Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Appearance
Shooting at the Games of the I Olympiad | |
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Venue | Kallithea |
Dates | 8–12 April 1896 |
No. of events | 5 (5 men, 0 women) |
Competitors | 61 from 7 nations |
Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics | |
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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 |
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
[edit]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 |
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200 metre military rifle |
Pantelis Karasevdas![]() |
Pavlos Pavlidis![]() |
Nicolaos Trikupis![]() |
300 metre free rifle, three positions |
Georgios Orphanidis![]() |
Ioannis Frangoudis![]() |
Viggo Jensen![]() |
25 metre military pistol |
John Paine![]() |
Sumner Paine![]() |
Nikolaos Morakis![]() |
25 metre rapid fire pistol |
Ioannis Frangoudis![]() |
Georgios Orphanidis![]() |
Holger Nielsen![]() |
30 metre free pistol |
Sumner Paine![]() |
Holger Nielsen![]() |
Ioannis Frangoudis![]() |
Participating nations
[edit]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
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Totals (3 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Sub-Committee for Shooting
[edit]- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- 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.