The men's 200 metre military rifle event was one of five sport shooting events on the Shooting at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme.

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.

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.

[1][2] The competition had each shooter fire 40 shots, in 4 strings of 10, at a range of 200 metres.