Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre military pistol
The men's 25 metre military pistol was one of the five sport shooting events on the 1896 Summer Olympics shooting programme.
Men's 25 metre military pistol at the Games of the I Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Kallithea shooting range | |||||||||
Date | April 10 | |||||||||
Competitors | 16 from 4 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 |
16 competitors from four nations entered the military pistol match, held on 10 April. Each shot thirty rounds in five strings of six at a target 25 metres away. The winner, John Paine of the United States, hit the target 25 times. His brother, Sumner Paine, hit the target 23 times. Their American-made military revolvers (Colt revolvers) were far superior to the arms used by the other contestants.[1]
Results
Rank | Shooter | Nation | Score | Hits |
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John Paine | 442 | 25 | ||
Sumner Paine | 380 | 23 | ||
Nikolaos Morakis | 205 | Unknown | ||
4 | Ioannis Phrangoudis | Unknown | ||
5 | Holger Nielsen | Unknown | ||
6-13 | Zenon Mikhailidis | Unknown | ||
6-13 | Georgios Orphanidis | Unknown | ||
6-13 | Pantazidis | Unknown | ||
6-13 | Patsouris | Unknown | ||
6-13 | Panagiotis Pavlidis | Unknown | ||
6-13 | Aristovoulos Petmezas | Unknown | ||
6-13 | Platis | Unknown | ||
6-13 | Vavis | Unknown | ||
– | Pantelis Karasevdas | Did not finish | ||
– | Sidney Merlin | Did not finish | ||
– | Sanidis | Did not finish |
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References
- "Shooting at the 1896 Athina Summer Games: Men's Military Pistol, 25 metres". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
- 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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