| | Event type
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 | Total Points | Preliminary Round | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Silvia Sperber |  FRG | 685.6 | 590 (1) | 685.6 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | – | Vesela Lecheva |  BUL | 683.2 | 583 (=6) | 683.2 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | – | Valentina Cherkasova |  URS | 681.4 | 586 (2) | 681.4 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | – | Katja Klepp |  GDR | 680.5 | 584 (=4) | 680.5 (4) | |||
| 5 | – | Sharon Bowes |  CAN | 680.5 | 584 (=4) | 680.5 (5) | |||
| 6 | – | Anna Malukhina | URS | 678.4 | 585 (3) | 678.4 (6) | |||
| 7 | – | Launi Meili |  USA | 676.5 | 582 (8) | 676.5 (7) | |||
| 8 | – | Anita Karlsson |  SWE | 676.4 | 583 (=6) | 676.4 (8) | |||
| 9 | – | Irene Dufaux |  SUI | 581 | 581 (9) | – | |||
| 10 | – | Pirjo Peltola |  FIN | 580 | 580 (10) | – | |||
| =11 | – | Nonka Matova | BUL | 580 | 580 (=11) | – | |||
| =11 | – | Selma Sonnet | FRG | 580 | 580 (=11) | – | |||
| =13 | – | Wanda Jewell | USA | 579 | 579 (=13) | – | |||
| =13 | – | May Irene Olsen |  NOR | 579 | 579 (=13) | – | |||
| =13 | – | Zhang Qiuping |  CHN | 579 | 579 (=13) | – | |||
| =16 | – | Sylvia Baldessarini |  AUT | 578 | 578 (=16) | – | |||
| =16 | – | Dagmar Bílková |  TCH | 578 | 578 (=16) | – | |||
| =16 | – | Lenka Koloušková | TCH | 578 | 578 (=16) | – | |||
| 19 | – | Christina Ashcroft | CAN | 577 | 577 (19) | – | |||
| =20 | – | Dorothée Deuring | AUT | 576 | 576 (=20) | – | |||
| =20 | – | Éva Joó |  HUN | 576 | 576 (=20) | – | |||
| =20 | – | Zhou Danhong | CHN | 576 | 576 (=20) | – | |||
| =23 | – | Soma Dutta |  IND | 575 | 575 (=23) | – | |||
| =23 | – | Dominique Esnault |  FRA | 575 | 575 (=23) | – | |||
| =23 | – | Lee Hye-Gyeong |  KOR | 575 | 575 (=23) | – | |||
| 26 | – | Éva Fórián | HUN | 573 | 573 (26) | – | |||
| 27 | – | Sirpa Ylönen | FIN | 572 | 572 (27) | – | |||
| =28 | – | Alison Feast |  AUS | 570 | 570 (=28) | – | |||
| =28 | – | Mladenka Maleniča |  YUG | 570 | 570 (=28) | – | |||
| =30 | – | Isabelle Héberlé | FRA | 568 | 568 (=30) | – | |||
| =30 | – | Kim Yeong-Mi | KOR | 568 | 568 (=30) | – | |||
| 32 | – | Kyoko Kinoshita |  JPN | 566 | 566 (32) | – | |||
| 33 | – | Carina Jansson | SWE | 564 | 564 (33) | – | |||
| =34 | – | Gaby Bühlmann | SUI | 561 | 561 (=34) | – | |||
| =34 | – | Thiranun Jinda |  THA | 561 | 561 (=34) | – | |||
| 36 | – | Sarah Cooper |  GBR | 557 | 557 (36) | – | |||
| 37 | – | Siri Landsem | NOR | 556 | 556 (37) | – |
Preliminary Round
| Date | 21 September 1988 |
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| 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 | Prone | Kneeling | Standing | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Silvia Sperber | FRG | 590 | 200 | 197 | 193 | 200 (NP) | 197 (NP) | 193 (NP) | ||
| 2 | – | Valentina Cherkasova | URS | 586 | 198 | 195 | 193 | 198 (NP) | 195 (NP) | 193 (NP) | ||
| 3 | – | Anna Malukhina | URS | 585 | 198 | 196 | 191 | 198 (NP) | 196 (NP) | 191 (NP) | ||
| =4 | – | Katja Klepp | GDR | 584 | 199 | 198 | 187 | 199 (NP) | 198 (NP) | 187 (NP) | ||
| =4 | – | Sharon Bowes | CAN | 584 | 196 | 194 | 194 | 196 (NP) | 194 (NP) | 194 (NP) | ||
| =6 | – | Vesela Lecheva | BUL | 583 | 199 | 192 | 192 | 199 (NP) | 192 (NP) | 192 (NP) | ||
| =6 | – | Anita Karlsson | SWE | 583 | 198 | 192 | 193 | 198 (NP) | 192 (NP) | 193 (NP) | ||
