Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's skeet

Women's skeet
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney International Shooting Centre
Date21 September 2000
Competitors13 from 11 nations
Winning score98 (OR)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zemfira Meftahatdinova  Azerbaijan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Svetlana Demina  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Diána Igaly  Hungary
2004 →

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]

Records

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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

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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

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Rank Athlete Qual Final Total 5th place
shoot-off
Bronze
shoot-off
Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Zemfira Meftahatdinova (AZE) 73 25 98 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Svetlana Demina (RUS) 70 25 95
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

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  1. ^ "Shooting at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Skeet". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

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