Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 30 metre free pistol
| Men's free pistol at the Games of the I Olympiad
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| Venue | Kallithea shooting range | |||||||||
| Date | April 11 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 5 from 3 nations | |||||||||
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Sumner Paine United States
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Holger Nielsen Denmark
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Ioannis Frangoudis Greece
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The men's individual competition with free revolver was one of the five sport shooting events on the Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics program. Six competitors entered the 30 metre pistol event on 11 April. John Paine elected not to compete, leaving Sumner to win the event. The five competitors represented three nations. They each shot five strings of six shots. 6 hours.
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