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

Men's 25 metre military pistol
at the Games of the I Olympiad
Shooting pictogram
VenueKallithea shooting range
DateApril 10
Competitors16 from 4 nations
Winning score442
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Paine
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sumner Paine
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nikolaos Morakis
 Greece

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]

Background

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This was the only appearance of the men's 25 metre military pistol event.[2]

Competition format

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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

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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

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Rank Shooter Nation Score Hits
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Paine  United States 442 25
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sumner Paine  United States 380 23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nikolaos Morakis  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

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b "Military Pistol, 25 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.