At the 2000 Summer Olympics, women's skeet shooting was included for the first time. The competition was held on 21 September, with Zemfira Meftahatdinova 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.[1]
| 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 | |||||||||||||
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Records edit
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 edit
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Score | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zemfira Meftahatdinova |  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 Stranovská |  Slovakia
|
67 |
OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final
Final edit
| Rank | Athlete | Qual | Final | Total | 5th place shoot-off |
Bronze shoot-off |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Zemfira Meftahatdinova (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 edit
- ^ "Shooting at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Skeet". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
Sources edit
- Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad — Shooting (PDF). Retrieved 2008-09-06.