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
This was the only appearance of the 200 metre military rifle event. Military rifle categories would return in 1920 (a three positions event) and 1924 (seven events at ). 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.Official Report, part 2, p. 73.
Competition format
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.
Schedule
Date Time Round Gregorian Julian Wednesday, 8 April 1896Thursday, 9 April 1896 Wednesday, 27 March 1896Thursday, 28 March 1896 10:30 Strings 1–2Strings 3–4
Results
Only partial results are known.
Rank Shooter Nation Score Hits 1 2 3 4 2,350 40 480 Unknown 1,978 38 Unknown 1,713 34 Unknown 4 1,701 Unknown 5 1,698 Unknown 6 1,640 30 Unknown 7 1,456 Unknown 384 Unknown 8 1,294 Unknown 9 1,261 Unknown 312 Unknown 10 1,156 Unknown 477 Unknown 11 894 Unknown 272 Unknown 12 845 12 Unknown 845 Unknown 14–41 Unknown 354 154 Unknown Machonet Unknown Giuseppe Rivabella Unknown Unknown Unknown G. Karagiannopoulos Unknown Unknown — Retired after two strings Unknown Did not finish
References
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