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

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[1]
 Eugène-Henri Gravelotte
 France		 Henri Callot
 France		 Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis
 Greece
Athanasios Vouros
 Greece
Masters foil[2]
 Leonidas Pyrgos
 Greece		 Joanni Perronet
 France		 none
Sabre[3]
 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

  • Ioannis Phokianos, president
  • Georgios Streit, secretary
  • Ioannis Yenissarlis
  • Loukas Belos
  • Nikolaos Politis
  • Chas. Waldstein
  • Dimitrios Aiginitis
  • Dimitrios Sekkeris
  • Spyridon Koumoundouros
  • Konstantinos Manos
  • Spyridon Antonopoulos

See also

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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.
  • Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at )
  • Mallon, Bill; Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at )
  • Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.
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