Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol

The 25 metre muzzle-loading pistol was one of the five sport shooting events on the 1896 Summer Olympics shooting programme. The armament of the American Paine brothers was disqualified because of not being "of the usual calibre" for the event (only pistols of .45 caliber were allowed). With the Paine brothers declining the offer of the Greek shooters to use their pistols, only four shooters entered the fourth shooting event. Three nations were represented. Each shooter fired five strings of six shots at a target 25 metres distant. The competition was held on 11 April and resulted in the top two places going to the Greek marksmen. Nielsen took third place and Merlin did not finish.[1]

Men's 25 metre muzzle-loading pistol
at the Games of the I Olympiad
VenueKallithea shooting range
DateApril 11
Competitors4 from 3 nations
Medalists
Ioannis Frangoudis
 Greece
Georgios Orphanidis
 Greece
Holger Nielsen
 Denmark
Shooting at the
1896 Summer Olympics
Rifle
200 m military riflemen
300 m free rifle, 3 pos.men
Pistol
25 m military pistolmen
25 m muzzle-loading pistolmen
30 m free pistolmen

Results
RankShooterNationScoreHits
Ioannis Frangoudis Greece 34423
Georgios Orphanidis Greece 24920
Holger Nielsen Denmark Unknown
–Sidney Merlin Great Britain Did not finish

References
  1. "Shooting at the 1896 Athina Summer Games: Men's Muzzle-Loading Pistol, 25 metres". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
  • 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 978-0-7864-0379-0. (Excerpt available at )
  • Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 978-1-86197-342-9.
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