Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics explained

Event:Fencing
Games:1908 Summer
Venue:Franco-British Exhibition fencing grounds
Dates:July 17–24
Competitors:131
Nations:14
Num Events:4
Prev:1904
Next:1912

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

Épée, Individual
Épée, Team

Gaston Alibert
Herman Georges Berger
Charles Collignon
Eugène Olivier

Charles Leaf Daniell
Cecil Haig
Martin Holt
Robert Montgomerie

Paul Anspach
Desire Beaurain
Ferdinand Feyerick
François Rom
Sabre, Individual
Sabre, Team

Marcello Bertinetti
Riccardo Nowak
Abelardo Olivier
Alessandro Pirzio-Biroli
Sante Ceccherini

Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský
Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf
Bedřich Schejbal
Jaroslav Šourek-Tuček
Otakar Lada

Participating nations

131 fencers from 14 nations competed.[2]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Official Report, p. 127
  2. Web site: Fencing: 1908 Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417050310/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/FEN/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2010-12-24 . sports-reference.com.