Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

Men's épée at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Schermzaal
Dates	6–7 August 1928
Competitors	59 from 22 nations
Medalists
Lucien Gaudin  France Georges Buchard  France George Calnan  United States

Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Épée	men
Team épée	men
Foil	men	women
Team foil	men
Sabre	men
Team sabre	men

The men's épée was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from 6 August 1928 to 7 August 1928. 59 fencers from 22 nations competed.^[1]

Results

Source: Official results;^[2] De Wael^[3]

Round 1

Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to one touch, with double-losses possible. The top six fencers in each pool advanced to the second round.

Pool A
Rank	Fencer	Wins	Qual.
1	Domingo García (ESP)	7	Q2
2	Charles Biscoe (GBR)	6	Q2
3	Saul Moyal (EGY)	6	Q2
4	Henrique da Silveira (POR)	5	Q2
5	Hans Halberstadt (GER)	5	Q2
6	Charles Debeur (BEL)	5	Q2
7	Ottó Hátszeghy (HUN)	3
7	Luis Hernández (MEX)	3
9	Sigurd Akre-Aas (NOR)	1
9	Gunnar Cederschiöld (SWE)	1

Pool B
Rank	Fencer	Wins	Qual.
1	Nils Hellsten (SWE)	7	Q2
2	George Calnan (USA)	7	Q2
3	Eugène Empeyta (SUI)	6	Q2
4	Ivan Osiier (DEN)	6	Q2
5	János Hajdú (HUN)	5	Q2
6	Fritz Jack (GER)	3	Q2
7	František Kříž (TCH)	3
7	Pieter Mijer (NED)	3
9	Torvald Appelroth (FIN)	2
9	Gheorghe Caranfil (ROU)	2

Pool C
Rank	Fencer	Wins	Qual.
1	Salvator Cicurel (EGY)	6	Q2
2	Paulo Leal (POR)	6	Q2
3	Jens Berthelsen (DEN)	6	Q2
4	Willem Driebergen (NED)	5	Q2
5	József Rády (HUN)	4	Q2
6	Gustaf Dyrssen (SWE)	4	Q2
7	Francisco González (ESP)	4
7	Raoul Heide (NOR)	4
7	Antonio Villamil (ARG)	4
10	Edward Barnett (USA)	1

Pool D
Rank	Fencer	Wins	Qual.
1	Léon Tom (BEL)	6	Q2
2	Armand Massard (FRA)	6	Q2
3	Răzvan Penescu (ROU)	6	Q2
4	Peter Ryefelt (DEN)	5	Q2
5	Oscar Martínez (ARG)	5	Q2
6	Allen Milner (USA)	4	Q2
7	Jan Černohorský (TCH)	4
8	Konstantinos Bembis (GRE)	3
9	Arie de Jong (NED)	2
10	Frithjof Lorentzen (NOR)	1

Pool E
Rank	Fencer	Wins	Qual.
1	Lucien Gaudin (FRA)	9	Q2
2	Édouard Fitting (SUI)	6	Q2
3	Charles Delporte (BEL)	6	Q2
4	Theodor Fischer (GER)	4	Q2
5	Frederico Paredes (POR)	4	Q2
6	Bertie Childs (GBR)	3	Q2
7	Dan Gheorghiu (ROU)	3
8	Georgios Ambet (GRE)	2
8	Elie Adda (EGY)	2
10	José Llauro (ARG)	1

Pool F
Rank	Fencer	Wins	Qual.
1	Georges Buchard (FRA)	7	Q2
2	Henri Jacquet (SUI)	6	Q2
3	Martin Holt (GBR)	6	Q2
4	Tryfon Triantafyllakos (GRE)	4	Q2
5	Pedro Mercado (MEX)	3	Q2
6	Josef Jungmann (TCH)	3	Q2
7	Tomás Goyoaga (CHI)	3
8	Dimitar Vasilev (BUL)	2
8	Lauri Kettunen (FIN)	2

Round 2

Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to one touch, with double-losses possible. The top six fencers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.

Pool A
Rank	Fencer	Wins	Qual.
1	Lucien Gaudin (FRA)	9	QSF
2	Frederico Paredes (POR)	8	QSF
3	Hans Halberstadt (GER)	7	QSF
4	Saul Moyal (EGY)	7	QSF
5	Willem Driebergen (NED)	6	QSF
6	Charles Debeur (BEL)	5	QSF
7	Henri Jacquet (SUI)	5
8	Gustaf Dyrssen (SWE)	4
8	Răzvan Penescu (ROU)	4
10	Oscar Martínez (ARG)	2
10	Peter Ryefelt (DEN)	2
12	Martin Holt (GBR)	2

Pool B
Rank	Fencer	Wins	Qual.
1	Jens Berthelsen (DEN)	8	QSF
2	Léon Tom (BEL)	7	QSF
3	Georges Buchard (FRA)	6	QSF
4	Allen Milner (USA)	6	QSF
5	Nils Hellsten (SWE)	6	QSF
6	József Rády (HUN)	6	QSF
7	Paulo Leal (POR)	6
8	Josef Jungmann (TCH)	5
9	Tryfon Triantafyllakos (GRE)	4
9	Édouard Fitting (SUI)	4
11	Bertie Childs (GBR)	3
12	Theodor Fischer (GER)	1

Pool C
Rank	Fencer	Wins	Qual.
1	Salvator Cicurel (EGY)	8	QSF
2	George Calnan (USA)	8	QSF'
3	Ivan Osiier (DEN)	7	QSF
4	Armand Massard (FRA)	7	QSF
5	Charles Delporte (BEL)	7	QSF
6	Eugène Empeyta (SUI)	5	QSF
7	Domingo García (ESP)	5
7	Henrique da Silveira (POR)	5
9	Fritz Jack (GER)	4
10	János Hajdú (HUN)	3
10	Charles Biscoe (GBR)	3
12	Pedro Mercado (MEX)	2

Semifinals

Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to two touches, with double-losses possible. The top five fencers in each pool advanced to the final.

Pool A
Rank	Fencer	Wins	Qual.
1	Lucien Gaudin (FRA)	6	QF
2	Léon Tom (BEL)	5	QF
3	Charles Delporte (BEL)	5	QF
4	George Calnan (USA)	4	QF'
5	Saul Moyal (EGY)	4	QF
6	Willem Driebergen (NED)	3
7	Ivan Osiier (DEN)	3
8	Eugène Empeyta (SUI)	2
9	József Rády (HUN)	2

Pool B
Rank	Fencer	Wins	Qual.
1	Georges Buchard (FRA)	6	QF
2	Nils Hellsten (SWE)	6	QF
3	Salvator Cicurel (EGY)	5	QF
4	Charles Debeur (BEL)	4	QF
5	Allen Milner (USA)	4	QF
6	Armand Massard (FRA)	4
7	Jens Berthelsen (DEN)	3
8	Frederico Paredes (POR)	3
9	Hans Halberstadt (GER)	0

Final

The final was a round-robin. Bouts were to two touches, with double-losses possible. The top six fencers in each pool advanced to the second round.

Rank	Fencer	Wins
	Lucien Gaudin (FRA)	8
	Georges Buchard (FRA)	7
	George Calnan (USA)	6
4	Léon Tom (BEL)	6
5	Nils Hellsten (SWE)	5
6	Charles Delporte (BEL)	4
7	Charles Debeur (BEL)	3
8	Salvator Cicurel (EGY)	3
9	Allen Milner (USA)	1
10	Saul Moyal (EGY)	1

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