Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's military 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 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.
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.
[edit] Results
| Place | Shooter | Nation | Score | Hits | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pantelis Karasevdas |  Greece |
2,350 | 40 | 480 | Unknown | ||
| 2 | Pavlos Pavlidis | Greece |
1,978 | 38 | Unknown | |||
| 3 | Nicolaos Trikupis | Greece |
1,713 | 34 | Unknown | |||
| 4 | Anastasios Metaxas | Greece |
1,701 | Unknown | ||||
| 5 | Georgios Orphanidis | Greece |
1,698 | Unknown | ||||
| 6 | Viggo Jensen |  Denmark |
1,640 | 30 | Unknown | |||
| 7 | Georgios Diamantis | Greece |
1,456 | Unknown | 384 | Unknown | ||
| 8 | Albert Baumann |  Switzerland |
1,294 | Unknown | ||||
| 9 | Ioannis Theofilakis | Greece |
1,261 | Unknown | 312 | Unknown | ||
| 10 | Sidney Merlin |  Great Britain |
1,156 | Unknown | 477 | Unknown | ||
| 11 | Alexios Fetsios | Greece |
894 | Unknown | 272 | Unknown | ||
| 12 | Eugen Schmidt | Denmark |
845 | 12 | Unknown | |||
| Spiridon Stais | Greece |
845 | Unknown | |||||
| 14-41 | Charles Waldstein |  United States |
Unknown | 354 | 154 | Unknown | ||
| Machonet | Great Britain |
Unknown | ||||||
| Rivabella |  Italy |
Unknown | ||||||
| Aristovoulos Petmezas | Greece |
Unknown | ||||||
| Albin Lermusiaux |  France |
Unknown | ||||||
| G. Karagiannopoulos | Greece |
Unknown | ||||||
| 22 others, names unknown | Greece |
Unknown | ||||||
| – | Holger Nielsen | Denmark |
Retired after two strings | Unknown | 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.
