Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

Men's épée
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue Vélodrome d'hiver
Dates July 10–11
Competitors 67 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Charles Delporte  Belgium
2nd, silver medalist(s) Roger Ducret  France
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Nils Hellsten  Sweden

The men's épée was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event, which had not been on the programme in 1896.

The competition was held from Wednesday, July 10, 1924 to Thursday, July 11, 1924. 67 fencers from 18 nations competed.

Results

Round 1

The top six fencers, by number of wins, in each pool advanced. Double-losses were allowed. Tie-breakers were held within a group tied on a number of wins that broke between qualification and non-qualification.

Pool A
RankFencerWinsLossesTie breakQual.
WinsLosses
1 Ernest Gevers (BEL) 63N/AQ
 Gustaf Lindblom (SWE) 63Q
3 George Calnan (USA) 54Q
 Joseph Misrahi (EGY) 54Q
 Frederico Paredes (POR) 54Q
6 Pieter von Boven (NED) 4520Q
7 Konstantinos Nikolopoulos (GRE) 4511
8 Viggo Stilling-Andersen (DEN) 4502
9 Johan Falkenberg (NOR) 36N/A
10 Carlos Miguel (ESP) 18
Pool B
RankFencerWinsLossesTie breakQual.
WinsLosses
1 Nils Hellsten (SWE) 81N/AQ
2 Renzo Compagna (ITA) 72Q
3 Wouter Brouwer (NED) 5422Q
 Mário de Lopez (POR) 5421Q
 Léon Tom (BEL) 5421Q
 Tryfon Triantafyllakos (GRE) 5421Q
7 Héctor Belo (URU) 5403
8 Félix de Pomés (ESP) 36N/A
9 Frithjof Lorentzen (NOR) 18
10 Ahmed Hassanein (EGY) 09
Pool C
RankFencerWinsLossesTie breakQual.
WinsLosses
1 Charles Delporte (BEL) 72N/AQ
2 Charles Biscoe (GBR) 63Q
 Virgilio Mantegazza (ITA) 63Q
4 George Breed (USA) 54Q
 Carl Gripenstedt (SWE) 54Q
6 Krikor Agathon (EGY) 4510Q
7 Domingo Mendy (URU) 4501
8 Constantin Antoniades (SUI) 36N/A
9 Josef Jungmann (TCH) 27
 Miguel Zabalza (ESP) 27
Pool D
RankFencerWinsLossesTie breakQual.
WinsLosses
1 Roger Ducret (FRA) 62N/AQ
 Robert Frater (GBR) 62Q
 Pedro Nazar (ARG) 62Q
4 Frédéric Fitting (SUI) 53Q
5 Paul Anspach (BEL) 44Q
 Conrado Rolando (URU) 44Q
7 Eduardo Alonso (CUB) 26
 Theodoros Foustanos (GRE) 26
9 Josef Javůrek (TCH) 08
Pool E
RankFencerWinsLossesTie breakQual.
WinsLosses
1 Eugène Empeyta (SUI) 62N/AQ
2 Armand Massard (FRA) 53Q
 Allen Milner (USA) 53Q
 Ivan Osiier (DEN) 53Q
5 Martin Holt (GBR) 4410Q
 Luis Lucchetti (ARG) 4410Q
7 Ramíro Mañalich (CUB) 4402
8 Salvador Quesada (CUB) 17N/A
9 Santos Ferreira (URU) 08
Pool F
RankFencerWinsLossesTie breakQual.
WinsLosses
1 Gaston Cornereau (FRA) 71N/AQ
2 Sigurd Akre (NOR) 44Q
 Ruimondo Ferro (POR) 44Q
 Willem Hubert (NED) 44Q
 Wenceslao Paunero (ARG) 44Q
 Peter Ryefelt (DEN) 44Q
7 Arthur Lyon (USA) 35
8 Robert Montgomerie (GBR) 26
 Jan Tille (TCH) 26
Pool G
RankFencerWinsLossesTie breakQual.
WinsLosses
1 Domingo García (ESP) 81N/AQ
2 Ramón Fonst (CUB) 72Q
3 Georges Buchard (FRA) 54Q
 Raoul Heide (NOR) 54Q
 Henri Jacquet (SUI) 54Q
6 Bror Lagercrantz (SWE) 4510Q
7 Jan de Beaufort (NED) 4501
8 Jens Berthelsen (DEN) 27N/A
 Francisco Bollini (ARG) 27
 António de Castro (POR) 27

Quarterfinals

The top six fencers, by number of wins, in each pool advanced. Double-losses were allowed. Tie-breakers were held within a group tied on a number of wins that broke between qualification and non-qualification.

