Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre rifle three positions
| Women's 50 metre rifle three positions at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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| Venue | National Shooting Center | ||||||||||||
| Date | 11 August 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 37 from 27 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 458.6 OR | ||||||||||||
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Barbara Engleder |
 Germany
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Zhang Binbin |
 China
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Du Li |
China
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The Women's 50 metre rifle three positions event at the 2016 Olympic Games took place on 11 August 2016 at the National Shooting Center.
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 20 shots, all from the standing position. These shots scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
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