Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's amateurs-masters épée

This event highlighted the singular position of the sport of fencing in the early Olympic movement. In most of the other sports on the program, competitors had to be amateurs. Furthermore, amateur standing was typically lost when one competed against a professional, even if there was no money involved in that particular competition. In fencing, however, professionals were allowed to compete in the Olympics.[1]

Men's amateurs and masters épée at the Games of the II Olympiad
Venue	Tuileries Garden
Date	June 15
Competitors	8 from 2 nations
Medalists
Albert Robert Ayat  France Ramón Fonst  Cuba Léon Sée  France

The 1900 amateurs-masters épée fencing event pitted the best amateur épéeists against the best professionals. The top four placers in each of those two events were qualified to compete in the open event, which consisted of a single round-robin tournament with single-touch bouts. The gold medal in the event was taken by a master, but the next three places all went to amateurs.

Place	Name	Wins	Losses	Status
1	Albert Robert Ayat (FRA)	7	0	Professional
2	Ramón Fonst (CUB)	6	1	Amateur
3	Léon Sée (FRA)	4	3	Amateur
4	Georges de la Falaise (FRA)	3	4	Amateur
5	Émile Bougnol (FRA)	2	5	Professional
	Hippolyte-Jacques Hyvernaud (FRA)	2	5	Professional
	Henri Laurent (FRA)	2	5	Professional
	Louis Perrée (FRA)	2	5	Amateur

References

1. "Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics: Épée, Masters and Amateurs, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 July 2020.