Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre military pistol
The men's 25 metre military pistol was one of the five sport shooting events on the 1896 Summer Olympics shooting programme. 16 competitors from four nations entered the military pistol match, held on 10 April. Each shot thirty rounds in five strings of six at a target 25 metres away. The winner, John Paine of the United States, hit the target 25 times. His brother, Sumner Paine, hit the target 23 times. They used American-made military Colt revolvers.[1]
| Men's 25 metre military pistol at the Games of the I Olympiad | ||||||||||
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 Shooting pictogram | ||||||||||
| Venue | Kallithea shooting range | |||||||||
| Date | April 10 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 16 from 4 nations | |||||||||
| Winning score | 442 | |||||||||
| 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 pistol | men |
Background
This was the only appearance of the men's 25 metre military pistol event.[2]
Competition format
The competition had each shooter fire 30 shots, in 5 strings of 6, at a range of 25 metres. Scoring involved multiplying target hits by points scored in each string. Each target had a score of up to 6. The maximum score possible in each string of shots was 216 (6 hits times 6 scores of 6); for the 5-string total, the maximum was 1080 points.[2]
Schedule
The military pistol event was held at the start of the fifth day of competition.
| Date | Time | Round | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregorian | Julian | ||
| Friday, 10 April 1896 | Friday, 29 March 1896 | 10:00 | Final |
Results
| Rank | Shooter | Nation | Score | Hits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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John Paine | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} United States |
442 | 25 |
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Sumner Paine | United States |
380 | 23 |
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Nikolaos Morakis | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Greece |
205 | Unknown |
| 4 | Ioannis Phrangoudis | Greece | Unknown | |
| 5 | Holger Nielsen |  Denmark |
Unknown | |
| 6–13 | Zenon Mikhailidis | Greece |
Unknown | |
| Georgios Orphanidis | Greece |
Unknown | ||
| Pantazidis | Greece |
Unknown | ||
| Patsouris | Greece |
Unknown | ||
| Panagiotis Pavlidis | Greece |
Unknown | ||
| Aristovoulos Petmezas | Greece |
Unknown | ||
| Platis | Greece |
Unknown | ||
| Vavis | Greece |
Unknown | ||
| — | Pantelis Karasevdas | Greece |
Did not finish | |
| Sidney Merlin |  Great Britain |
Did not finish | ||
| Sanidis | Greece |
Did not finish | ||
References
- "Shooting at the 1896 Athina Summer Games: Men's Military Pistol, 25 metres". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- "Military Pistol, 25 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- 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.