Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of the fencing events in the 1896 Summer Olympics. It was on 7 April. There were 8 fencers. There was 2 semifinal round-robin rounds.

The first semifinal round had Perikles Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, Henri de Laborde, Henri Callot, and Ioannis Poulos. The second semifinal round had Konstantinos Komninos-Miliotis, Georgios Balakakis, Eugène-Henri Gravelotte, and Athanasios Vouros. Callot and Gravelotte won every round in their groups. They went against each other in the final round. Pierrakos-Mavromichalis and Vouros were both given third place.

Background

The foil has been at every Summer Olympics except 1908.

Competition format

The event had a semifinal round. After the semifinals, there was a final. You would win a match if you "touched" a player three times. The normal foil rules were used. However, there was a different rule that the president could give someone a touch if the defender did not defend himself correctly. The semifinals had 2 rounds. Each of these had 4 fencers. The fencers played everyone else in their round. The winner of each pool would go to the final round. The final round was a single round with two fencers.Official Report, p. 65.

Schedule

The fencing started at 10 a.m.. It was on the 2nd day of events.

 Date Time Round Gregorian Julian Tuesday, 7 April 1896  Tuesday, 26 March 1896  10:00  SemifinalsFinal

Results

Semifinals

Semifinal A

It was written that de Laborde lost to Poulos, 3–1. However, other sources say that de Laborde won 3–2. In the table, it shows the 3-2 version.Official Report, p. 67.

Semifinal B

Final

Final classification

This is the results according to the IOC.

 Rank  Fencer  Nation   Eugène-Henri Gravelotte     Henri Callot     Perikles Pierrakos-Mavromichalis     Athanasios Vouros   5  Henri de Laborde   6  Konstantinos Komninos-Miliotis   7  Georgios Balakakis   8  Ioannis Poulos  

References

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Men's amateur foil