Korea’s
Yeo Kab-Soon
was completely unknown but tied the redoubtable Bulgarian,
Vesela Lecheva
, with 396 in the preliminaries. Yeo also shot the highest score in the final round, 102.2, and won the gold medal easily over Lecheva, who won silver. Lecheva had been a heavy favorite in this event in 1988 but shot very poorly and finished only 17th.