Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre military rifle

Men's military rifle
at the Games of the I Olympiad
Pantelis Karasevdas
VenueKallithea shooting range
DatesApril 8–9
Competitors42 from 7 nations
Winning score2350
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pantelis Karasevdas
 Greece
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pavlos Pavlidis
 Greece
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nicolaos Trikupis
 Greece

The men's 200 metre military rifle event was one of five sport shooting events on the Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was held at a distance of 200 metres, on 8 April and 9 April, with each shooter firing half of his shots on the first day and half the second. Shooters fired four strings of ten shots each, for a total of 40 shots. 42 shooters, representing each of the seven nations that had shooters in Athens, competed.

When the competition finished in the morning of 9 April, Pantelis Karasevdas of Greece had hit the target all 40 times, amassing a score of 2,350 points. Panagiotis Pavlidis hit the target 38 times and came in second.

Background

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This was the only appearance of the 200 metre military rifle event. Military rifle categories would return in 1920 (a 300 metres (980 ft) three positions event) and 1924 (seven events at 300 and 600 metres (980 and 1,970 ft)). It was the first event held at the newly inaugurated Kallithea shooting range. A ceremonial first shot was fired by Olga Constantinovna of Russia, the queen consort of the Hellenes.[1][2]

Competition format

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The competition had each shooter fire 40 shots, in 4 strings of 10, at a range of 200 metres. Scoring involved multiplying target hits by points scored in each string.[2]

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Gregorian Julian
Wednesday, 8 April 1896
Thursday, 9 April 1896
Wednesday, 27 March 1896
Thursday, 28 March 1896
10:30 Strings 1–2
Strings 3–4

Results

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Only partial results are known.

Rank Shooter Nation Score Hits 1 2 3 4
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pantelis Karasevdas  Greece 2,350 40 480 Unknown
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Panagiotis Pavlidis  Greece 1,978 38 Unknown
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nicolaos Trikupis  Greece 1,713 34 Unknown
4 Anastasios Metaxas  Greece 1,701 Unknown
5 Georgios Orphanidis  Greece 1,698 Unknown
6 Viggo Jensen  Denmark 1,640 30 Unknown
7 Georgios Diamantis  Greece 1,456 Unknown 384 Unknown
8 Albert Baumann  Switzerland 1,294 Unknown
9 Ioannis Theofilakis  Greece 1,261 Unknown 312 Unknown
10 Sidney Merlin  Great Britain 1,156 Unknown 477 Unknown
11 Alexios Fetsios  Greece 894 Unknown 272 Unknown
12 Eugen Schmidt  Denmark 845 12 Unknown
Spiridon Stais  Greece 845 Unknown
14–41 Charles Waldstein  United States Unknown 354 154 Unknown
Machonet  Great Britain Unknown
Giuseppe Rivabella  Italy Unknown
Aristovoulos Petmezas  Greece Unknown
Albin Lermusiaux  France Unknown
G. Karagiannopoulos  Greece Unknown
22 others, names unknown  Greece Unknown
Holger Nielsen  Denmark Retired after two strings Unknown Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ Official Report, part 2, p. 73.
  2. ^ a b "Military Rifle, 200 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2020.