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Shooting at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games:

Women's Air Rifle, 10 metres

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Host City: Seoul, South Korea
Venue(s): Taeneung International Shooting Range, Seoul
Date Started: September 18, 1988
Date Finished: September 18, 1988

Gold: URS Irina Shilova
Silver: FRG Silvia Sperber
Bronze: URS Anna Malukhina

Summary

The favorite was Bulgarian Vesela Lecheva who was the defending World Champion and the world record holder. A media favorite because of her looks, she struggled in this event and would finish only tied for 17th. After the preliminary round three shooters were tied for first – Irina Shilova (URS), Zhang Qiuping (CHN), and Launi Meili (USA). But both Zhang and Meili shot poorly in the final and dropped out of the medals. Shilova fired 103.5 in the final round to win the gold medal, holding off Germany’s Sylvia Sperber, who had the highest final round with 104.5 and won the silver.

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal TP
1 Irina Shilova 20 Soviet Union URS Gold 498.5
2 Silvia Sperber 23 West Germany FRG Silver 497.5
3 Anna Malukhina 29 Soviet Union URS Bronze 495.8
4 Zhang Qiuping 24 China CHN 494.7
5 Pirjo Peltola 27 Finland FIN 493.6
6 Launi Meili 25 United States USA 493.3
7 Sharon Bowes 22 Canada CAN 493.1
8 Gaby Bühlmann 24 Switzerland SUI 493.0
9 Sylvia Baldessarini 17 Austria AUT 393
10 Deena Wigger 22 United States USA 392
11 Éva Joó 18 Hungary HUN 392
12T Éva Fórián 28 Hungary HUN 391
12T Gang Hye-Ja 22 South Korea KOR 391
12T Nonka Matova 33 Bulgaria BUL 391
15T Irene Dufaux 27 Switzerland SUI 390
15T Li Dan 26 China CHN 390
17T Carmen Giese 23 West Germany FRG 389
17T Vesela Lecheva 24 Bulgaria BUL 389
17T Yoko Minamoto 21 Japan JPN 389
20T Dominique Auprètre 30 France FRA 388
20T Valérie Malet 20 France FRA 388
22T Christina Schulze-Ashcroft 24 Canada CAN 387
22T Alison Feast 22 Australia AUS 387
22T Carina Jansson 22 Sweden SWE 387
22T Lenka Koloušková 21 Czechoslovakia TCH 387
22T Mladenka Maleniča 16 Yugoslavia YUG 387
22T Anne Grethe Stormorken 19 Netherlands NED 387
28T Karin Biva 26 Belgium BEL 386
28T Zeynep Oka 22 Turkey TUR 386
30T Dagmar Bílková 21 Czechoslovakia TCH 385
30T Soma Dutta 20 India IND 385
30T Lee Mi-Gyeong 19 South Korea KOR 385
33T Sarah Cooper 39 Great Britain GBR 383
33T Anita Karlsson 22 Sweden SWE 383
33T Barbara Troger 21 Austria AUT 383
36 Siri Landsem 23 Norway NOR 382
37 Katja Klepp 20 East Germany GDR 381
38 Kyoko Kinoshita 25 Japan JPN 380
39T Liou Yuh-Ju 25 Chinese Taipei TPE 379
39T May Irene Olsen 32 Norway NOR 379
41T Sirpa Ylönen 31 Finland FIN 377
41T Flavia Zanfra 30 Italy ITA 377
43T Fabienne Diato-Pasetti 22 Monaco MON 375
43T Parvati Thapa Nepal NEP 375
45 Jeanne Lopes 41 Netherlands Antilles AHO 364