Shooting at the 1896 Summer 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

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  Griechenland	Pavlos Pavlidis  Griechenland	Nicolaos Trikupis  Griechenland
300 metre free rifle, three positions	Georgios Orphanidis  Griechenland	Ioannis Frangoudis  Griechenland	Viggo Jensen  Dänemark
25 metre military pistol	John Paine  Vereinigte Staaten	Sumner Paine  Vereinigte Staaten	Nikolaos Morakis  Griechenland
25 metre rapid fire pistol	Ioannis Frangoudis  Griechenland	Georgios Orphanidis  Griechenland	Holger Nielsen  Dänemark
30 metre free pistol	Sumner Paine  Vereinigte Staaten	Holger Nielsen  Dänemark	Ioannis Frangoudis  Griechenland

Participating nations

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

•  Dänemark (3)
•  Frankreich (1)
•  Great Britain (2)
•  Griechenland (50)
•  Italien (1)
•  Schweiz (1)
•  Vereinigte Staaten (3)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Griechenland	3	3	3	9
2	Vereinigte Staaten	2	1	0	3
3	Dänemark	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

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in shooting

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 [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.