Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre rifle three positions

Women's 50 metre rifle three positions at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Wolf Creek Shooting Complex
Competitors	38 from 21 nations
Winning score	686.1 (OR)
Medalists
Aleksandra Ivošev 23x15px Yugoslavia Irina Gerasimenok  Russia Renata Mauer  Poland

Shooting at the 1996 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
Double trap		men		women
Skeet		men
Running target
10 m running target		men

Women's 50 metre rifle three positions (then known as standard rifle) was one of the fifteen shooting events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Renata Mauer, who had won the air rifle competitions a few days earlier, set a new Olympic record of 589 points in the qualification round, but failed to win the double as she was surpassed in the final by Aleksandra Ivošev, winning on the final Olympic record score of 686.1, and Irina Gerasimenok.

Qualification round

Rank	Athlete	Country	Prone	Stand	Kneel	Total	Notes
1	Renata Mauer	Poland	200	192	197	589	Q OR
2	Aleksandra Ivošev	23x15px Yugoslavia	199	193	195	587	Q
3	Irina Gerasimenok	Russia	196	194	195	585	Q
4	Nonka Matova	Bulgaria	197	191	196	584	Q
4	Kirsten Obel	Germany	200	194	190	584	Q
6	Elizabeth Bourland	United States	195	194	194	583	Q
6	Kong Hyun-ah	South Korea	198	191	194	583	Q
8	Tetyana Nesterova	Ukraine	197	191	193	581	Q
9	Gaby Bühlmann	Switzerland	199	192	188	579
9	Petra Horneber	Germany	197	189	193	579
9	Lessia Leskiv	Ukraine	199	185	195	579
12	Jean Foster	United States	197	187	194	578
12	Lindy Hansen	Norway	197	191	190	578
12	Vessela Letcheva	Bulgaria	195	188	195	578
12	Marta Nedvedova	Czech Republic	197	190	191	578
12	Suzana Skoko	Croatia	192	194	192	578
17	Irina Shilova	Belarus	197	188	192	577
17	Olga Pogrebniak	Belarus	197	186	194	577
17	Zhang Qiuping	China	197	188	192	577
20	Chen Muhua	China	197	188	191	576
20	Éva Joó	Hungary	197	190	189	576
22	Dagmar Bilkova	Czech Republic	198	187	189	574
22	Aranka Binder	23x15px Yugoslavia	197	189	188	574
22	Anni Bisso	Denmark	194	190	190	574
22	Sabina Fuchs	Switzerland	196	186	192	574
26	Anna Maloukhina	Russia	193	186	194	573
26	Yoko Minamoto	Japan	196	183	194	573
28	Mladenka Malenica	Croatia	196	190	186	572
29	Sara Antunes	Portugal	195	185	191	571
30	Jarintorn Dangpiam	Thailand	193	183	194	570
30	Eva Forian	Hungary	191	188	191	570
32	Carla Ribeiro	Portugal	197	180	191	568
32	Weon Gyung-sook	South Korea	194	185	189	568
34	Hanne Vataker	Norway	195	185	186	566
35	Malini Wickramasinghe	Sri Lanka	195	193	177	565
36	Pushpamali Ramanayake	Sri Lanka	194	188	182	564
37	Malgorzata Ksiazkiewicz	Poland	194	181	188	563
38	Cristina Antolin	Spain	189	186	182	557

OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final

Rank	Athlete	Qual	Final	Total	Notes
	22x20px Aleksandra Ivošev (YUG)	587	99.1	686.1	OR
	Irina Gerasimenok (RUS)	585	95.1	680.1
	Renata Mauer (POL)	589	90.8	679.8
4	Kirsten Obel (GER)	584	95.2	679.2
5	Nonka Matova (BUL)	584	94.8	678.8
6	Kong Hyun-ah (KOR)	583	92.8	675.8
7	Elizabeth Bourland (USA)	583	91.0	675.0
8	Tetyana Nesterova (UKR)	581	92.3	673.3

OR Olympic record