Olympic Summer Games 1896 / Shooting - 25 m rapid fire pistol (men)

sport	shoot
discipline	25 m rapid fire pistol
gender	Men
Attendees	4 athletes from 3 nations
Competition location	Scopeftirion
Competition phase	April 11, 1896
Medalist not forgiven  Ioannis Frangoudis ( GRE )  Georgios Orfanidis ( GRE )

Shooting competitions at the 1896 Olympic Games
gun
200 m army rifle	Men
300 m army rifle	Men
gun
25 m service turret	Men
25 m rapid fire pistol	Men
30 m free pistol	Men

The shooting competition over 25 meters with the rapid-fire pistol at the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 took place on April 10th in Skopeftirion .

It was shot with a muzzle-loading pistol. The brothers John and Sumner Paine also originally wanted to take part in the competition. However, since their pistols did not meet the prescribed .45 caliber, they were not allowed to participate. They also turned down the offer of the Greeks to shoot with their weapons. Thus only four athletes from three nations were represented. Each athlete shot five series of six shots each at a target 25 meters away. The first Olympic champion was the Greek Ioannis Frangoudis .

Results

rank	athlete	nation	Points	Hit
1	Ioannis Frangoudis	Greece	344	23
2	Georgios Orfanidis	Greece	249	20th
3	Holger Louis Nielsen	Denmark	unknown
	Sidney Merlin	Great Britain	DNF

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