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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	Total Points	Preliminary Round	Final
1	–	Du Li	CHN	690,3	589 (1)	690,3 (1)	Gold	OR
2	–	Kateřina Emmons	CZE	687,7	586 (6)	687,7 (2)	Silver
3	–	Eglys Yahima de la Cruz	CUB	687,6	588 (2)	687,6 (3)	Bronze
4	–	Lyubov Galkina	RUS	687,4	585 (7)	687,4 (4)
5	–	Jamie Beyerle	USA	686,9	586 (4)	686,9 (5)
6	–	Olga Dovgun	KAZ	686,3	588 (3)	686,3 (6)
7	–	Lidija Mihajlović	SRB	686,0	586 (5)	686,0 (7)
8	–	Wu Liuxi	CHN	685,9	585 (8)	685,9 (8)
9	–	Barbara Lechner	GER	582	582 (9)	–
10	–	Sylwia Bogacka	POL	582	582 (10)	–
11	–	Agnieszka Staroń	POL	581	581 (11)	–
12	–	Suzana Cimbal Špirelja	CRO	580	580 (12)	–
13	–	Laurence Brize	FRA	579	579 (13)	–
14	–	Marjo Yli-Kiikka	FIN	579	579 (14)	–
15	–	Valentina Turisini	ITA	579	579 (15)	–
16	–	Esmari van Reenen	RSA	578	578 (16)	–
17	–	Sonja Pfeilschifter	GER	578	578 (17)	–
18	–	Tatyana Goldobina	RUS	578	578 (18)	–
19	–	Adéla Sýkorová	CZE	578	578 (19)	–
20	–	Dar'ia Shytko	UKR	577	577 (20)	–
21	–	Sandra Fong	USA	577	577 (21)	–
22	–	Daniela Pešková	SVK	577	577 (22)	–
23	–	Irene Beyeler	SUI	577	577 (23)	–
24	–	Hanna Etula	FIN	577	577 (24)	–
25	–	Annik Marguet	SUI	577	577 (25)	–
26	–	Snježana Pejčić	CRO	576	576 (26)	–
27	–	Gyda Ellefsplass Olssen	NOR	575	575 (27)	–
28	–	Desislava Balabanova	BUL	574	574 (28)	–
29	–	Kristina Vestveit	NOR	573	573 (29)	–
30	–	Yelena Kuznetsova	UZB	573	573 (30)	–
31	–	Nataliya Kalnysh	UKR	571	571 (31)	–
32	–	Anjali Ramakanta Bhagwat	IND	571	571 (32)	–
33	–	Zorigtyn Batkhuyag	MGL	570	570 (33)	–
34	–	Kim Yu-Yeon	KOR	569	569 (34)	–
35	–	Thanyalak Chotphibunsin	THA	569	569 (35)	–
36	–	Natalia Zamora	MEX	569	569 (36)	–
37	–	Anita Tóth	HUN	569	569 (37)	–
38	–	Marie-Laure Gigon	FRA	568	568 (38)	–
39	–	Diliana Méndez	VEN	568	568 (39)	–
40	–	Robyn Van Nus	AUS	566	566 (40)	–
41	–	Sasithorn Hongprasert	THA	565	565 (41)	–
42	–	Avneet Sidhu	IND	552	552 (42)	–
43	–	Sue McCready	AUS	550	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	Prone	Kneeling	Standing
1	–	Du Li	CHN	589	196	194	199	196 (24)	194 (15)	194 (5)
2	–	Eglys Yahima de la Cruz	CUB	588	199	193	196	199 (=3)	196 (=4)	193 (6)
3	–	Olga Dovgun	KAZ	588	200	192	196	200 (=1)	196 (=4)	192 (=11)
4	–	Jamie Beyerle	USA	586	198	191	197	198 (9)	197 (2)	191 (13)
5	–	Lidija Mihajlović	SRB	586	199	191	196	199 (=3)	196 (=3)	191 (=15)
6	–	Kateřina Emmons	CZE	586	197	194	195	197 (18)	195 (=8)	194 (=2)
7	–	Lyubov Galkina	RUS	585	197	194	194	197 (=14)	194 (18)	194 (=2)
8	–	Wu Liuxi	CHN	585	199	192	194	199 (=3)	194 (=16)	192 (=9)
9	–	Barbara Lechner	GER	582	192	195	195	192 (36)	195 (11)	195 (1)
10	–	Sylwia Bogacka	POL	582	196	194	192	196 (=19)	192 (24)	194 (=2)
