Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics
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
These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Foil |
Eugène-Henri Gravelotte |
Henri Callot |
Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis |
Masters foil |
Leonidas Pyrgos |
Joanni Perronet |
none |
Sabre |
Ioannis Georgiadis |
Telemachos Karakalos |
Holger Nielsen |
Participating nations
A total of 15 fencers from four nations competed at the Athens Games:
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (3 nations) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
Sub-Committee for Fencing
- Ioannis Phokianos, president
- Georgios Streit, secretary
- Ioannis Yenissarlis
- Loukas Belos
- Nikolaos Politis
- Chas. Waldstein
- Dimitrios Aiginitis
- Dimitrios Sekkeris
- Spyridon Koumoundouros
- Konstantinos Manos
- Spyridon Antonopoulos
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See also
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References
- 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 )
- 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 )
- Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.
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