Rules of sport

THE RULES OF SPORT
no hit is scored, a hit shall be placed against the names of both
fencers. The scorer (who keeps the time) must inform the
President when a bout should be stopped or restarted under
these circumstances.
(See
Rules 15, 57,
6
9•)
V. SPECIAL RULES
(Epee
Teams).
43 • Each competing country shall be represented by one team
of eight men only.
44• The Captain (who shall be one of the team of eight) shall
be responsible to the Committee for the proper conduct of his
team in every respect, and shall alone be the mouthpiece of any
representations they may desire to make to the Committee. Out
of the eight names sent in beforehand, only four fencers shall be
chosen to represent each country in each team-fight.
(See
Rule 2. )
45• Except in case of accidents incurred in the course of a
fight and recognised as serious by the President and Jury (when
the Captain shall have the right to substitute another of the eight
entered), the composition of the teams shall remain the same
throughout one heat in the Tournament. But their composition
can be modified at the beginning of each heat; thus, Team A will
keep the same fencers throughout its fight with Team B (except
in case of accident as aforesaid), but Team A may change its
fencers, and substitute others (from the eight entered as afore-
said) in its fights against C, D, or E ; and
vice versa.
46. Each fencer in an international team must wear his
national colours on the unemployed arm.
47. Each bout is decided by a single hit, according to the rules
for the individual 6p6e .championships.
(See
Rules 31-42.)
48. Juries will be composed and will act in accordance with
the regulations laid down in Rules 19, 20, 21, 22, with the excep-
tion that whether the total of the Jury (including the President)
be three or five, no juror shall be of the same nationality as either
of the teams competing in the bouts they judge, exceptwith the
consent of the Captains of the two teams engaged.
(See
Rule 23.)
49• The Committee will arrange the system according to which
the various teams shall meet each other as soon as the entries
have all been received, and will notify the Olympic Committee
of each country beforehand as to these arrangements. After
June 15, 19o8, no other team may enter, and any team which
does not appear to fence at the time appointed will be scratched.
50. In a fight between two teams, the winning team shall be
that which has the least number of'hits registered against it. As
soon as one team has had nine hits scored against it, the Captain
may admit defeat by withdrawal, if "he pleases, but he has the
right to complete the round if he desires to do so.
(See
Rule 30.)
51. In a fight between two teams, when the number of hits
received by each is equal, they shall resume their team-fight
immediately, from the beginning, as if it had never taken place,
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