| | Event type
Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres, Women
| Date | 2 August 1984 — 9:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Prado Recreational Area, Chino, California | |
| Participants | 27 from 17 countries | |
| Format | 50 metres. 60 shots, 20 shots prone, 20 kneeling, and 20 standing. 200 possible at each distance, 600 posible overall. | |
Two days before this event, Wu Xiaoxuan (CHN) had won a bronze medal in the women’s air rifle. Her gold medal in small-bore was the first ever won by a Chinese woman at the Olympics, and also made her the first Chinese female to win two Olympic medals. He victory was based primarily on her outstanding performance in the kneeling phase, at which she posted the highest score.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Prone Points | Kneeling Points | Standing Points | Shoot-Off | Prone | Kneeling | Standing | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Wu Xiaoxuan |  CHN | 581 | 197 | 197 | 187 | – | 197 (NP) | 197 (NP) | 187 (NP) | Gold | ||
| 2 | – | Ulrike Holmer |  FRG | 578 | 197 | 190 | 191 | 41 | 197 (NP) | 190 (NP) | 191 (NP) | Silver | ||
| 3 | – | Wanda Jewell |  USA | 578 | 194 | 195 | 189 | 39 | 194 (NP) | 195 (NP) | 189 (NP) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | – | Gloria Parmentier | USA | 576 | 199 | 190 | 187 | – | 199 (NP) | 190 (NP) | 187 (NP) | |||
| 5 | – | Anne Grethe Jeppesen |  NOR | 574 | 196 | 188 | 190 | – | 196 (NP) | 188 (NP) | 190 (NP) | |||
| 6 | – | Jin Dongxiang | CHN | 571 | 193 | 195 | 183 | – | 193 (NP) | 195 (NP) | 183 (NP) | |||
| 7 | – | Biserka Vrbek |  YUG | 569 | 196 | 192 | 181 | – | 196 (NP) | 192 (NP) | 181 (NP) | |||
| 8 | – | Mirjana Jovović | YUG | 569 | 196 | 191 | 182 | – | 196 (NP) | 191 (NP) | 182 (NP) | |||
| 9 | – | Christina Gustafsson |  SWE | 569 | 194 | 191 | 184 | – | 194 (NP) | 191 (NP) | 184 (NP) | |||
| 10 | – | Sarah Cooper |  GBR | 568 | 196 | 192 | 180 | – | 196 (NP) | 192 (NP) | 180 (NP) | |||
| 11 | – | Noriko Kosai |  JPN | 568 | 193 | 189 | 186 | – | 193 (NP) | 189 (NP) | 186 (NP) | |||
| =12 | – | Sigrid Lang | FRG | 567 | 194 | 193 | 180 | – | 194 (NP) | 193 (NP) | 180 (NP) | |||
| =12 | – | Sirpa Ylönen |  FIN | 567 | 192 | 190 | 185 | – | 192 (NP) | 190 (NP) | 185 (NP) | |||
| 14 | – | Margareta Gustafsson | SWE | 565 | 200 | 189 | 176 | – | 200 (NP) | 189 (NP) | 176 (NP) | |||
| 15 | – | Karin Bauer |  AUT | 564 | 191 | 191 | 182 | – | 191 (NP) | 191 (NP) | 182 (NP) | |||
| 16 | – | Dominique Esnault |  FRA | 563 | 197 | 183 | 183 | – | 197 (NP) | 183 (NP) | 183 (NP) | |||
| =17 | – | Soma Dutta |  IND | 562 | 193 | 185 | 184 | – | 193 (NP) | 185 (NP) | 184 (NP) | |||
| =17 | – | Siri Landsem | NOR | 562 | 195 | 183 | 184 | – | 195 (NP) | 183 (NP) | 184 (NP) | |||
| 19 | – | Sharon Bowes |  CAN | 559 | 195 | 183 | 181 | – | 195 (NP) | 183 (NP) | 181 (NP) | |||
| =20 | – | Thiranun Jinda |  THA | 558 | 192 | 190 | 176 | – | 192 (NP) | 190 (NP) | 176 (NP) | |||
| =20 | – | Kim Yeong-Mi |  KOR | 558 | 198 | 183 | 177 | – | 198 (NP) | 183 (NP) | 177 (NP) | |||
| 22 | – | Christina Schulze | CAN | 554 | 196 | 190 | 168 | – | 196 (NP) | 190 (NP) | 168 (NP) | |||
| 23 | – | Yvette Courault | FRA | 553 | 193 | 184 | 176 | – | 193 (NP) | 184 (NP) | 176 (NP) | |||
| 24 | – | Go Yeong-Hui | KOR | 552 | 198 | 184 | 170 | – | 198 (NP) | 184 (NP) | 170 (NP) | |||
| 25 | – | Irene Daw | GBR | 551 | 195 | 180 | 176 | – | 195 (NP) | 180 (NP) | 176 (NP) | |||
| 26 | – | Sylvia Muehlberg |  AUS | 549 | 199 | 177 | 173 | – | 199 (NP) | 177 (NP) | 173 (NP) | |||
| 27 | – | Gladys de Seminario |  PER | 540 | 193 | 180 | 167 | – | 193 (NP) | 180 (NP) | 167 (NP) |