Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre military rifle
| Men's military rifle at the Games of the I Olympiad
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| Venue | Kallithea shooting range | |||||||||
| Dates | April 8–9 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 42 from 7 nations | |||||||||
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Pantelis Karasevdas Greece
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Pavlos Pavlidis Greece
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Nicolaos Trikupis Greece
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The men's 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. Pavlos Pavlidis hit the target 38 times and came in second.
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