Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air rifle
| Women's 10 metre air rifle at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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View down the shooting range at the National Shooting Center, during the Women's 10 metre air rifle.
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| Venue | National Shooting Center | ||||||||||||
| Date | 6 August 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 51 from 37 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 208.0 OR | ||||||||||||
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Virginia Thrasher |
 United States
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Du Li |
 China
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Yi Siling |
China
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The women's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place on 6 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 rifle at 10 metres distance from the standing position. 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.
19 year-old shooter Virginia Thrasher won the event with the score of 208.0, breaking the Olympic record and became the first gold-medalist of 2016 Summer Olympics
The medals were presented by Thomas Bach, IOC President and Olegario Vázquez Raña, President of the International Shooting Sport Federation.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
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