Finland at the 1908 Summer Olympics having entered the trap event: Robert Huber, Axel Fredrik Londen and Karl Fazer, and are suggested as having been eliminated in the first round of the event. However, Bill Mallon and Ian Buchanan in modern research argue that they never started the event. Unless otherwise specified, results are lifted from: Ledend: W = win, L = loss Finland at the 1908 Summer Olympics Finland competed at the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The Grand Duchy of Finland was part of the Russian Empire at the time, but Finland had
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