2008 European Fencing Championships
The 2008 European Fencing Championships were held in Kiev, Ukraine. The event took place from July 5 to July 10, 2008.
Medal summary
Men's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foil |  Andrea Cassarà (ITA) |
 Laurence Halsted (GBR) |
 Andriy Pogrebnyak (UKR) Roland Schlosser (AUT) |
| Épée |  Géza Imre (HUN) |
 Martin Schmitt (GER) |
 Michael Kauter (SUI) Jean-Michel Lucenay (FRA) |
| Sabre |  Aliaksandr Buikevich (BLR) |
 Aleksey Yakimenko (RUS) |
 Mihai Covaliu (ROU) Nicolas Limbach (GER) |
| Team Foil | Italy |
 Poland |
Russia |
| Team Épée | France |
Hungary |
Italy |
| Team Sabre | Russia |
France |
Belarus |
Women's events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foil | Adeline Wuillème (FRA) |
Margherita Granbassi (ITA) |
Carolin Golubytskyi (GER) Małgorzata Wojtkowiak (POL) |
| Épée | Adrienn Hormay (HUN) |
Ana Maria Brânză (ROU) |
Bianca Del Carretto (ITA) Anna Sivkova (RUS) |
| Team sabre | Sofiya Velikaya (RUS) |
Ilaria Bianco (ITA) |
Réka Benkó (HUN) Yekaterina Fedorkina (RUS) |
| Team foil | Russia |
Hungary |
France |
| Team épée | Romania |
Germany |
Italy |
| Team sabre | Poland |
Ukraine |
France |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Hungary | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | France | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Belarus | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 | Germany | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 9 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11 | Austria | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 |
Results
Men
Épée individual
7 July
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
 | Géza Imre | Hungary |
 | Martin Schmitt | Germany |
 | Michael Kauter | Switzerland |
| | Jean-Michel Lucenay | France |
| 5. | Norman Ackermann | Germany |
| 6. | Gábor Boczkó | Hungary |
| 7. | Nikolai Novosjolov |  Estonia |
| 8. | Ignacio Canto |  Spain |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Norman Ackermann |
10 | |||||||||
| Géza Imre |
15 | |||||||||
| Géza Imre |
15 | |||||||||
| Jean-Michel Lucenay |
13 | |||||||||
| Jean-Michel Lucenay |
15 | |||||||||
| Ignacio Canto |
11 | |||||||||
| Géza Imre |
15 | |||||||||
| Martin Schmitt |
11 | |||||||||
| Martin Schmitt |
15 | |||||||||
| Gábor Boczkó |
11 | |||||||||
| Martin Schmitt |
15 | |||||||||
| Michael Kauter |
14 | |||||||||
| Michael Kauter |
15 | |||||||||
| Nikolai Novosjolov |
10 | |||||||||
Épée team
10 July
| Position | Country | Name |
|---|---|---|
| | France | Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet Jean-Michel Lucenay Ulrich Robeiri |
| | Hungary | Gábor Boczkó Géza Imre Iván Kovács Krisztián Kulcsár |
| | Italy | Stefano Carozzo Diego Confalonieri Alfredo Rota Matteo Tagliariol |
| 4. | Poland | Robert Andrzejuk Krzysztof Mikołajczak Tomasz Motyka Radosław Zawrotniak |
| 5. | Ukraine | Dmytro Chumak Dmytro Karyuchenko Maksym Khvorost Vitaly Medvedev |
| 6. |  Czech Republic | Jakub Ambrož Matyas Ambroz Jiří Beran Zdeněk Coufal |
| 7. | Germany | Norman Ackermann Jörg Fiedler Sven Schmid Martin Schmitt |
| 8. |  Norway | Fredrik Backer Michael Zoltan Kramarics Bartosz Piasecki Sturla Torkildsen |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Hungary |
26 | |||||||||
| Norway |
21 | |||||||||
| Hungary |
45 | |||||||||
| Poland |
40 | |||||||||
| Czech Republic |
36 | |||||||||
| Poland |
43 | |||||||||
| Hungary |
33 | |||||||||
| France |
45 | |||||||||
| France |
37 | |||||||||
| Ukraine |
