From the Dawn of Electric Sabre Fencing (Video)

November 18 2011, 6:12pm

These videos just surfaced via the Fencing Forums of the first World Cup event featuring electric sabre held in the United States.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMH3sm8EH1k The time was 1988 and the top fencers from that year were Jean-François Lamour (FRA), Janusz Olech (POL), and Giovanni Scalzo (ITA), the gold, silver, and bronze medalists from the Seoul Olympics. Fencers featured in the final 8 of this world cup are: JP Banos (CAN) Gedovari (HUN) Lamour (FRA) Pigula (POL) Kościelniakowski (POL) Olech (POL) Ducheix (FRA) Laverdecia (CUB) Back then, only the sabre final-8 used the electric scoring system and fencing still featured the 2 meter warning and allowed cross-overs. Check the thread for more videos and additional discussion of this slice from fencing history.