Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's skeet

Women's skeet
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney International Shooting Centre
Date 21 September 2000
Competitors 13 from 11 nations
Winning score 98 (OR)
Medalists
    Azerbaijan
    Russia
    Hungary
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Shooting at the
2000 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 women
Double trap men women
Skeet men women
Running target
10 m running target men

At the 2000 Summer Olympics, women's skeet shooting was included for the first time. The competition was held on 21 September, with Zemfira Meftakhetdinova becoming the inaugural champion. The only woman to previously win a skeet competition at the Olympics, Zhang Shan (who won the 1992 competition open to both men and women) participated but did not reach the final.

Contents

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

Qualification records
World record  Svetlana Demina (RUS) 75 Kumamoto, Japan 1 June 1999
Olympic record New event
Final records
World record  Svetlana Demina (RUS) 99 (75+24) Kumamoto, Japan 1 June 1999
Olympic record New event

Qualification round

Rank Athlete Country Score Notes
1 Zemfira Meftakhetdinova Azerbaijan 73 Q OR
2 Diána Igaly Hungary 71 Q
3 Cindy Shenberger United States 70 Q
4 Erdzhanik Avetisyan Russia 70 Q
4 Tash Lonsdale Australia 70 Q
6 Svetlana Demina Russia 70 Q
7 Kim Rhode United States 69
8 Zhang Shan China 69
9 Kim Myong-hwa North Korea 69
9 Sophia Miaouli Cyprus 69
11 Maarit Lepomäki Finland 68
11 Cristina Vitali Italy 68
13 Andrea Stranovska Slovakia 67

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

Rank Athlete Qual Final Total 5th place
shoot-off
Bronze
shoot-off
Notes
 Zemfira Meftakhetdinova (AZE) 73 25 98 OR
 Svetlana Demina (RUS) 70 25 95
 Diána Igaly (HUN) 71 22 93 4
4  Tash Lonsdale (AUS) 70 23 93 3
5  Cindy Shenberger (USA) 70 22 92 6
6  Erdzhanik Avetisyan (RUS) 70 22 92 5

OR Olympic record

References