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Fencing At The 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's Team épée
The men's team épée was one of four fencing Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: Foil (fencing), foil, épée, and Sabre (fencing), sabre (also spelled ''saber''), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fe ... 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.Official Report, p. 34. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco-British Exhibition (1908)
The Franco-British Exhibition was a large public fair held in London between 14 May and 31 October 1908. It was the first in the series of the White City Exhibitions. The exhibition attracted 8 million visitors and celebrated the Entente Cordiale signed in 1904 by the United Kingdom and France. The chief architect of the buildings was John Belcher. The Exhibition was held in an area of west London near Shepherd's Bush which is now called White City: the area acquired its name from the exhibition buildings which were all painted white. The 1908 Summer Olympics fencing events were held in the district alongside the festivities. Attractions The fair was the first international exhibition co-organised and sponsored by two countries. It covered an area of some , including an artificial lake, surrounded by an immense network of white buildings in elaborate (often Oriental) styles. The most popular attractions at the exhibition were the two so-called "colonial villages"—an " Irish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Feyerick
Ferdinand Feyerick (27 January 1865 – 12 September 1920) was a Belgian fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were originally schedu .... References External links * 1865 births 1920 deaths Belgian male épée fencers Olympic fencers for Belgium Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium Olympic medalists in fencing Sportspeople from Ghent Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Van Rossem
George van Rossem (30 May 1882 – 14 January 1955) 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. He was the secretary general of the executive committee of the Netherlands Olympic Committee (Committee 1928) which organized the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re .... References External links * 1882 births 1955 deaths Dutch male épée fencers Olympic fencers for the Netherlands Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1906 Intercalated Games Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1906 Intercalated Games F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Labouchere
Alfred Labouchere (19 January 1867 – 24 January 1953) was a Dutch épée and sabre fencer. He competed at the 1908 and 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for .... References External links * 1867 births 1953 deaths Dutch male épée fencers Olympic fencers for the Netherlands Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Fencers from Amsterdam Dutch male sabre fencers 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrianus De Jong
Adrianus Egbert Willem "Adriaan" "Arie" de Jong (21 June 1882 – 23 December 1966) was a fencing at the Summer Olympics, fencer who competed at five Olympic Games. However, he had his greatest international success with the sabre, where he won the first two World Championships in 1922 and 1923. With the épée, he won bronze at the Fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics, 1912 Olympics and silver at the 1922 world championships. During the individual sabre event at the Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics, 1924 Olympics, he reached the semi-finals against Hungarian Sándor Pósta and was leading by three hits when an audience member fell through his chair. This distracted the jury, who failed to see De Jong's decisive hit. Disrupted, De Jong lost the bout. De Jong eventually finished fifth (one ahead of eventual seven-time Danish Olympian Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier) while Pósta went on to win gold. See also * List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jetze Doorman
Jetze Doorman (2 July 1881 – 28 February 1931) was a Dutch fencer. He won four Olympic bronze medals. He also competed in the modern pentathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Doorman won the European Champion in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ... in 1907. This victory caused that the Netherlands had to organize the championships the next year and due to that the Dutch national fencing association, now called "Koninklijke Nederlandse Algemene Schermbond" (KNAS) was established. References External links * 1881 births 1931 deaths Dutch male fencers Dutch male modern pentathletes Olympic fencers for the Netherlands Olympic modern pentathletes for the Netherlands Fencers at the 1906 Intercalated Games Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Fence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergvall System
The Bergvall system was a variation of the traditional knockout tournament system. It was used at the 1912, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics after being devised by Erik Bergvall, a Swedish water polo player, journalist and sports official who wanted to improve on the traditional knockout method used in Olympic competitions. Believing that the traditional knockout system was only fair in deciding the gold medal winner, Bergvall advocated separate competitions should also be held for the silver and bronze medals, probably not knowing a similar system had been in use for sports competitions in the United States as early as 1884. Bergvall also believed that teams knocked out in the early rounds of the main gold medal tournament should be given a second chance: all the teams knocked out by the gold medal winner, including the losing finalist, should compete in another knockout competition for the silver medal, then all the teams knocked out by the gold and silver medallists would comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fencing At The 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's épée
Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: foil, épée, and sabre (also spelled ''saber''), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fencers specialise in one of these disciplines. The modern sport gained prominence near the end of the 19th century, evolving from historical European swordsmanship. The Italian school altered the historical European martial art of classical fencing, and the French school later refined that system. Scoring points in a fencing competition is done by making contact with the opponent with one's sword. The 1904 Olympic Games featured a fourth discipline of fencing known as singlestick, but it was dropped after that year and is not a part of modern fencing. Competitive fencing was one of the first sports to be featured in the Olympics and, along with athletics, cycling, swimming, and gymnastics, has been featured in every modern Olympics. Competitive fencing Governing body ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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,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 Participating nations 131 fencers from 14 nations competed. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Medal table References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fencing At The 1908 Summer Olympics 1908 This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time. Events January * January ... Events at the 1908 Summer Olympics 1908 in fencing International fenci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fencing
Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: Foil (fencing), foil, épée, and Sabre (fencing), sabre (also spelled ''saber''), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fencers specialise in one of these disciplines. The modern sport gained prominence near the end of the 19th century, evolving from historical European swordsmanship. The Italian school of swordsmanship, Italian school altered the Historical European martial arts, historical European martial art of classical fencing, and the French school of fencing, French school later refined that system. Scoring points in a fencing competition is done by making contact with the opponent with one's sword. The 1904 Olympic Games featured a fourth discipline of fencing known as singlestick, but it was dropped after that year and is not a part of modern fencing. Competitive fencing was one of the first sports to be featured in the Olympics and, along with Athl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fencing At The 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's Team épée
The men's team épée was a fencing Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: Foil (fencing), foil, épée, and Sabre (fencing), sabre (also spelled ''saber''), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fe ... event held as part of the Fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1908. Rosters Results Quarterfinals Semifinals Final References Sources * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Men's team epee Fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Willems
Victor Willems (19 February 1877 – 1920) 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 The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was he .... References External links * 1877 births 1920 deaths Belgian male épée fencers Olympic fencers for Belgium Olympic gold medalists for Belgium Olympic bronze medalists for Belgium Olympic medalists in fencing Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1912 Summer Olympics {{Belgium-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
