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 round RankAthleteCountryScoreNotes1Zemfira Meftahatdinova73Q OR2Diána Igaly71Q3Cindy Shenberger70Q4Erdzhanik Avetisyan70Q4Tash Lonsdale70Q6Svetlana Demina70Q7Kim Rhode698Zhang Shan699Kim Myong-hwa699Sophia Miaouli6911Maarit Lepomäki6811Cristina Vitali6813Andrea Stranovská67 OR Olympic record – Q Qualified for final

Final RankAthleteQualFinalTotal5th placeshoot-offBronzeshoot-offNotes732598 OR702595 712293 44702393 357022926 67022925 OR Olympic record

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