Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air pistol
The Women's 10 metre air pistol event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 10 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall.Natalia Paderina of Russia set a new Olympic record in the qualification round with 391 points out of 400, but entering the final Guo Wenjun was only one point behind and through the last ten shots emerged as the winner.In the qualifier, each shooter fired 40 shots with an air pistol at 10 metres distance.The total score from all 50 shots was used to determine final ranking.[3][4] Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.