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

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]

Men's 25 metre military pistol at the Games of the I Olympiad
Shooting pictogram
Venue	Kallithea shooting range
Date	April 10
Competitors	16 from 4 nations
Winning score	442
Medalists
John Paine  United States Sumner Paine  United States Nikolaos Morakis  Greece

Background

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

Competition format

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

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

Rank	Shooter	Nation	Score	Hits
	John Paine	United States	442	25
	Sumner Paine	United States	380	23
	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

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. "Military Pistol, 25 metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

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