Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's skeet

Women's skeet at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney International Shooting Centre
Date	21 September 2000
Competitors	13 from 11 nations
Winning score	98 (OR)
Medalists
Zemfira Meftahatdinova   Azerbaijan   Svetlana Demina   Russia   Diána Igaly   Hungary

Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Rifle
50 m rifle three positions		men		women
50 m rifle prone		men
10 m air rifle		men		women
Pistol
50 m pistol		men
25 m pistol				women
25 m rapid fire pistol		men
10 m air pistol		men		women
Shotgun
Trap		men		women
Double trap		men		women
Skeet		men		women
Running target
10 m running target		men

At the 2000 Summer Olympics, women's skeet shooting was included for the first time. The competition was held on 21 September, with Zemfira Meftahatdinova becoming the inaugural champion. The only woman to previously win a skeet competition at the Olympics, Zhang Shan (who won the 1992 competition open to both men and women) participated but did not reach the final.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

Qualification records
World record	Svetlana Demina (RUS)	75	Kumamoto, Japan	1 June 1999
Olympic record	New event	—

Final records
World record	Svetlana Demina (RUS)	99 (75+24)	Kumamoto, Japan	1 June 1999
Olympic record	New event	—

Qualification round

Rank	Athlete	Country	Score	Notes
1	Zemfira Meftahatdinova	Azerbaijan	73	Q OR
2	Diána Igaly	Hungary	71	Q
3	Cindy Shenberger	United States	70	Q
4	Erdzhanik Avetisyan	Russia	70	Q
4	Tash Lonsdale	Australia	70	Q
6	Svetlana Demina	Russia	70	Q
7	Kim Rhode	United States	69
8	Zhang Shan	China	69
9	Kim Myong-hwa	North Korea	69
9	Sophia Miaouli	Cyprus	69
11	Maarit Lepomäki	Finland	68
11	Cristina Vitali	Italy	68
13	Andrea Stranovská	Slovakia	67

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

Rank	Athlete	Qual	Final	Total	5th place shoot-off	Bronze shoot-off	Notes
01 !	Zemfira Meftahatdinova (AZE)	73	25	98			OR
02 !	Svetlana Demina (RUS)	70	25	95
03 !	Diána Igaly (HUN)	71	22	93		4
4	Tash Lonsdale (AUS)	70	23	93		3
5	Cindy Shenberger (USA)	70	22	92	6
6	Erdzhanik Avetisyan (RUS)	70	22	92	5

OR Olympic record

References