This was the fourth appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The 1900 gold medalist, Georges de la Falaise of France, returned after not competing in 1904.[2]
Belgium, Bohemia, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and South Africa each made their debut in the men's sabre. Austria made its third appearance in the event, most of any nation, having missed only the 1904 Games in St. Louis.
Competition formatedit
The competition was held over four rounds. In each round, each pool held a round-robin, with bouts to 3 touches. European sabre rules at the time used a target area of the whole body, in contrast to above-the-waist target area provided for by the American rules of the time, used in the 1904 Games, and which became standard after World War I. Barrages were used as necessary to determine the advancing fencers.
First round: 13 pools of between 4 and 8 fencers each. The 3 fencers in each pool with the fewest bouts lost advanced to the second round.
Quarterfinals: 8 pools of 5 fencers each (except one had only 4 by design and one had only 4 due to a non-starter). The 2 fencers in each pool with the fewest bouts lost advanced to the semifinals.
Semifinals: 2 pools of 8 fencers each. The 4 fencers in each pool with the fewest bouts lost advanced to the final.
The first round was conducted in round-robin format, to three touches. Pool sizes ranged from 4 to 8 fencers. The three contestants who had lost the fewest bouts advanced.
The tenth pool was the largest, at fully twice the size of the fifth. Five of the eight fencers were eliminated. The Bohemian fencer, von Lobsdorf, defeated each of his seven opponents for a decisive first place in the pool. There was no match between Sarzano and Stohr.
Four fencers tied at 5-2 records, all advancing to the finals. Ceccherini gave up after his first four bouts, giving Tóth, van der Voodt, and Doorman wins by walkover.
Fuchs and de Lobsdorf did not finish within the time limit, resulting in a loss for both of them. The playoff match for the gold medal was won by Fuchs, with the one-touch bout decided by a parry and riposte to his fellow Hungarian's head.
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Sourcesedit
Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Fencing 1908". Accessed 1 May 2006. Available electronically at [1] 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.
April 26, 2024
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The men s sabre was one of four fencing events on the Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme The top two places were won by Hungarian fencers who also took the gold medal in the team sabre event Jeno Fuchs took the gold medal and Bela Zulawszky the silver Bronze went to Bohemian Vilem Goppold von Lobsdorf There were 76 competitors from 11 nations Each nation could enter up to 12 fencers 1 Men s sabreat the Games of the IV OlympiadHungarian fencers Lajos Werkner Oszkar Gerde Jeno Fuchs and Peter TothVenueFranco British Exhibition fencing groundsDatesJuly 17 24Competitors76 from 11 nationsMedalistsJeno Fuchs HungaryBela Zulawszky HungaryVilem Goppold von Lobsdorf Bohemia 19041912 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Schedule 4 Results 4 1 Round 1 4 1 1 Pool A 4 1 2 Pool B 4 1 3 Pool C 4 1 4 Pool D 4 1 5 Pool E 4 1 6 Pool F 4 1 7 Pool G 4 1 8 Pool H 4 1 9 Pool I 4 1 10 Pool J 4 1 11 Pool K 4 1 12 Pool L 4 1 13 Pool M 4 2 Quarterfinals 4 2 1 Quarterfinal 1 4 2 2 Quarterfinal 2 4 2 3 Quarterfinal 3 4 2 4 Quarterfinal 4 4 2 5 Quarterfinal 5 4 2 6 Quarterfinal 6 4 2 7 Quarterfinal 7 4 2 8 Quarterfinal 8 4 3 Semifinals 4 3 1 Semifinal 1 4 3 2 Semifinal 2 4 4 Final 5 Notes 6 SourcesBackground editThis was the fourth appearance of the event which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics The 1900 gold medalist Georges de la Falaise of France returned after not competing in 1904 2 Belgium Bohemia Great Britain the Netherlands and South Africa each made their debut in the men s sabre Austria made its third appearance in the event most of any nation having missed only the 1904 Games in St Louis Competition format editThe competition was held over four rounds In each round each pool held a round robin with bouts to 3 touches European sabre rules at the time used a target area of the whole body in contrast to above the waist target area provided for by the American rules of the time used in the 1904 Games and which became standard after World War I Barrages were used as necessary to determine the advancing fencers First round 13 pools of between 4 and 8 fencers each The 3 fencers in each pool with the fewest bouts lost advanced to the second round Quarterfinals 8 pools of 5 fencers each except one had only 4 by design and one had only 4 due to a non starter The 2 fencers in each pool with the fewest bouts lost advanced to the semifinals Semifinals 2 pools of 8 fencers each The 4 fencers in each pool with the fewest bouts lost advanced to the final Final 1 pool of 8 fencers Schedule editDate Time Round Friday 17 July 1908 Round 1 pools A D Saturday 18 July 1908 14 3016 0017 30 Round 1 pools E GRound 1 pools H KRound 1 pools L M Monday 20 July 1908 11 3016 15 Quarterfinals A DQuarterfinals E H Thursday 23 July 1908 10 3016 00 Semifinal ASemifinal B Friday 24 July 1908 14 45 FinalResults editRound 1 edit The first round was conducted in round robin format to three touches Pool sizes ranged from 4 to 8 fencers The three contestants who had lost the fewest bouts advanced Pool A edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 Siegfried Flesch nbsp Austria 5 0 Q 2 Jetze Doorman nbsp Netherlands 3 2 Q Vlastimil Lada Sazavsky nbsp Bohemia 3 2 Q 4 Jean de Mas Latrie nbsp France 2 3 5 Henri Six nbsp Belgium 1 4 Jaroslav Sourek Tucek nbsp Bohemia 1 4 Pool B edit The three way tie for the two remaining places resulted in the British fencer being eliminated Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 Otakar Lada nbsp Bohemia 3 1 Q 2 Archibald Murray nbsp Great Britain 2 2 B Peter Toth nbsp Hungary 2 2 B Joseph van der Voodt nbsp Belgium 2 2 B 5 Johannes Adam nbsp Germany 1 3 Barrage B Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 2 Peter Toth nbsp Hungary 1 0 Q Joseph van der Voodt nbsp Belgium 1 0 Q 4 Archibald Murray nbsp Great Britain 0 2 Pool C edit Renaud lost both his playoff matches eliminating him and allowing Grade and Jack to advance Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 Alfred Labouchere nbsp Netherlands 4 1 Q 2 Etienne Grade nbsp Belgium 3 2 B Fritz Jack nbsp Germany 3 2 B Louis Renaud nbsp France 3 2 B 5 Dino Diana nbsp Italy 2 3 6 Douglas Godfree nbsp Great Britain 0 5 Barrage C Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 2 Etienne Grade nbsp Belgium 1 0 Q Fritz Jack nbsp Germany 1 0 Q 4 Louis Renaud nbsp France 0 2 Pool D edit The playoff resulted in two losses for Lichtenfels Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 William Marsh nbsp Great Britain 3 1 Q 2 Georges Lateux nbsp France 2 2 B Julius Lichtenfels nbsp Germany 2 2 B Richard Schoemaker nbsp Netherlands 2 2 B 5 Harald Krenchel nbsp Denmark 1 3 Barrage D Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 2 Georges Lateux nbsp France 1 0 Q Richard Schoemaker nbsp Netherlands 1 0 Q 4 Julius Lichtenfels nbsp Germany 0 2 Pool E edit The fifth pool was small with only 4 fencers This meant only one Langevin was eliminated Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 Adrianus de Jong nbsp Netherlands 2 1 Q Alessandro Pirzio Biroli nbsp Italy 2 1 Q Einar Schwartz Nielsen nbsp Denmark 2 1 Q 4 Georges Langevin nbsp France 0 3 Pool F edit Petri defeated van Tomme in the playoff for third place after having lost to the Belgian in the main pool Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 Georges de la Falaise nbsp France 3 1 Q Jeno Szantay nbsp Hungary 3 1 Q 3 August Petri nbsp Germany 2 2 B Antoine van Tomme nbsp Belgium 2 2 B 5 Jacob van Loben Sels nbsp Netherlands 0 4 Barrage F Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 3 August Petri nbsp Germany 1 0 Q 4 Antoine van Tomme nbsp Belgium 0 1 Pool G edit Badman defeated van Minden again in the playoff for third place Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 Dezso Foldes nbsp Hungary 5 0 Q 2 Sante Ceccherini nbsp Italy 4 1 Q 3 Robert Badman nbsp Great Britain 2 3 B Lion van Minden nbsp Netherlands 2 3 B 5 Jakob Erkrath de Bary nbsp Germany 1 4 Ismael de Lesseps nbsp France 1 4 Barrage G Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 3 Robert Badman nbsp Great Britain 1 0 Q 4 Lion van Minden nbsp Netherlands 0 1 Pool H edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 Marcello Bertinetti nbsp Italy 4 1 Q Bertrand Marie de Lesseps nbsp France 4 1 Q 3 Bela Zulawszky nbsp Hungary 3 2 Q 4 Robert Krunert nbsp Germany 2 3 Charles Wilson nbsp Great Britain 2 3 6 Walter Gates nbsp South Africa 0 5 Pool I edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 Oszkar Gerde nbsp Hungary 4 1 Q Lauritz Ostrup nbsp Denmark 4 1 Q 3 Willem van Blijenburgh nbsp Netherlands 3 2 Q 4 Andre du Bosch nbsp Belgium 2 3 Alfred Keene nbsp Great Britain 2 3 6 Joseph Marquis de Saint Brisson nbsp France 0 5 Pool J edit The tenth pool was the largest at fully twice the size of the fifth Five of the eight fencers were eliminated The Bohemian fencer von Lobsdorf defeated each of his seven opponents for a decisive first place in the pool There was no match between Sarzano and Stohr Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 Vilem Goppold von Lobsdorf nbsp Bohemia 7 0 Q 2 Paul Anspach nbsp Belgium 5 2 Q Jeno Apathy nbsp Hungary 5 2 Q 4 Edward Brookfield nbsp Great Britain 3 4 Johan van Schreven nbsp Netherlands 3 4 6 Pietro Sarzano nbsp Italy 2 4 Georg Stohr nbsp Germany 2 4 8 Jean Mikorski nbsp France 2 5 Pool K edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 Jeno Fuchs nbsp Hungary 5 0 Q 2 Gustaaf van Hulstijn nbsp Netherlands 4 1 Q 3 Vilem Tvrzsky nbsp Bohemia 3 2 Q 4 Luigi Pinelli nbsp Italy 2 3 5 Ernst Moldenhauer nbsp Germany 1 4 6 Lockhart Leith nbsp Great Britain 0 5 Pool L edit Chapuis was eliminated in the three way playoff for second and third Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 George van Rossem nbsp Netherlands 4 1 Q 2 C Barry Notley nbsp Great Britain 3 2 B Bedrich Schejbal nbsp Bohemia 3 2 B Frederic Chapuis nbsp France 3 2 B 5 Alexis Simonson nbsp Belgium 2 3 6 Albert Naumann nbsp Germany 0 5 Barrage L Rank Fencer Nation Notes 2 C Barry Notley nbsp Great Britain Q Bedrich Schejbal nbsp Bohemia Q 4 Louis Chapuis nbsp France Pool M edit The final pool was one of the larger pools with 7 fencers Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 Lajos Werkner nbsp Hungary 5 1 Q 2 Riccardo Nowak nbsp Italy 4 2 Q Emil Schon nbsp Germany 4 2 Q 4 Marc Perrodon nbsp France 3 3 5 Jan de Beaufort nbsp Netherlands 2 4 Frantisek Dusek 3 nbsp Bohemia 2 4 7 Alfred Chalke nbsp Great Britain 1 5 Quarterfinals edit There were eight second round pools ranging in size from 4 to 5 Quarterfinal 1 edit Notley s pair of victories in the playoff gave him second in the pool allowing him to advance Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 Jeno Fuchs nbsp Hungary 3 1 Q 2 Etienne Grade nbsp Belgium 2 2 B C Barry Notley nbsp Great Britain 2 2 B Richard Schoemaker nbsp Netherlands 2 2 B 5 Georges Lateux nbsp France 1 3 Barrage 1 Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 2 C Barry Notley nbsp Great Britain 2 0 Q 3 Etienne Grade nbsp Belgium 0 1 Richard Schoemaker nbsp Netherlands 0 1 Quarterfinal 2 edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 Lajos Werkner nbsp Hungary 4 0 Q 2 Dezso Foldes nbsp Hungary 3 1 Q 3 George van Rossem nbsp Netherlands 2 2 4 Robert Badman nbsp Great Britain 1 3 5 Fritz Jack nbsp Germany 1 3 Quarterfinal 3 edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 Vilem Goppold von Lobsdorf nbsp Bohemia 3 1 Q Joseph van