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. Sixty-one shooters from seven nations competed.
Medal summary These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; 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
Participating nations A total of 61 shooters from 7 nations competed at the Athens Games:
Medal table
Sub-Committee for Shooting HRH Prince Nicholas of Greece, president Ioannis Phrangoudis, secretary Demosthenes Staikos Alc. Krassas Joan. Konstantinides Alex. Kondostavlos Ath. Botzaris Ath. Pierrakos Georges Antonopoulos Stephen Skouloudis
See also List of Olympic medalists in shooting
References (Digitally available at ) (Excerpt available at )