| 8 | – | Launi Meili | USA | 582 | 197 | 195 | 190 | 197 (NP) | 195 (NP) | 190 (NP) | ||
| 9 | – | Irene Dufaux | SUI | 581 | 198 | 191 | 192 | 198 (NP) | 191 (NP) | 192 (NP) | ||
| 10 | – | Pirjo Peltola | FIN | 580 | 196 | 196 | 188 | 196 (NP) | 196 (NP) | 188 (NP) | ||
| =11 | – | Nonka Matova | BUL | 580 | 199 | 194 | 187 | 199 (NP) | 194 (NP) | 187 (NP) | ||
| =11 | – | Selma Sonnet | FRG | 580 | 197 | 193 | 190 | 197 (NP) | 193 (NP) | 190 (NP) | ||
| =13 | – | Wanda Jewell | USA | 579 | 197 | 196 | 186 | 197 (NP) | 196 (NP) | 186 (NP) | ||
| =13 | – | May Irene Olsen | NOR | 579 | 196 | 193 | 190 | 196 (NP) | 193 (NP) | 190 (NP) | ||
| =13 | – | Zhang Qiuping | CHN | 579 | 199 | 196 | 184 | 199 (NP) | 196 (NP) | 184 (NP) | ||
| =16 | – | Sylvia Baldessarini | AUT | 578 | 197 | 191 | 190 | 197 (NP) | 191 (NP) | 190 (NP) | ||
| =16 | – | Dagmar Bílková | TCH | 578 | 193 | 196 | 189 | 193 (NP) | 196 (NP) | 189 (NP) | ||
| =16 | – | Lenka Koloušková | TCH | 578 | 199 | 193 | 186 | 199 (NP) | 193 (NP) | 186 (NP) | ||
| 19 | – | Christina Ashcroft | CAN | 577 | 199 | 196 | 182 | 199 (NP) | 196 (NP) | 182 (NP) | ||
| =20 | – | Dorothée Deuring | AUT | 576 | 198 | 194 | 184 | 198 (NP) | 194 (NP) | 184 (NP) | ||
| =20 | – | Éva Joó | HUN | 576 | 198 | 189 | 189 | 198 (NP) | 189 (NP) | 189 (NP) | ||
| =20 | – | Zhou Danhong | CHN | 576 | 198 | 194 | 184 | 198 (NP) | 194 (NP) | 184 (NP) | ||
| =23 | – | Soma Dutta | IND | 575 | 198 | 194 | 183 | 198 (NP) | 194 (NP) | 183 (NP) | ||
| =23 | – | Dominique Esnault | FRA | 575 | 200 | 190 | 185 | 200 (NP) | 190 (NP) | 185 (NP) | ||
| =23 | – | Lee Hye-Gyeong | KOR | 575 | 199 | 189 | 187 | 199 (NP) | 189 (NP) | 187 (NP) | ||
| 26 | – | Éva Fórián | HUN | 573 | 198 | 189 | 186 | 198 (NP) | 189 (NP) | 186 (NP) | ||
| 27 | – | Sirpa Ylönen | FIN | 572 | 197 | 189 | 186 | 197 (NP) | 189 (NP) | 186 (NP) | ||
| =28 | – | Alison Feast | AUS | 570 | 195 | 191 | 184 | 195 (NP) | 191 (NP) | 184 (NP) | ||
| =28 | – | Mladenka Maleniča | YUG | 570 | 193 | 193 | 184 | 193 (NP) | 193 (NP) | 184 (NP) | ||
| =30 | – | Isabelle Héberlé | FRA | 568 | 195 | 190 | 183 | 195 (NP) | 190 (NP) | 183 (NP) | ||
| =30 | – | Kim Yeong-Mi | KOR | 568 | 196 | 187 | 185 | 196 (NP) | 187 (NP) | 185 (NP) | ||
| 32 | – | Kyoko Kinoshita | JPN | 566 | 193 | 189 | 184 | 193 (NP) | 189 (NP) | 184 (NP) | ||
| 33 | – | Carina Jansson | SWE | 564 | 199 | 193 | 172 | 199 (NP) | 193 (NP) | 172 (NP) | ||
| =34 | – | Gaby Bühlmann | SUI | 561 | 195 | 186 | 180 | 195 (NP) | 186 (NP) | 180 (NP) | ||
| =34 | – | Thiranun Jinda | THA | 561 | 194 | 191 | 176 | 194 (NP) | 191 (NP) | 176 (NP) | ||
| 36 | – | Sarah Cooper | GBR | 557 | 198 | 191 | 168 | 198 (NP) | 191 (NP) | 168 (NP) | ||
| 37 | – | Siri Landsem | NOR | 556 | 195 | 182 | 179 | 195 (NP) | 182 (NP) | 179 (NP) |
Final Round
| Date | 21 September 1988 |
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| Format | Top eight from preliminary round advanced to the final round. |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Total Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Silvia Sperber | FRG | 685.6 | ||
| 2 | – | Vesela Lecheva | BUL | 683.2 | ||
| 3 | – | Valentina Cherkasova | URS | 681.4 | ||
| 4 | – | Katja Klepp | GDR | 680.5 | ||
| 5 | – | Sharon Bowes | CAN | 680.5 | ||
| 6 | – | Anna Malukhina | URS | 678.4 | ||
| 7 | – | Launi Meili | USA | 676.5 | ||
| 8 | – | Anita Karlsson | SWE | 676.4 |