The Women's 25 metre pistol event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on August 13 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall.

The precision stage was fired at 09:00 China Standard Time (UTC+8), with all participants fitting into a single relay.

Mongolia's Otryadyn Gündegmaa shot 29 tens and only 1 nine, taking the overall lead and equalling the Olympic record for the qualification round that Tao Luna had set in Sydney (as opposed to Gündegmaa's 291+299, Tao had shot her record 299+291).

EOR Equalled Olympic record – PR Precision stage – Q Qualified for final – RF Rapid fire stage The final round consisted of four additional five-shot rapid fire strings.

As the final rules had changed since 2004, the winner was guaranteed to establish a new Olympic record.