Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's free pistol
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| Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics |
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| Rifle | ||||
| Military rifle | men | |||
| Free rifle | men | |||
| Pistol | ||||
| 25 m military pistol | men | |||
| 25 m rapid fire pistol | men | |||
| Free pistol | men | |||
The men's free pistol was one of the five sport shooting events on the Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. Six competitors entered the 30 metre pistol event on 11 April. John Paine elected not to compete, leaving Sumner to win the event alone. The five competitors represented three nations. They each shot five strings of six shots.
[edit] Results
| Place | Shooter | Nation | Score | Hits | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sumner Paine |  United States |
442 | 24 | 76 | 64 | 80 | 120 | 102 |
| 2 | Holger Nielsen |  Denmark |
285 | Unknown | 12 | 85 | 62 | 24 | 100 |
| 3 | Ioannis Phrangoudis |  Greece |
Unknown | ||||||
| 4 | Leonidas Morakis | Greece |
Unknown | ||||||
| 5 | Georgios Orphanidis | Greece |
Unknown | ||||||
[edit] 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.
