Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

At the 1908 Summer Olympics, four fencing events were contested.

Fencing
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenueFranco-British Exhibition fencing grounds
DatesJuly 17–24
No. of events4
Competitors131 from 14 nations
← 1904
1912 →

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

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Épée, Individual
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Gaston Alibert
  France
Alexandre Lippmann
  France
Eugène Olivier
  France
Épée, Team
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  France (FRA)
Gaston Alibert
Herman Georges Berger
Charles Collignon
Eugène Olivier
  Great Britain (GBR)
Charles Leaf Daniell
Cecil Haig
Martin Holt
Robert Montgomerie
  Belgium (BEL)
Paul Anspach
Desire Beaurain
Ferdinand Feyerick
François Rom
Sabre, Individual
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Jenő Fuchs
  Hungary
Béla Zulawszky
  Hungary
Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf
  Bohemia
Sabre, Team
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  Hungary (HUN)
Jenő Fuchs
Oszkár Gerde
Péter Tóth
Lajos Werkner
Dezső Földes
  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

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131 fencers from 14 nations competed.[2]

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  France (FRA)2114
2  Hungary (HUN)2103
3  Great Britain (GBR)0101
  Italy (ITA)0101
5  Bohemia (BOH)0022
6  Belgium (BEL)0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

References

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  1. ^ Official Report, p. 127
  2. ^ "Fencing: 1908 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-12-24.

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