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Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics
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.
| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200 metre military rifle | Pantelis Karasevdas Greece | Pavlos Pavlidis Greece | Nicolaos Trikupis Greece |
| 300 metre free rifle, three positions | Georgios Orphanidis Greece | Ioannis Frangoudis Greece | Viggo Jensen Denmark |
| 25 metre military pistol | John Paine United States | Sumner Paine United States | Nikolaos Morakis Greece |
| 25 metre rapid fire pistol | Ioannis Frangoudis Greece | Georgios Orphanidis Greece | Holger Nielsen Denmark |
| 30 metre free pistol | Sumner Paine United States | Holger Nielsen Denmark | Ioannis Frangoudis Greece |
Participating nations edit
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 edit
| 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 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.