Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's trap
| Men's trap at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Uxendon Shooting School Club | ||||||||||||||||
| Dates | 8–9 July (first round) 9 July (second round 11 July (final round) | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 28 from 6 nations | ||||||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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| Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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| Rifle | |
| 1000 yard free rifle | men |
| 300 m free rifle | men |
| Team free rifle | men |
| Team military rifle | men |
| Stationary target small-bore rifle | men |
| Moving target small-bore rifle | men |
| Disappearing target small-bore rifle | men |
| Team small-bore rifle | men |
| Pistol | |
| Individual pistol | men |
| Team pistol | men |
| Shotgun | |
| Individual trap | men |
| Team trap | men |
| Running deer | |
| Single-shot running deer | men |
| Double-shot running deer | men |
| Team single-shot running deer | men |
The men's individual trap shooting competition was one of 15 shooting sports events on the Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.[1] Shooting was conducted in three rounds, with each shooter firing at 30 clay birds in the first round, 20 in the second, and 30 in the third. Eliminations took place after each round.
28 shooters advanced to the final round. The highest possible aggregate score was 80 points.
Results
| Place | Shooter | Score | |||
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| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Total | ||
| 1 |  Walter Ewing (CAN) |
27 | 18 | 27 | 72 |
| 2 | George Beattie (CAN) |
21 | 17 | 22 | 60 |
| 3 |  Alexander Maunder (GBR) |
21 | 14 | 22 | 57 |
 Anastasios Metaxas (GRE)[2] |
21 | 14 | 22 | 57 | |
| 5 | Charles Palmer (GBR) |
23 | 12 | 20 | 55 |
| Arthur Westover (CAN) |
21 | 12 | 22 | 55 | |
| 7 | Mylie Fletcher (CAN) |
22 | 9 | 22 | 53 |
| Bob Hutton (GBR) |
23 | 10 | 20 | 53 | |
 John Wilson (NED) |
20 | 13 | 20 | 53 | |
| 10 | Frank Moore (GBR) |
21 | 11 | 20 | 52 |
| 11 | George Whitaker (GBR) |
18 | 9 | 24 | 51 |
| 12 | David McMackon (CAN) |
19 | 14 | 17 | 50 |
| John Pike (GBR) |
22 | 12 | 16 | 50 | |
| 14 | Cornelis Viruly (NED) |
18 | 13 | 17 | 48 |
| 15 | Eduardus van Voorst tot Voorst (NED) |
19 | 13 | 15 | 47 |
| Franciscus van Voorst tot Voorst (NED) |
18 | 14 | 15 | 47 | |
| 17 | Harold Creasey (GBR) |
22 | 9 | 15 | 46 |
| Peter Easte (GBR) |
18 | 11 | 17 | 46 | |
| 19 | Gerald Merlin (GBR) |
18 | 10 | 17 | 45 |
| 20 | William Morris (GBR) |
10 | 12 | 22 | 44 |
| George Vivian (CAN) |
16 | 10 | 18 | 44 | |
| 22 | Reindert de Favauge (NED) |
18 | 11 | — | 29 |
| 23 |  Émile Béjot (FRA) |
18 | 10 | — | 28 |
| 24 | John Butt (GBR) |
15 | 11 | — | 26 |
| 25 |  Alfred Swahn (SWE) |
13 | 9 | — | 22 |
| 26 | Jacob Laan (NED) |
13 | 8 | — | 21 |
| 27 | Frank Parker (CAN) |
14 | 5 | — | 19 |
| Edward Benedicks (SWE) |
13 | 6 | — | 19 | |
| AC | John Postans (GBR) |
— | — | — | — |
| Ernst Rosell (SWE) |
— | — | — | — | |
| Rudolph van Pallandt (NED) |
— | — | — | — | |
References
- ^ "Shooting at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Trap". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^ Metaxas is generally credited with a bronze medal; no tie-breaker was held. The 1908 official report lists Metaxas as having tied with Maunder and assigns bronze medals to each. However, Metaxas does not appear in the IOC medal database, which lists only Maunder as sole bronze medalist. Some sources follow this database.
Sources
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Shooting 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 11 May 2006.
Olympic champions in men's trap | |
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