The Women's 10 metre air pistol event at the 2016 Olympic Games took place on 7 August 2016 at the National Shooting Center.
The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 40 shots with an air pistol at 10 metres distance. 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 20 shots. These shots scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9.
The medals were presented by Barbara Kendall, IOC member, New Zealand and Gary Anderson, Vice President of the International Shooting Sport Federation.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
Qualification round RankAthleteCountry1 234TotalInner 10sShoot OffNotes1 Vitalina Batsarashkina9898959939014 Q2 Ekaterina Korshunova9796989638714 Q3 Anna Korakaki9499969838712 Q4 Alejandra Zavala9797959838710 Q5 Afaf El-Hodhod979696973869 Q6 Bobana Veličković9893989638512 Q7 Zhang Mengxue9796959638412 Q8 Sonia Franquet979893963847 Q9 Olfa Charni97969596384610 Céline Goberville959896943831111 Zorana Arunović939698953821612 Jo Yong-suk959696943811213 Stéphanie Tirode94959696381814 Heena Sidhu949596953801315 Kwak Jung-hye949498943801216 Viktoria Chaika949792973801117 Renata Tobai Sike929797943801018 Kim Min-jung97959395380919 Wu Chia-ying94959695380820 Otryadyn Gündegmaa949595953791421 Golnoush Sebghatollahi989194963791322 Eleanor Bezzina959495953791023 Klaudia Breś959497933791024 Lalita Yauhleuskaya97939594379925 Monika Karsch96949594379626 Wadha Al Balushi95959693379527 Tanyaporn Prucksakorn969494943781328 Olena Kostevych949891953781229 Lydia Paterson949595943781230 Guo Wenjun949494963781131 Yu Ai-wen949394973781032 Tsogbadrakhyn Mönkhzul94939794378633 Marija Marović929594963771134 Nino Salukvadze96939395377935 Heidi Diethelm Gerber959293963761136 Viktoria Egri93939991376737 Teo Shun Xie93959196375938 Lynda Kiejko91979195374939 Pim-on Klaisuban92949592373640 Enkelejda Shehu92939493372541 Antoaneta Boneva92899595371842 Akiko Sato91939293369543 Elena Galiabovitch91939095369444 Lilian Castro929389923665
Final RankAthlete1 234567891011 121314151617181920FinalNotes9.69.39.39.110.810.410.210.39.810.110.610.310.09.19.910.310.99.910.39.2199.4OR8.510.910.110.310.09.79.79.69.310.19.810.110.39.510.19.310.110.59.59.7197.110.59.110.310.89.89.29.69.79.89.29.69.510.610.410.010.29.59.9colspan=2 177.749.810.58.69.29.510.59.610.710.610.19.410.19.88.910.19.7colspan=4 157.1510.99.010.110.19.39.99.310.010.68.89.59.98.910.8colspan=6 137.169.610.89.89.810.19.79.19.68.89.79.79.8colspan=8 116.579.98.09.310.38.98.69.710.910.210.6colspan=10 96.4810.010.48.99.97.98.68.49.4colspan=12 73.5
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