title: 2008 European Fencing Championships
text: # 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 |
  