Anastasios Metaxas

Bronze medal, August 11, 1908, Anastasios Metaxas, trap 125 targets. London 1908

31 athletes from 6 countries participated in the race and it was a tough fight. Except for the two first place winners, Canadians Walter Ewing and George Beattie, the participants were tied on points in the other places. Thus, Anastasios Metaxas, architect of the reconstruction of the Panathenaic Stadium, who had also competed in 1896 but also in 1912, finished third with 57 successes, tied with Alexander Maunder of Great Britain. The duels were so lopsided that, in addition to a tie for third place, two other athletes finished fifth and three seventh, with the Canadians and British having seven athletes in the top eight. The rankings Ewing (Canada) 72 Beattie (Canada) 60 Maunder (Great Britain) 57 Metaxas (Greece) 57 Palmer (Great Britain) 55 Westover (Canada) 55 Fletcher (Canada) 53 Hutton (Great Britain) 53 Wilson (Netherlands) 53