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Sporting Pistol, 25 metres, Women

Date29 July 1984 — 9:00
StatusOlympic
LocationPrado Recreational Area, Chino, California
Participants30 from 21 countries
Format25 metres. 60 shots in six series of 10. 600 possible.

Canada’s Linda Thom became the first woman to win an Olympic shooting gold medal, as this was the first women’s event held in 1984. She and American Ruby Fox tied for first with 585, but Thom won the shoot-off 198-197. In 1984 Thom was named Canada’s outstanding female athlete. She was given the Order of Canada in 1985, and was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1992. Fox had been World Champion in air pistol in 1979.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsRound 1 PointsRound 2 PointsRound 3 PointsRound 4 PointsRound 5 PointsRound 6 PointsShoot-Off for 1st placeShoot-Off for 3rd place
1Linda ThomCAN5859596979810099198 (1)GoldOR
2Ruby FoxUSA585999796989798197 (2)SilverOR
3Patricia DenchAUS58393949898100100196 (1)Bronze
4Liu HaiyingCHN5839699989496100195 (2)
5Kristina FriesSWE581989895959798
6Wen ZhifangCHN578939694989899
7Deborah SrourBRA578959696999894
8Maria MacoveiROU577989493969799
9Evelyne ManchonFRA577979496949997
10Mun Yang-JaKOR576979195979898
11Cris KajdSWE576969497959896
12Carol BartlettGBR575989695959893
13Kim DyerUSA574979595949796
14Kim Hye-YeongKOR573959595939798
=15Isabel ChitasPOR572929794969796
=15Elena MacoveiROU572949496959697
=15Lely SampurnoINA572939494979995
18Loredana ZugnaITA571919698989395
19Angsuman ChotisatheinTHA569969395949695
20Waltraud WeißenbergFRG5689693909795941
=21Agi KasoumiGRE565929493999592
=21Elvira SalazarCOL565949497948898
=23Brida BeccarelliSUI564949094989989
=23Keiko HirakawaJPN564958994949597
=23Thérès ManserSUI564949297969194
=23Atsuko SugimotoJPN564919393959696
27Adrienne BennettGBR563939493959494
28Selvyana Adrian-SofyanINA559898995989296
29Mónica PatronMEX557949592899592
30María Luisa PeñaESP545868491999194

Shoot-Off for 1st place

Date29 July 1984 — 9:00
Format20 shots. 200 possible.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPoints
1Linda ThomCAN198
2Ruby FoxUSA197

Shoot-Off for 3rd place

Date29 July 1984 — 9:00
Format20 shots. 200 possible.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPoints
1Patricia DenchAUS196
2Liu HaiyingCHN195