Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Fencing
at the Games of the I Olympiad
BASA-3K-7-422-25-1896 Summer Olympics.jpg
The final sword match 1896 Summer Olympics
VenueZappeion
Dates7–9 April
No. of events3 (3 men, 0 women)
Competitors15from 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
details
Eugène-Henri Gravelotte
 France
Henri Callot
 France
Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis
 Greece
Masters foil
details
Leonidas Pyrgos
 Greece
Joanni Perronet
 France
none
Sabre
details
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 Greece2114
2 France1203
3 Denmark0011
Totals (3 nations)3328

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

References

  • 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 [1])
  • 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 [2])
  • 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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