# Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre rifle three positions

Women's 50 metre rifle three positions (then known as standard rifle) was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Renata Mauer, who had won the air rifle competitions a few days earlier, set a new Olympic record of 589 points in the qualification round, but failed to win the double as she was surpassed in the final by Aleksandra Ivošev, winning on the final Olympic record score of 686.1, and Irina Gerasimenok.

## Qualification round

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Prone | Stand | Kneel | Total | Notes |
| 1 | Renata Mauer | Poland | 200 | 192 | 197 | 589 | Q OR |
| 2 | Aleksandra Ivošev | FR Yugoslavia | 199 | 193 | 195 | 587 | Q |
| 3 | Irina Gerasimenok | Russia | 196 | 194 | 195 | 585 | Q |
| 4 | Nonka Matova | Bulgaria | 197 | 191 | 196 | 584 | Q |
| 4 | Kirsten Obel | Germany | 200 | 194 | 190 | 584 | Q |
| 6 | Elizabeth Bourland | United States | 195 | 194 | 194 | 583 | Q |
| 6 | Kong Hyun-ah | South Korea | 198 | 191 | 194 | 583 | Q |
| 8 | Tetyana Nesterova | Ukraine | 197 | 191 | 193 | 581 | Q |
| 9 | Gaby Bühlmann | Switzerland | 199 | 192 | 188 | 579 | |
| 9 | Petra Horneber | Germany | 197 | 189 | 193 | 579 | |
| 9 | Lessia Leskiv | Ukraine | 199 | 185 | 195 | 579 | |
| 12 | Jean Foster | United States | 197 | 187 | 194 | 578 | |
| 12 | Lindy Hansen | Norway | 197 | 191 | 190 | 578 | |
| 12 | Vessela Letcheva | Bulgaria | 195 | 188 | 195 | 578 | |
| 12 | Marta Nedvedova | Czech Republic | 197 | 190 | 191 | 578 | |
| 12 | Suzana Skoko | Croatia | 192 | 194 | 192 | 578 | |
| 17 | Irina Shilova | Belarus | 197 | 188 | 192 | 577 | |
| 17 | Olga Pogrebniak | Belarus | 197 | 186 | 194 | 577 | |
| 17 | Zhang Qiuping | China | 197 | 188 | 192 | 577 | |
| 20 | Chen Muhua | China | 197 | 188 | 191 | 576 | |
| 20 | Éva Joó | Hungary | 197 | 190 | 189 | 576 | |
| 22 | Dagmar Bilkova | Czech Republic | 198 | 187 | 189 | 574 | |
| 22 | Aranka Binder | FR Yugoslavia | 197 | 189 | 188 | 574 | |
| 22 | Anni Bisso | Denmark | 194 | 190 | 190 | 574 | |
| 22 | Sabina Fuchs | Switzerland | 196 | 186 | 192 | 574 | |
| 26 | Anna Maloukhina | Russia | 193 | 186 | 194 | 573 | |
| 26 | Yoko Minamoto | Japan | 196 | 183 | 194 | 573 | |
| 28 | Mladenka Malenica | Croatia | 196 | 190 | 186 | 572 | |
| 29 | Sara Antunes | Portugal | 195 | 185 | 191 | 571 | |
| 30 | Jarintorn Dangpiam | Thailand | 193 | 183 | 194 | 570 | |
| 30 | Eva Forian | Hungary | 191 | 188 | 191 | 570 | |
| 32 | Carla Ribeiro | Portugal | 197 | 180 | 191 | 568 | |
| 32 | Won Gyeong-suk | South Korea | 194 | 185 | 189 | 568 | |
| 34 | Hanne Vataker | Norway | 195 | 185 | 186 | 566 | |
| 35 | Malini Wickramasinghe | Sri Lanka | 195 | 193 | 177 | 565 | |
| 36 | Pushpamali Ramanayake | Sri Lanka | 194 | 188 | 182 | 564 | |
| 37 | Malgorzata Książkiewicz | Poland | 194 | 181 | 188 | 563 | |
| 38 | Cristina Antolin | Spain | 189 | 186 | 182 | 557 | |
OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Qual | Final | Total | Notes |
| | Aleksandra Ivošev (YUG) | 587 | 99.1 | 686.1 | OR |
| | Irina Gerasimenok (RUS) | 585 | 95.1 | 680.1 | |
| | Renata Mauer (POL) | 589 | 90.8 | 679.8 | |
| 4 | Kirsten Obel (GER) | 584 | 95.2 | 679.2 | |
| 5 | Nonka Matova (BUL) | 584 | 94.8 | 678.8 | |
| 6 | Kong Hyun-ah (KOR) | 583 | 92.8 | 675.8 | |
| 7 | Elizabeth Bourland (USA) | 583 | 91.0 | 674.0 | |
| 8 | Tetyana Nesterova (UKR) | 581 | 92.3 | 673.3 | |
OR Olympic record