1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

The Ground.All the competitions will take place indoors, and on pistes of linoleum.Each competitor will have 15 m. space behind him, counting from the backfoot, in which to retreat if necessary.The ground gained by an adversary is kept. When a fencer reaches the line3 metres from the limit, he is warned by the President of the jury by the words“Trois metres”. He is warned again at the moment when he arrives at the limitby the word “Limite”. The limit will, in case of necessity, be indicated by alarge white line. If, after this warning, the fencer passes the limit with both feeta hit will be scored against him. The position of each fencer on the ground is decidedby lot before the commencement of each bout, and will be changed aftereach heat.ORGANISATION OF THE CONTESTS.Constitution of the Juries and their functions.The Jury and President on accepting office engage morally to act with courtesyand unquestionable impartiality.There will be an International Jury of Honour and competition juries.The Jury of Honour will be chosen by the Swedish Olympic Committee ofthe Olympic Games of Stockholm, 1912 and can be international. It constitutesthe last court of appeal in all points of dispute which may arise during thetournament. Its decision is final. It will receive, through a member of the FenicngCommittee, the objections or claims made in writing, examine the question and givethe verdict.The competition juries are international.The National Olympic Committees of each competing nation will be requestedto nominate, before the 6 June (with the entries of the competitors) 3 or 4 of theircountrymen whom they deem competent to serve on competition juries, and whoare willing to act as jurors.The Swedish Committee will form a sufficient number of competition juries, eachconsisting of 5 (3) members, one of whom will act as president.Each pool jury will have a Swedish Secretary, not a member of the jury, tokeep the scoring sheet.The composition of the Jury will be uniform for all contests.The juries are responsible for the proper conduct of all the pools which theyare called upon to direct.The President will act as leader of the contest, direct the passes, and has alonethe right to give the warnings of “Trois metres” and of “Limite”; he will observeexactly the different phases in order to be able to analyse them and determine,in case of need, which of the competitors has first been hit; and to this endhe can employ any means of investigation he considers necessary; he can stopany bout in which he considers that the proper character of a contest is endangered.The Jurors will be placed according to the following figure:Jurors and the fencer on the left.Jurors and the fencer on the right.1018