FENCING AT THE 1896 SUMMER OLYMPICS - MEN'S FOIL

The 'men's foil' was one of three fencing events on the Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on the second day of competition, 7 April. Eight fencers took part, with the preliminary fencing involving a round-robin held in two groups. The first group was Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, Delaborde, Callot, and Poulos. The second was Komninos-Miliotis, Balakakis, Gravelotte, and Vouros. The two fencers that were undefeated in their groups faced each other in the final for gold and silver medals, while Pierrakos-Mavromichalis was awarded third place as he had the best record (2-1) of the remaining fencers in actual bouts. Vouros's second win came from a forfeit by Komninos-Miliotis.

Contents

Medallists

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final

References

Medallists

'Gold'	'Silver'	'Bronze'

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Place	Athlete	TF	TA	W	L
1		9	4	'3'	'0'
2		7	4	'2'	'1'
3		5	7	'1'	'2'
4		3	9	'0'	'3'

Match	Winner	Touches	Loser
A1		3-1
A2		3-2
A3		3-0
A4		3-1
A5		3-1
A6		3-1

Group B

Place	Athlete	TF	TA	W	L
1		9	5	'3'	'0'
2		8	4	'2'	'1'
3		5	7	'1'	'2'
4		3	9	'0'	'3'

Match	Winner	Touches	Loser
B1		3-1
B2		3-2
B3		3-1
B4		3-2
B5		3-1
B6		3-0 (w/o)

Final

In the final, the two undefeated Frenchmen faced each other. Gravelotte won in a close bout.

Match	Winner	Touches	Loser
F		3-2

References

★ The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896, Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; & Anninos, C., , , Charles Beck, 1897, (Digitally available at [1])

★ The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary, Mallon, Bill; & Widlund, Ture, , , McFarland, 1998, ISBN 0-7864-0379-9 (Excerpt available at [2])

★ Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games, Smith, Michael Llewellyn, , , Profile Books, 2004, ISBN 1-86197-342-X