Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 30 metre free pistol
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| Men's free pistol at the Games of the I Olympiad |
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| Venue | Kallithea shooting range | ||||||
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| Date | April 11 | ||||||
| Competitors | 5 from 3 nations | ||||||
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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 rapid fire pistol | men | |||
| 30 m 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 | Score | Hits | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
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| 1 |  Sumner Paine (USA) |
442 | 24 | 76 | 64 | 80 | 120 | 102 |
| 2 |  Holger Nielsen (DEN) |
285 | Unknown | 12 | 85 | 62 | 24 | 100 |
| 3 |  Ioannis Frangoudis (GRE) |
Unknown | ||||||
| 4 | Leonidas Morakis (GRE) |
Unknown | ||||||
| 5 | Georgios Orphanidis (GRE) |
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.
