Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics

At the 1896 Summer Olympics, there were 3 fencing events. They were fought at the Zappeion. They were prepared by the Sub-Committee for Fencing. There were events for foil, masters foil, and sabre. There was going to be an event for épée. However The épée event for men was cancelled.  You would win an event if you touch people with a sword 3 times. There were fencing events on 7 April and 9 April 1896. There were 15 athletes from 4 nations. 8 of the fencers from 3 nations each won 1 medal.

Medal summary

At the time, winners were given a silver medal. Nobody else was given a medal. These medals are the medals given after the Olympics by the International Olympic Committee.

Foil Masters foil   none Sabre   

Participating nations

There were 15 fencers from 4 nations.






Medal table

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
References

Other websites
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