The men's team épée was one of four fencing

Fencing

Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

 events on the Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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," was held only as a display. The 1908 Olympics did introduce team...

 programme. The event was won by the French team, who also swept the medals in the individual épée

Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's épée

The men's épée was one of four fencing events on the Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The medals were swept by the French fencers, who also took the gold medal in the team épée event.-First round:...

 event.

Play-in match

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

Winners			Losers
Nation	Fencers	Hits against	Hits against	Fencers	Nation
	Leaf Daniell  Martin Holt  Robert Montgomerie Robert Montgomerie (fencer) Robert Montgomerie was a British fencer. He won two silver medals in the team épée competitions at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics.-References:...   Edgar Seligman Edgar Seligman -External links:****...	7	9	Jetze Doorman Jetze Doorman Jetze Doorman was a Dutch Olympic fencer. He won four bronze medals. He also competed in the modern pentathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympics.-References:...   Adrianus de Jong Adrianus de Jong Adrianus Egbert Willem "Adriaan" "Arie" de Jong was a Dutch artillery army officer who fenced at five Olympics between 1906 and 1928 and won five bronze medals...   Alfred Labouchere Alfred Labouchere Alfred Labouchere was a Dutch fencer. He competed at the 1908 and 1928 Summer Olympics.-References:...   George van Rossem George van Rossem George van Rossem was a Dutch fencer. He won a silver and three bronze medals. He was the President of the Fédération Internationale d'Escrime from 1925 to 1928.-References:...

First round

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

Winners			Losers
Nation	Fencers	Hits against	Hits against	Fencers	Nation
	Marcelo Bertinetti  Giuseppe Mangiarotti  Riccardo Nowak Riccardo Nowak Riccardo Nowak was an Italian fencer who took part in the 1908 Olympic Games in London....   Abelardo Olivier Abelardo Olivier Abelardo Olivier was an Italian fencer. He won a silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics and two golds at the 1920 Summer Olympics.-References:...	7	12	Otakar Lada Otakar Lada Otakar Lada was a Bohemian fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.-References:...   Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský was a Bohemian fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.-References:...   Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf was a Bohemian fencer and olympic medalist in sabre competition.He received a bronze medal in sabre individual and in sabre team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.-References:...   Vilém Tvrzský Vilém Tvrzský Vilém Tvrzský was an Olympic fencer. He competed for Bohemia at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics and for Czechoslovakia at the 1920 Summer Olympics.-References:...
	Gaston Alibert Gaston Alibert Gaston Alibert was a French fencer and olympic champion in épée competition.He received a gold medal in épée individual and a gold medal in épée team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London...   Bernard Gravier Bernard Gravier Bernard Gravier was a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.-References:...   Alexandre Lippmann Alexandre Lippmann Alexandre Lippmann was a French Olympic epee fencer.-Olympics:He competed in 3 Olympiads for France, winning 5 medals, including 2 golds....   Jean Stern Jean Stern Jean Stern, born in France, was a French épée fencer.-Olympic fencing career:Stern was a member of the French fencing team at the 1908 London Olympics, and competed in both the team and individual épée events. During the Games, the French team defeated Denmark , Great Britain , and Belgium to...	6	10	Ejnar Levison Ejnar Levison Ejnar Levison was a Danish Olympic fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games.-References:...   Ivan Osiier  Lauritz Østrup  Herbert Sander Herbert Sander Herbert Sander was a Danish Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1906 and 1908 Summer Olympics.-References:...
	Paul Anspach Paul Anspach Paul Anspach was a Belgian épée and foil fencer.Anspach competed in four Olympiads for the Belgian fencing team .-Early life:Anspach was born in Burcht, Belgium on 1 April 1882....   Désiré Beaurain Désiré Beaurain Désiré Beaurain was a Belgian fencer. He won a bronze medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics.-References:...   Fernand de Montigny Fernand de Montigny Fernand de Montigny was a Belgian fencer and hockey player. He won two silver medals and two bronze in fencing and a bronze in hockey. He was also the architect of the 1920 Olympic Stadium.-References:...   Victor Willems Victor Willems Victor Willems was a Belgian fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1908 Summer Olympics and a gold in the same event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.-References:...	6	11	Eric Carlberg Eric Carlberg Gustaf Eric Carlberg was a Swedish sport shooter, fencer, and modern pentathlete who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics, in the 1908 Summer Olympics, in the 1912 Summer Olympics, and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.1906 AthensIn the 1906 Summer Olympics he participated in the following shooting...   Gustaf Lindblom Gustaf Lindblom (fencer) Gustaf Lindblom was a Swedish Olympic fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games.-References:...   Henry Peyron  Pontus von Rosen Pontus von Rosen Pontus von Rosen was a Swedish Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics.-References:...
	Leaf Daniell Cecil Haig Cecil Haig Cecil Haig was a British Olympic fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.He was educated at Clifton College and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.-References:...   Martin Holt Robert Montgomerie	5	13	Jakob Erkrath de Bary  Julius Lichtenfels Julius Lichtenfels Julius Lichtenfels was a German Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics.-References:...   August Petri August Petri August Petri was a German Olympic fencer. He won a gold medal in the team sabre event at the 1906 Summer Olympics.-References:...   Georg Stöhr Georg Stöhr Georg Stöhr was a German Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics.-References:...

Semifinals

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

Winners			Losers
Nation	Fencers	Hits against	Hits against	Fencers	Nation
	Gaston Alibert Henri-Georges Berger Henri-Georges Berger Herman Georges Berger was a French fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition.He received a gold medal in épée team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.-References:...   Charles Collignon Charles Collignon Charles Collignon was a French fencer and olympic champion in épée competition.He received a gold medal in épée team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.-References:...   Eugène Olivier Eugène Olivier Eugène Olivier was a French fencer and olympic champion in épée competition.He received a bronze medal in épée individual and a gold medal in épée team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.-References:...	5	12	Leaf Daniell Cecil Haig Martin Holt Robert Montgomerie
	Paul Anspach Désiré Beaurain Ferdinand Feyerick Ferdinand Feyerick Ferdinand Feyerick was a Belgian fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.-References:...   François Rom François Rom François Rom was a Belgian fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.-References:...	8	9	Marcelo Bertinetti Giuseppe Mangiarotti Riccardo Nowak Abelardo Olivier

Final

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

Winners			Losers
Nation	Fencers	Hits against	Hits against	Fencers	Nation
	Gaston Alibert Bernard Gravier Alexandre Lippmann Eugène Olivier	7	9	Paul Anspach Désiré Beaurain Ferdinand Feyerick François Rom

Repechage

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.

Winners			Losers
Nation	Fencers	Hits against	Hits against	Fencers	Nation
	Leaf Daniell Cecil Haig Martin Holt Robert Montgomerie	8	9	Otto Becker Otto Becker (fencer) Otto Becker was a Danish Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1908 Summer Olympics.-References:...   Ejnar Levison Ivan Osiier Herbert Sander

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, who elected not to finish the contest.

Winners			Losers
Nation	Fencers	Hits against	Hits against	Fencers	Nation
	Edgar Amphlett  Leaf Daniell Cecil Haig Robert Montgomerie	5	9	Paul Anspach Fernand Bosmans Fernand Bosmans Fernand Bosmans was a Belgian fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1908 Summer Olympics.-References:... Fernand de Montigny François Rom

Sources

• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Fencing 1908". Accessed 1 May 2006. Available electronically at .