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Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Women

Date	14 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Shejiguan, Beijing
Participants	43 from 28 countries

The favorite was the defending champion, Lyubov Galkina of Russia, who had also won the 2006 World Championship. Also highly considered was Germany’s Sonja Pfeilschifter, world-ranked #1 in 2008. China’s Du Li was better known as an air rifle shooter, winning the 2004 gold medal and the 2006 World Championships in that event. In Beijing she had difficulty in the final in that event and placed only fifth. In qualifying here she led with 589, and then held on in the final with 101.3 to win the gold medal over the 2008 air rifle gold medalist, Kateřína Emmons of the Czech Republic. The bronze medal went to Cuba’s Eglis Yaima Cruz, the first Cuban woman to win an Olympic shooting medal. Galkina placed fourth. Pfeilschifter continued to struggle at the Olympics. In her fourth Olympics, despite being favored several times, she had yet to win an Olympic medal. Du’s gold medal made her the third woman to have won shooting gold medals in two different events, after Poland’s Renata Mauer-Różańska – gold in 1996 air rifle and 2000 small-bore rifle; and Russia’s Marina Logvinenko-Dobrancheva – gold in 1992 air pistol and sport pistol.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Preliminary Round	Final
1	1130	Du Li	CHN	589 (1)	690.3 (1)	Gold	OR
2	1177	Kateřina Emmons	CZE	586 (6)	687.7 (2)	Silver
3	1157	Eglys Yahima de la Cruz	CUB	588 (2)	687.6 (3)	Bronze
4	1629	Lyubov Galkina	RUS	585 (7)	687.4 (4)
5	1771	Jamie Beyerle	USA	586 (4)	686.9 (5)
6	1396	Olga Dovgun	KAZ	588 (3)	686.3 (6)
7	1656	Lidija Mihajlović	SRB	586 (5)	686.0 (7)
8	1136	Wu Liuxi	CHN	585 (8)	685.9 (8)
9	1297	Barbara Lechner	GER	582 (9)	–
10	1563	Sylwia Bogacka	POL	582 (10)	–
11	1565	Agnieszka Staroń	POL	581 (11)	–
12	1149	Suzana Cimbal Špirelja	CRO	580 (12)	–
13	1259	Laurence Brize	FRA	579 (13)	–
14	1247	Marjo Yli-Kiikka	FIN	579 (14)	–
15	1378	Valentina Turisini	ITA	579 (15)	–
16	1607	Esmari van Reenen	RSA	578 (16)	–
17	1298	Sonja Pfeilschifter	GER	578 (17)	–
18	1630	Tatyana Goldobina	RUS	578 (18)	–
19	1181	Adéla Sýkorová	CZE	578 (19)	–
20	1747	Dar'ia Shytko	UKR	577 (20)	–
21	1775	Sandra Fong	USA	577 (21)	–
22	1684	Daniela Pešková	SVK	577 (22)	–
23	1671	Irene Beyeler	SUI	577 (23)	–
24	1243	Hanna Etula	FIN	577 (24)	–
25	1674	Annik Marguet	SUI	577 (25)	–
26	1150	Snježana Pejčić	CRO	576 (26)	–
27	1522	Gyda Ellefsplass Olssen	NOR	575 (27)	–
28	1094	Desislava Balabanova	BUL	574 (28)	–
29	1523	Kristina Vestveit	NOR	573 (29)	–
30	1784	Yelena Kuznetsova	UZB	573 (30)	–
31	1744	Nataliya Kalnysh	UKR	571 (31)	–
32	1341	Anjali Ramakanta Bhagwat	IND	571 (32)	–
33	1477	Zorigtyn Batkhuyag	MGL	570 (33)	–
34	1417	Kim Yu-Yeon	KOR	569 (34)	–
35	1697	Thanyalak Chotphibunsin	THA	569 (35)	–
36	1470	Natalia Zamora	MEX	569 (36)	–
37	1322	Anita Tóth	HUN	569 (37)	–
38	1260	Marie-Laure Gigon	FRA	568 (38)	–
39	1789	Diliana Méndez	VEN	568 (39)	–
40	1036	Robyn Van Nus	AUS	566 (40)	–
41	1698	Sasithorn Hongprasert	THA	565 (41)	–
42	1342	Avneet Sidhu	IND	552 (42)	–
43	1033	Sue McCready	AUS	550 (43)	–

