| Date | 20 September 2000 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Sydney International Shooting Centre, Cecil Park, New South Wales |
| Participants | 42 from 28 countries |
Renata Mauer-Różańska had won the air rifle at the 1996 Olympics. She had led the small-bore event after the preliminaries but faltered and won a bronze medal. She was tied for first in 2000 after the preliminary round but was dominant in the final to win by 3.7 points. Two-time world champion Sonja Pfeilschifter had been tied after the preliminaries but struggled in the finals and dropped to fourth place.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Preliminary Round | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1230 | Renata Mauer-Różańska | POL | 585 (=1) | 684.6 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 1243 | Tatyana Goldobina | RUS | 585 (=1) | 680.9 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 1241 | Mariya Feklistova | RUS | 582 (6) | 679.9 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 1142 | Sonja Pfeilschifter | GER | 585 (=1) | 678.5 (4) | |||
| 5 | 1068 | Shan Hong | CHN | 580 (=7) | 676.9 (5) | |||
| 6 | 1098 | Anni Bissø | DEN | 584 (4) | 675.6 (6) | |||
| 7 | 1180 | Olga Dovgun | KAZ | 583 (5) | 674.2 (7) | |||
| 8 | 1302 | Melissa Mulloy | USA | 580 (=7) | 673.7 (8) | |||
| =9 | 1217 | Lindy Hansen | NOR | 579 (=9) | – | |||
| =9 | 1291 | Lesia Leskiv | UKR | 579 (=9) | – | |||
| =11 | 1049 | Vesela Lecheva | BUL | 578 (=11) | – | |||
| =11 | 1041 | Volha Pahrebniak | BLR | 578 (=11) | – | |||
| =11 | 1143 | Alexandra Schneider | GER | 578 (=11) | – | |||
| =14 | 1050 | Nonka Matova | BUL | 577 (=14) | – | |||
| =14 | 1094 | Lucie Valová | CZE | 577 (=14) | – | |||
| 16 | 1070 | Wang Xian | CHN | 576 (16) | – | |||
| =17 | 1129 | Valérie Bellenoue | FRA | 575 (=17) | – | |||
| =17 | 1139 | Petra Horneber | GER | 575 (=17) | – | |||
| =17 | 1269 | Oriana Scheuss | SUI | 575 (=17) | – | |||
| =20 | 1012 | Sue McCready | AUS | 574 (=20) | – | |||
| =20 | 1042 | Iryna Shylava | BLR | 574 (=20) | – | |||
| 22 | 1319 | Aleksandra Ivošev | SCG | 573 (22) | – | |||
| =23 | 1199 | Zorigtyn Batkhuyag | MGL | 572 (=23) | – | |||
| =23 | 1318 | Aranka Binder | SCG | 572 (=23) | – | |||
| =23 | 1268 | Gaby Bühlmann | SUI | 572 (=23) | – | |||
| =26 | 1054 | Sharon Bowes | CAN | 571 (=26) | – | |||
| =26 | 1298 | Jean Foster | USA | 571 (=26) | – | |||
| =26 | 1081 | Mladenka Maleniča | CRO | 571 (=26) | – | |||
| 29 | 1290 | Nataliya Kalnysh | UKR | 568 (29) | – | |||
| =30 | 1309 | Alyona Aksyonova | UZB | 567 (=30) | – | |||
| =30 | 1085 | Eunice Caballero | CUB | 567 (=30) | – | |||
| =30 | 1310 | Yuliya Shakhova | UZB | 567 (=30) | – | |||
| 33 | 1156 | Anjali Ramakanta Vedpathak | IND | 566 (33) | – | |||
| 34 | 1119 | Marina Pons | ESP | 565 (34) | – | |||
| 35 | 1301 | Thrine Kane | USA | 562 (35) | – | |||
| 36 | 1205 | Divna Pešić | MKD | 561 (36) | – | |||
| 37 | 1172 | Hiromi Misaki | JPN | 558 (37) | – | |||
| 38 | 1030 | Sabrina Sultana | BAN | 554 (38) | – | |||
| 39 | 1013 | Carrie Quigley | AUS | 551 (39) | – | |||
| 40 | 1056 | Cari Johnson | CAN | 544 (40) | – | |||
| 41 | 1004 | Amelia Fournel | ARG | 542 (41) | – | |||
| 42 | 1264 | Malini Wickramasinghe | SRI | 528 (42) | – |
| Date | 20 September 2000 — 9:00 |
