Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The épée was an amateur event in the 1900 Summer Olympics. There were 102 fencers. These fencers were from 11 different nations. 91 of the fencers were from France. Ramón Fonst of Cuba won. French fencers won 2nd place and 3rd place. These fencers were Louis Perrée and Léon Sée. The 1900 Olympic Games were badly organized.They were called  “The Farcical Games”. Some of the competitors did not know that they were in the Olympics in 1900. There are no official records for these games.  This event was not mentioned in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. This was the first time the épée was in the Olympic Games. In 1896, they only did foil and sabre. The Men's épée event has been at every Summer Olympics since 1900.

Competition

The event had 4 rounds. The rounds were split into round 1, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. and a final. Each round had a pool. A pool is where people in the same section(or "pool") go against each other.

In round 1, the 102 fencers were put into 17 pools. Each pool had 6 or 7 fencers. The best 2 fencers in each pool went to the quarterfinals.

The quarterfinals had 34 fencers. There were 6 pools. Each pool had 5 or 6 fencers. 3 men quit the tournament, however. Now, there was only 5 pools. Each pool had 6 fencers. There was also a special pool. In this pool, there was a fencer and 4 losers from the 1st round. The best 3 fencers in each pool went to the semifinals.

The semifinals had 18 men. There were 3 pools. Each pool had 6 fencers. The best 3 fencers in a pool went to the final.

The final was one pool. It had 9 men.

In each pool, it is not sure how the fencers competed.  Only the results from the final round are known. In the final, each fencer had 5 or 6 rounds. The places are counted by the number of wins.

Schedule

 Date Time Round Friday, 1 June 1900   Round 1 pools A–D 2–5 June 1900   Round 1 pools E–L Wednesday, 6 June 1900   Round 1 pools M–Q 7–9 June 1900  9:00  Quarterfinals Sunday, 10 June 1900   Semifinals Wednesday, 13 June 1900   Final Thursday, 14 June 1900    Final, continued

Results

Round 1

The first round had round-robin tournaments. Each fencer played every other fencer once. There were 17 pools. 15 pools had 6 fencers. 2 pools had 7 fencers. The best 2 fencers went to the quarterfinals.

Pool A

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Joseph-Marie Rosé     2  Élie, Count de Lastours     3–6  H. Georges Berger     Luquetas     Mosso     André Tintant    

Pool B

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Jules de Pradel     2  Jean Dreyfus     3–6  Jacques de la Chevalerie     Gardiès     Hérrison     Ivan Ivanovitch    

Pool C

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Jules Roffe     2  Édouard Fouchier     3–6  Pierre Georges Louis d'Hugues     Moreil     Max Rodrigues     Véve    

Pool D

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Ramón Fonst     2  Edmond Wallace     3  Willy Sulzbacher  Sulzbacher was named to the Olympic Games by a German fencing club and is therefore listed in some sources, including the IOC's database at Olympic.org, as German. However, he was a French national living in France at the time of the Games; other sources, including Olympedia, more accurate list him as French.   4–6  Bazin     Maurice Fleury     Pierre Thomegeux    

Pool E

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Gaston Alibert     2  Georges de la Falaise     3–6  Olivier Collarini     Grad     Massé     Achille Morin    

Pool F

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Jean-Joseph Renaud     2  Maurice Boisdon     3–6  Laurent de Champeaux     Charles Loizillon     Salvanahac     de Segonzac    

Pool G

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Henri Plommet     2  Léon Thiébaut     3  Lariviére     4–6  Adam     Robert Marc     Jean Taillefer    

Pool H

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  André-Marie Rabel     2  Josiah Bowden     3–6  de Lastic     Georges Leroy     Miller     Ivan, Viscount d'Oyley  Viscount d'Oyley was historically counted as French, but has been discovered to have been an American living in Paris. Modern sources, such as Olympedia, count him as competing for the United States.  