Pool A
RankFencerWinsLossesTie breakQual.
WinsLosses
1 Charles Delporte (BEL) 73N/AQ
 Domingo García (ESP) 73Q
 Raoul Heide (NOR) 73Q
 Luis Lucchetti (ARG) 73Q
5 Ivan Osiier (DEN) 64Q
6 Roger Ducret (FRA) 55Q
7 Gustaf Lindblom (SWE) 46
8 Krikor Agathon (EGY) 37
 George Calnan (USA) 37
 Frederico Paredes (POR) 37
11 Martin Holt (GBR) 28
Pool B
RankFencerWinsLossesTie breakQual.
WinsLosses
1 Ramón Fonst (CUB) 72N/AQ
 Carl Gripenstedt (SWE) 72Q
3 Henri Jacquet (SUI) 63Q
 Léon Tom (BEL) 63Q
5 Gaston Cornereau (FRA) 54Q
6 Peter Ryefelt (DEN) 45Q
7 Ruimondo Ferro (POR) 36
8 Wouter Brouwer (NED) 27
 Pedro Nazar (ARG) 27
10 George Breed (USA) 18
Pool C
RankFencerWinsLossesTie breakQual.
WinsLosses
1 Frédéric Fitting (SUI) 91N/AQ
2 Renzo Compagna (ITA) 73Q
3 Paul Anspach (BEL) 64Q
 Mário de Lopez (POR) 64Q
5 Allen Milner (USA) 55Q
6 Armand Massard (FRA) 4620Q
7 Willem Hubert (NED) 4611
8 Conrado Rolando (URU) 4602
9 Tryfon Triantafyllakos (GRE) 37N/A
10 Robert Frater (GBR) 28
 Bror Lagercrantz (SWE) 28
Pool D
RankFencerWinsLossesTie breakQual.
WinsLosses
1 Georges Buchard (FRA) 63N/AQ
 Eugène Empeyta (SUI) 63Q
 Ernest Gevers (BEL) 63Q
 Nils Hellsten (SWE) 63Q
 Virgilio Mantegazza (ITA) 63Q
6 Charles Biscoe (GBR) 4520Q
7 Joseph Misrahi (EGY) 4511
8 Sigurd Akre (NOR) 4502
9 Pieter von Boven (NED) 18N/A
10 Wenceslao Paunero (ARG) 09

Semifinals

The top six fencers, by number of wins, in each pool advanced. Double-losses were allowed. Tie-breakers were held within a group tied on a number of wins that broke between qualification and non-qualification.

Pool A
RankFencerWinsLossesTie breakQual.
WinsLosses
1 Léon Tom (BEL) 74N/AQ
2 Renzo Compagna (ITA) 65Q
 Gaston Cornereau (FRA) 65Q
 Charles Delporte (BEL) 65Q
 Roger Ducret (FRA) 65Q
 Nils Hellsten (SWE) 65Q
7 Mário de Lopez (POR) 56
 Raoul Heide (NOR) 56
 Luis Lucchetti (ARG) 56
10 Henri Jacquet (SUI) 47
 Ivan Osiier (DEN) 47
12 Frédéric Fitting (SUI) 38
Pool B
RankFencerWinsLossesTie breakQual.
WinsLosses
1 Virgilio Mantegazza (ITA) 92N/AQ
2 Georges Buchard (FRA) 74Q
 Armand Massard (FRA) 74Q
4 Paul Anspach (BEL) 65Q
5 Peter Ryefelt (DEN) 56Q
6 Ernest Gevers (BEL) 4751Q
7 Charles Biscoe (GBR) 4733
 Eugène Empeyta (SUI) 4733
 Ramón Fonst (CUB) 4733
 Domingo García (ESP) 4733
 Carl Gripenstedt (SWE) 4733
12 Allen Milner (USA) 4715

Final

Double-losses were allowed. Tie-breakers were held within a group as necessary for individual placing to sixth place; this required two rounds of tie-breakers (the first round for 2nd-5th; the second round for 2nd/3rd and 4th/5th).

RankFencerWinsLossesTie break 1Tie break 2
WinsLossesWinsLosses
1st, gold medalist(s) Charles Delporte (BEL) 83N/A
2nd, silver medalist(s) Roger Ducret (FRA) 742110
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Nils Hellsten (SWE) 742101
4 Gaston Cornereau (FRA) 741210
5 Armand Massard (FRA) 741201
6 Virgilio Mantegazza (ITA) 65N/A
7 Georges Buchard (FRA) 56
 Léon Tom (BEL) 56
9 Paul Anspach (BEL) 47
 Peter Ryefelt (DEN) 47
11 Renzo Compagna (ITA) 29
12 Ernest Gevers (BEL) 110

References

  • Kubatko, Justin. "Fencing at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Épée, Individual". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2009-02-16.
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