yli-Kiikka	FIN	389	98	98	96	97
39	–	Avneet Sidhu	IND	389	98	100	96	95
40	–	Thanyalak Chotphibunsin	THA	388	98	97	97	96
41	–	Fabienne Pasetti	MON	387	94	98	98	97
42	–	Sue McCready	AUS	386	97	94	96	99
43	–	Diliana Méndez	VEN	386	94	97	98	97
44	–	Robyn Van Nus	AUS	384	94	96	97	97
45	–	Dar'ia Sharipova	UKR	384	97	96	97	94
46	–	Phool Maya Kyapchhaki	NEP	380	93	96	97	94
47	–	Yekaterina Arabova	TKM	376	93	94	94	95

Final Round

Date	9 August 2008 — 10:30
Format	Top eight from preliminary round advanced to the final round.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Total Points	Final Points	Preliminary Points
1	–	Kateřina Emmons	CZE	503,5	400	103,5	OR
2	–	Lyubov Galkina	RUS	502,1	399	103,1
3	–	Snježana Pejčić	CRO	500,9	399	101,9
4	–	Jamie Beyerle	USA	499,8	397	102,8
5	–	Du Li	CHN	499,6	399	100,6
6	–	Olga Dovgun	KAZ	498,1	397	101,1
7	–	Marie-Laure Gigon	FRA	497,3	396	101,3
8	–	Sylwia Bogacka	POL	495,7	397	98,7