Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's team trap

Men's team trap at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Venue	Uxendon Shooting School Club
Dates	9–11 July
Competitors	24 from 3 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain (GBR) Percy Easte, Alexander Maunder, Frederic Moore, Charles Palmer, John Pike, John Postans 2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Canada (1868–1921).svg Canada (CAN) George Beattie, Walter Ewing, Mylie Fletcher, David McMackon, George Vivian, Arthur Westover 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain (GBR) John Butt, Henry Creasey, Bob Hutton, William Morris, George Skinner, George Whitaker

The men's team trap shooting competition was one of 15 shooting sports events on the Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Teams consisted of six shooters. Shooting was conducted in three rounds, with each shooter firing at 30 clay birds in the first, 25 in the second, and 50 in the third. Each nation could enter up to 2 teams of 6 shooters. Great Britain entered two teams, with Canada and the Netherlands also entering a team each. Belgium, France, and Sweden initially registered teams, but their teams did not compete. The Dutch team was eliminated before the final round.

Results

Place	Nation	Shooter	Score
			Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total
1	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain (GBR) #1	Team total	127	96	184	407
		Alexander Maunder	25	18	40	83
		John Pike	23	22	32	77
		Charles Palmer	25	12	34	71
		John Postans	16	14	31	61
		Frederic Moore	22	15	23	60
		Percy Easte	16	15	24	55
2	File:Flag of Canada (1868–1921).svg Canada (CAN)	Team total	114	95	196	405
		Walter Ewing	24	19	38	81
		George Beattie	20	18	35	73
		Arthur Westover	22	15	35	72
		Mylie Fletcher	18	13	34	65
		George Vivian	18	12	28	58
		David McMackon	12	18	26	56
3	File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain (GBR) #2	Team total	106	84	182	372
		George Whitaker	15	18	37	70
		George Skinner	17	16	30	63
		John Butt	19	12	31	62
		William Morris	18	12	32	62
		Henry Creasey	20	14	25	59
		Bob Hutton	17	12	27	56
4	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (NED)	Team total	Unknown		—	174
		John Wilson	Unknown		—	34
		Franciscus van Voorst tot Voorst	Unknown		—	34
		Cornelis Viruly	Unknown		—	28
		Eduardus van Voorst tot Voorst	Unknown		—	28
		Rudolph van Pallandt	Unknown		—	26
		Reindert de Favauge	Unknown		—	24

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.