2008 European Fencing Championships
# 2008 European Fencing Championships

The 2008 European Fencing Championships were held in Kyiv, Ukraine. The event took place from July 5 to July 10, 2008.

## Medal summary

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Foil | Andrea Cassarà (ITA) | Laurence Halsted (GBR) | Andriy Pohrebnyak (UKR) Roland Schlosser (AUT) |
| Épée | Géza Imre (HUN) | Martin Schmitt (GER) | Michael Kauter (SUI) Jean-Michel Lucenay (FRA) |
| Sabre | Aliaksandr Buikevich (BLR) | Aleksey Yakimenko (RUS) | Mihai Covaliu (ROU) Nicolas Limbach (GER) |
| Team Foil | Poland | Russia | France |
| Team Épée | France | Hungary | Italy |
| Team Sabre | Russia | France | Belarus |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Foil | Adeline Wuillème (FRA) | Margherita Granbassi (ITA) | Carolin Golubytskyi (GER) Małgorzata Wojtkowiak (POL) |
| Épée | Adrienn Hormay (HUN) | Ana Maria Brânză (ROU) | Bianca Del Carretto (ITA) Anna Sivkova (RUS) |
| Team sabre | Sofiya Velikaya (RUS) | Ilaria Bianco (ITA) | Réka Benkó (HUN) Yekaterina Fedorkina (RUS) |
| Team foil | Russia | Hungary | France |
| Team épée | Romania | Germany | Italy |
| Team sabre | Poland | Ukraine | France |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Romania (ROM) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 12 | 10 | 15 | 37 |

## Results

### Men

**Épée individual**

7 July

| Position | Name | Country |
| - | - | - |
| | Géza Imre | Hungary |
| | Martin Schmitt | Germany |
| | Michael Kauter | Switzerland |
| | Jean-Michel Lucenay | France |
| 5. | Norman Ackermann | Germany |
| 6. | Gábor Boczkó | Hungary |
| 7. | Nikolai Novosjolov | Estonia |
| 8. | Ignacio Canto | Spain |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Norman Ackermann | 10 | | |
| Géza Imre | 15 | | |
| Géza Imre | 15 | Géza Imre | 15 |
| | | Jean-Michel Lucenay | 13 |
| Jean-Michel Lucenay | 15 | Jean-Michel Lucenay | 13 |
| Ignacio Canto | 11 | | | | |
| Ignacio Canto | 11 | | | Géza Imre | 15 |
| | | | | Martin Schmitt | 11 |
| Martin Schmitt | 15 | | | Martin Schmitt | 11 |
| Gábor Boczkó | 11 | | | | |
| Gábor Boczkó | 11 | Martin Schmitt | 15 | | |
| | | Michael Kauter | 14 |
| Michael Kauter | 15 | Michael Kauter | 14 |
| Nikolai Novosjolov | 10 | | |

**Épée team**

10 July

| Position | Country | Name |
| - | - | - |
| | France | Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet Jean-Michel Lucenay Ulrich Robeiri |
| | Hungary | Gábor Boczkó Géza Imre Iván Kovács Krisztián Kulcsár |
| | Italy | Stefano Carozzo Diego Confalonieri Alfredo Rota Matteo Tagliariol |
| 4. | Poland | Robert Andrzejuk Krzysztof Mikołajczak Tomasz Motyka Radosław Zawrotniak |
| 5. | Ukraine | Dmytro Chumak Dmytro Karyuchenko Maksym Khvorost Vitaly Medvedev |
| 6. | Czech Republic | Jakub Ambrož Matyas Ambroz Jiří Beran Zdeněk Coufal |
| 7. | Germany | Norman Ackermann Jörg Fiedler Sven Schmid Martin Schmitt |
| 8. | Norway | Fredrik Backer Michael Zoltan Kramarics Bartosz Piasecki Sturla Torkildsen |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Hungary | 26 | | |
| Norway | 21 | | |
| Norway | 21 | Hungary | 45 |
| | | Poland | 40 |
| Czech Republic | 36 | Poland | 40 |
| Poland | 43 | | | | |
| Poland | 43 | | | Hungary | 33 |
| | | | | France | 45 |
| France | 37 | | | France | 45 |
| Ukraine | 36 | | | | |
| Ukraine | 36 | France | 45 | | |
| | | Italy | 32 | Third place | Third place |
| Germany | 28 | Italy | 32 | Third place | Third place |
| Italy | 45 | | | | |
| Italy | 45 | | | Poland | 37 |
| | | | | Italy | 45 |