Pool I

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Richard Wallace     2  Freydoun Malkom     3–6  Marie Joseph Anatole Elie     de Laugardière     Georges Redeuil     Joseph Sénat    

Pool J

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Marcel Lévy     2  Maurice Jay     3–6  Henri de Laborde     Adjutant Lemoine     Charles Robinson     André de Romilly    

Pool K

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Giuseppe Giurato     2  Raoul Bideau     3–6  Clément de Boissière     Albert Cahen     Fernandès     de la Tournable    

Pool L

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Alexandre Guillemand     2  Jacques Holzschuch     3  Ducreuil     4–6  Andreac     Costiesco     Paul Robert    

Pool M

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Léon Sée     2  Eduardo Camet     3–6  Carlos de Candamo     Mauricio, 4th Duke of Gor     de Meuse     Joseph Rodrigues    

Pool N

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Henri Hébrard de Villeneuve     2  Alphonse Moquet     3–7  de Cazenove     René Jules Thion de la Chaume     de Pradines     Prosper     Pierre Rosenbaum    

Pool O

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Louis Perrée     2  Henri-Georges Berger     3–6  Louis Bastien     Stan François     Peberay     Preurot    

Pool P

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Tony Smet     2  Henri Jean Début     3–7  Gaston Achille     Duclos     Giunio Fedreghini     Fichot     Weber    

Pool Q

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Adrien Guyon     2  Jean-André Hilleret     3–6  Delprat     Lafontaine     Adolphe Thomegeux     de Vars    

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were also round-robin. The original schedule said there was 6 pools. 2 pools would have 5 fencers. 4 pools would have 6 fencers. The best 3 fencers in each pool would go to the semifinals.

3 of the quarterfinalists quit the tournament. (Maurice Jay, André Rabel, and Jean-Joseph Renaud) The quarterfinals were then reorganized. There were now 5 pools. These pools each had 6 fencers. The 6th pool had Holzchuch. In this pool, there were also 4 fencers who had lost in the quarterfinals. They were given another chance to go to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal A

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Jean Dreyfuss     2  Henri Plommet     3  Marcel Lévy     4–6  Jean-André Hilleret     Alphonse Moquet     Jules Roffe    

Quarterfinal B

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Richard Wallace     2  Élie, Count de Lastours     3  Georges de la Falaise     4–6  Josiah Bowden     Alexandre Guillemand     Léon Thiébaut    

Quarterfinal C

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Edmond Wallace     2  Eduardo Camet     3  Jules de Pradel     4–6  Raoul Bideau     Tony Smet     Henri Hébrard de Villeneuve    

Quarterfinal D

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Gaston Alibert     2  Léon Sée     3  Ramón Fonst     4–6  Henri-Georges Berger     Giuseppe Giurato     Freydoun Malkom    

Quarterfinal E

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Maurice Boisdon     2  Louis Perrée     3  Joseph-Marie Rosé     4–6  Henri Jean Début     Édouard Fouchier     Adrien Guyon    

Quarterfinal F

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Jacques Holzschuch     2  Léon Thiébaut     3  Alexandre Guillemand     4–5  UnknownThese two competitors were among the 13 other quarterfinalists that had been defeated in quarterfinals A-E.  

Semifinals

The semifinals had 18 fencers left. They were all round-robin. Each pool had 6 fencers. The best 3 fencers went to the finals.

Semifinal A

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Gaston Alibert     2  Henri Plommet     3  Léon Sée     4–6  Élie, Count de Lastours     Jacques Holzschuch     Joseph-Marie Rosé    

Semifinal B

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Georges de la Falaise     2  Louis Perrée     3  Eduardo Camet     4–6  Maurice Boisdon     Jean Dreyfuss     Jules de Pradel    

Semifinal C

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Notes 1  Léon Thiébaut     2  Edmond Wallace     3  Ramón Fonst     4–6  Alexandre Guillemand     Marcel Lévy     Richard Wallace    

Final

In the final, each fencer either 5 or 6 bouts rounds. Fonst and Perrée tied with 4 wins. They had a tie-breaker for 1st place. Fonst won this tie-breaker. 

