# Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre rifle three positions

The women's 50 metre rifle three positions competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on 20 September. The qualification round, consisting of 20 shots from each position, was fired between 09:00 and 11:30 Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10), and the final round of 10 additional shots standing at 12:15.

## Records

The existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
Qualification records :
| World record | Vessela Letcheva (BUL) | 592 | Munich, Germany | 15 June 1995 |
| Olympic record | Renata Mauer (POL) | 589 | Atlanta, United States | 24 July 1996 |
Final records :
| World record | Vessela Letcheva (BUL) | 689.7 (592+97.7) | Munich, Germany | 15 June 1995 |
| Olympic record | Aleksandra Ivosev (YUG) | 686.1 | Atlanta, United States | 24 July 1996 |

## Qualification round

| Rank | Athlete | Country | Prone | Stand | Kneel | Total | Notes |
| 1 | Sonja Pfeilschifter | Germany | 200 | 188 | 197 | 585 | Q |
| 2 | Tatiana Goldobina | Russia | 198 | 191 | 196 | 585 | Q |
| 3 | Renata Mauer | Poland | 198 | 192 | 195 | 585 | Q |
| 4 | Anni Bisso | Denmark | 199 | 192 | 193 | 584 | Q |
| 5 | Olga Dovgun | Kazakhstan | 197 | 188 | 198 | 583 | Q |
| 6 | Maria Feklistova | Russia | 194 | 192 | 196 | 582 | Q |
| 7 | Shan Hong | China | 198 | 185 | 197 | 580 | Q |
| 8 | Melissa Mulloy | United States | 197 | 193 | 190 | 580 | Q |
| 9 | Lindy Hansen | Norway | 197 | 187 | 195 | 579 | |
| 9 | Lessia Leskiv | Ukraine | 199 | 188 | 192 | 579 | |
| 11 | Vessela Letcheva | Bulgaria | 196 | 188 | 194 | 578 | |
| 11 | Olga Pogrebnyak | Belarus | 199 | 189 | 190 | 578 | |
| 11 | Alexandra Schneider | Germany | 197 | 186 | 195 | 578 | |
| 14 | Nonka Matova | Bulgaria | 199 | 186 | 192 | 577 | |
| 14 | Lucie Valová | Czech Republic | 193 | 192 | 192 | 577 | |
| 16 | Wang Xian | China | 197 | 189 | 190 | 576 | |
| 17 | Valérie Bellenoue | France | 194 | 189 | 192 | 575 | |
| 17 | Petra Horneber | Germany | 197 | 189 | 189 | 575 | |
| 17 | Oriana Scheuss | Switzerland | 197 | 187 | 191 | 575 | |
| 20 | Sue McCready | Australia | 193 | 187 | 194 | 574 | |
| 20 | Irina Shilova | Belarus | 196 | 185 | 193 | 574 | |
| 22 | Aleksandra Ivosev | FR Yugoslavia | 197 | 185 | 191 | 573 | |
| 23 | Batkhuyagyn Zorigt | Mongolia | 194 | 187 | 191 | 572 | |
| 23 | Aranka Binder | FR Yugoslavia | 196 | 187 | 189 | 572 | |
| 23 | Gaby Bühlmann | Switzerland | 196 | 193 | 183 | 572 | |
| 26 | Sharon Bowes | Canada | 196 | 185 | 190 | 571 | |
| 26 | Jean Foster | United States | 198 | 185 | 188 | 571 | |
| 26 | Mladenka Maleniča | Croatia | 196 | 183 | 192 | 571 | |
| 29 | Natallia Kalnysh | Ukraine | 197 | 177 | 194 | 568 | |
| 30 | Alyona Aksyonova | Uzbekistan | 194 | 185 | 188 | 567 | |
| 30 | Eunice Caballero | Cuba | 188 | 186 | 193 | 567 | |
| 30 | Yuliya Shakhova | Uzbekistan | 192 | 187 | 188 | 567 | |
| 33 | Anjali Vedpathak | India | 196 | 185 | 185 | 566 | |
| 34 | Marina Pons | Spain | 187 | 188 | 190 | 565 | |
| 35 | Thrine Kane | United States | 188 | 183 | 191 | 562 | |
| 36 | Divna Pešić | Macedonia | 190 | 190 | 181 | 561 | |
| 37 | Hiromi Misaki | Japan | 197 | 181 | 180 | 558 | |
| 38 | Sabrina Sultana | Bangladesh | 189 | 176 | 189 | 554 | |
| 39 | Carrie Quigley | Australia | 198 | 174 | 179 | 551 | |
| 40 | Cari Johnson | Canada | 193 | 168 | 183 | 544 | |
| 41 | Amelia Rosa Fournel | Argentina | 188 | 177 | 177 | 542 | |
| 42 | Malini Wickramasinghe | Sri Lanka | 191 | 172 | 165 | 528 | |
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## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Qual | Final | Total |
| | Renata Mauer (POL) | 585 | 99.6 | 684.6 |
| | Tatiana Goldobina (RUS) | 585 | 95.9 | 680.9 |
| | Maria Feklistova (RUS) | 582 | 97.9 | 679.9 |
| 4 | Sonja Pfeilschifter (GER) | 585 | 93.5 | 678.5 |
| 5 | Shan Hong (CHN) | 580 | 96.9 | 676.9 |
| 6 | Anni Bisso (DEN) | 584 | 91.6 | 675.6 |
| 7 | Olga Dovgun (KAZ) | 583 | 91.2 | 674.2 |
| 8 | Melissa Mulloy (USA) | 580 | 93.7 | 673.7 |