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

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

Men's team sabre
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
VenueFranco-British Exhibition fencing grounds
DatesJuly 24 (final)
Competitors35 from 8 nations
Medalists
 Hungary[1]
Jenö Fuchs, Oszkar Gerde, Péter Tóth, Lajos Werkner
 Italy[2]
Marcello Bertinetti, Riccardo Nowak, Abelardo Olivier, Alessandro Pirzio-Biroli, Sante Ceccherini
 Bohemia[3]
Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský, Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf, Bedrich Schejbal, Jaroslav Šourek-Tucek
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 3 touches.

With 8 teams, the main bracket consisted of 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 scheduled (Bohemia did not contest the repechage final).

Results

First round

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

WinnersLosers
NationFencersBouts lostBouts lostFencersNation
 ItalyMarcello Bertinetti
Sante Ceccherini
Abelardo Olivier
Alessandro Pirzio-Biroli		511H. Evan James
William Marsh
Arthur Murray
Charles Wilson		 Great Britain
 FranceGeorges de la Falaise
Bertrand Marie de Lesseps
Marc Perrodon
Jean-Joseph Renaud		610André du Bosch
Etienne Grade
Antoine van Tomme
Joseph van der Voodt		 Belgium
 BohemiaOtakar Lada
Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský
Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf
Bedřich Schejbal		89Jetze Doorman
Adrianus de Jong
Jacob van Löben Sels
George van Rossem		 Netherlands
 HungaryJenő Fuchs
Oszkár Gerde
Péter Tóth
Lajos Werkner		09Jakob Erkrath de Bary
Fritz Jack
Robert Krünert
August Petri		 Germany

Semifinals

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

WinnersLosers
NationFencersBouts lostBouts lostFencersNation
 BohemiaOtakar Lada
Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský
Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf
Bedřich Schejbal		79Georges de la Falaise
Bertrand Marie de Lesseps
Marc Perrodon
Jean-Joseph Renaud		 France
 HungaryDezső Földes
Jenő Fuchs
Oszkár Gerde
Péter Tóth		511Marcelo Bertinetti
Sante Ceccherini
Abelardo Olivier
Alessandro Pirzio-Biroli		 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
NationFencersBouts lostBouts lostFencersNation
 HungaryJenő Fuchs
Oszkár Gerde
Péter Tóth
Lajos Werkner		79Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský
Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf
Bedřich Schejbal
Jaroslav Šourek-Tucek		 Bohemia

Repechage

Germany and Italy had been defeated by Hungary, 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.

Round 1
WinnersLosers
NationFencersBouts lostBouts lostFencersNation
 ItalyMarcelo Bertinetti
Riccardo Nowak
Abelardo Olivier
Alessandro Pirzio-Biroli		410Jakob Erkrath de Bary
Fritz Jack
Robert Krünert
August Petri		 Germany

Silver medal match

The winner took the silver medal, with loser receiving bronze. The Bohemian team refused to play the match, arguing that as finalists they had already secured second place. The organizing committee awarded silver medals to Italy, relegating the Bohemian team to bronze medals.

WinnersLosers
NationFencersHits againstHits againstFencersNation
 ItalyNo match; Bohemia did not start Bohemia

Notes
  1. Dezső Földes competed in the semifinal for Hungary, but is not awarded a gold medal by the IOC.
  2. Sante Ceccherini fenced for Italy in the first round and semifinals, but is not considered to be a silver medallist by the IOC.
  3. Otakar Lada also competed for Bohemia in the first round and semifinal, but is not listed as a bronze medallist by the IOC.
  4. Official Report, p. 34.

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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