Preliminary Round

Date	14 August 2008 — 9:00
Format	50 metres. 60 shots, 20 shots prone, 20 kneeling, and 20 standing. 200 possible at each distance, 600 posible overall.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Prone Points	Standing Points	Kneeling Points
1	1130	Du Li	CHN	589	196	194	199
2	1157	Eglys Yahima de la Cruz	CUB	588	199	193	196
3	1396	Olga Dovgun	KAZ	588	200	192	196
4	1771	Jamie Beyerle	USA	586	198	191	197
5	1656	Lidija Mihajlović	SRB	586	199	191	196
6	1177	Kateřina Emmons	CZE	586	197	194	195
7	1629	Lyubov Galkina	RUS	585	197	194	194
8	1136	Wu Liuxi	CHN	585	199	192	194
9	1297	Barbara Lechner	GER	582	192	195	195
10	1563	Sylwia Bogacka	POL	582	196	194	192
11	1565	Agnieszka Staroń	POL	581	195	192	194
12	1149	Suzana Cimbal Špirelja	CRO	580	199	192	189
13	1259	Laurence Brize	FRA	579	199	186	194
14	1247	Marjo Yli-Kiikka	FIN	579	196	192	191
15	1378	Valentina Turisini	ITA	579	199	190	190
16	1607	Esmari van Reenen	RSA	578	198	183	197
17	1298	Sonja Pfeilschifter	GER	578	195	189	194
18	1630	Tatyana Goldobina	RUS	578	196	189	193
19	1181	Adéla Sýkorová	CZE	578	197	190	191
20	1747	Dar'ia Shytko	UKR	577	197	184	196
21	1775	Sandra Fong	USA	577	196	185	196
22	1684	Daniela Pešková	SVK	577	198	186	193
23	1671	Irene Beyeler	SUI	577	195	188	194
24	1243	Hanna Etula	FIN	577	196	191	190
25	1674	Annik Marguet	SUI	577	198	189	190
26	1150	Snježana Pejčić	CRO	576	197	192	187
27	1522	Gyda Ellefsplass Olssen	NOR	575	195	190	190
28	1094	Desislava Balabanova	BUL	574	191	191	192
29	1523	Kristina Vestveit	NOR	573	198	186	189
30	1784	Yelena Kuznetsova	UZB	573	192	191	190
31	1744	Nataliya Kalnysh	UKR	571	194	185	192
32	1341	Anjali Ramakanta Bhagwat	IND	571	191	189	191
33	1477	Zorigtyn Batkhuyag	MGL	570	194	181	195
34	1417	Kim Yu-Yeon	KOR	569	193	181	195
35	1697	Thanyalak Chotphibunsin	THA	569	200	178	191
36	1470	Natalia Zamora	MEX	569	193	190	186
37	1322	Anita Tóth	HUN	569	194	187	188
38	1260	Marie-Laure Gigon	FRA	568	192	184	192
39	1789	Diliana Méndez	VEN	568	192	188	188
40	1036	Robyn Van Nus	AUS	566	192	183	191
41	1698	Sasithorn Hongprasert	THA	565	191	184	190
42	1342	Avneet Sidhu	IND	552	190	183	179
43	1033	Sue McCready	AUS	550	195	172	183

Final Round

Date	14 August 2008 — 12:30
Format	Top eight from preliminary round advanced to the final round.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Total Points	Final Points	Qualification Points	Shot 1 Points	Shot 2 Points	Shot 3 Points	Shot 4 Points	Shot 5 Points	Shot 6 Points	Shot 7 Points	Shot 8 Points	Shot 9 Points	Shot 10 Points
1	1130	Du Li	CHN	690.3	589	101.3	8.7	10.3	10.4	9.8	9.9	10.8	10.0	10.1	10.8	10.5	OR
2	1177	Kateřina Emmons	CZE	687.7	586	101.7	10.7	10.1	10.7	10.6	9.7	10.6	10.0	9.5	9.6	10.2
3	1157	Eglys Yahima de la Cruz	CUB	687.6	588	99.6	10.3	10.1	9.3	10.0	10.5	10.2	9.0	10.0	10.7	9.5
4	1629	Lyubov Galkina	RUS	687.4	585	102.4	10.5	10.1	10.2	9.9	10.7	10.5	9.1	10.4	10.7	10.3
5	1771	Jamie Beyerle	USA	686.9	586	100.9	10.5	9.5	10.4	10.2	10.6	9.9	10.3	10.2	10.6	8.7
6	1396	Olga Dovgun	KAZ	686.3	588	98.3	9.9	10.0	10.5	9.4	9.9	10.4	9.8	8.7	9.5	10.2
7	1656	Lidija Mihajlović	SRB	686.0	586	100.0	10.8	10.3	10.0	10.2	10.6	9.4	9.9	8.7	10.4	9.7
8	1136	Wu Liuxi	CHN	685.9	585	100.9	10.1	9.5	10.7	10.2	9.8	9.8	10.3	10.7	9.9	9.9