# Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twenty-first appearance of the event. The competition was held on 1 August 1992. 70 fencers from 30 nations competed. Each nation was limited to three fencers. The event was won by Éric Srecki of France, the nation's fifth victory in the event (second-most behind Italy's six). France also took bronze, with Jean-Michel Henry winning the bronze medal match. France's podium streak in the event extended to four Games. Pavel Kolobkov of the Unified Team took silver.

## Background

This was the 21st appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (with only foil and sabre events held) but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900.
Three of the eight quarterfinalists from 1988 returned: gold medalist Arnd Schmitt of West Germany (now competing for united Germany), bronze medalist Andrey Shuvalov of the Soviet Union (now competing for the Unified Team), and fourth-place finisher Sandro Cuomo of Italy. Shuvalov was the reigning (1991) World Champion. Manuel Pereira of Spain was another World Champion (1989) competing in Barcelona.
Estonia and Singapore each made their debut in the event. Some former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team. France, Great Britain, Sweden, and the United States each appeared for the 19th time, tied for most among nations.

## Competition format

The 1992 tournament used a three-phase format roughly similar to prior years in consisting of a group phase, a double-elimination phase, and a single-elimination phase, but each phase was very different from previous formats.
The first phase was a single round (vs. 3 rounds in 1988) round-robin pool play format; each fencer in a pool faced each other fencer in that pool once. There were 10 pools with 7 fencers each. The fencers' ranks within the pool were ignored; the overall winning percentage (with touch differential and then touches against used as tie-breakers) were used to rank the fencers. The top 52 advanced to the second phase, while the other fencers were eliminated.
The second phase was a modified, truncated double-elimination tournament. 12 fencers received a bye to the second round (round of 32), while the 40 fencers ranked 13–52 played in the round of 64. Fencers losing in the round of 64 were eliminated, while the remaining rounds were double elimination via repechages. The repechages (but not the main brackets) used a complicated reseeding mechanism. Ultimately, the 4 fencers remaining undefeated after the round of 8 advanced to the quarterfinals along with 4 fencers who advanced through the repechages after one loss.
The final phase was a single elimination tournament with quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final and bronze medal match.
All bouts were to 5 touches. In the second and third phases, matches were best-of-three bouts.

## Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Saturday, 1 August 1992 | | Group round Elimination round Final round |

