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 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
## 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
#### Pool B
#### Pool C
#### Pool D
#### Pool E
#### Pool F
#### Pool G
#### Pool H
#### Pool I
#### Pool J
#### Pool K
#### Pool L
#### Pool M
#### Pool N
#### Pool O
#### Pool P
#### Pool Q
### 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
#### Quarterfinal B
#### Quarterfinal C
#### Quarterfinal D
#### Quarterfinal E
#### Quarterfinal F
### 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
#### Semifinal B
#### Semifinal C
### 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. 

## Results summary
## References