Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's free rifle
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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 rifle was one of the five sport shooting events on the Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The second rifle event and last of the shooting events, the free rifle was begun on 11 April. Each marksman fired 40 shots, in four strings of ten. 25 men entered the event, though only 20 actually competed. They represented three nations. Phrangoudis led after the first day, but when the event was continued on 12 April, Orphanidis took the lead and held on to win first place. He hit the target 37 times.
[edit] Results
| Place | Shooter | Nation | Score | Hits | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgios Orphanidis |  Greece |
1,583 | 37 | 328 | 520 | 420 | 315 |
| 2 | Ioannis Phrangoudis | Greece |
1,312 | 31 | 470 | 192 | 440 | 210 |
| 3 | Viggo Jensen |  Denmark |
1,305 | 31 | 392 | 423 | 280 | 210 |
| 4 | Anastasios Metaxas | Greece |
1,102 | Unknown | ||||
| 5 | Pantelis Karasevdas | Greece |
1,039 | Unknown | ||||
| 6-18 | Antelothanasis | Greece |
Unknown | |||||
| Georgios Diamantis | Greece |
Unknown | ||||||
| Alexios Fetsios | Greece |
Unknown | ||||||
| Karakatsanis | Greece |
Unknown | ||||||
| Khatzidakis | Greece |
Unknown | ||||||
| Nikolaos Levidis | Greece |
Unknown | ||||||
| Sidney Merlin |  Great Britain |
Unknown | ||||||
| Zenon Mikhailidis | Greece |
Unknown | ||||||
| Moustakopoulos | Greece |
Unknown | ||||||
| Pavlos Pavlidis | Greece |
Unknown | ||||||
| Alexandros Theofilakis | Greece |
Unknown | ||||||
| Ioannis Theofilakis | Greece |
Unknown | ||||||
| Nicolaos Trikupis | Greece |
Unknown | ||||||
| – | Leonidas Langakis | Greece |
Did not finish | |||||
| Ioannis Vourakis | Greece |
Did not finish | ||||||
[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.
