Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Sports shooting at the Olympics

Shooting at the Games of the I Olympiad
Shooting pictogram
Venue	Kallithea
Dates	8–12 April 1896
No. of events	5 (5 men, 0 women)
Competitors	61 from 7 nations
1900 →

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 muzzle-loading pistol	men
30 m pistol	men
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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 details	Pantelis Karasevdas Greece	Pavlos Pavlidis Greece	Nicolaos Trikupis Greece
300 metre free rifle, three positions details	Georgios Orphanidis Greece	Ioannis Frangoudis Greece	Viggo Jensen Denmark
25 metre military pistol details	John Paine United States	Sumner Paine United States	Nikolaos Morakis Greece
25 metre rapid fire pistol details	Ioannis Frangoudis Greece	Georgios Orphanidis Greece	Holger Nielsen Denmark
30 metre free pistol details	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:

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
Totals (3 entries)		5	5	5	15

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.

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Athletics Cycling Fencing Gymnastics Shooting Swimming Tennis Weightlifting Wrestling

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Former events	free rifle 300 m 3 pos 300 m prone 300 m kneeling 300 m standing 300 m team 3 pos 600 m 1000 yd military rifle 200 m 300 m 3 pos 300 m prone 300 m standing 300 m team prone 300 m team standing 600 m prone 600 m team prone 300 m & 600 m team prone small-bore rifle disappearing target moving target stationary target 25 m 25 m team 50 m team running deer single shot single shot team double shot double shot team single & double shot running target 10 m 50 m free pistol 50 m 50 m team rapid fire pistol team military pistol 25 m trap double team
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