Women's

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was one of the fifteen shooting events at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. Olga Klochneva won the event on a new Olympic record, and the defending champion,

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, completed the

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double by defeating

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in a shoot-off for the silver medal.

Qualification round

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

OR Olympic record

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's 10 metre air pistol Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olymp Shoo