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

The men's military pistol was one of the five sport shooting events on the Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics 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. Their American-made military revolvers (Colt revolvers) were far superior to the arms used by the other contestants.

Results

Place	Shooter	Score	Hits
1	John Paine (USA)	442	25
2	Sumner Paine (USA)	380	23
3	Nikolaos Morakis (GRE)	205	Unknown
4	Ioannis Phrangoudis (GRE)	Unknown
5	Holger Nielsen (DEN)	Unknown
6-13	Zenon Mikhailidis (GRE)	Unknown
	Georgios Orphanidis (GRE)	Unknown
	Pantazidis (GRE)	Unknown
	Patsouris (GRE)	Unknown
	Pavlos Pavlidis (GRE)	Unknown
	Aristovoulos Petmezas (GRE)	Unknown
	Platis (GRE)	Unknown
	Vavis (GRE)	Unknown
–	Pantelis Karasevdas (GRE)	DNF
	Sidney Merlin (GBR)	DNF
	Sanidis (GRE)	DNF

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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (Digitally available at [1])
• 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (Excerpt available at [2])
• Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.