Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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Fencing
at the Games of the I Olympiad
The final sword match 1896 Summer Olympics
VenueZappeion
Dates7–9 April 1896
No. of events3 (3 men, 0 women)
Competitors15 from 4 nations
1900 →

At the 1896 Summer Olympics, three fencing events were contested at the Zappeion. They were prepared and organized by the Sub-Committee for Fencing. The épée event for men was cancelled. All fencing was done to three touches. Events were held on 7 April and 9 April 1896. 15 athletes from four nations competed; 8 fencers from 3 nations won one medal each.

Medal summary

These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal.

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Foil
Eugène-Henri Gravelotte
 France
Henri Callot
 France
Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis
 Greece
Athanasios Vouros
 Greece
Masters foil
Leonidas Pyrgos
 Greece
Joanni Perronet
 France
none
Sabre
Ioannis Georgiadis
 Greece
Telemachos Karakalos
 Greece
Holger Nielsen
 Denmark

Participating nations

Fencing before the king of Greece, 1896, by André Castaigne

A total of 15 fencers from four nations competed at the Athens Games:

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Greece2125
2 France1203
3 Denmark0011
Totals (3 entries)3339

Sub-Committee for Fencing

See also


References

  1. ^ "Athens 1896 Fencing Foil Individual Men Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  2. ^ "Athens 1896 Fencing Foil Masters Men Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  3. ^ "Athens 1896 Fencing Sabre Individual Men Results". Olympics.com.

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