Competitors 56 from 41 nations Date 28 July 2012 | Winning score 502.9 Venue Royal Artillery Barracks | |
Location Royal Artillery Barracks, London, United Kingdom | ||
The Women's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2012 Olympic Games took place on 28 July 2012 at the Royal Artillery Barracks.
The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 40 shots with an air rifle at 10 metres distance from the standing position. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10.
The top 8 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired an additional 10 shots. These shots scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 50 shots was used to determine final ranking.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
References
Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air rifle Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA