Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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.
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Épée |
 Gaston AlibertFrance (FRA) |
Alexandre Lippmann France (FRA) |
Eugène Olivier France (FRA) |
| Team épée |
France (FRA) Gaston Alibert Herman Georges Berger Charles Collignon Eugène Olivier |
 Great Britain (GBR)Charles Leaf Daniell Cecil Haig Martin Holt Robert Montgomerie |
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium (BEL)Paul Anspach Desire Beaurain Ferdinand Feyerick François Rom |
| Sabre |
.svg.png){kind=small} Jenő FuchsHungary (HUN) |
Béla Zulawszky Hungary (HUN) |
 Vilém Goppold von LobsdorfBohemia (BOH) |
| Team sabre |
Hungary (HUN) Jenő Fuchs Oszkár Gerde Péter Tóth Lajos Werkner Dezső Földes |
.svg.png){kind=small} Italy (ITA)Marcello Bertinetti Riccardo Nowak Abelardo Olivier Alessandro Pirzio-Biroli Sante Ceccherini |
Bohemia (BOH) Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf Bedřich Schejbal Jaroslav Šourek-Tuček Otakar Lada |
Participating nations
131 fencers from 14 nations competed.[2]
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Austria (1) - Belgium (18)
- Bohemia (7)
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Canada (1) -
Denmark (8) - France (22)
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Germany (10) - Great Britain (23)
- Hungary (8)
- Italy (11)
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Netherlands (13) -
Norway (1) - South Africa (1)
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Sweden (7)
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Bohemia (BOH) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
References
- ↑ Official Report, p. 127
- ↑ "Fencing: 1908 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-12-24.
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