Fencing at the Games of the I Olympiad | |
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![]() The final sword match 1896 Summer Olympics | |
Venue | Zappeion |
Dates | 7–9 April 1896 |
No. of events | 3 (3 men, 0 women) |
Competitors | 15 from 4 nations |
Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics | |
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Foil | men |
Masters foil | men |
Sabre | men |
At the 1896 Summer Olympics, three fencing events were contested at the Zappeion. They were prepared and organized by the Sub-Committee for Fencing. The épée event for men was cancelled. All fencing was done to three touches. Events were held on 7 April and 9 April 1896. 15 athletes from four nations competed; 8 fencers from 3 nations won one medal each.
Medal summary
[edit]These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Foil[1] |
Eugène-Henri Gravelotte![]() |
Henri Callot![]() |
Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis![]() |
Athanasios Vouros![]() | |||
Masters foil[2] |
Leonidas Pyrgos![]() |
Joanni Perronet![]() |
none |
Sabre[3] |
Ioannis Georgiadis![]() |
Telemachos Karakalos![]() |
Holger Nielsen![]() |
Participating nations
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Castaigne_-_Fencing_before_the_king_of_Greece%2C_1896_Summer_Olympics.jpg/220px-Castaigne_-_Fencing_before_the_king_of_Greece%2C_1896_Summer_Olympics.jpg)
A total of 15 fencers from four nations competed at the Athens Games:
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
2 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Sub-Committee for Fencing
[edit]- Ioannis Phokianos, president
- Georgios Streit, secretary
- Ioannis Yenissarlis
- Loukas Belos
- Nikolaos Politis
- Chas. Waldstein
- Dimitrios Aiginitis
- Dimitrios Sekkeris
- Spyridon Koumoundouros
- Konstantinos Manos
- Spyridon Antonopoulos
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Athens 1896 Fencing Foil Individual Men Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ^ "Athens 1896 Fencing Foil Masters Men Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
- ^ "Athens 1896 Fencing Sabre Individual Men Results". Olympics.com.
External links
[edit]- Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at [1])
- Mallon, Bill; Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at [2])
- Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.