Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions

The men's free rifle was one of the five sport shooting events on the Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The second rifle event and last of the shooting events, the free rifle was begun on 11 April. Each marksman fired 40 shots, in four strings of ten. 25 men entered the event, though only 20 actually competed. They represented three nations. Frangoudis led after the first day, but when the event was continued on 12 April, Orphanidis took the lead and held on to win first place. He hit the target 37 times.

Men's free rifle
at the Games of the I Olympiad
VenueKallithea shooting range
DatesApril 11–12
Competitors20 from 3 nations
Medalists
Georgios Orphanidis
 Greece
Ioannis Frangoudis
 Greece
Viggo Jensen
 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
RankNationShooterScoreHits1234
Georgios Orphanidis Greece 1,58337328520420315
Ioannis Frangoudis Greece 1,31231470192440210
Viggo Jensen Denmark 1,30531392423280210
4 Anastasios Metaxas Greece 1,102Unknown
5 Pantelis Karasevdas Greece 1,039Unknown
6-18 Antelothanasis Greece Unknown
6-18 Georgios Diamantis Greece Unknown
6-18 Alexios Fetsios Greece Unknown
6-18 Karakatsanis Greece Unknown
6-18 Hatzidakis Greece Unknown
6-18 Nikolaos Levidis Greece Unknown
6-18 Sidney Merlin Great Britain Unknown
6-18 Zinon Michailidis Greece Unknown
6-18 Moustakopoulos Greece Unknown
6-18 Panagiotis Pavlidis Greece Unknown
6-18 Alexandros Theofilakis Greece Unknown
6-18 Ioannis Theofilakis Greece Unknown
6-18 Nikolaos Trikoupis Greece Unknown
– Leonidas Langakis Greece Did not finish
– Ioannis Vourakis Greece 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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