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

Date	21 September 1988 — 13:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Taeneung International Shooting Range, Seoul
Participants	37 from 22 countries

Sylvia Sperber (FRG) had won silver in the air rifle two days before this event began. But the favorite was Bulgarian Vesela Lecheva, who was the world record holder and had been 1986 World Champion in the air rifle. Lecheva had succumbed to nerves in the air rifle and finished only =17th. She also had problems here in the preliminary round, placing only sixth with 583, while Sperber led with 590. Sperber held on for the gold medal, while Lecheva shot 100.2 in the final, easily the best round, to move up to the silver medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Preliminary Round	Final
1	2043	Silvia Sperber	FRG	590 (1)	685.6 (1)	Gold
2	2012	Vesela Lecheva	BUL	583 (=6)	683.2 (2)	Silver
3	2104	Valentina Cherkasova	URS	586 (2)	681.4 (3)	Bronze
4	2047	Katja Klepp	GDR	584 (=4)	680.5 (4)
5	2015	Sharon Bowes	CAN	584 (=4)	680.5 (5)
6	2102	Anna Malukhina	URS	585 (3)	678.4 (6)
7	2110	Launi Meili	USA	582 (8)	676.5 (7)
8	2069	Anita Karlsson	SWE	583 (=6)	676.4 (8)
9	2083	Irene Dufaux	SUI	581 (9)	–
10	2029	Pirjo Peltola	FIN	580 (10)	–
=11	2013	Nonka Matova	BUL	580 (=11)	–
=11	2042	Selma Sonnet	FRG	580 (=11)	–
=13	2106	Wanda Jewell	USA	579 (=13)	–
=13	2077	May Irene Olsen	NOR	579 (=13)	–
=13	2024	Zhang Qiuping	CHN	579 (=13)	–
=16	2004	Sylvia Baldessarini	AUT	578 (=16)	–
=16	2090	Dagmar Bílková	TCH	578 (=16)	–
=16	2092	Lenka Koloušková	TCH	578 (=16)	–
19	2014	Christina Ashcroft	CAN	577 (19)	–
=20	2005	Dorothée Deuring	AUT	576 (=20)	–
=20	2054	Éva Joó	HUN	576 (=20)	–
=20	2025	Zhou Danhong	CHN	576 (=20)	–
=23	2056	Soma Dutta	IND	575 (=23)	–
=23	2032	Dominique Esnault	FRA	575 (=23)	–
=23	2069	Lee Hye-Gyeong	KOR	575 (=23)	–
26	2052	Éva Fórián	HUN	573 (26)	–
27	2030	Sirpa Ylönen	FIN	572 (27)	–
=28	2002	Alison Feast	AUS	570 (=28)	–
=28	2113	Mladenka Maleniča	YUG	570 (=28)	–
=30	2034	Isabelle Héberlé	FRA	568 (=30)	–
=30	2068	Kim Yeong-Mi	KOR	568 (=30)	–
32	–	Kyoko Kinoshita	JPN	566 (32)	–
33	2087	Carina Jansson	SWE	564 (33)	–
=34	2082	Gaby Bühlmann	SUI	561 (=34)	–
=34	–	Thiranun Jinda	THA	561 (=34)	–
36	–	Sarah Cooper	GBR	557 (36)	–
37	–	Siri Landsem	NOR	556 (37)	–

Preliminary Round

Date	21 September 1988
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	Kneeling Points	Standing Points
1	2043	Silvia Sperber	FRG	590	200	197	193	QOR
2	2104	Valentina Cherkasova	URS	586	198	195	193	Q
3	2102	Anna Malukhina	URS	585	198	196	191	Q
=4	2047	Katja Klepp	GDR	584	199	198	187	Q
=4	2015	Sharon Bowes	CAN	584	196	194	194	Q
=6	2012	Vesela Lecheva	BUL	583	199	192	192	Q
=6	2069	Anita Karlsson	SWE	583	198	192	193	Q
8	2110	Launi Meili	USA	582	197	195	190	Q
9	2083	Irene Dufaux	SUI	581	198	191	192
10	2029	Pirjo Peltola	FIN	580	196	196	188
=11	2013	Nonka Matova	BUL	580	199	194	187
=11	2042	Selma Sonnet	FRG	580	197	193	190
=13	2106	Wanda Jewell	USA	579	197	196	186
=13	2077	May Irene Olsen	NOR	579	196	193	190
=13	2024	Zhang Qiuping	CHN	579	199	196	184
=16	2004	Sylvia Baldessarini	AUT	578	197	191	190
=16	2090	Dagmar Bílková	TCH	578	193	196	189
=16	2092	Lenka Koloušková	TCH	578	199	193	186
19	2014	Christina Ashcroft	CAN	577	199	196	182
=20	2005	Dorothée Deuring	AUT	576	198	194	184
=20	2054	Éva Joó	HUN	576	198	189	189
=20	2025	Zhou Danhong	CHN	576	198	194	184
=23	2056	Soma Dutta	IND	575	198	194	183
=23	2032	Dominique Esnault	FRA	575	200	190	185
=23	2069	Lee Hye-Gyeong	KOR	575	199	189	187
26	2052	Éva Fórián	HUN	573	198	189	186
27	2030	Sirpa Ylönen	FIN	572	197	189	186
=28	2002	Alison Feast	AUS	570	195	191	184
=28	2113	Mladenka Maleniča	YUG	570	193	193	184
=30	2034	Isabelle Héberlé	FRA	568	195	190	183
=30	2068	Kim Yeong-Mi	KOR	568	196	187	185
32	–	Kyoko Kinoshita	JPN	566	193	189	184
33	2087	Carina Jansson	SWE	564	199	193	172
=34	2082	Gaby Bühlmann	SUI	561	195	186	180
=34	–	Thiranun Jinda	THA	561	194	191	176
36	–	Sarah Cooper	GBR	557	198	191	168
37	–	Siri Landsem	NOR	556	195	182	179

Final Round

Date	21 September 1988
Format	Top eight from preliminary round advanced to the final round.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Total Points	Preliminary Round Points	Final Round 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	2043	Silvia Sperber	FRG	685.6	590	95.6	9.8	10.4	10.7	9.4	9.0	9.9	8.6	9.5	9.7	8.6	OR
2	2012	Vesela Lecheva	BUL	683.2	583	100.2	9.4	8.4	10.5	10.3	10.2	9.8	10.4	10.3	10.4	10.5
3	2104	Valentina Cherkasova	URS	681.4	586	95.4	9.0	9.7	7.9	11.0	8.8	10.9	9.9	8.8	9.9	9.5
4	2047	Katja Klepp	GDR	680.5	584	96.5	9.2	9.9	9.1	10.4	8.4	9.6	9.3	10.5	9.5	10.6
5	2015	Sharon Bowes	CAN	680.5	584	96.5	9.5	10.3	9.3	9.2	8.8	10.1	8.9	8.9	10.7	10.8
6	2102	Anna Malukhina	URS	678.4	585	93.4	8.5	10.8	8.1	8.3	8.0	9.5	9.9	9.9	10.3	10.1
7	2110	Launi Meili	USA	676.5	582	94.5	8.3	9.6	10.0	9.4	10.2	10.0	9.7	8.9	9.2	9.2
8	2069	Anita Karlsson	SWE	676.4	583	93.4	9.5	8.1	7.2	9.3	8.9	9.0	10.5	10.1	10.2	10.6