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, who thus won the first Sydney gold medal for the

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Records

The existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

Qualification round

−2p 2 points deducted (scoring protest turned down) – EOR Equalled Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's 10 metre air rifle Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olymp Women's events at the 2000 Summer Olympics