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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 →

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

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

Participating nations

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

Medal table

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

Sub-Committee for Shooting

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See also

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References

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  • 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 [1])
  • 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 [2])
  • Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.