Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's trap
The men's individual trap shooting competition was one of 15 shooting sports events on the Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.[1] Each nation could enter up to 12 shooters.[2]
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 | 61 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics | |
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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 |
Single-shot running deer | men |
Double-shot running deer | men |
Team single-shot running deer | men |
Individual pistol | men |
Team pistol | men |
Individual trap | men |
Team trap | men |
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.[3] 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;[3] 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.
Results
The Official Report gives a list of competitors,[4] but gives scores only for those reaching the final round.[5]
Rank | Shooter | Nation | Score | |||
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Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Total | |||
![]() | Walter Ewing | ![]() | 27 | 18 | 27 | 72 |
![]() | George Beattie | ![]() | 21 | 17 | 22 | 60 |
![]() | Alexander Maunder | ![]() | 21 | 14 | 22 | 57 |
Anastasios Metaxas | ![]() | 21 | 14 | 22 | 57 | |
5 | Charles Palmer | ![]() | 23 | 12 | 20 | 55 |
Arthur Westover | ![]() | 21 | 12 | 22 | 55 | |
7 | Mylie Fletcher | ![]() | 22 | 9 | 22 | 53 |
Bob Hutton | ![]() | 23 | 10 | 20 | 53 | |
John Wilson | ![]() | 20 | 13 | 20 | 53 | |
10 | Frank Moore | ![]() | 21 | 11 | 20 | 52 |
11 | George Whitaker | ![]() | 18 | 9 | 24 | 51 |
12 | David McMackon | ![]() | 19 | 14 | 17 | 50 |
John Pike | ![]() | 22 | 12 | 16 | 50 | |
14 | Cornelis Viruly | ![]() | 18 | 13 | 17 | 48 |
15 | Eduardus van Voorst tot Voorst | ![]() | 19 | 13 | 15 | 47 |
Franciscus van Voorst tot Voorst | ![]() | 18 | 14 | 15 | 47 | |
17 | Harold Creasey | ![]() | 22 | 9 | 15 | 46 |
Peter Easte | ![]() | 18 | 11 | 17 | 46 | |
19 | Gerald Merlin | ![]() | 18 | 10 | 17 | 45 |
20 | William Morris | ![]() | 10 | 12 | 22 | 44 |
George Vivian | ![]() | 16 | 10 | 18 | 44 | |
22 | Reindert de Favauge | ![]() | 18 | 11 | — | 29 |
23 | Émile Béjot | ![]() | 18 | 10 | — | 28 |
24 | John Butt | ![]() | 15 | 11 | — | 26 |
25 | Alfred Swahn | ![]() | 13 | 9 | — | 22 |
26 | Jacob Laan | ![]() | 13 | 8 | — | 21 |
27 | Frank Parker | ![]() | 14 | 5 | — | 19 |
Edward Benedicks | ![]() | 13 | 6 | — | 19 | |
AC | John Postans | ![]() | 23[7] | Withdrew | DNA | 23 |
M. Bucquet | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
C. A. A. Dudok de Wit | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
E. Fesingher | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
Count de Fontenay | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
A. Fleury | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
L. Gernaert | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
E. Herrmann | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
R. W. Huber | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
Charles de Jaubert | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
Arvid Knöppel | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
G. A. Knöppel | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
P. Lefébure | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
P. Levé | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
A. G. E. Ljungberg | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
A. F. Londen | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
P. L. Lucassen | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
L. de Lunden | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
Frangiskos Mavrommatis | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
C. N. J. Moltzer | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
Georgios Orphanidis | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
Rudolph van Pallandt | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
H. L. R. Quersin | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
Baron A. de Roest d'Alkemade | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
Ernst Rosell | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
Count S. de Rouville | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
E. Soufart | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
Réginald Storms | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
Oscar Swahn | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
K. Tazer | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
L. Van Tilt | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
G. J. Van der Vleit | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — | ||
P. W. Waller | ![]() | Unknown | DNA | — |
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.
- Official Report, p. 39.
- Official Report, p. 275
- Official Report, p. 278.
- Official Report, pp. 280–81.
- 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.
- Olympedia event page
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.