Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

The men's team épée was one of four fencing events on the Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The event was won by the French team, who also swept the medals in the individual épée event. Each nation could enter a team of up to 8 fencers, with 4 fencers chosen for each match.[9]

Men's team épée
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenueFranco-British Exhibition fencing grounds
DatesJuly 24 (final)
Competitors45 from 9 nations
Medalists
 France
 Great Britain
 Belgium
Fencing at the
1908 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

Competition format

The tournament used a variant of the Bergvall system, holding a single elimination bracket for the gold medal with a repechage ending in a match for silver and bronze. Each match featured 4 fencers from one team facing 4 fencers from the other team, for a total of 16 individual bouts. Bouts were to 1 touch, with double-touches counting against both fencers.

With 9 teams, the main bracket consisted of a single "play-in" match in what would typically be considered the round of 16, followed by quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. Teams defeated by the gold medalist in the main bracket moved to the repechage. With 3 teams in the repechage, a repechage "semifinal" and "final" (which awarded the silver medal to the winner and bronze medal to the loser) were held.

Results

Main bracket

Play-in match

The first bout was a play-in match between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

WinnersLosers
NationFencersHits againstHits againstFencersNation
 Great BritainLeaf Daniell
Martin Holt
Robert Montgomerie
Edgar Seligman		79Jetze Doorman
Adrianus de Jong
Alfred Labouchere
George van Rossem		 Netherlands

First round

Winners advanced, losers out. The team that was defeated by the eventual champions moved to the repechage.

WinnersLosers
NationFencersHits againstHits againstFencersNation
 ItalyMarcelo Bertinetti
Giuseppe Mangiarotti
Riccardo Nowak
Abelardo Olivier		712Otakar Lada
Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský
Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf
Vilém Tvrzský		 Bohemia
 FranceGaston Alibert
Bernard Gravier
Alexandre Lippmann
Jean Stern		610Ejnar Levison
Ivan Osiier
Lauritz Østrup
Herbert Sander		 Denmark
 BelgiumPaul Anspach
Désiré Beaurain
Fernand de Montigny
Victor Willems		611Eric Carlberg
Gustaf Lindblom
Henry Peyron
Pontus von Rosen		 Sweden
 Great BritainLeaf Daniell
Cecil Haig
Martin Holt
Robert Montgomerie		513Jakob Erkrath de Bary
Julius Lichtenfels
August Petri
Georg Stöhr		 Germany

Semifinals

Winners advanced to play for the gold medal, loser to eventual champion was sent to repechage.

WinnersLosers
NationFencersHits againstHits againstFencersNation
 FranceGaston Alibert
Henri-Georges Berger
Charles Collignon
Eugène Olivier		512Leaf Daniell
Cecil Haig
Martin Holt
Robert Montgomerie		 Great Britain
 BelgiumPaul Anspach
Désiré Beaurain
Ferdinand Feyerick
François Rom		89Marcelo Bertinetti
Giuseppe Mangiarotti
Riccardo Nowak
Abelardo Olivier		 Italy

Final

The winner received the gold medal, while the loser had to play the winner of the repechage in the silver medal match.

WinnersLosers
NationFencersHits againstHits againstFencersNation
 FranceGaston Alibert
Bernard Gravier
Alexandre Lippmann
Eugène Olivier		79Paul Anspach
Désiré Beaurain
Ferdinand Feyerick
François Rom		 Belgium

Repechage

Round 1

Denmark and Great Britain had been defeated by France, the winner of the final, in the first two rounds. The two teams faced each other for the right to advance to the silver medal match against the loser of the final.

WinnersLosers
NationFencersHits againstHits againstFencersNation
 Great BritainLeaf Daniell
Cecil Haig
Martin Holt
Robert Montgomerie		89Otto Becker
Ejnar Levison
Ivan Osiier
Herbert Sander		 Denmark

Silver medal match

The winner took the silver medal, with loser receiving bronze. The final three individual bouts of the match were not played, as Belgium was then down by 4 and unable to tie up the contest. Under Rule 50 of the competition, the decision whether to continue or not was given to the Belgian team captain,[10] who elected not to finish the contest.

WinnersLosers
NationFencersHits againstHits againstFencersNation
 Great BritainEdgar Amphlett
Leaf Daniell
Cecil Haig
Robert Montgomerie		59Paul Anspach
Fernand Bosmans
Fernand de Montigny
François Rom		 Belgium

References
  1. "Bernard GRAVIER". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  2. "Alexandre LIPPMANN". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  3. "Jean STERN". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  4. "Edgar AMPHLETT". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  5. "Edgar SELIGMAN". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  6. "Fernand BOSMANS". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  7. "Fernand DE MONTIGNY". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  8. "Victor WILLEMS". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  9. Official Report, p. 34.
  10. Official Report, p. 443

Sources
  • 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 .
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