1896 Summer Olympics / Shooting - 30m Free Pistol (Men)

sport	shoot
discipline	25 m service turret
gender	Men
Attendees	5 athletes from 3 nations
Competition location	Scopeftirion
Competition phase	April 11, 1896
Medalist not forgiven  Sumner Paine ( USA )  Holger Louis Nielsen ( DEN )

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 30 meters with the free pistol at the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 took place on April 11th in Skopeftirion .

The shooters shot five series of six shots each. Sumner Paine from the United States became the first Olympic champion in this discipline. His brother John Paine , who the day before had become Olympic champion in the 25 meter competition with the service revolver with the same number of points , decided not to participate in order to give his brother better chances of winning. Second place went to Holger Louis Nielsen from Denmark.

Results

rank	athlete	nation	Points	Hit	series
					1	2	3	4th	5
1	Sumner Paine	United States	442	24	76	64	80	120	102
2	Holger Louis Nielsen	Denmark	285	unknown	12	85	62	24	100
3	Ioannis Frangoudis	Greece	unknown
4th	Leonidas Morakis	Greece	unknown
5	Georgios Orfanidis	Greece	unknown

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