36 | |||||||||
| France |
45 | Third place | ||||||||
| Italy |
32 | |||||||||
| Germany |
28 | Poland |
37 | |||||||
| Italy |
45 | Italy |
45 | |||||||
Foil individual
6 July
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| | Andrea Cassarà | Italy |
| | Laurence Halsted | United Kingdom |
| | Andriy Pogrebnyak | Ukraine |
| | Roland Schlosser | Austria |
| 5. | Andrea Baldini | Italy |
| 6. | Michał Majewski | Poland |
| 7. | Erwann Le Péchoux | France |
| 8. | Bogdan Gurinenko | Ukraine |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Andrea Baldini |
9 | |||||||||
| Laurence Halsted |
15 | |||||||||
| Laurence Halsted |
15 | |||||||||
| Andriy Pogrebnyak |
9 | |||||||||
| Andriy Pogrebnyak |
15 | |||||||||
| Michał Majewski |
12 | |||||||||
| Laurence Halsted |
9 | |||||||||
| Andrea Cassarà |
15 | |||||||||
| Andrea Cassarà |
15 | |||||||||
| Erwann Le Péchoux |
11 | |||||||||
| Andrea Cassarà |
15 | |||||||||
| Roland Schlosser |
13 | |||||||||
| Roland Schlosser |
15 | |||||||||
| Bogdan Gurinenko |
12 | |||||||||
Foil team
9 July
| Position | Country | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | Andrea Baldini Stefano Barrera Andrea Cassarà Salvatore Sanzo |
| | Poland | Tomasz Ciepły Radosław Glonek Michał Majewski Sławomir Mocek |
| | Russia | Aleksey Cheremisinov Igor Gridnev Aleksey Khovanskiy Artem Sedov |
| 4. | France | Jérôme Jault Térence Joubert Gregory Koenig Marcel Marcilloux |
| 5. | United Kingdom | James Beevers Laurence Halsted James Kenber David Riseley |
| 6. | Spain | Luis Caplliure Gabriel Menéndez Javier Menéndez Ignacio Rodriguez |
| 7. | Hungary | Anton Berjozkin Péter Biró Lorenzo Mazza Bence Széki |
| 8. |  Israel | Oren Bassal Maor Hatoel Tomer Or |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Italy |
45 | |||||||||
| Hungary |
21 | |||||||||
| Italy |
42 | |||||||||
| France |
41 | |||||||||
| Spain |
28 | |||||||||
| France |
45 | |||||||||
| Italy |
45 | |||||||||
| Poland |
30 | |||||||||
| Russia |
45 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom |
26 | |||||||||
| Russia |
31 | Third place | ||||||||
| Poland |
45 | |||||||||
| Israel |
34 | France |
32 | |||||||
| Poland |
45 | Russia |
45 | |||||||
Sabre individual
5 July
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| | Aliaksandr Buikevich | Belarus |
| | Aleksey Yakimenko | Russia |
| | Mihai Covaliu | Romania |
| | Nicolas Limbach | Germany |
| 5. | Volodymyr Lukashenko | Ukraine |
| 6. | Stanislav Pozdnyakov | Russia |
| 7. | Luigi Tarantino | Italy |
| 8. | Tamás Decsi | Hungary |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Luigi Tarantino |
12 | |||||||||
| Aliaksandr Buikevich |
15 | |||||||||
| Aliaksandr Buikevich |
15 | |||||||||
| Nicolas Limbach |
8 | |||||||||
| Stanislav Pozdnyakov |
13 | |||||||||
| Nicolas Limbach |
15 | |||||||||
| Aliaksandr Buikevich |
15 | |||||||||
| Aleksey Yakimenko |
11 | |||||||||
| Volodymyr Lukashenko |
14 | |||||||||
| Mihai Covaliu |
15 | |||||||||
| Mihai Covaliu |
13 | |||||||||
| Aleksey Yakimenko |
15 | |||||||||
| Tamás Decsi |
12 | |||||||||
| Aleksey Yakimenko |
15 | |||||||||
Sabre team
8 July
| Position | Country | Name |
|---|---|---|
| | Russia | Aleksey Frosin Nikolay Kovalev Stanislav Pozdnyakov Aleksey Yakimenko |
| | France | Vincent Anstett Boladé Apithy Julien Pillet Boris Sanson |
| | Belarus | Aliaksandr Buikevich Dmitri Lapkes Valery Pryiemka Aleksei Romanovitch |
| 4. | Romania | Mihai Covaliu Rareș Dumitrescu Cosmin Hănceanu Alexandru Sirițeanu |
