Joydeep Karmakar finished eight in men's 50-metre rifle prone event with a total of 698.7 (596 + 102.7). Gauswami scored 196 in prone, 186 in standing and 191 in kneeling position.
USA's Jamie Beyerle won the gold medal after she shot 690.7 (590 in qualifying and 100.7 in the final), while Serbia's Lidija Mihalovic clinched the silver with 686.5. Germany's Sonja Pfeilschifter bagged the bronze medal with a score of 685.9.
In men's 50-metre rifle prone, Belarus' Sergei Martynov clinched the gold after he shot 703.2, while Norway's Vebjoern Berg bagged silver with 701.7. Germany's Henri Junghaenel shot 701.5 to have a bronze-medal finish.
Commonwealth Games gold medallist Omkar Singh was 11th after he aggregated 581 in the men's 10-metre air pistol qualifying.
Gauswami, in partnership with world champion Tejeswini Sawant, had clinched silver in 50-metre rifle 3 position event in the Commonwealth Games.
Published 27 October 2010, 15:12 IST