Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics
- Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics
At the 1896 Summer Olympics, five sport shooting events were contested. These events took place at the newly constructed shooting range at Kallithea. They were organized and prepared by the Sub-Committee for Shooting. 61 shooters from seven nations competed.
Medal summary
These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.
Participating nations
A total of 61 shooters from 7 nations competed at the Athens Games:
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Medal table
France, Great Britain, Italy, and Switzerland had shooters compete, but won no medals.
ub-Committee for Shooting
* HRH Prince Nicholas of Greece, president
* Ioannis Phrangoudis, secretary
* Demosthenes Staikos
* Alc. Krassas
* Joan. Konstantinides
* Alex. Kondostavlos
* Ath. Botzaris
* Ath. Pierrakos
* Georges Antonopoulos
* Stephen Skouloudis
ee also
*List of Olympic medalists in shooting
References
* (Digitally available at [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf] )
* (Excerpt available at [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/Mallon/1896.pdf] )
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