## Results
### Group round

Fencers were ranked by win percent, then touch differential, then touches against. This ranking, with adjustments to ensure that no two fencers of the same nation were in the same bracket (noted in parentheses), was used to seed the elimination round brackets.
| Rank | Fencer | Nation | Pool | Rank | Wins | Losses | Win % | TF | TA | TF - TA | Notes |
| 1 | Elmar Borrmann | Germany | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 30 | 14 | 16 | Q |
| 2 | Angelo Mazzoni | Italy | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 30 | 15 | 15 | Q |
| 3 | Mauricio Rivas | Colombia | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 30 | 18 | 12 | Q |
| 4 | Krisztián Kulcsár | Hungary | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 30 | 19 | 11 | Q |
| 5 | Éric Srecki | France | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 30 | 13 | 17 | Q |
| 6 | Iván Kovács | Hungary | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 28 | 13 | 15 | Q |
| 7 | Jean-Michel Henry | France | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 28 | 15 | 13 | Q |
| 8 | Adrian Pop | Romania | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 29 | 17 | 12 | Q |
| 9 (10) | Robert Felisiak | Germany | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 29 | 18 | 11 | Q |
| 10 (9) | Péter Vánky | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 29 | 18 | 11 | Q |
| 11 | Sandro Cuomo | Italy | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 30 | 21 | 9 | Q |
| 12 | Laurie Shong | Canada | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 27 | 15 | 12 | Q |
| 13 | Kaido Kaaberma | Estonia | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 25 | 17 | 8 | Q |
| 14 | Olivier Lenglet | France | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 25 | 17 | 8 | Q |
| 15 | Kim Jeong-Gwan | South Korea | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 26 | 18 | 8 | Q |
| 16 | Andrey Shuvalov | Unified Team | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 26 | 18 | 8 | Q |
| 17 | Maurizio Randazzo | Italy | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 26 | 19 | 7 | Q |
| 18 | Pavel Kolobkov | Unified Team | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 27 | 20 | 7 | Q |
| 19 | Michael O'Brien | Ireland | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 28 | 21 | 7 | Q |
| 20 | Lee Sang-Gi | South Korea | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 25 | 19 | 6 | Q |
| 21 | Aleš Depta | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 26 | 21 | 5 | Q |
| 22 | Roman Ječmínek | Czechoslovakia | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 28 | 23 | 5 | Q |
| 23 | Danek Nowosielski | Canada | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 24 | 20 | 4 | Q |
| 24 (26) | Thomas Lundblad | Sweden | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 25 | 21 | 4 | Q |
| 25 (27) | Serhiy Kravchuk | Unified Team | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 27 | 23 | 4 | Q |
| 26 (24) | Robert Davidson | Australia | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 25 | 23 | 2 | Q |
| 27 (25) | Roberto Lazzarini | Brazil | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 21 | 23 | -2 | Q |
| 28 (31) | Jiří Douba | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 26 | 20 | 6 | Q |
| 29 (30) | Jean-Marc Chouinard | Canada | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 26 | 20 | 6 | Q |
| 30 (28) | Arnd Schmitt | Germany | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 25 | 20 | 5 | Q |
| 31 (29) | Fernando de la Peña | Spain | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 26 | 21 | 5 | Q |
| 32 | Jang Tae-Seok | South Korea | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 24 | 21 | 3 | Q |
| 33 (34) | Gabriel Pantelimon | Romania | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 26 | 23 | 3 | Q |
| 34 (33) | Maciej Ciszewski | Poland | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 24 | 22 | 2 | Q |
| 35 | Raúl Maroto | Spain | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 23 | 22 | 1 | Q |
| 36 (38) | Viktor Zuikov | Estonia | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 24 | 23 | 1 | Q |
| 37 (36) | André Kuhn | Switzerland | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 26 | 25 | 1 | Q |
| 38 (37) | Rafael di Tella | Argentina | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 22 | 22 | 0 | Q |
| 39 | Ferenc Hegedűs | Hungary | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 22 | 22 | 0 | Q |
| 40 | Jon Normile | United States | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 20 | 22 | -2 | Q |
| 41 | Juan Miguel Paz | Colombia | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 21 | 23 | -2 | Q |
| 42 | Gavin McLean | New Zealand | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 21 | 23 | -2 | Q |
| 43 | Robert Marx | United States | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 19 | 23 | -4 | Q |
| 44 | Ulf Sandegren | Sweden | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 21 | 25 | -4 | Q |
| 45 | Mohamed Al-Hamar | Kuwait | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 17 | 25 | -8 | Q |
| 46 | Olivier Jacquet | Switzerland | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 25 | 23 | 2 | Q |
| 47 | Manuel Pereira | Spain | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 25 | 27 | -2 | Q |
| 48 (51) | Cornel Milan | Romania | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 24 | 27 | -3 | Q |
| 49 (50) | Sławomir Nawrocki | Poland | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 21 | 26 | -5 | Q |
| 50 (48) | Wong James | Singapore | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 18 | 25 | -7 | Q |
| 51 (49) | Norikazu Tanabe | Japan | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 21 | 28 | -7 | Q |
| 52 | Handry Lenzun | Indonesia | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 17 | 25 | -8 | Q |
| 53 | Steven Paul | Great Britain | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 18 | 27 | -9 | |
| 54 | Scott Arnold | Australia | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 15 | 26 | -11 | |
| 55 | Chris O'Loughlin | United States | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 19 | 26 | -7 | |
| 56 | Witold Gadomski | Poland | 9 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 18 | 26 | -8 | |
| 57 | Daniel Lang | Switzerland | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 19 | 27 | -8 | |
| 58 | Zahi El-Khoury | Lebanon | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 20 | 28 | -8 | |
| 59 | Lucas Zakaria | Indonesia | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 18 | 27 | -9 | |
| 60 | Rui Frazão | Portugal | 10 | 7 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 16 | 26 | -10 | |
| 61 | Luciano Finardi | Brazil | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 17 | 28 | -11 | |
| 61 | José Bandeira | Portugal | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 17 | 28 | -11 | |
| 63 | Francisco Papaiano | Brazil | 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 13 | 27 | -14 | |
| 64 | Michel Youssef | Lebanon | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 11 | 26 | -15 | |
| 65 | Tan Ronald | Singapore | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 11 | 29 | -18 | |
| 66 | José Marcelo Álvarez | Paraguay | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 18 | 30 | -12 | |
| 67 | Dario Torrente | South Africa | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 17 | 30 | -13 | |
| 68 | Enzo da Ponte | Paraguay | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 14 | 30 | -16 | |
| 68 | Trevor Strydom | South Africa | 6 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 14 | 30 | -16 | |
| 70 | Hein van Garderen | South Africa | 8 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 11 | 30 | -19 | |