der Voodt nbsp Belgium 3 1 Q 3 William Marsh nbsp Great Britain 2 2 4 Adrianus de Jong nbsp Netherlands 1 3 Riccardo Nowak nbsp Italy 1 3 Quarterfinal 4 edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 Bertrand Marie de Lesseps nbsp France 3 0 Q 2 Bela Zulawszky nbsp Hungary 2 1 Q 3 Bedrich Schejbal nbsp Bohemia 1 2 4 Vilem Tvrzsky nbsp Bohemia 0 3 Gustaaf van Hulstijn nbsp Netherlands DNS Quarterfinal 5 edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 Oszkar Gerde nbsp Hungary 4 0 Q 2 Sante Ceccherini nbsp Italy 3 1 Q 3 Otakar Lada nbsp Bohemia 2 2 4 Emil Schon nbsp Germany 1 3 5 Paul Anspach nbsp Belgium 0 4 Quarterfinal 6 edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 Peter Toth nbsp Hungary 4 0 Q 2 Jeno Szantay nbsp Hungary 3 1 Q 3 Willem van Blijenburgh nbsp Netherlands 1 3 Siegfried Flesch nbsp Austria 1 3 Alfred Labouchere nbsp Netherlands 1 3 Quarterfinal 7 edit Doorman who had lost to Petri in the main pool defeated the German in the playoff for second place Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 Marcello Bertinetti nbsp Italy 4 0 Q 2 Jetze Doorman nbsp Netherlands 2 2 B August Petri nbsp Germany 2 2 B 4 Vlastimil Lada Sazavsky nbsp Bohemia 1 3 Alessandro Pirzio Biroli nbsp Italy 1 3 Barrage 7 Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 2 Jetze Doorman nbsp Netherlands 1 0 Q 3 August Petri nbsp Germany 0 1 Quarterfinal 8 edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 Jeno Apathy nbsp Hungary 2 1 B Georges de la Falaise nbsp France 2 1 B Lauritz Ostrup nbsp Denmark 2 1 B 4 Einar Schwartz Nielsen nbsp Denmark 0 3 Barrage 8 Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 Georges de la Falaise nbsp France 2 0 Q 2 Lauritz Ostrup nbsp Denmark 1 1 Q 3 Jeno Apathy nbsp Hungary 0 2 Semifinals edit There were two semifinals each of 8 fencers The top 4 in each advanced to the final Semifinal 1 edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 Jeno Fuchs nbsp Hungary 6 1 Q 2 Lajos Werkner nbsp Hungary 5 2 Q 3 Georges de la Falaise nbsp France 4 3 Q Jeno Szantay nbsp Hungary 4 3 Q 5 Marcello Bertinetti nbsp Italy 3 4 Dezso Foldes nbsp Hungary 3 4 7 C Barry Notley nbsp Great Britain 2 5 8 Bertrand Marie de Lesseps nbsp France 1 6 Semifinal 2 edit Four fencers tied at 5 2 records all advancing to the finals Ceccherini gave up after his first four bouts giving Toth van der Voodt and Doorman wins by walkover Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes 1 Jetze Doorman nbsp Netherlands 5 2 Q Vilem Goppold von Lobsdorf nbsp Bohemia 5 2 Q Peter Toth nbsp Hungary 5 2 Q Bela Zulawszky nbsp Hungary 5 2 Q 5 Oszkar Gerde nbsp Hungary 4 3 6 Lauritz Ostrup nbsp Denmark 3 4 7 Joseph van der Voodt nbsp Belgium 1 6 8 Sante Ceccherini nbsp Italy 0 7 Final edit Fuchs and de Lobsdorf did not finish within the time limit resulting in a loss for both of them The playoff match for the gold medal was won by Fuchs with the one touch bout decided by a parry and riposte to his fellow Hungarian s head Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses 1 Jeno Fuchs nbsp Hungary 6 1 Bela Zulawszky nbsp Hungary 6 1 nbsp Vilem Goppold von Lobsdorf nbsp Bohemia 4 3 4 Jeno Szantay nbsp Hungary 3 4 5 Peter Toth nbsp Hungary 3 4 6 Lajos Werkner nbsp Hungary 2 5 7 Jetze Doorman nbsp Netherlands 1 6 Georges de la Falaise nbsp France 1 6 Barrage Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses nbsp Jeno Fuchs nbsp Hungary 1 0 nbsp Bela Zulawszky nbsp Hungary 0 1Notes edit Official Report p 34 Sabre Individual Men Olympedia Retrieved 22 November 2020 Interia Polska i swiat informacje sport gwiazdy www interia pl Sources editCook Theodore Andrea 1908 The Fourth Olympiad Being the Official Report London British Olympic Association De Wael Herman Herman s Full Olympians Fencing 1908 Accessed 1 May 2006 Available electronically at 1 Archived 2016 03 03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics Men 27s 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