Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics
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At the 1908 Summer Olympics, four fencing events were contested.
| Fencing at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Franco-British Exhibition fencing grounds |
| Dates | July 17–24 |
| No. of events | 4 |
| Competitors | 131 from 14 nations |
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, Individual |
Gaston Alibert France |
Alexandre Lippmann France |
Eugène Olivier France |
| Épée, Team |
 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 |
Jenő Fuchs Hungary |
Béla Zulawszky Hungary |
Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf Bohemia |
| Sabre, Team |
 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
131 fencers from 14 nations competed.[2]
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)
Medal table
References
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