Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre military rifle
Men's military rifle at the Games of the I Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Kallithea shooting range | |||||||||
Dates | April 8–9 | |||||||||
Competitors | 42 from 7 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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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 muzzle-loading pistol | men |
30 m 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.
Results
Place | Shooter | Score | Hits | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
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1 | 2,350 | 40 | 480 | Unknown | |||
2 | 1,978 | 38 | Unknown | ||||
3 | 1,713 | 34 | Unknown | ||||
4 | 1,701 | Unknown | |||||
5 | 1,698 | Unknown | |||||
6 | 1,640 | 30 | Unknown | ||||
7 | 1,456 | Unknown | 384 | Unknown | |||
8 | 1,294 | Unknown | |||||
9 | 1,261 | Unknown | 312 | Unknown | |||
10 | 1,156 | Unknown | 477 | Unknown | |||
11 | 894 | Unknown | 272 | Unknown | |||
12 | 845 | 12 | Unknown | ||||
845 | Unknown | ||||||
14-41 | Unknown | 354 | 154 | Unknown | |||
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– | Retired after two strings | Unknown | Did not finish |
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 )
- 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 )
- Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.
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