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 inclusion only two were selected as finalists: karate and squash. Neither sport attained the required two-thirds vote and consequently they were not promoted to the Olympic programme. In October 2009 the IOC voted to instate golf and rugby union as Olympic sports for the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympic Games. The 114th IOC Session, in 2002, limited the Summer Games programme to a maximum of 28 sports, 301 events, and 10,500 athletes. Three years later, at the 117th IOC Session, the first major programme revision was performed, which resulted in the exclusion of baseball and softball from the official programme