**Foil individual**

6 July

| Position | Name | Country |
| - | - | - |
| | Andrea Cassarà | Italy |
| | Laurence Halsted | United Kingdom |
| | Andriy Pohrebnyak | Ukraine |
| | Roland Schlosser | Austria |
| 5. | Andrea Baldini | Italy |
| 6. | Michał Majewski | Poland |
| 7. | Erwann Le Péchoux | France |
| 8. | Bogdan Gurinenko | Ukraine |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Andrea Baldini | 9 | | |
| Laurence Halsted | 15 | | |
| Laurence Halsted | 15 | Laurence Halsted | 15 |
| | | Andriy Pohrebnyak | 9 |
| Andriy Pohrebnyak | 15 | Andriy Pohrebnyak | 9 |
| Michał Majewski | 12 | | | | |
| Michał Majewski | 12 | | | Laurence Halsted | 9 |
| | | | | Andrea Cassarà | 15 |
| Andrea Cassarà | 15 | | | Andrea Cassarà | 15 |
| Erwann Le Péchoux | 11 | | | | |
| Erwann Le Péchoux | 11 | Andrea Cassarà | 15 | | |
| | | Roland Schlosser | 13 |
| Roland Schlosser | 15 | Roland Schlosser | 13 |
| Bogdan Gurinenko | 12 | | |

**Foil team**

9 July

| Position | Country | Name |
| - | - | - |
| | Poland | Tomasz Ciepły Radosław Glonek Michał Majewski Sławomir Mocek |
| | Russia | Aleksey Cheremisinov Igor Gridnev Aleksey Khovanskiy Artem Sedov |
| | France | Jérôme Jault Térence Joubert Gregory Koenig Marcel Marcilloux |
| 4. | United Kingdom | James Beevers Laurence Halsted James Kenber David Riseley |
| 5. | Spain | Luis Caplliure Gabriel Menéndez Javier Menéndez Ignacio Rodriguez |
| 6. | Hungary | Anton Berjozkin Péter Biró Lorenzo Mazza Bence Széki |
| 7. | Israel | Oren Bassal Maor Hatoel Tomer Or |
| DSQ | Italy | Andrea Baldini Stefano Barrera Andrea Cassarà Salvatore Sanzo |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Italy | 45 | | |
| Hungary | 21 | | |
| Hungary | 21 | Italy | 42 |
| | | France | 41 |
| Spain | 28 | France | 41 |
| France | 45 | | | | |
| France | 45 | | | Italy | 45 |
| | | | | Poland | 30 |
| Russia | 45 | | | Poland | 30 |
| United Kingdom | 26 | | | | |
| United Kingdom | 26 | Russia | 31 | | |
| | | Poland | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| Israel | 34 | Poland | 45 | Third place | Third place |
| Poland | 45 | | | | |
| Poland | 45 | | | France | 32 |
| | | | | Russia | 45 |