### Elimination rounds
#### Main brackets
##### Main bracket 1

Ciszewski, Wong, Tanabe, Paz, and Normile were eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Randazzo beating Jang and Davidson beating Pop to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Shuvalov and Lazzarini, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Vánky, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Borrmann won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.
| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| | | | | | 1 | Elmar Borrmann (GER) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | Maciej Ciszewski (POL) | 4 | 5 | | 32 | Jang Tae-Seok (KOR) | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | Jang Tae-Seok (KOR) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | 1 | Elmar Borrmann (GER) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | |
| 17 | Maurizio Randazzo (ITA) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | 16 | Andrey Shuvalov (EUN) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | |
| 48 | Wong James (SIN) | 2 | 3 | | 17 | Maurizio Randazzo (ITA) | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 49 | Norikazu Tanabe (JPN) | 0 | 4 | | 16 | Andrey Shuvalov (EUN) | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Andrey Shuvalov (EUN) | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Elmar Borrmann (GER) | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | Péter Vánky (SWE) | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| | | | | | 9 | Péter Vánky (SWE) | 3 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 41 | Juan Miguel Paz (COL) | 5 | 3 | | 24 | Robert Davidson (AUS) | 5 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 24 | Robert Davidson (AUS) | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | 9 | Péter Vánky (SWE) | 3 | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
| 25 | Roberto Lazzarini (BRA) | 3 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | 25 | Roberto Lazzarini (BRA) | 5 | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| 40 | Jon Normile (USA) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25 | Roberto Lazzarini (BRA) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 8 | Adrian Pop (ROU) | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |

###### Repechage qualifiers 1

| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| 32 | Jang Tae-Seok (KOR) | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Maurizio Randazzo (ITA) | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| 24 | Robert Davidson (AUS) | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Adrian Pop (ROU) | 1 | 5 | 2 |

##### Main bracket 2

Sandegren, di Tella, Lenzun, Al-Hamar, and Kuhn were eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Depta beating Schmitt and Kulcsár beating Lee to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Shong and de la Peña, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Srecki, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Kaaberma won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.
| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| | | | | | 5 | Éric Srecki (FRA) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 37 | Rafael di Tella (ARG) | 2 | 0 | | 28 | Arnd Schmitt (GER) | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | Arnd Schmitt (GER) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | 5 | Éric Srecki (FRA) | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
| 21 | Aleš Depta (TCH) | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | 12 | Laurie Shong (CAN) | 2 | 0 | | | | | |
| 44 | Ulf Sandegren (SWE) | 4 | 2 | | 21 | Aleš Depta (TCH) | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 12 | Laurie Shong (CAN) | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Éric Srecki (FRA) | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 13 | Kaido Kaaberma (EST) | 5 | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | 13 | Kaido Kaaberma (EST) | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| 52 | Handry Lenzun (INA) | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | Kaido Kaaberma (EST) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 45 | Mohamed Al-Hamar (KUW) | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | Lee Sang-Gi (KOR) | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Lee Sang-Gi (KOR) | 5 | 4 | 6 | | | | | | 13 | Kaido Kaaberma (EST) | 6 | 6 | | | | | |
| 29 | Fernando de la Peña (ESP) | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 29 | Fernando de la Peña (ESP) | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| 36 | André Kuhn (SUI) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 29 | Fernando de la Peña (ESP) | 6 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Krisztián Kulcsár (HUN) | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |

###### Repechage qualifiers 2

| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| 28 | Arnd Schmitt (GER) | 5 | 4 | |
| 21 | Aleš Depta (TCH) | 6 | 6 | |
| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| 20 | Lee Sang-Gi (KOR) | 4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Krisztián Kulcsár (HUN) | 6 | 5 | |

##### Main bracket 3

Maroto, O'Brien, Milan, Ječmínek, and Zuikov were eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Chouinard beating Jacquet and Kravchuk beating Cuomo to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Lenglet and Marx, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Rivas, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Kovács won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.
| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| | | | | 3 | Mauricio Rivas (COL) | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 35 | Raúl Maroto (ESP) | 5 | 3 | 30 | Jean-Marc Chouinard (CAN) | 6 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | Jean-Marc Chouinard (CAN) | 6 | 5 | | | | | | 3 | Mauricio Rivas (COL) | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| 19 | Michael O'Brien (IRL) | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 14 | Olivier Lenglet (FRA) | 6 | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| 46 | Olivier Jacquet (SUI) | 5 | 5 | 46 | Olivier Jacquet (SUI) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 51 | Cornel Milan (ROU) | 3 | 1 | 14 | Olivier Lenglet (FRA) | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Olivier Lenglet (FRA) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Mauricio Rivas (COL) | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | Iván Kovács (HUN) | 5 | 5 |
| | | | | 11 | Sandro Cuomo (ITA) | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 43 | Robert Marx (USA) | 6 | 5 | 43 | Robert Marx (USA) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Roman Ječmínek (TCH) | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 43 | Robert Marx (USA) | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| 27 | Serhiy Kravchuk (EUN) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 6 | Iván Kovács (HUN) | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
| 36 | Viktor Zuikov (EST) | 5 | 4 | 27 | Serhiy Kravchuk (EUN) | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 6 | Iván Kovács (HUN) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |

###### Repechage qualifiers 3

| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| 30 | Jean-Marc Chouinard (CAN) | 6 | 5 | |
| 46 | Olivier Jacquet (SUI) | 4 | 2 | |
| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| 11 | Sandro Cuomo (ITA) | 2 | 3 | |
| 27 | Serhiy Kravchuk (EUN) | 5 | 5 | |

##### Main bracket 4

Hegedűs, McLean, Kim, Pereira, and Pantelimon were eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Nowosielski beating Lundblad and Mazzoni beating Nawrocki to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Henry and Douba, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Felisiak, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Kolobkov won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.
| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| | | | | | 7 | Jean-Michel Henry (FRA) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 39 | Ferenc Hegedűs (HUN) | 5 | 3 | | 26 | Thomas Lundblad (SWE) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 26 | Thomas Lundblad (SWE) | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | 7 | Jean-Michel Henry (FRA) | 5 | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| 23 | Danek Nowosielski (CAN) | 1 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | 10 | Robert Felisiak (GER) | 3 | 6 | 5 | | | | |
| 42 | Gavin McLean (NZL) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | Danek Nowosielski (CAN) | 0 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 10 | Robert Felisiak (GER) | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Robert Felisiak (GER) | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Kim Jeong-Gwan (KOR) | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | Pavel Kolobkov (EUN) | 5 | 5 |
| 50 | Sławomir Nawrocki (POL) | 5 | 5 | | 50 | Sławomir Nawrocki (POL) | 6 | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 47 | Manuel Pereira (ESP) | 1 | 6 | 1 | 18 | Pavel Kolobkov (EUN) | 4 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 18 | Pavel Kolobkov (EUN) | 5 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | 18 | Pavel Kolobkov (EUN) | 5 | 6 | | | | | |
| 31 | Jiří Douba (TCH) | 1 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | 31 | Jiří Douba (TCH) | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| 34 | Gabriel Pantelimon (ROU) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 31 | Jiří Douba (TCH) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Angelo Mazzoni (ITA) | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |

###### Repechage qualifiers 4

| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| 26 | Thomas Lundblad (SWE) | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| 23 | Danek Nowosielski (CAN) | 5 | 4 | 6 |
| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| 50 | Sławomir Nawrocki (POL) | 2 | 3 | |
| 2 | Angelo Mazzoni (ITA) | 5 | 5 | |

#### Repechage rounds 1 and 2

The fencers were reseeded: the eight fencers who had lost in the round of 16 were reseeded as 1–8 while the eight fencers who had lost in the round of 32 but won the repechage qualifiers were reseeded as 9–16. Rematches of main bracket matches were avoided. For example, original seed #2 Mazzoni would have been reseeded as #9 because he was the top-seeded fencer who had advanced through the repechage qualifiers. That would have placed original #4 Kulcsár as (new) #10, setting up a rematch against (new) #7 de la Peña; Kulcsár and Mazzoni were swapped to #9 and #10, respectively. Original seeds are shown in parentheses in the brackets.
| R1 seed | O seed | Fencer | Nation |
| From round of 16 ||||
| 1 | 7 | Jean-Michel Henry | France |
| 2 | 12 | Laurie Shong | Canada |
| 3 | 14 | Olivier Lenglet | France |
| 4 | 16 | Andrey Shuvalov | Unified Team |
| 5 | 25 | Roberto Lazzarini | Brazil |
| 6 | 31 | Jiří Douba | Czechoslovakia |
| 7 | 29 | Fernando de la Peña | Spain |
| 8 | 43 | Robert Marx | United States |
| From round of 32 and qualifiers ||||
| 9 | 4 | Krisztián Kulcsár | Hungary |
| 10 | 2 | Angelo Mazzoni | Italy |
| 11 | 17 | Maurizio Randazzo | Italy |
| 12 | 21 | Aleš Depta | Czechoslovakia |
| 13 | 23 | Danek Nowosielski | Canada |
| 14 | 27 | Serhiy Kravchuk | Unified Team |
| 15 | 24 | Robert Davidson | Australia |
| 16 | 30 | Jean-Marc Chouinard | Canada |

##### Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 1

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 |
| 1 (7) | Jean-Michel Henry (FRA) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | |
| 16 (30) | Jean-Marc Chouinard (CAN) | 3 | 3 | | 1 (7) | Jean-Michel Henry (FRA) | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 (4) | Krisztián Kulcsár (HUN) | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 (4) | Krisztián Kulcsár (HUN) | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 8 (43) | Robert Marx (USA) | 2 | 5 | 5 | | | | | |

##### Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 2

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 |
| 5 (25) | Roberto Lazzarini (BRA) | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| 12 (21) | Aleš Depta (TCH) | 5 | 5 | 12 (21) | Aleš Depta (TCH) | 1 | 2 |
| 13 (23) | Danek Nowosielski (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 4 (16) | Andrey Shuvalov (EUN) | 5 | 5 |
| 4 (16) | Andrey Shuvalov (EUN) | 5 | 5 | | | | |

##### Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 3

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 |
| 3 (14) | Olivier Lenglet (FRA) | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | |
| 14 (27) | Serhiy Kravchuk (EUN) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 (27) | Serhiy Kravchuk (EUN) | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 11 (17) | Maurizio Randazzo (ITA) | 6 | 6 | | 11 (17) | Maurizio Randazzo (ITA) | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 (31) | Jiří Douba (TCH) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | |

##### Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 4

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 |
| 7 (29) | Fernando de la Peña (ESP) | 5 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| 10 (2) | Angelo Mazzoni (ITA) | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 (2) | Angelo Mazzoni (ITA) | 6 | 5 |
| 15 (24) | Robert Davidson (AUS) | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 (12) | Laurie Shong (CAN) | 4 | 3 |
| 2 (12) | Laurie Shong (CAN) | 5 | 6 | 5 | | | | |

#### Repechage round 3

The fencers were reseeded again. Seeds 1–4 were given to round 8 losers, based on their original seeds (Vánky and Felisiak, who had been swapped to avoid having two German fencers in main bracket 1, were reseeded as if they had not been swapped). Seeds 5–8 were given to the winners of the second round of the repechage, based on their original seeds—except that Henry was moved from #6 to #5 to avoid a rematch with Felisiak.
| R3 seed | R1 seed | O seed | Fencer | Nation |
| From round of 8 |||||
| 1 | – | 3 | Mauricio Rivas | Colombia |
| 2 | – | 5 | Éric Srecki | France |
| 3 | – | 10 | Robert Felisiak | Germany |
| 4 | – | 9 | Péter Vánky | Sweden |
| From repechage round 2 |||||
| 5 | 1 | 7 | Jean-Michel Henry | France |
| 6 | 10 | 2 | Angelo Mazzoni | Italy |
| 7 | 4 | 16 | Andrey Shuvalov | Unified Team |
| 8 | 14 | 27 | Serhiy Kravchuk | Unified Team |

##### Repechage round 3 bracket 1

| Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 |
| 1 (3) | Mauricio Rivas (COL) | 5 | 6 | |
| 8 (27) | Serhiy Kravchuk (EUN) | 2 | 4 | |

##### Repechage round 3 bracket 2

| Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 |
| 5 (7) | Jean-Michel Henry (FRA) | 5 | 6 | |
| 4 (10) | Péter Vánky (SWE) | 3 | 4 | |

##### Repechage round 3 bracket 3

| Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 |
| 3 (10) | Robert Felisiak (GER) | 4 | 3 | |
| 6 (2) | Angelo Mazzoni (ITA) | 6 | 5 | |

##### Repechage round 3 bracket 4

| Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 |
| 7 (16) | Andrey Shuvalov (EUN) | 3 | 2 | |
| 2 (5) | Éric Srecki (FRA) | 5 | 5 | |

### Final rounds

The fencers were reseeded a final time. Seeds 1–4 were given to the round of 8 winners, based on their original seeds. Seeds 5–8 were given to the winners of the third round of the repechage, based on their original seeds.
| F seed | R3 seed | R1 seed | O seed | Fencer | Nation |
| From round of 8 ||||||
| 1 | – | – | 1 | Elmar Borrmann | Germany |
| 2 | – | – | 6 | Iván Kovács | Hungary |
| 3 | – | – | 13 | Kaido Kaaberma | Estonia |
| 4 | – | – | 18 | Pavel Kolobkov | Unified Team |
| From repechage round 3 ||||||
| 5 | 6 | 10 | 2 | Angelo Mazzoni | Italy |
| 6 | 1 | – | 3 | Mauricio Rivas | Colombia |
| 7 | 2 | – | 5 | Éric Srecki | France |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | 7 | Jean-Michel Henry | France |
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 (1) | Elmar Borrmann (GER) | 5 | 4 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 (7) | Jean-Michel Henry (FRA) | 2 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 (7) | Jean-Michel Henry (FRA) | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 (7) | Jean-Michel Henry (FRA) | 3 | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 (18) | Pavel Kolobkov (EUN) | 5 | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| 5 (2) | Angelo Mazzoni (ITA) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 (18) | Pavel Kolobkov (EUN) | 5 | 2 | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 (18) | Pavel Kolobkov (EUN) | 0 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 (18) | Pavel Kolobkov (EUN) | 0 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | 4 (18) | Pavel Kolobkov (EUN) | 5 | 2 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7 (5) | Éric Srecki (FRA) | 6 | 5 | |
| 3 (13) | Kaido Kaaberma (EST) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 (5) | Éric Srecki (FRA) | 6 | 5 |
| 6 (3) | Mauricio Rivas (COL) | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| 6 (3) | Mauricio Rivas (COL) | 3 | 3 | | 3 (13) | Kaido Kaaberma (EST) | 2 | 3 | | Bronze match | Bronze match | Bronze match | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| | | | | | 7 (5) | Éric Srecki (FRA) | 5 | 5 | |
| 7 (5) | Éric Srecki (FRA) | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 (5) | Éric Srecki (FRA) | 5 | 5 | | 8 (7) | Jean-Michel Henry (FRA) | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 (6) | Iván Kovács (HUN) | 3 | 6 | 1 | | | | | | 3 (13) | Kaido Kaaberma (EST) | 5 | 2 | 3 |