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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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | 1230 | Renata Mauer-Różańska | POL | 585 | 198 | 195 | 192 | ||
| =1 | 1243 | Tatyana Goldobina | RUS | 585 | 198 | 196 | 191 | ||
| =1 | 1142 | Sonja Pfeilschifter | GER | 585 | 200 | 197 | 188 | ||
| 4 | 1098 | Anni Bissø | DEN | 584 | 199 | 193 | 192 | ||
| 5 | 1180 | Olga Dovgun | KAZ | 583 | 197 | 198 | 188 | ||
| 6 | 1241 | Mariya Feklistova | RUS | 582 | 194 | 196 | 192 | ||
| =7 | 1068 | Shan Hong | CHN | 580 | 198 | 197 | 185 | ||
| =7 | 1302 | Melissa Mulloy | USA | 580 | 197 | 190 | 193 | ||
| =9 | 1217 | Lindy Hansen | NOR | 579 | 197 | 195 | 187 | ||
| =9 | 1291 | Lesia Leskiv | UKR | 579 | 199 | 192 | 188 | ||
| =11 | 1049 | Vesela Lecheva | BUL | 578 | 196 | 194 | 188 | ||
| =11 | 1041 | Volha Pahrebniak | BLR | 578 | 199 | 190 | 189 | ||
| =11 | 1143 | Alexandra Schneider | GER | 578 | 197 | 195 | 186 | ||
| =14 | 1050 | Nonka Matova | BUL | 577 | 199 | 192 | 186 | ||
| =14 | 1094 | Lucie Valová | CZE | 577 | 193 | 192 | 192 | ||
| 16 | 1070 | Wang Xian | CHN | 576 | 197 | 190 | 189 | ||
| =17 | 1129 | Valérie Bellenoue | FRA | 575 | 194 | 192 | 189 | ||
| =17 | 1139 | Petra Horneber | GER | 575 | 197 | 189 | 189 | ||
| =17 | 1269 | Oriana Scheuss | SUI | 575 | 197 | 191 | 187 | ||
| =20 | 1012 | Sue McCready | AUS | 574 | 193 | 194 | 187 | ||
| =20 | 1042 | Iryna Shylava | BLR | 574 | 196 | 193 | 185 | ||
| 22 | 1319 | Aleksandra Ivošev | SCG | 573 | 197 | 191 | 185 | ||
| =23 | 1199 | Zorigtyn Batkhuyag | MGL | 572 | 194 | 191 | 187 | ||
| =23 | 1318 | Aranka Binder | SCG | 572 | 196 | 189 | 187 | ||
| =23 | 1268 | Gaby Bühlmann | SUI | 572 | 196 | 183 | 193 | ||
| =26 | 1054 | Sharon Bowes | CAN | 571 | 196 | 190 | 185 | ||
| =26 | 1298 | Jean Foster | USA | 571 | 198 | 188 | 185 | ||
| =26 | 1081 | Mladenka Maleniča | CRO | 571 | 196 | 192 | 183 | ||
| 29 | 1290 | Nataliya Kalnysh | UKR | 568 | 197 | 194 | 177 | ||
| =30 | 1309 | Alyona Aksyonova | UZB | 567 | 194 | 188 | 185 | ||
| =30 | 1085 | Eunice Caballero | CUB | 567 | 188 | 193 | 186 | ||
| =30 | 1310 | Yuliya Shakhova | UZB | 567 | 192 | 188 | 187 | ||
| 33 | 1156 | Anjali Ramakanta Vedpathak | IND | 566 | 196 | 185 | 185 | ||
| 34 | 1119 | Marina Pons | ESP | 565 | 187 | 190 | 188 | ||
| 35 | 1301 | Thrine Kane | USA | 562 | 188 | 191 | 183 | ||
| 36 | 1205 | Divna Pešić | MKD | 561 | 190 | 181 | 190 | ||
| 37 | 1172 | Hiromi Misaki | JPN | 558 | 197 | 180 | 181 | ||
| 38 | 1030 | Sabrina Sultana | BAN | 554 | 189 | 189 | 176 | ||
| 39 | 1013 | Carrie Quigley | AUS | 551 | 198 | 179 | 174 | ||
| 40 | 1056 | Cari Johnson | CAN | 544 | 193 | 183 | 168 | ||
| 41 | 1004 | Amelia Fournel | ARG | 542 | 188 | 177 | 177 | ||
| 42 | 1264 | Malini Wickramasinghe | SRI | 528 | 191 | 165 | 172 |
| Date | 20 September 2000 — 12:15 |
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| Format | Top eight from preliminary round advanced to the final round. |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Total Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1230 | Renata Mauer-Różańska | POL | 684.6 | ||
| 2 | 1243 | Tatyana Goldobina | RUS | 680.9 | ||
| 3 | 1241 | Mariya Feklistova | RUS | 679.9 | ||
| 4 | 1142 | Sonja Pfeilschifter | GER | 678.5 | ||
| 5 | 1068 | Shan Hong | CHN | 676.9 | ||
| 6 | 1098 | Anni Bissø | DEN | 675.6 | ||
| 7 | 1180 | Olga Dovgun | KAZ | 674.2 | ||
| 8 | 1302 | Melissa Mulloy | USA | 673.7 |