1908 Summer Olympics / Fencing
Fencing at the IV Olympic Games |
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venue | London |
Competition venue | Franco-British Exhibition |
Nations | 14th |
Athletes | 131 (131 ) |
date | 17.-24. July 1908 |
decisions | 4th |
← St. Louis 1904 |
Four fencing competitions were held at the IV Olympic Games in London in 1908 . The venue was a tent on the Franco-British Exhibition site near the White City Stadium , which had been set up to protect against bad weather.
In contrast to the earlier events, there were only competitions with epee and saber , but not with foil . In the opinion of the organizers, the rules of this discipline had developed so differently in the individual countries that international competitions were not possible. A decision based solely on the number of hits would have been degrading the sport. Instead, a demonstration competition was held in the Prince's Galleries on Piccadilly without a rating.
Balance sheet
Medal table
space | country | total | |||
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1 | France | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4th |
2 | Hungary | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
3 | Italy | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Great Britain | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
5 | Bohemia | - | - | 2 | 2 |
6th | Belgium | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
competitor | gold | silver | bronze |
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Epee single | Gaston Alibert | Alexandre Lippmann | Eugène Olivier |
Epee team |
Gaston Alibert , Herman Georges Berger , Charles Collignon , Bernard Gravier , Alexandre Lippmann , Eugène Olivier , Jean Stern |
Edgar Amphlett , Leaf Daniell , Cecil Haig , Martin Holt , Robert Montgomerie , Edgar Seligman |
Paul Anspach , Désiré Beaurain , Fernand Bosmans , Fernand de Montigny , Ferdinand Feyerick , François Rom , Victor Willems |
Saber single | Jenő fox | Béla Zulawszky | Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf |
Saber crew |
Dezső Földes , Jenő Fuchs , Oszkár Gerde , Péter Tóth , Lajos Werkner |
Marcello Bertinetti , Sante Ceccherini , Riccardo Nowak , Abelardo Olivier , Alessandro Pirzio Biroli |
Otakar Lada , Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský , Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf , Jaroslav Tuček , Bedřich Schejbal |
Results
Epee single
space | country | athlete | Victories |
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1 | FRA | Gaston Alibert | 5 |
2 | FRA | Alexandre Lippmann | 4 (+2) |
3 | FRA | Eugène Olivier | 4 (+1) |
4th | GBR | Robert Montgomerie | 4th |
5 | NED | Alfred Labouchere | 2 |
GBR | Cecil Haig | ||
BEL | Paul Anspach | ||
8th | GBR | Martin Holt | 1 |
Date: July 17th to 24th,
85 participants from 13 countries.
In the first round on July 17th and 18th, five to seven participants met in 13 groups. The remaining 40 fencers formed eight groups with five participants each in the second round and fought against each other on July 20th. The first two of a group qualified for the semi-finals. The semi-final on July 23 was held in two groups of eight participants each. The first four each advanced to the final, which took place on July 24th. The eight finalists all fought against each other once. The number of victories was decisive for the placement; because of a tie, a play- off had to decide for places 2 to 4 .
Epee team
Date: July 20 to 24,
45 participants from 9 countries
A team could consist of up to eight fencers, but only four were allowed to be used per international match. In the final on July 23, France beat Belgium 9: 7. However, it was not the Belgians who won the silver medal, but the British. The second and third place were not determined until July 24th; the hosts won.
Saber single
space | country | athlete | Victories |
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1 | HUN | Jenő fox | 6 (+1) |
2 | HUN | Béla Zulawszky | 6th |
3 | BOH | Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf | 4th |
4th | HUN | Jenő Szántay | 3 |
5 | HUN | Péter Tóth | 3 |
6th | HUN | Lajos Werkner | 2 |
7th | NED | Jetze Doorman | 1 |
FRA | Georges de la Falaise | 1 |
Date: July 17 to 24,
76 participants from 11 countries
In the first round on July 17th and 18th, four to seven participants met in 13 groups. The then remaining 38 fencers formed eight groups with four or five participants in the second round on July 20th. The first two of a group qualified for the semifinals on July 23rd. This was held in two groups with eight participants each. The first four each advanced to the final. The eight finalists all fought against each other once on July 24th. The number of victories was decisive for the placement; a tie had to decide for the Olympic victory because of a tie. The saber fencers from Hungary proved to be superior: five of the ten Hungarian participants reached the final and were among the top six. Only the Bohemian von Lobsdorf was able to prevent the total triumph as third.
Saber crew
Date: July 21st to 24th,
35 participants from 8 countries
A team could consist of five fencers, but only four could be used per international match. In the final on July 23, Hungary beat Bohemia 9: 7. Here, too, the decision about second place was not made until July 24th: The Bohemians, who lost in the final, refused to compete again, which is why the silver medal went to Italy.
Web links
- Fencing at the Olympic Games 1908 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official report of the Olympic Games 1908 (PDF, 12.4 MB)