Fencing at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's foil
The men's foil was a fencing event held as part of the fencing at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third time the event was held at the Olympics. The competition was held on September 7, 1904.
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Venue | Francis Gymnasium, Washington University in St. Louis | ||||||||||||
Date | September 7 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 9 from 3 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Fencing at the 1904 Summer Olympics | |
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Foil | men |
Team foil | men |
Épée | men |
Sabre | men |
Singlestick | men |
9 fencers from 3 nations competed.
Results
Semifinals
Each fencer in a group faced each other fencer in that group once. The top two fencers in each semifinal group moved on to the final.
Semifinal pool A | |||
Place | Name | Wins | Losses |
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1. | 4 | 0 | |
2. | 3 | 1 | |
3. | 2 | 2 | |
4. | 1 | 3 | |
5. | 0 | 4 |
Semifinal pool B | |||
Place | Name | Wins | Losses |
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1. | 3 | 0 | |
2. | 2 | 1 | |
3. | 1 | 2 | |
4. | 0 | 3 |
Final
Fonst continued to defeat all comers, including Post a second time, to win the gold. Post's only two losses in the event came against Fonst, as he took silver. Tatham, who had lost to Casmir in the semifinal pool, defeated him the second time around to take third place.
Place | Name | Wins | Losses |
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1 | 3 | 0 | |
2 | 2 | 1 | |
3 | 1 | 2 | |
4 | 0 | 3 |
Notes
- The IOC results database shows Albertson Van Zo Post as Cuban despite the fact that he was an American.
- The IOC results database shows Charles Tatham as Cuban for individual events and American for the team event; he was an American.
Sources
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2006.
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