The 1908 Summer Olympics in London featured four fencing events, where it was 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 Épée, Individual Épée, Team Gaston Alibert Herman Georges Berger Charles Collignon Eugène Olivier Charles Leaf Daniell Cecil Haig Martin Holt Robert Montgomerie Paul Anspach Desire Beaurain Ferdinand Feyerick François Rom Sabre, Individual Sabre, Team Jenő Fuchs Oszkár Gerde Péter Tóth Lajos Werkner Dezső Földes Marcello Bertinetti Riccardo Nowak Abelardo Olivier Alessandro Pirzio-Biroli Sante Ceccherini Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf Bedřich Schejbal Jaroslav Šourek-Tuček Otakar Lada
Participating nations 131 fencers from 14 nations competed.
Medal table
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