At the 1896 Summer Olympics, five sport shooting events were contested. These events took place at the newly constructed shooting range at Kallithea. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Shooting. 61 shooters from seven nations competed.
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These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200 metre military rifle |
Pantelis Karasevdas Greece (GRE) |
Panagiotis Pavlidis Greece (GRE) |
Nicolaos Trikupis Greece (GRE) |
| 300 metre free rifle, three positions |
Georgios Orphanidis Greece (GRE) |
Ioannis Frangoudis Greece (GRE) |
Viggo Jensen Denmark (DEN) |
| 25 metre military pistol |
John Paine United States (USA) |
Sumner Paine United States (USA) |
Nikolaos Morakis Greece (GRE) |
| 25 metre rapid fire pistol |
Ioannis Frangoudis Greece (GRE) |
Georgios Orphanidis Greece (GRE) |
Holger Nielsen Denmark (DEN) |
| 30 metre free pistol |
Sumner Paine United States (USA) |
Holger Nielsen Denmark (DEN) |
Ioannis Frangoudis Greece (GRE) |
A total of 61 shooters from 7 nations competed at the Athens Games:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Greece | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
France, Great Britain, Italy, and Switzerland had shooters compete, but won no medals.
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