At the 1896 Summer Olympics

1896 Summer Olympics

The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Athens, Greece, from April 6 to April 15, 1896. It was the first international Olympic Games held in the Modern era...

, five sport shooting

Shooting sports

A shooting sport is a competitive sport involving tests of proficiency using various types of guns such as firearms and airguns . Hunting is also a shooting sport, and indeed shooting live pigeons was an Olympic event...

 events were contested. These events took place at the newly constructed shooting range at Kallithea

Kallithea

Kallithea is the 8th largest municipality in Greece and the 4th biggest in the Athens urban area...

. 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

International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...

; at the time, winners were given a silver medal and subsequent places received no award.

200 metre military rifle
300 metre free rifle, three positions
25 metre military pistol
25 metre rapid fire pistol
30 metre free pistol

Medal table

1		3	3	3	9
2		2	1	0	3
3		0	1	2	3

France

France at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Thirteen athletes from France competed in six sports at the 1896 Summer Olympics. France won the fourth-most gold medals with 5 and the fourth-most total medals with 11. Cycling was the sport in which the French competitors had the most success, as they completely dominated the field...

, Great Britain, Italy

Italy at the 1896 Summer Olympics

One competitor from Italy was present at the 1896 Summer Olympics. He competed in shooting. Italy was one of four nations present that won no medals; Sweden, Chile and Bulgaria were the others. Italy's competitor, Rivabella, entered one event in the shooting program.A second Italian was present...

, and Switzerland

Switzerland at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Three competitors from Switzerland competed in two sports at the 1896 Summer Olympics. The Swiss won one championship and placed second in two more events, for a total of three medals. They had 8 entries in 5 events.-Medalists:-Gymnastics:...

 had shooters compete, but won no medals.

Sub-Committee for Shooting

• HRH Prince Nicholas of Greece, president
• Ioannis Phrangoudis
  Ioannis Phrangoudis
  Ioannis Frangoudis was a Greek Army officer who reached the rank of Lt General. He also competed in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens as a shooter....
  
  , secretary
• Demosthenes Staikos
• Alc. Krassas
• Joan. Konstantinides
• Alex. Kondostavlos
• Ath. Botzaris
• Ath. Pierrakos
• Georges Antonopoulos
• Stephen Skouloudis