page_title: Finland at the 1908 Summer Olympics
section_title: Rifle
hierarchical_section_title: Finland at the 1908 Summer Olympics / Shooting / Rifle
caption_attribution_description: Finland's rifle shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics and two officials. Standing: Karl Reilin, Emil Nässling, Lauri Kolho, Huvi Tuiskunen, Voitto Kolho, Gustav NymanSitting: Frans Nässling, Heikki Huttunen, Axel Fredrik Londen (captain), head consul Norrgren (guide), Heikki Hallamaa
context_page_description: 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 become a sovereign member of the International Olympic Committee in 1907.
context_section_description: The Finnish shooting team performed poorly against expectations and returned in disgrace. The captain of the shooting team, Axel Fredrik Londen, explained in an article that the Finnish shooters could only afford an inferior number of practice shots and inferior gun powder. There also was an import ban on modern bullets and rifles in Finland.
  Results are lifted from:
  Mallon, Bill; Buchanan, Ian (2001). The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitors in All Events, With Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina, United States: McFarland. pp. 223–227. ISBN 978-0-7864-0598-5.
caption: Finland's Olympic rifle shooters
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