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
Olympic Games Athens. These Games were, but are not now, officially recognised by the IOC and no Intercalated Games have been held since. The Games attracted a broad international field of participants and generated great public interest. This marked the beginning of a rise in both the popularity and the size of the Olympics. The Winter Olympics was created to feature snow and ice sports that were logistically impossible to hold during the Summer Games. Figure skating (in 1908 and 1920) and ice hockey (in 1920) were featured as Olympic events at the Summer Olympics. The IOC desired to expand this list