| 5. | Italy | Aldo Montano Diego Occhiuzzi Giampiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino |
| 6. | Ukraine | Dmytro Boyko Volodymyr Lukashenko Oleh Shturbabin Vladyslav Tretiak |
| 7. | Hungary | Tamás Decsi Balázs Lontay Zsolt Nemcsik Áron Szilágyi |
| 8. | Germany | Benedikt Beisheim Max Hartung Björn Hübner Johannes Klebes |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| France |
45 | |||||||||
| Germany |
43 | |||||||||
| France |
45 | |||||||||
| Belarus |
42 | |||||||||
| Belarus |
45 | |||||||||
| Italy |
40 | |||||||||
| France |
29 | |||||||||
| Russia |
45 | |||||||||
| Russia |
45 | |||||||||
| Ukraine |
38 | |||||||||
| Russia |
45 | Third place | ||||||||
| Romania |
44 | |||||||||
| Romania |
45 | Belarus |
45 | |||||||
| Hungary |
35 | Romania |
42 | |||||||
Women
Epée individual
6 July
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| | Adrienn Hormay | Hungary |
| | Ana Maria Brânză | Romania |
| | Bianca Del Carretto | Italy |
| | Anna Sivkova | Russia |
| 5. | Marijana Markovic | Germany |
| 6. | Francesca Quondamcarlo | Italy |
| 7. | Noam Mills | Israel |
| 8. | Hajnalka Kiraly Picot | France |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Anna Sivkova |
12 | |||||||||
| Noam Mills |
5 | |||||||||
| Anna Sivkova |
11 | |||||||||
| Ana Maria Brânză |
15 | |||||||||
| Ana Maria Brânză |
15 | |||||||||
| Francesca Quondamcarlo |
12 | |||||||||
| Ana Maria Brânză |
10 | |||||||||
| Adrienn Hormay |
15 | |||||||||
| Bianca Del Carretto |
15 | |||||||||
| Marijana Markovic |
11 | |||||||||
| Bianca Del Carretto |
6 | |||||||||
| Adrienn Hormay |
12 | |||||||||
| Adrienn Hormay |
8 | |||||||||
| Hajnalka Kiraly Picot |
6 | |||||||||
Epée team
9 July
| Position | Country | Name |
|---|---|---|
| | Romania | Simona Alexandru Ana Maria Brânză Loredana Iordăchioiu Iuliana Măceșeanu |
| | Germany | Imke Duplitzer Britta Heidemann Marijana Markovic Monika Sozanska |
| | Italy | Francesca Boscarelli Cristiana Cascioli Bianca Del Carretto Francesca Quondamcarlo |
| 4. | Hungary | Edina Antal Katalin Izsó Tímea Nagy Hajnalka Tóth |
| 5. | Poland | Danut Dmowska-Andrzejuk Magdalena Grabowska Magdalena Piekarska Małgorzata Stroka |
| 6. | Russia | Tatiana Logunova Elena Shasharina Lyubov Shutova Anna Sivkova |
| 7. | France | Audrey Belviso Jeanne Colignon Sarah Daninthe Maureen Nisima |
| 8. | Ukraine | Olena Kryvytska Anfisa Pochkalova Yana Shemyakina Eva Vybornova |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| France |
26 | |||||||||
| Hungary |
30 | |||||||||
| Hungary |
33 | |||||||||
| Romania |
43 | |||||||||
| Romania |
39 | |||||||||
| Poland |
36 | |||||||||
| Romania |
45 | |||||||||
| Germany |
34 | |||||||||
| Germany |
32 | |||||||||
| Russia |
31 | |||||||||
| Germany |
45 | Third place | ||||||||
| Italy |
34 | |||||||||
| Ukraine |
42 | Hungary |
27 | |||||||
| Italy |
45 | Italy |
45 | |||||||
Foil individual
5 July
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| | Adeline Wuillème | France |
| | Margherita Granbassi | Italy |
| | Carolin Golubytskyi | Germany |
| | Małgorzata Wojtkowiak | Poland |
| 5. | Aida Shanayeva | Russia |
| 6. | Cristina Stahl | Romania |
| 7. | Delila Hatuel | Israel |
| 8. | Sylwia Gruchała | Poland |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Margherita Granbassi |
12 | |||||||||
| Sylwia Gruchała |
11 | |||||||||
| Margherita Granbassi |
15 | |||||||||
| Carolin Golubytskyi |
7 | |||||||||
| Aida Shanayeva |
14 | |||||||||
| Carolin Golubytskyi |
15 | |||||||||
| Margherita Granbassi |
