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

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

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  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

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