Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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Shooting
at the Games of the I Olympiad
Shooting pictogram
VenueKallithea
Dates8–12 April 1896
No. of events5 (5 men, 0 women)
Competitors61 from 7 nations
1900 →
Shooting at the
1896 Summer Olympics
Rifle
200 m military riflemen
300 m free rifle, 3 pos.men
Pistol
25 m military pistolmen
25 m muzzle-loading pistolmen
30 m pistolmen

At the 1896 Summer Olympics, five sport shooting events were contested. These events took place at the newly constructed shooting range at Kallithea. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Shooting. Sixty-one shooters from seven nations competed.

Medal summary

These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.

Event Gold Silver Bronze
200 metre military rifle
 Pantelis Karasevdas
 Greece 		Pavlos Pavlidis
 Greece 		Nicolaos Trikupis
 Greece
300 metre free rifle, three positions
 Georgios Orphanidis
 Greece 		Ioannis Frangoudis
 Greece 		Viggo Jensen
 Denmark
25 metre military pistol
 John Paine
 United States 		Sumner Paine
 United States 		Nikolaos Morakis
 Greece
25 metre rapid fire pistol
 Ioannis Frangoudis
 Greece 		Georgios Orphanidis
 Greece 		Holger Nielsen
 Denmark
30 metre free pistol
 Sumner Paine
 United States 		Holger Nielsen
 Denmark 		Ioannis Frangoudis
 Greece

Participating nations

A total of 61 shooters from 7 nations competed at the Athens Games:

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Greece3339
2 United States2103
3 Denmark0123
Totals (3 entries)55515

Sub-Committee for Shooting

See also

References

  • Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J. & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at )
  • Mallon, Bill & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at )
  • Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.
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