Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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. 61 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 (GRE)	Panagiotis Pavlidis (GRE)	Nicolaos Trikupis (GRE)
300 metre free rifle, three positions	Georgios Orphanidis (GRE)	Ioannis Frangoudis (GRE)	Viggo Jensen (DEN)
25 metre military pistol	John Paine (USA)	Sumner Paine (USA)	Nikolaos Morakis (GRE)
25 metre rapid fire pistol	Ioannis Frangoudis (GRE)	Georgios Orphanidis (GRE)	Holger Nielsen (DEN)
30 metre free pistol	Sumner Paine (USA)	Holger Nielsen (DEN)	Ioannis Frangoudis (GRE)

Participating nations

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

Denmark (3)
France (1)
Great Britain (2)
Greece (50)
Italy (1)
Switzerland (1)
United States (3)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Greece	3	3	3	9
2	United States	2	1	0	3
3	Denmark	0	1	2	3

Sub-Committee for Shooting

HRH Prince Nicholas of Greece, president
Ioannis Phrangoudis, secretary
Demosthenes Staikos
Alc. Krassas
Joan. Konstantinides
Alex. Kondostavlos
Ath. Botzaris
Ath. Pierrakos
Georges Antonopoulos
Stephen Skouloudis

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.

Events at the 1896 Summer Olympics (Athens)

Athletics Cycling Fencing Gymnastics Shooting Swimming Tennis Weightlifting Wrestling

Shooting at the Summer Olympics

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