Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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At the 1908 Summer Olympics, four fencing events were contested.
The 1908 Games were the first to lack a foil competition. Foil fencing, "not being in the opinion of the organisers a form of sport which is improved by competition[1]," was held only as a display. The 1908 Olympics did introduce team sabre and épée competitions. As in the 1904 edition, the London Games held no events for masters; all fencing was done by amateurs.
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[edit] Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Épée details |
France (FRA) |
France (FRA) |
France (FRA) |
| Team épée details |
Gaston Alibert Henri-Georges Berger Charles Collignon Eugène Olivier |
Charles Leaf Daniell Cecil Haig Martin Holt Robert Montgomerie |
Paul Anspach Desire Beaurain Ferdinand Feyerick François Rom |
| Sabre details |
Hungary (HUN) |
Hungary (HUN) |
Bohemia (BOH) |
| Team sabre details |
Jenő Fuchs Oszkár Gerde Péter Tóth Lajos Werkner |
Marcello Bertinetti Riccardo Nowak Abelardo Olivier Alessandro Pirzio-Biroli |
Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf Bedřich Schejbal Jaroslav Šourek-Tuček |
[edit] Participating nations
131 fencers from 14 nations competed.
Austria (1)
Belgium (18)
Bohemia (7)
Canada (1)
Denmark (8)
France (22)
Germany (10)
Great Britain (23)
Hungary (8)
Italy (11)
Netherlands (13)
Norway (1)
South Africa (1)
Sweden (7)
[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
[edit] References
- ^ Official Report, p. 127
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