9 | |||||||||
| Adeline Wuillème |
14 | |||||||||
| Cristina Stahl |
12 | |||||||||
| Małgorzata Wojtkowiak |
15 | |||||||||
| Małgorzata Wojtkowiak |
7 | |||||||||
| Adeline Wuillème |
15 | |||||||||
| Delila Hatuel |
2 | |||||||||
| Adeline Wuillème |
9 | |||||||||
Foil team
8 July
| Position | Country | Name |
|---|---|---|
| | Russia | Svetlana Boiko Aida Shanayeva Olga Lobyntseva Viktoria Nikichina |
| | Hungary | Edina Knapek Aida Mohamed Virginie Ujlaki Gabriella Varga |
| | France | Astrid Guyart Corinne Maîtrejean Mélanie Moumas Adeline Wuillème |
| 4. | Poland | Sylwia Gruchała Magda Mroczkiewicz Anna Rybicka Małgorzata Wojtkowiak |
| 5. | Italy | Margherita Granbassi Ilaria Salvatori Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali |
| 6. | Germany | Carolin Golubytskyi Anja Schache Katja Waechter Melanie Wolgast |
| 7. | Romania | Roxana Scarlat-Bârlădeanu Cristina Ghiță Cristina Stahl Daniela Tănase |
| 8. | Ukraine | Ekateryna Karmanova Olga Leleyko Tetyana Savchenko Nadiya Voychenko |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Russia |
40 | |||||||||
| Ukraine |
28 | |||||||||
| Russia |
45 | |||||||||
| France |
16 | |||||||||
| France |
34 | |||||||||
| Italy |
33 | |||||||||
| Russia |
31 | |||||||||
| Hungary |
30 | |||||||||
| Hungary |
21 | |||||||||
| Germany |
20 | |||||||||
| Hungary |
42 | Third place | ||||||||
| Poland |
34 | |||||||||
| Romania |
19 | France |
33 | |||||||
| Poland |
24 | Poland |
25 | |||||||
Sabre individual
7 July
| Position | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| | Sofiya Velikaya | Russia |
| | Ilaria Bianco | Italy |
| | Réka Benkó | Hungary |
| | Yekaterina Fedorkina | Russia |
| 5. | Gioia Marzocca | Italy |
| 6. | Olena Khomrova | Ukraine |
| 7. | Anne-Lise Touya | France |
| 8. | Halyna Pundyk | Ukraine |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Anne-Lise Touya |
14 | |||||||||
| Ilaria Bianco |
15 | |||||||||
| Ilaria Bianco |
15 | |||||||||
| Yekaterina Fedorkina |
13 | |||||||||
| Yekaterina Fedorkina |
15 | |||||||||
| Halyna Pundyk |
9 | |||||||||
| Ilaria Bianco |
10 | |||||||||
| Sofiya Velikaya |
15 | |||||||||
| Sofiya Velikaya |
15 | |||||||||
| Olena Khomrova |
14 | |||||||||
| Sofiya Velikaya |
15 | |||||||||
| Réka Benkó |
5 | |||||||||
| Réka Benkó |
15 | |||||||||
| Gioia Marzocca |
9 | |||||||||
Sabre team
10 July
| Position | Country | Name |
|---|---|---|
| | Poland | Bogna Jóźwiak Matylda Ostojska Aleksandra Socha Irena Wieckowska |
| Ukraine | Olha Kharlan Olena Khomrova Nina Kozlova Halyna Pundyk |
| | France | Cécilia Berder Solenne Mary Anne-Lise Touya Carole Vergne |
| 4. | Hungary | Réka Benkó Réka Pető Gabriella Sznopek Kata Várhelyi |
| 5. | Russia | Yekaterina Dyachenko Ekaterina Fedorkina Yelena Nechayeva Sofiya Velikaya |
| 6. | Italy | Ilaria Bianco Loreta Gulotta Gioia Marzocca Irene Vecchi |
| 7. | United Kingdom | Louise Bond-Williams Katie Hendra Joanna Hutchison Chrystall Nicoll |
| 8. | Germany | Doreen Häntzsch Stefanie Kubissa Anna Limbach Margrita Tschomakov |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| France |
45 | |||||||||
| Germany |
22 | |||||||||
| France |
43 | |||||||||
| Poland |
45 | |||||||||
| Poland |
45 | |||||||||
| Italy |
38 | |||||||||
| Poland |
45 | |||||||||
| Ukraine |
44 | |||||||||
| Ukraine |
45 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom |
29 | |||||||||
| Ukraine |
45 | Third place | ||||||||
| Hungary |
34 | |||||||||
| Hungary |
45 | France |
45 | |||||||
| Russia |
44 | Hungary |
35 | |||||||