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Wins  Losses   Ramón Fonst    4  2   Louis Perrée    4  1   Léon Sée    3  2 4  Georges de la Falaise    3  3 5  Eduardo Camet    2  3 6  Edmond Wallace    2  4 7  Gaston Alibert    2  3 8  Léon Thiébaut    2  4 9  Henri Plommet    0  6

Results summary

 Rank  Fencer  Nation  Round 1Rank  QuarterfinalsRank  SemifinalsRank  FinalWins  FinalLosses   Ramón Fonst    1st  3rd  3rd  4  2   Louis Perrée    1st  2nd  2nd  4  1   Léon Sée    1st  2nd  3rd  3  2 4  Georges de la Falaise    2nd  3rd  1st  3  3 5  Eduardo Camet    2nd  2nd  3rd   2  3 6  Edmond Wallace    2nd  1st  2nd  2  4 7  Gaston Alibert    1st  1st  1st  2  3 8  Léon Thiébaut    2nd  2nd  1st  2  4 9  Henri Plommet    1st  2nd  2nd  0  6 10–18  Maurice Boisdon    2nd  1st  4th–6th colspan=2 rowspan=9  Jean Dreyfuss    2nd  1st  4th–6th Alexandre Guillemand    1st  3rd  4th–6th Jacques Holzschuch    2nd  1st  4th–6th Élie, Count de Lastours    2nd  2nd  4th–6th Marcel Lévy    1st  3rd  4th–6th Jules de Pradel    1st  3rd  4th–6th Joseph-Marie Rosé    1st  3rd  4th–6th Richard Wallace    1st  1st  4th–6th 19–31  Henri-Georges Berger    2nd  4th–6th colspan=3 rowspan=16  Raoul Bideau    2nd  4th–6th Josiah Bowden    2nd  4th–6th Henri Jean Début    2nd  4th–6th Édouard Fouchier    2nd  4th–6th Giuseppe Giurato    1st  4th–6th Adrien Guyon    1st  4th–6th Jean-André Hilleret    2nd  4th–6th Freydoun Malkom    2nd  4th–6th Alphonse Moquet    2nd  4th–6th Jules Roffe    1st  4th–6th Tony Smet    1st  4th–6th Henri Hébrard de Villeneuve    1st  4th–6th 32  Maurice Jay    2nd   André Rabel    1st   Jean-Joseph Renaud    1st   35–104  Gaston Achille    3rd–7th rowspan=70 colspan=4  Adam    4th–6th Andreac    4th–6th Louis Bastien    3rd–6th Bazin    4th–6th H. Georges Berger    3rd–6th Clément de Boissière    3rd–6th Albert Cahen    3rd–6th Carlos de Candamo    3rd–6th de Cazenove    3rd–7th Laurent de Champeaux    3rd–6th René Jules Thion de la Chaume    3rd–7th Jacques de la Chevalerie    3rd–6th Olivier Collarini    3rd–6th Costiesco    4th–6th Delprat    3rd–6th Duclos    3rd–7th Ducreuil    3rd Marie Joseph Anatole Elie    3rd–6th Giunio Fedreghini    3rd–7th Fernandès    3rd–6th Fichot    3rd–7th Maurice Fleury    4th–6th Stan François    3rd–6th Gardiès    3rd–6th Grad    3rd–6th Hérrison    3rd–6th Pierre Georges Louis d'Hugues    3rd–6th Ivan Ivanovitch    3rd–6th Henri de Laborde    3rd–6th Lafontaine    3rd–6th Lariviére    3rd de Lastic    3rd–6th de Laugardière    3rd–6th Adjutant Lemoine    3rd–6th Georges Leroy    3rd–6th Charles Loizillon    3rd–6th Luquetas    3rd–6th Robert Marc    4th–6th Massé    3rd–6th de Meuse    3rd–6th Miller    3rd–6th Moreil    3rd–6th Achille Morin    3rd–6th Mosso    3rd–6th Ivan, Viscount d'Oyley    3rd–6th Peberay    3rd–6th Mauricio, 4th Duke of Gor    3rd–6th de Pradines    3rd–7th Preurot    3rd–6th Prosper    3rd–7th Georges Redeuil    3rd–6th Paul Robert    4th–6th Charles Robinson    3rd–6th Joseph Rodrigues    3rd–6th Max Rodrigues    3rd–6th André de Romilly    3rd–6th Pierre Rosenbaum    3rd–7th Salvanahac    3rd–6th de Segonzac    3rd–6th Joseph Sénat    3rd–6th Willy Sulzbacher    3rd Jean Taillefer    4th–6th Adolphe Thomegeux    3rd–6th Pierre Thomegeux    4th–6th André Tintant    3rd–6th de la Tournable    3rd–6th de Vars    3rd–6th Véve    3rd–6th Weber    3rd–7th

References

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