Rules of sport

FENCING
If there are five competing teams, there will be one bye at the
top and two byes at the bottom of the list, as follows
A a bye ..... ... A
e�
BI B
C
D a bye . D'
E a bye E}
If there are six teams there will be one bye at the top and one
bye at the bottom.
If there are seven teams there will be one bye at the bottom.
If there are nine teams there will be three byes at the top and
four byes at the bottom, as follows
A a bye ..A l
B
B a
bye...
..... B f
C a bye C E
D1 E
Ef
F a bye F
... E
A Winner
.E
Gab
y
e G
� G
H a bye H 1 H
I a
bye.
. . . ... ..
I J
With ten teams, three byes at the top and three at the bottom.
With eleven teams, two byes at the top and three at the bottom.
With twelve teams, two byes at the top and two at the bottom.
In Rule 9 the date omitted is July 23, 1908.
Io. On or before July I, Igo8, every Olympic Committee will
be formally notified by the Games Committee of the A.F.A.
(through the Secretary of the British Olympic Council) of the
exact date of the Fencing competitions, and as far as possible of
the order of the various pools and team fights, so that each
competitor may obtain an approximate idea of the times at which
he should present himself.
II.
Ignorance of the conditions published in the Code, the
" Observations," or these "Special Recommendations," will not
be held as any excuse for contravention of the Regulations.
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