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Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air pistol

Women's 10 metre air pistol
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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Aerial view of the National Shooting Center in Deodoro, where the Women's 10 metre air pistol took place.
Venue National Shooting Center
Date 7 August 2016
Competitors 44 from 33 nations
Winning score 199.4 OR
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Zhang Mengxue  China
2nd, silver medalist(s) Vitalina Batsarashkina  Russia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Anna Korakaki  Greece
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1st, gold medalist(s) Zhang Mengxue  China
2nd, silver medalist(s) Vitalina Batsarashkina  Russia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Anna Korakaki  Greece

The Women's 10 metre air pistol event at the 2016 Olympic Games took place on 7 August 2016 at the National Shooting Center.

The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 40 shots with an air pistol at 10 metres distance. 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 20 shots. These shots scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9.

The medals were presented by Barbara Kendall, IOC member, New Zealand and Gary Anderson, Vice President of the International Shooting Sport Federation.

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


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