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

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.