11	–	Agnieszka Staroń	POL	581	195	192	194	195 (25)	194 (=13)	192 (8)
12	–	Suzana Cimbal Špirelja	CRO	580	199	192	189	199 (=7)	189 (37)	192 (=9)
13	–	Laurence Brize	FRA	579	199	186	194	199 (=3)	194 (12)	186 (29)
14	–	Marjo Yli-Kiikka	FIN	579	196	192	191	196 (=19)	191 (=26)	192 (=11)
15	–	Valentina Turisini	ITA	579	199	190	190	199 (=7)	190 (=32)	190 (=18)
16	–	Esmari van Reenen	RSA	578	198	183	197	198 (=11)	197 (1)	183 (39)
17	–	Sonja Pfeilschifter	GER	578	195	189	194	195 (=27)	194 (=13)	189 (25)
18	–	Tatyana Goldobina	RUS	578	196	189	193	196 (=22)	193 (20)	189 (24)
19	–	Adéla Sýkorová	CZE	578	197	190	191	197 (=14)	191 (=26)	190 (=18)
20	–	Dar'ia Shytko	UKR	577	197	184	196	197 (=16)	196 (=3)	184 (35)
21	–	Sandra Fong	USA	577	196	185	196	196 (=19)	196 (=4)	185 (=32)
22	–	Daniela Pešková	SVK	577	198	186	193	198 (=11)	193 (19)	186 (=30)
23	–	Irene Beyeler	SUI	577	195	188	194	195 (26)	194 (=16)	188 (27)
24	–	Hanna Etula	FIN	577	196	191	190	196 (=22)	190 (=30)	191 (=15)
25	–	Annik Marguet	SUI	577	198	189	190	198 (=11)	190 (34)	189 (=22)
26	–	Snježana Pejčić	CRO	576	197	192	187	197 (=16)	187 (40)	192 (7)
27	–	Gyda Ellefsplass Olssen	NOR	575	195	190	190	195 (=27)	190 (=30)	190 (20)
28	–	Desislava Balabanova	BUL	574	191	191	192	191 (42)	192 (=21)	191 (17)
29	–	Kristina Vestveit	NOR	573	198	186	189	198 (10)	189 (36)	186 (=30)
30	–	Yelena Kuznetsova	UZB	573	192	191	190	192 (=37)	190 (35)	191 (14)
31	–	Nataliya Kalnysh	UKR	571	194	185	192	194 (=30)	192 (=21)	185 (=32)
32	–	Anjali Ramakanta Bhagwat	IND	571	191	189	191	191 (40)	191 (29)	189 (=22)
33	–	Zorigtyn Batkhuyag	MGL	570	194	181	195	194 (32)	195 (10)	181 (40)
34	–	Kim Yu-Yeon	KOR	569	193	181	195	193 (33)	195 (=8)	181 (41)
35	–	Thanyalak Chotphibunsin	THA	569	200	178	191	200 (=1)	191 (25)	178 (42)
36	–	Natalia Zamora	MEX	569	193	190	186	193 (34)	186 (41)	190 (21)
37	–	Anita Tóth	HUN	569	194	187	188	194 (=30)	188 (39)	187 (28)
38	–	Marie-Laure Gigon	FRA	568	192	184	192	192 (=37)	192 (23)	184 (36)
39	–	Diliana Méndez	VEN	568	192	188	188	192 (35)	188 (38)	188 (26)
40	–	Robyn Van Nus	AUS	566	192	183	191	192 (=37)	191 (=26)	183 (=37)
41	–	Sasithorn Hongprasert	THA	565	191	184	190	191 (41)	190 (=32)	184 (34)
42	–	Avneet Sidhu	IND	552	190	183	179	190 (43)	179 (43)	183 (=37)
43	–	Sue McCready	AUS	550	195	172	183	195 (=27)	183 (42)	172 (43)

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	Preliminary Points
1	–	Du Li	CHN	690,3	589	101,3	OR
2	–	Kateřina Emmons	CZE	687,7	586	101,7
3	–	Eglys Yahima de la Cruz	CUB	687,6	588	99,6
4	–	Lyubov Galkina	RUS	687,4	585	102,4
5	–	Jamie Beyerle	USA	686,9	586	100,9
6	–	Olga Dovgun	KAZ	686,3	588	98,3
7	–	Lidija Mihajlović	SRB	686,0	586	100,0
8	–	Wu Liuxi	CHN	685,9	585	100,9