Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 30 metre free pistol

Men's free pistol at the Games of the I Olympiad
Venue	Kallithea shooting range
Date	April 11
Competitors	5 from 3 nations
Medalists
Sumner Paine United States   Holger Nielsen Denmark   Ioannis Frangoudis Greece

Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Rifle
200 m military rifle		men
300 m free rifle, 3 pos.		men
Pistol
25 m military pistol		men
25 m rapid fire pistol		men
30 m free pistol		men

The men's individual competition with free revolver was one of the five sport shooting events on the Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics program. Six competitors entered the 30 metre pistol event on 11 April. John Paine elected not to compete, leaving Sumner to win the event. The five competitors represented three nations. They each shot five strings of six shots. 6 hours.

Results

Place	Shooter	Score	Hits	1	2	3	4	5
1	Sumner Paine (USA)	442	24	76	64	80	120	102
2	Holger Nielsen (DEN)	285	Unknown	12	85	62	24	100
3	Ioannis Frangoudis (GRE)	Unknown
4	Leonidas Morakis (GRE)	Unknown
5	Georgios Orphanidis (GRE)	Unknown

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.