## Final classification

| Fencer | Nation |
| Éric Srecki | France |
| Pavel Kolobkov | Unified Team |
| Jean-Michel Henry | France |
| Kaido Kaaberma | Estonia |
| Elmar Borrmann | Germany |
| Angelo Mazzoni | Italy |
| Mauricio Rivas | Colombia |
| Iván Kovács | Hungary |
| Robert Felisiak | Germany |
| Péter Vánky | Sweden |
| Andrey Shuvalov | Unified Team |
| Serhiy Kravchuk | Unified Team |
| Krisztián Kulcsár | Hungary |
| Laurie Shong | Canada |
| Maurizio Randazzo | Italy |
| Aleš Depta | Czechoslovakia |
| Olivier Lenglet | France |
| Danek Nowosielski | Canada |
| Robert Davidson | Australia |
| Roberto Lazzarini | Brazil |
| Jiří Douba | Czechoslovakia |
| Jean-Marc Chouinard | Canada |
| Fernando de la Peña | Spain |
| Robert Marx | United States |
| Adrian Pop | Romania |
| Sandro Cuomo | Italy |
| Lee Sang-Gi | South Korea |
| Thomas Lundblad | Sweden |
| Arnd Schmitt | Germany |
| Jang Tae-Seok | South Korea |
| Olivier Jacquet | Switzerland |
| Sławomir Nawrocki | Poland |
| Kim Jeong-Gwan | South Korea |
| Michael O'Brien | Ireland |
| Roman Ječmínek | Czechoslovakia |
| Gabriel Pantelimon | Romania |
| Maciej Ciszewski | Poland |
| Raúl Maroto | Spain |
| Viktor Zuikov | Estonia |
| André Kuhn | Switzerland |
| Rafael di Tella | Argentina |
| Ferenc Hegedűs | Hungary |
| Jon Normile | United States |
| Juan Miguel Paz | Colombia |
| Gavin McLean | New Zealand |
| Ulf Sandegren | Sweden |
| Mohamed Al-Hamar | Kuwait |
| Manuel Pereira | Spain |
| Cornel Milan | Romania |
| Wong James | Singapore |
| Norikazu Tanabe | Japan |
| Handry Lenzun | Indonesia |
| Steven Paul | Great Britain |
| Scott Arnold | Australia |
| Chris O'Loughlin | United States |
| Witold Gadomski | Poland |
| Daniel Lang | Switzerland |
| Zahi El-Khoury | Lebanon |
| Lucas Zakaria | Indonesia |
| Rui Frazão | Portugal |
| Luciano Finardi | Brazil |
| José Bandeira | Portugal |
| Francisco Papaiano | Brazil |
| Michel Youssef | Lebanon |
| Tan Ronald | Singapore |
| José Marcelo Álvarez | Paraguay |
| Dario Torrente | South Africa |
| Enzo da Ponte | Paraguay |
| Trevor Strydom | South Africa |
| Hein van Garderen | South Africa |