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 |
 Italy |
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 |
| The 1908 Summer Olympics in London Games of the IV Olympiad |
| Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics |
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épée | sabre |
| Events at the 1908 Summer Olympics (London) |
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| Archery • Athletics • Boxing • Cycling • Diving • Fencing • Figure skating • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Jeu de paume • Lacrosse • Polo • Rackets • Rowing • Rugby • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Tennis • Tug of war • Water motorsports • Water polo • Wrestling |
| Fencing at the Summer Olympics |  |
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| 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in fencing (men) and List of Olympic medalists in fencing (women) |
