Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre rifle three positions

Women's 50 metre rifle three positions
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue Wolf Creek Shooting Complex
Competitors 38 from 21 nations
Winning score 686.1 (OR)
Medalists
  Aleksandra Ivošev   Yugoslavia
  Irina Gerasimenok   Russia
  Renata Mauer   Poland
«1992 2000»
Shooting at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Rifle
50 m rifle three positions men women
50 m rifle prone men
10 m air rifle   men   women
Pistol
50 m pistol men
25 m pistol women
25 m rapid fire pistol men
10 m air pistol men women
Shotgun
Trap men
Double trap men women
Skeet men
Running target
10 m running target men

Women's 50 metre rifle three positions (then known as standard rifle) was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Renata Mauer, who had won the air rifle competitions a few days earlier, set a new Olympic record of 589 points in the qualification round, but failed to win the double as she was surpassed in the final by Aleksandra Ivošev, winning on the final Olympic record score of 686.1, and Irina Gerasimenok.

Qualification round

Rank Athlete Country Prone Stand Kneel Total Notes
1 Renata Mauer Poland 200 192 197 589 Q OR
2 Aleksandra Ivošev Yugoslavia 199 193 195 587 Q
3 Irina Gerasimenok Russia 196 194 195 585 Q
4 Nonka Matova Bulgaria 197 191 196 584 Q
4 Kirsten Obel Germany 200 194 190 584 Q
6 Elizabeth Bourland United States 195 194 194 583 Q
6 Kong Hyun-ah South Korea 198 191 194 583 Q
8 Tetyana Nesterova Ukraine 197 191 193 581 Q
9 Gaby Bühlmann Switzerland 199 192 188 579
9 Petra Horneber Germany 197 189 193 579
9 Lesya Leskiv Ukraine 199 185 195 579
12 Jean Foster United States 197 187 194 578
12 Lindy Hansen Norway 197 191 190 578
12 Vessela Letcheva Bulgaria 195 188 195 578
12 Marta Nedvedova Czech Republic 197 190 191 578
12 Suzana Skoko Croatia 192 194 192 578
17 Irina Chilova Belarus 197 188 192 577
17 Olga Pogrebniak Belarus 197 186 194 577
17 Zhang Qiuping China 197 188 192 577
20 Chen Muhua China 197 188 191 576
20 Eva Joo Hungary 197 190 189 576
22 Dagmar Bilkova Czech Republic 198 187 189 574
22 Aranka Binder Yugoslavia 197 189 188 574
22 Anni Bisso Denmark 194 190 190 574
22 Sabina Fuchs Switzerland 196 186 192 574
26 Anna Maloukhina Russia 193 186 194 573
26 Yoko Minamoto Japan 196 183 194 573
28 Mladenka Malenica Croatia 196 190 186 572
29 Sara Antunes Portugal 195 185 191 571
30 Jarintorn Dangpiam Thailand 193 183 194 570
30 Eva Forian Hungary 191 188 191 570
32 Carla Ribeiro Portugal 197 180 191 568
32 Weon Gyung-sook South Korea 194 185 189 568
34 Hanne Vataker Norway 195 185 186 566
35 Malini Wickramasinghe Sri Lanka 195 193 177 565
36 Pushpamali Ramanayake Sri Lanka 194 188 182 564
37 Malgorzata Ksiazkiewicz Poland 194 181 188 563
38 Cristina Antolin Spain 189 186 182 557

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

Rank Athlete Qual Final Total Notes
 Aleksandra Ivošev (YUG) 587 99.1 686.1 OR
 Irina Gerasimenok (RUS) 585 95.1 680.1
 Renata Mauer (POL) 589 90.8 679.8
4  Kirsten Obel (GER) 584 95.2 679.2
5  Nonka Matova (BUL) 584 94.8 678.8
6  Kong Hyun-ah (KOR) 583 92.8 675.8
7  Elizabeth Bourland (USA) 583 91.0 675.0
8  Tetyana Nesterova (UKR) 581 92.3 673.3

OR Olympic record

References