Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre rifle three positions
# Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre rifle three positions

The Women's 50 metre rifle three positions event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 14 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall.

The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 60 shots with a .22 Long Rifle at 50 metres distance. 20 shots were fired each from the standing, kneeling, and prone positions. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10.

The top 8 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired an additional 10 shots, all from the standing position. These shots scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 70 shots was used to determine final ranking.

## Records

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

Qualification records :

| World record | Sonja Pfeilschifter (GER) | 594 | Munich, Germany | 28 May 2006 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic record | Renata Mauer (POL) | 589 | Atlanta, United States | 24 July 1996 |

Final records :

| World record | Sonja Pfeilschifter (GER) | 698.0 (594+104.0) | Munich, Germany | 28 May 2006 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympic record | Lioubov Galkina (RUS) | 688.4 (587+101.4) | Athens, Greece | 20 August 2004 |

## Qualification round

| Rank | Athlete | Country | 1 | 2 | PR | 3 | 4 | ST | 5 | 6 | KN | Total | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Du Li | China | 99 | 97 | 196 | 97 | 97 | 194 | 100 | 99 | 199 | 589 | Q EOR |
| 2 | Eglis Yaima Cruz | Cuba | 99 | 100 | 199 | 97 | 96 | 193 | 98 | 98 | 196 | 588 | Q |
| 3 | Olga Dovgun | Kazakhstan | 100 | 100 | 200 | 97 | 95 | 192 | 98 | 98 | 196 | 588 | Q |
| 4 | Lidija Mihajlović | Serbia | 99 | 100 | 199 | 96 | 95 | 191 | 97 | 99 | 196 | 586 | Q |
| 5 | Jamie Beyerle | United States | 98 | 100 | 198 | 93 | 98 | 191 | 99 | 98 | 197 | 586 | Q |
| 6 | Kateřina Emmons | Czech Republic | 100 | 97 | 197 | 96 | 98 | 194 | 97 | 98 | 195 | 586 | Q |
| 7 | Wu Liuxi | China | 99 | 100 | 199 | 96 | 96 | 192 | 98 | 96 | 194 | 585 | Q |
| 8 | Lioubov Galkina | Russia | 97 | 100 | 197 | 96 | 98 | 194 | 99 | 95 | 194 | 585 | Q |
| 9 | Barbara Lechner | Germany | 95 | 97 | 192 | 97 | 98 | 195 | 100 | 95 | 195 | 582 | |
| 10 | Sylwia Bogacka | Poland | 97 | 99 | 196 | 96 | 98 | 194 | 97 | 95 | 192 | 582 | |
| 11 | Agnieszka Staron | Poland | 96 | 99 | 195 | 95 | 97 | 192 | 96 | 98 | 194 | 581 | |
| 12 | Suzana Cimbal Špirelja | Croatia | 100 | 99 | 199 | 96 | 96 | 192 | 96 | 93 | 189 | 580 | |
| 13 | Laurence Brize | France | 99 | 100 | 199 | 91 | 95 | 186 | 95 | 99 | 194 | 579 | |
| 14 | Marjo Yli-Kiikka | Finland | 97 | 99 | 196 | 97 | 95 | 192 | 95 | 96 | 191 | 579 | |
| 15 | Valentina Turisini | Italy | 100 | 99 | 199 | 94 | 96 | 190 | 95 | 95 | 190 | 579 | |
| 16 | Esmari van Reenen | South Africa | 100 | 98 | 198 | 94 | 89 | 183 | 97 | 100 | 197 | 578 | |
| 17 | Sonja Pfeilschifter | Germany | 98 | 97 | 195 | 95 | 94 | 189 | 96 | 98 | 194 | 578 | |
| 18 | Tatiana Goldobina | Russia | 98 | 98 | 196 | 94 | 95 | 189 | 96 | 97 | 193 | 578 | |
| 19 | Adéla Sýkorová | Czech Republic | 97 | 100 | 197 | 94 | 96 | 190 | 95 | 96 | 191 | 578 | |
| 20 | Daria Shytko | Ukraine | 98 | 99 | 197 | 91 | 93 | 184 | 97 | 99 | 196 | 577 | |
| 21 | Sandra Fong | United States | 97 | 99 | 196 | 92 | 93 | 185 | 98 | 98 | 196 | 577 | |