**Sabre individual**

5 July

| Position | Name | Country |
| - | - | - |
| | Aliaksandr Buikevich | Belarus |
| | Aleksey Yakimenko | Russia |
| | Mihai Covaliu | Romania |
| | Nicolas Limbach | Germany |
| 5. | Volodymyr Lukashenko | Ukraine |
| 6. | Stanislav Pozdnyakov | Russia |
| 7. | Luigi Tarantino | Italy |
| 8. | Tamás Decsi | Hungary |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Luigi Tarantino | 12 | | |
| Aliaksandr Buikevich | 15 | | |
| Aliaksandr Buikevich | 15 | Aliaksandr Buikevich | 15 |
| | | Nicolas Limbach | 8 |
| Stanislav Pozdnyakov | 13 | Nicolas Limbach | 8 |
| Nicolas Limbach | 15 | | | | |
| Nicolas Limbach | 15 | | | Aliaksandr Buikevich | 15 |
| | | | | Aleksey Yakimenko | 11 |
| Volodymyr Lukashenko | 14 | | | Aleksey Yakimenko | 11 |
| Mihai Covaliu | 15 | | | | |
| Mihai Covaliu | 15 | Mihai Covaliu | 13 | | |
| | | Aleksey Yakimenko | 15 |
| Tamás Decsi | 12 | Aleksey Yakimenko | 15 |
| Aleksey Yakimenko | 15 | | |

**Sabre team**

8 July

| Position | Country | Name |
| - | - | - |
| | Russia | Aleksey Frosin Nikolay Kovalev Stanislav Pozdnyakov Aleksey Yakimenko |
| | France | Vincent Anstett Boladé Apithy Julien Pillet Boris Sanson |
| | Belarus | Aliaksandr Buikevich Dmitri Lapkes Valery Pryiemka Aleksei Romanovitch |
| 4. | Romania | Mihai Covaliu Rareș Dumitrescu Cosmin Hănceanu Alexandru Sirițeanu |
| 5. | Italy | Aldo Montano Diego Occhiuzzi Giampiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino |
| 6. | Ukraine | Dmytro Boyko Volodymyr Lukashenko Oleh Shturbabin Vladyslav Tretiak |
| 7. | Hungary | Tamás Decsi Balázs Lontay Zsolt Nemcsik Áron Szilágyi |
| 8. | Germany | Benedikt Beisheim Max Hartung Björn Hübner Johannes Klebes |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| France | 45 | | |
| Germany | 43 | | |
| Germany | 43 | France | 45 |
| | | Belarus | 42 |
| Belarus | 45 | Belarus | 42 |
| Italy | 40 | | | | |
| Italy | 40 | | | France | 29 |
| | | | | Russia | 45 |
| Russia | 45 | | | Russia | 45 |
| Ukraine | 38 | | | | |
| Ukraine | 38 | Russia | 45 | | |
| | | Romania | 44 | Third place | Third place |
| Romania | 45 | Romania | 44 | Third place | Third place |
| Hungary | 35 | | | | |
| Hungary | 35 | | | Belarus | 45 |
| | | | | Romania | 42 |

### Women

**Epée individual**

6 July

| Position | Name | Country |
| - | - | - |
| | Adrienn Hormay | Hungary |
| | Ana Maria Brânză | Romania |
| | Bianca Del Carretto | Italy |
| | Anna Sivkova | Russia |
| 5. | Marijana Markovic | Germany |
| 6. | Francesca Quondamcarlo | Italy |
| 7. | Noam Mills | Israel |
| 8. | Hajnalka Kiraly Picot | France |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Anna Sivkova | 12 | | |
| Noam Mills | 5 | | |
| Noam Mills | 5 | Anna Sivkova | 11 |
| | | Ana Maria Brânză | 15 |
| Ana Maria Brânză | 15 | Ana Maria Brânză | 15 |
| Francesca Quondamcarlo | 12 | | | | |
| Francesca Quondamcarlo | 12 | | | Ana Maria Brânză | 10 |
| | | | | Adrienn Hormay | 15 |
| Bianca Del Carretto | 15 | | | Adrienn Hormay | 15 |
| Marijana Markovic | 11 | | | | |
| Marijana Markovic | 11 | Bianca Del Carretto | 6 | | |
| | | Adrienn Hormay | 12 |
| Adrienn Hormay | 8 | Adrienn Hormay | 12 |
| Hajnalka Kiraly Picot | 6 | | |

**Epée team**

9 July

| Position | Country | Name |
| - | - | - |
| | Romania | Simona Alexandru Ana Maria Brânză Loredana Iordăchioiu Iuliana Măceșeanu |
| | Germany | Imke Duplitzer Britta Heidemann Marijana Markovic Monika Sozanska |
| | Italy | Francesca Boscarelli Cristiana Cascioli Bianca Del Carretto Francesca Quondamcarlo |
| 4. | Hungary | Edina Antal Katalin Izsó Tímea Nagy Hajnalka Tóth |
| 5. | Poland | Danuta Dmowska-Andrzejuk Magdalena Grabowska Magdalena Piekarska Małgorzata Stroka |
| 6. | Russia | Tatiana Logunova Elena Shasharina Lyubov Shutova Anna Sivkova |
| 7. | France | Audrey Belviso Jeanne Colignon Sarah Daninthe Maureen Nisima |
| 8. | Ukraine | Olena Kryvytska Anfisa Pochkalova Yana Shemyakina Eva Vybornova |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| France | 26 | | |
| Hungary | 30 | | |
| Hungary | 30 | Hungary | 33 |
| | | Romania | 43 |
| Romania | 39 | Romania | 43 |
| Poland | 36 | | | | |
| Poland | 36 | | | Romania | 45 |
| | | | | Germany | 34 |
| Germany | 32 | | | Germany | 34 |
| Russia | 31 | | | | |
| Russia | 31 | Germany | 45 | | |
| | | Italy | 34 | Third place | Third place |
| Ukraine | 42 | Italy | 34 | Third place | Third place |
| Italy | 45 | | | | |
| Italy | 45 | | | Hungary | 27 |
| | | | | Italy | 45 |

**Foil individual**

5 July

| Position | Name | Country |
| - | - | - |
| | Adeline Wuillème | France |
| | Margherita Granbassi | Italy |
| | Carolin Golubytskyi | Germany |
| | Małgorzata Wojtkowiak | Poland |
| 5. | Aida Shanayeva | Russia |
| 6. | Cristina Stahl | Romania |
| 7. | Delila Hatuel | Israel |
| 8. | Sylwia Gruchała | Poland |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Margherita Granbassi | 12 | | |
| Sylwia Gruchała | 11 | | |
| Sylwia Gruchała | 11 | Margherita Granbassi | 15 |
| | | Carolin Golubytskyi | 7 |
| Aida Shanayeva | 14 | Carolin Golubytskyi | 7 |
| Carolin Golubytskyi | 15 | | | | |
| Carolin Golubytskyi | 15 | | | Margherita Granbassi | 9 |
| | | | | Adeline Wuillème | 14 |
| Cristina Stahl | 12 | | | Adeline Wuillème | 14 |
| Małgorzata Wojtkowiak | 15 | | | | |
| Małgorzata Wojtkowiak | 15 | Małgorzata Wojtkowiak | 7 | | |
| | | Adeline Wuillème | 15 |
| Delila Hatuel | 2 | Adeline Wuillème | 15 |
| Adeline Wuillème | 9 | | |

