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.
[edit] Medal table
| Position | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 |  Hungary |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Great Britain |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Bohemia |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 |  Belgium |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| — |  Austria |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Canada |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Denmark |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Germany |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Netherlands |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Norway |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| South Africa |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Sweden |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's épée | Gaston Alibert France |
Alexandre Lippmann France |
Eugène Olivier France |
| Men's sabre | Jenő Fuchs Hungary |
Béla Zulavszky Hungary |
Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf Bohemia |
| Men's team épée | France
Gaston Alibert Henri-Georges Berger Charles Collignon Eugène Olivier |
Great Britain
Charles Leaf Daniell Cecil Haig Martin Holt Robert Montgomerie |
Belgium
Paul Anspach Desire Beaurain Ferdinand Feyerick François Rom |
| Men's team sabre | Hungary
Jenő Fuchs Oszkár Gerde Péter Tóth Lajos Werkner |
Italy
Marcello Bertinetti Riccardo Nowak Abelardo Olivier Alessandro Pirzio-Biroli |
Bohemia
Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf Bedrich Schejbal Jaroslav Šourek-Tucek |
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| Épée | men | |
| Sabre | men | |
| Team épée | men | |
| Team sabre | men | |
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[edit] References
- ^ Official Report, p. 127
