Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's trap

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Men's trap
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
L'equipe britannique victorieuse, lors du tir aux pigeons d'argile (JO de Londres, 1908, Uxendon Shooting School Club de Brent, Londres).jpg
British team
Venue Uxendon Shooting School Club
Dates8–9 July (first round)
9 July (second round
11 July (final round)
Competitors61 from 8 nations
Winning score72 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Walter Ewing Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg George Beattie Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg Alexander Maunder Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Anastasios Metaxas Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece
  1900
1912  

The men's individual trap shooting competition was one of 15 shooting sports events on the Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. [1] It was held from 8 to 11 July. [2] Each nation could enter up to 12 shooters. [3] There were 61 competitors from 8 nations. [2] Canada took the top two spots, with Walter Ewing earning gold and George Beattie silver. There were two bronze medals awarded after Alexander Maunder of Great Britain and Anastasios Metaxas of Greece tied for third place. The medals were the first in the event for all three nations (France had swept the medals in 1900). Ewing also received Lord Westbury's Cup as a challenge prize. [2]

The weather was bad, with extreme rain and wind as well as low light. [2]

Background

This was the second appearance of what would become standardised as the men's ISSF Olympic trap event. The event was held at every Summer Olympics from 1896 to 1924 (except 1904, when no shooting events were held) and from 1952 to 2016; it was open to women from 1968 to 1996. [4] [2]

Belgium, Canada, Finland, Greece, the Netherlands, and Sweden each made their debut in the event. France and Great Britain both made their second appearance, having competed at the prior edition of the event in 1900.

Competition format

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. In the first and second rounds, and for 20 of the birds in the third round, the shooting was on "Team System," meaning that the shooter knew which trap the bird would come from but not the angle; for the final 10 birds of the third round, the shooting was on the "Single Fire" system, with unknown traps and angles. [5] Eliminations took place after each round. These eliminations were supposed to remove half of the competitors between the first and second rounds, and half the remaining between the second and third; [5] but the number of finalists was much greater than one-quarter the number of competitors.

28 shooters advanced to the final round, though 7 did not finish it. The highest possible aggregate score was 80 points.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record
Olympic recordNew format

Walter Ewing set the initial Olympic record for the 80-shot event with 72 points.

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Wednesday 8 July 1908First round
Thursday, 9 July 1908First round, continued
Second round
Saturday, 11 July 1908Final round

Results

The Official Report gives a list of competitors, [6] but gives scores only for those reaching the final round. [7]

Canada objected to the first day of scores and was permitted to re-shoot. John Postans of Great Britain withdrew, with no recorded reason but likely because of that decision; Postans had been tied with Charles Palmer and Bob Hutton for the lead at 23, but Canadian Walter Ewing shot a 27 in the re-shoot. [2]

RankShooterNationScore
Round 1Round 2Round 3Total
Gold medal icon.svg Walter Ewing Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  Canada 27182772
Silver medal icon.svg George Beattie Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  Canada 21172260
Bronze medal icon.svg Alexander Maunder Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 21142257
Anastasios Metaxas Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece [8] 21142257
5 Charles Palmer Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 23122055
Arthur Westover Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  Canada 21122255
7 Mylie Fletcher Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  Canada 2292253
Bob Hutton Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 23102053
John Wilson Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 20132053
10 Frederic Moore Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 21112052
11 George Whitaker Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1892451
12 David McMackon Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  Canada 19141750
John Pike Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 22121650
14 Cornelis Viruly Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 18131748
15 Eduardus van Voorst tot Voorst Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 19131547
Franciscus van Voorst tot Voorst Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 18141547
17 Henry Creasey Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2291546
Percy Easte Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 18111746
19 Gerald Merlin Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 18101745
20 William Morris Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 10122244
George Vivian Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  Canada 16101844
22 Reindert de Favauge Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 181129
23 Émile Béjot Flag of France.svg  France 181028
24 John Butt Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 151126
25 Alfred Swahn Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 13922
26 Jacob Laan Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 13821
27Frank ParkerFlag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  Canada 14519
Edward Benedicks Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 13619
AC John Postans Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 23 [2] WithdrewDNA23
M. Bucquet Flag of France.svg  France UnknownDNA
C. A. A. Dudok de Wit Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands UnknownDNA
E. Fesingher Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium UnknownDNA
Count de Fontenay Flag of France.svg  France UnknownDNA
A. Fleury Flag of France.svg  France UnknownDNA
L. Gernaert Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium UnknownDNA
E. Herrmann Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium UnknownDNA
R. W. Huber Flag of Russia.svg  Finland UnknownDNA
Charles de Jaubert Flag of France.svg  France UnknownDNA
Arvid Knöppel Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden UnknownDNA
G. A. Knöppel Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden UnknownDNA
P. Lefébure Flag of France.svg  France UnknownDNA
P. Levé Flag of France.svg  France UnknownDNA
A. G. E. Ljungberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden UnknownDNA
A. F. Londen Flag of Russia.svg  Finland UnknownDNA
P. L. Lucassen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands UnknownDNA
L. de Lunden Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium UnknownDNA
Frangiskos Mavrommatis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece UnknownDNA
C. N. J. Moltzer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands UnknownDNA
Georgios Orphanidis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece UnknownDNA
Rudolph van Pallandt Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands UnknownDNA
H. L. R. Quersin Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium UnknownDNA
Baron A. de Roest d'Alkemade Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium UnknownDNA
Ernst Rosell Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden UnknownDNA
Count S. de Rouville Flag of France.svg  France UnknownDNA
E. Soufart Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium UnknownDNA
Réginald Storms Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium UnknownDNA
Oscar Swahn Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden UnknownDNA
K. Tazer Flag of Russia.svg  Finland UnknownDNA
L. Van Tilt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium UnknownDNA
G. J. Van der Vleit Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands UnknownDNA
P. W. Waller Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands UnknownDNA

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  6. Official Report, p. 278.
  7. Official Report, pp. 280–81.
  8. 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.

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