At the 1896 Summer Olympics, five sport shooting events were contested. These events took place at the newly constructed shooting range at Kallithea. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Shooting. Sixty-one shooters from seven nations competed.
Medal summary
These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.
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| 200 metre military rifle<br />
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| 300 metre free rifle, three positions<br />
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| 25 metre military pistol<br />
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| 25 metre rapid fire pistol<br />
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| 30 metre free pistol<br />
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Participating nations
A total of 61 shooters from 7 nations competed at the Athens Games:
Medal table
Sub-Committee for Shooting
- HRH Prince Nicholas of Greece, president
- Ioannis Phrangoudis, secretary
- Demosthenes Staikos
- Alc. Krassas
- Joan. Konstantinides
- Alex. Kondostavlos
- Ath. Botzaris
- Ath. Pierrakos
- Georges Antonopoulos
- Stephen Skouloudis
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in shooting
References
- (Digitally available at [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf])
- (Excerpt available at [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/Mallon/1896.pdf])