Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre military rifle
The men's military rifle event was one of five sport shooting events on the Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was held at a distance of 200 metres, on 8 April and 9 April, with each shooter firing half of his shots on the first day and half the second. Shooters fired four strings of ten shots each, for a total of 40 shots. 42 shooters, representing each of the seven nations that had shooters in Athens, competed.
Men's military rifle at the Games of the I Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Kallithea shooting range | |||||||||
Dates | April 8–9 | |||||||||
Competitors | 42 from 7 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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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 free pistol | men |
When the competition finished in the morning of 9 April, Pantelis Karasevdas of Greece had hit the target all 40 times, amassing a score of 2,350 points. Pavlos Pavlidis hit the target 38 times and came in second.
Results
Rank | Shooter | Nation | Score | Hits | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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Pantelis Karasevdas | ![]() |
2,350 | 40 | 480 | Unknown | ||
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Panagiotis Pavlidis | ![]() |
1,978 | 38 | Unknown | |||
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Nicolaos Trikupis | ![]() |
1,713 | 34 | Unknown | |||
4 | Anastasios Metaxas | ![]() |
1,701 | Unknown | ||||
5 | Georgios Orphanidis | ![]() |
1,698 | Unknown | ||||
6 | Viggo Jensen | ![]() |
1,640 | 30 | Unknown | |||
7 | Georgios Diamantis | ![]() |
1,456 | Unknown | 384 | Unknown | ||
8 | Albert Baumann | ![]() |
1,294 | Unknown | ||||
9 | Ioannis Theofilakis | ![]() |
1,261 | Unknown | 312 | Unknown | ||
10 | Sidney Merlin | ![]() |
1,156 | Unknown | 477 | Unknown | ||
11 | Alexios Fetsios | ![]() |
894 | Unknown | 272 | Unknown | ||
12 | Eugen Schmidt | ![]() |
845 | 12 | Unknown | |||
12 | Spiridon Stais | ![]() |
845 | Unknown | ||||
14-41 | Charles Waldstein | ![]() |
Unknown | 354 | 154 | Unknown | ||
14-41 | Machonet | ![]() |
Unknown | |||||
14-41 | Rivabella | ![]() |
Unknown | |||||
14-41 | Aristovoulos Petmezas | ![]() |
Unknown | |||||
14-41 | Albin Lermusiaux | ![]() |
Unknown | |||||
14-41 | G. Karagiannopoulos | ![]() |
Unknown | |||||
14-41 | 22 others, names unknown | ![]() |
Unknown | |||||
– | Holger Nielsen | ![]() |
Retired after two strings | Unknown | Did not finish |
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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.
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