Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics
{{Short description|Fencing at the Olympics}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Fencing
|games = 1908 Summer
|image =
|caption =
|venue = Franco-British Exhibition fencing grounds
|dates = July 17–24
|competitors = 131
|nations = 14
|num_events = 4
|prev = 1904
|next = 1912
}}
{{FencingAt1908SummerOlympics}}
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,Official Report, p. 127" 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
| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |
| Épée, Individual {{DetailsLink|Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's épée}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Gaston Alibert|FRA|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Alexandre Lippmann|FRA|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Eugène Olivier|FRA|1908 Summer}} |
| valign="top"
| Épée, Team | {{flagIOCteam|FRA|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCteam|GBR|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCteam|BEL|1908 Summer}} |
| Sabre, Individual {{DetailsLink|Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Jenő Fuchs|HUN|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Béla Zulawszky|HUN|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCmedalist|Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf|BOH|1908 Summer}} |
| valign="top"
| Sabre, Team | {{flagIOCteam|HUN|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCteam|ITA|1908 Summer}} | {{flagIOCteam|BOH|1908 Summer}} |
Participating nations
131 fencers from 14 nations competed.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/FEN/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417050310/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/FEN/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Fencing: 1908 Olympic Results |access-date=2010-12-24 |work=sports-reference.com}}
- {{flagIOC|AUT|1908 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|BEL|1908 Summer|18}}
- {{flagIOC|BOH|1908 Summer|7}}
- {{flagIOC|CAN|1908 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|DEN|1908 Summer|8}}
- {{flagIOC|FRA|1908 Summer|22}}
- {{flagIOC|GER|1908 Summer|10}}
- {{flagIOC|GBR|1908 Summer|23}}
- {{flagIOC|HUN|1908 Summer|8}}
- {{flagIOC|ITA|1908 Summer|11}}
- {{flagIOC|NED|1908 Summer|13}}
- {{flagIOC|NOR|1908 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|RSA|1908 Summer|1}}
- {{flagIOC|SWE|1908 Summer|7}}
Medal table
{{Medals table
| caption =
| host =
| flag_template = flagIOCteam
| event = 1908 Summer
| team =
| gold_FRA = 2 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 1
| gold_HUN = 2 | silver_HUN = 1 | bronze_HUN = 0
| gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 1 | bronze_GBR = 0
| gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 0
| gold_BOH = 0 | silver_BOH = 0 | bronze_BOH = 2
| gold_BEL = 0 | silver_BEL = 0 | bronze_BEL = 1
}}
References
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{{EventsAt1908SummerOlympics}}
{{Fencing at the Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Events at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Category:International fencing competitions hosted by the United Kingdom