The men’s Free Pistol (30 metres) at the 1896 Olympic Games was a precision shooting event in which competitors fired a series of shots at a fixed target and were ranked by total score. As with other early Olympic shooting contests, the event used period equipment and competition rules that were less standardized than in later international formats. Success depended on accuracy, consistency, and the ability to maintain control across repeated scoring attempts.
Incomplete dataset mode: event rankings may include manual aggregate data and partial official results.
| Rank | Participant | Status | Points | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sumner Paine | FINISHED | 442 points | PARTIAL |
| 2 | Holger Nielsen | FINISHED | 285 points | PARTIAL |
| 3 | Ioannis Fragkoudis | FINISHED | - | PARTIAL |
| 4 | Nikos Morakis | FINISHED | - | PARTIAL |
| 5 | Georgios Orfanidis | FINISHED | - | PARTIAL |