| Final Ranking | Total | SO |  |  Gold Medal Match |  | 1. Catherine Skinner |  Australia | 12 |   |  | 2. Natalie Rooney |  New Zealand | 11 |   |  |  Bronze Medal Match |  | 3. Corey Cogdell |  United States | 13 | +1 |  | 4. Fátima Gálvez |  Spain | 13 | 0 |   
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|  Qualification records |  | World record: Jessica Rossi (ITA) 75 pts London, United Kingdom - 4 August 2012 |  | World record: Corey Cogdell(USA) 75 pts Granada, Spain - 5 July 2013 |  | Olympic record: Jessica Rossi (ITA) 75 pts London, United Kingdom - 4 August 2012 |   
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| Ranking | Total | SO | Notes |  | 1. Catherine Skinner |  Australia | 14 |   | Gold Medal Match |  | 2. Natalie Rooney |  New Zealand | 13 | +1 | Gold Medal Match |  | 3. Corey Cogdell |  United States | 13 | 0 | Bronze Medal Match |  | 4. Fátima Gálvez |  Spain | 12 |   | Bronze Medal Match  |  | 5. Laetisha Scanlan |  Australia | 10 |   |   |  | 6. Jessica Rossi |  Italy | 10 |   |   |   
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 |   |  | 3 series of 15 shoots. First 6 advanced to Semifinal. Tie-break: Shoot-Out. Catherine Skinner (AUS) defetead Cynthia Meyer (CAN) 2-1 for 6th place. |   
                                                                   | Ranking | Total | Not | 1 | 2 | 3 | SO |  | 1. Laetisha Scanlan |  Australia | 70 | Q | 22 | 25 | 23 |   |  | 2. Jessica Rossi |  Italy | 69 | Q | 24 | 21 | 24 |   |  | 3. Fátima Gálvez |  Spain | 69 | Q | 24 | 22 | 23 |   |  | 4. Natalie Rooney |  New Zealand | 68 | Q | 24 | 23 | 21 |   |  | 5. Corey Cogdell |  United States | 68 | Q | 22 | 23 | 22 |   |  | 6. Catherine Skinner |  Australia | 67 | Q | 22 | 21 | 24 | +2 |  |  eliminated |  | 7. Cynthia Meyer |  Canada | 67 |   | 21 | 23 | 23 | +1 |  | 8. Mariya Dmitriyenko |  Kazakhstan | 66 |   | 24 | 20 | 22 |   |  | 9. Gaby Ahrens |  Namibia | 66 |   | 23 | 22 | 21 |   |  | 10.Satu Mäkelä-Nummela |  Finland | 66 |   | 22 | 24 | 20 |   |  | 11.Ekaterina Rabaya |  Russia | 65 |   | 22 | 20 | 23 |   |  | 12.Pak Yong-hui |  North Korea | 65 |   | 23 | 20 | 22 |   |  | 13.Arianna Perilli |  San Marino | 65 |   | 21 | 23 | 21 |   |  | 14.Ray Bassil |  Lebanon | 65 |   | 23 | 22 | 20 |   |  | 15.Chen Fang |  China | 64 |   | 23 | 21 | 20 |   |  | 16.Alessandra Perilli |  San Marino | 63 |   | 22 | 22 | 19 |   |  | 17.Lin Yi-chun |  Chinese Taipei | 62 |   | 22 | 20 | 20 |   |  | 18.Tatiana Barsuk |  Russia | 62 |   | 21 | 22 | 19 |   |  | 19.Jana Beckmann |  Germany | 61 |   | 20 | 20 | 21 |   |  | 20.Yukie Nakayama |  Japan | 61 |   | 19 | 22 | 20 |   |   
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|  All Olympic Champions |  | 2016: Catherine Skinner (AUS) |  | 2012: Jessica Rossi (ITA) |  | 2008: Satu Mäkelä-Nummela (FIN)  |  | 2004: Suzanne Balogh (AUS) |  | 2000: Daina Gudzinevičiūtė (LTU) |   
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| Announced athlete | Qualified |  |  Host nation - 1 |  |  --. Janice Teixeira |  Brazil |   |  |  World Championships 2014 - 3 |  |  --. Jana Beckmann |  Germany | Katrin Quooß |  |  --. Fátima Gálvez |  Spain | Fátima Gálvez |  |  --. Catherine Skinner |  Australia | Catherine Skinner |  |  World Cup 1 2015 ISSF - 2 |  |  --. Corey Cogdell |  United States | Corey Cogdell |  |  --. Laetisha Scanlan |  Australia | Laetisha Scanlan |  |  World Cup 2 2015 ISSF - 2 |  |  --. Jessica Rossi |  Italy | Silvana Stanco |  |  --. Alessandra Perilli |  San Marino | Alessandra Perilli |  |  World Cup 4 2015 ISSF - 2 |  |  --. Satu Mäkelä-Nummela |  Finland | Satu Mäkelä-Nummela |  |  --. Tatiana Barsuk |  Russia | Tatiana Barsuk |  |  European Games 2015 - 1 |  |  --. Arianna Perilli |  San Marino | Arianna Perilli |  |  Pan American Games 2015 - 1 |  |  --. Cynthia Meyer |  Canada | Amanda Chudoba |  |  World Cup 7 2015 ISSF - 2 |  |  --. Yukie Nakayama |  Japan | Yukie Nakayama |  |  --. Lin Yi-chun |  Chinese Taipei | Lin Yi-chun |  |  World Shotgun Championships 2015 - 2 |  |  --. Elena Tkach |  Russia | Elena Tkach |  |  --. Pak Yomg-hui |  North Korea | Pak Yong-hui |  |  Oceania Championships 2015 - 1 |  |  --. Natalie Rooney |  New Zealand | Natalie Rooney |  |  African Championships 2015 - 1 |  |  --. Gaby Ahrens |  Namibia | Gaby Ahrens |  |  Asian Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2016 - 1 |  |  --. Chen Fang |  China | Li Qingnian |  |  Additional |  |  Exchange of quota places - 1 |  |  --. Mariya Dmitrienko |  Kazakhstan |   |  |  Tripartite Commission Invitation - 1 |  |  --. Ray Bassil |  Lebanon |   |   
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