**Foil team**

8 July

| Position | Country | Name |
| - | - | - |
| | Russia | Svetlana Boyko Aida Shanayeva Olga Lobyntseva Viktoria Nikichina |
| | Hungary | Edina Knapek Aida Mohamed Virginie Ujlaki Gabriella Varga |
| | France | Astrid Guyart Corinne Maîtrejean Mélanie Moumas Adeline Wuillème |
| 4. | Poland | Sylwia Gruchała Magda Mroczkiewicz Anna Rybicka Małgorzata Wojtkowiak |
| 5. | Italy | Margherita Granbassi Ilaria Salvatori Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali |
| 6. | Germany | Carolin Golubytskyi Anja Schache Katja Waechter Melanie Wolgast |
| 7. | Romania | Roxana Scarlat-Bârlădeanu Cristina Ghiță Cristina Stahl Daniela Tănase |
| 8. | Ukraine | Ekateryna Karmanova Olga Leleyko Tetyana Savchenko Nadiya Voychenko |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Russia | 40 | | |
| Ukraine | 28 | | |
| Ukraine | 28 | Russia | 45 |
| | | France | 16 |
| France | 34 | France | 16 |
| Italy | 33 | | | | |
| Italy | 33 | | | Russia | 31 |
| | | | | Hungary | 30 |
| Hungary | 21 | | | Hungary | 30 |
| Germany | 20 | | | | |
| Germany | 20 | Hungary | 42 | | |
| | | Poland | 34 | Third place | Third place |
| Romania | 19 | Poland | 34 | Third place | Third place |
| Poland | 24 | | | | |
| Poland | 24 | | | France | 33 |
| | | | | Poland | 25 |

**Sabre individual**

7 July

| Position | Name | Country |
| - | - | - |
| | Sofiya Velikaya | Russia |
| | Ilaria Bianco | Italy |
| | Réka Benkó | Hungary |
| | Yekaterina Fedorkina | Russia |
| 5. | Gioia Marzocca | Italy |
| 6. | Olena Khomrova | Ukraine |
| 7. | Anne-Lise Touya | France |
| 8. | Halyna Pundyk | Ukraine |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Anne-Lise Touya | 14 | | |
| Ilaria Bianco | 15 | | |
| Ilaria Bianco | 15 | Ilaria Bianco | 15 |
| | | Yekaterina Fedorkina | 13 |
| Yekaterina Fedorkina | 15 | Yekaterina Fedorkina | 13 |
| Halyna Pundyk | 9 | | | | |
| Halyna Pundyk | 9 | | | Ilaria Bianco | 10 |
| | | | | Sofiya Velikaya | 15 |
| Sofiya Velikaya | 15 | | | Sofiya Velikaya | 15 |
| Olena Khomrova | 14 | | | | |
| Olena Khomrova | 14 | Sofiya Velikaya | 15 | | |
| | | Réka Benkó | 5 |
| Réka Benkó | 15 | Réka Benkó | 5 |
| Gioia Marzocca | 9 | | |

**Sabre team**

10 July

| Position | Country | Name |
| - | - | - |
| | Poland | Bogna Jóźwiak Matylda Ostojska Aleksandra Socha Irena Wieckowska |
| | Ukraine | Olha Kharlan Olena Khomrova Nina Kozlova Halyna Pundyk |
| | France | Cécilia Berder Solenne Mary Anne-Lise Touya Carole Vergne |
| 4. | Hungary | Réka Benkó Réka Pető Gabriella Sznopek Kata Várhelyi |
| 5. | Russia | Yekaterina Dyachenko Ekaterina Fedorkina Yelena Nechayeva Sofiya Velikaya |
| 6. | Italy | Ilaria Bianco Loreta Gulotta Gioia Marzocca Irene Vecchi |
| 7. | United Kingdom | Louise Bond-Williams Katie Hendra Joanna Hutchison Chrystall Nicoll |
| 8. | Germany | Doreen Häntzsch Stefanie Kubissa Anna Limbach Margrita Tschomakov |
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| France | 45 | | |
| Germany | 22 | | |
| Germany | 22 | France | 43 |
| | | Poland | 45 |
| Poland | 45 | Poland | 45 |
| Italy | 38 | | | | |
| Italy | 38 | | | Poland | 45 |
| | | | | Ukraine | 44 |
| Ukraine | 45 | | | Ukraine | 44 |
| United Kingdom | 29 | | | | |
| United Kingdom | 29 | Ukraine | 45 | | |
| | | Hungary | 34 | Third place | Third place |
| Hungary | 45 | Hungary | 34 | Third place | Third place |
| Russia | 44 | | | | |
| Russia | 44 | | | France | 45 |
| | | | | Hungary | 35 |