| 22 | Daniela Peskova | Slovakia | 100 | 99 | 198 | 94 | 92 | 186 | 95 | 98 | 193 | 577 | |
| 23 | Irene Beyeler | Switzerland | 97 | 98 | 195 | 97 | 91 | 188 | 98 | 96 | 194 | 577 | |
| 24 | Hanna Etula | Finland | 98 | 98 | 196 | 96 | 95 | 191 | 94 | 96 | 190 | 577 | |
| 25 | Annik Marguet | Switzerland | 98 | 99 | 197 | 93 | 96 | 189 | 96 | 94 | 190 | 577 | |
| 26 | Snježana Pejčić | Croatia | 98 | 99 | 197 | 94 | 98 | 192 | 93 | 94 | 187 | 576 | |
| 27 | Gyda Ellefsplass Olssen | Norway | 98 | 97 | 195 | 95 | 95 | 190 | 94 | 96 | 190 | 575 | |
| 28 | Desislava Balabanova | Bulgaria | 97 | 94 | 191 | 97 | 94 | 191 | 95 | 97 | 192 | 574 | |
| 29 | Kristina Vestveit | Norway | 99 | 99 | 198 | 94 | 92 | 186 | 95 | 94 | 189 | 573 | |
| 30 | Elena Kuznetsova | Uzbekistan | 96 | 96 | 192 | 94 | 97 | 191 | 98 | 92 | 190 | 573 | |
| 31 | Natallia Kalnysh | Ukraine | 96 | 98 | 194 | 92 | 93 | 185 | 95 | 97 | 192 | 571 | |
| 32 | Anjali Bhagwat | India | 94 | 97 | 191 | 93 | 96 | 189 | 96 | 95 | 191 | 571 | |
| 33 | Zorigtyn Batkhuyag | Mongolia | 99 | 95 | 194 | 89 | 92 | 181 | 98 | 97 | 195 | 570 | |
| 34 | Kim Yoo-Yeon | South Korea | 95 | 98 | 193 | 91 | 90 | 181 | 97 | 98 | 195 | 569 | |
| 35 | Thanyalak Chotphibunsin | Thailand | 100 | 100 | 200 | 85 | 93 | 178 | 93 | 98 | 191 | 569 | |
| 36 | Natalia Zamora | Mexico | 97 | 96 | 193 | 96 | 94 | 190 | 91 | 95 | 186 | 569 | |
| 37 | Anita Toth | Hungary | 96 | 98 | 194 | 94 | 93 | 187 | 95 | 93 | 188 | 569 | |
| 38 | Marie Laure Gigon | France | 96 | 96 | 192 | 93 | 91 | 184 | 96 | 96 | 192 | 568 | |
| 39 | Diliana Méndez | Venezuela | 94 | 99 | 192 | 96 | 92 | 188 | 94 | 94 | 188 | 568 | |
| 40 | Robyn van Nus | Australia | 96 | 96 | 192 | 90 | 93 | 183 | 95 | 96 | 191 | 566 | |
| 41 | Sasithorn Hongprasert | Thailand | 95 | 96 | 191 | 89 | 95 | 185 | 95 | 95 | 190 | 565 | |
| 42 | Avneet Kaur Sidhu | India | 95 | 95 | 190 | 90 | 93 | 183 | 87 | 92 | 179 | 552 | |
| 43 | Susan McCready | Australia | 98 | 97 | 195 | 87 | 85 | 172 | 91 | 92 | 183 | 550 | |

EOR Equalled Olympic record – KN Kneeling position – PR Prone position – Q Qualified for final – ST Standing position

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Qual | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final | Total | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Du Li (CHN) | 589 | 8.7 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.8 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 101.3 | 690.3 | OR |
| | Kateřina Emmons (CZE) | 586 | 10.7 | 10.1 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 101.7 | 687.7 | |
| | Eglis Yaima Cruz (CUB) | 588 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 10.7 | 9.5 | 99.6 | 687.6 | |
| 4 | Lioubov Galkina (RUS) | 585 | 10.5 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 9.1 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 10.3 | 102.4 | 687.4 | |
| 5 | Jamie Beyerle (USA) | 586 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 10.4 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 8.7 | 100.9 | 686.9 | |
| 6 | Olga Dovgun (KAZ) | 588 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 8.7 | 9.5 | 10.2 | 98.3 | 686.3 | |
| 7 | Lidija Mihajlović (SRB) | 586 | 10.8 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 9.4 | 9.9 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 100.0 | 686.0 | |
| 8 | Wu Liuxi (CHN) | 585 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 100.9 | 685.9 | |

OR Olympic record

