Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's free pistol
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The men's free pistol was one of the five sport shooting
events on the Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics
programme. Six competitors entered the 30 metre
pistol event on 11 April. John Paine elected not to compete, leaving Sumner
to win the event alone. The five competitors represented three nations. They each shot five strings of six shots.
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 on the 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...
programme. Six competitors entered the 30 metre
Metre
The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...
pistol event on 11 April. John Paine elected not to compete, leaving Sumner
Sumner Paine
Sumner Paine was an American shooter. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.Paine entered all three of the pistol events in the 1896 Games...
to win the event alone. The five competitors represented three nations. They each shot five strings of six shots.
Results
| Place | Shooter | Score | Hits | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 442 | 24 | 76 | 64 | 80 | 120 | 102 | |
| 2 | 285 | Unknown | 12 | 85 | 62 | 24 | 100 | |
| 3 | Unknown | |||||||
| 4 | Unknown | |||||||
| 5 | Unknown | |||||||