Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

Olympic fencing event
Men's épée
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Gold medalist Charles Delporte
VenueVélodrome d'hiver
DatesJuly 10–11
Competitors67 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charles Delporte
 Belgium
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Roger Ducret
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nils Hellsten
 Sweden
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The men's épée was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event, which had not been on the programme in 1896. The competition was held from Wednesday, July 10, 1924 to Thursday, July 11, 1924. 67 fencers from 18 nations competed. Nations were limited to four competitors each. The event was won by Charles Delporte of Belgium, the nation's second victory in the individual épée (matching France and Cuba for most among nations). Silver went to Roger Ducret of France. Nils Hellsten earned Sweden's first medal in the event with his bronze.

Background

This was the sixth appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (with only foil and sabre events held) but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900.[1]

Four of the 12 finalists from the 1920 Games returned: gold medalist Armand Massard of France, fourth-place finisher Ernest Gevers of Belgium, ninth-place finisher Gustaf Lindblom of Sweden, and tenth-place finisher Charles Delporte of Belgium. Of the first three World Champions since that event started in 1921, two were present: 1922 champion Raoul Heide of Norway and 1923 (reigning) champion Wouter Brouwer of the Netherlands. (1921 winner Lucien Gaudin competed on the French team in the team event, but was not one of the four fencers in the individual event.)

Uruguay made its debut in the event. Belgium, Great Britain, and the United States each appeared for the fifth time, tied for most among nations.

Competition format

The competition was held over four rounds. In each round, each pool held a round-robin, with bouts to 1 touch. Double-touches counted as touches against both fencers. The format returned to using barrages to separate fencers tied in the advancement spot (as had been done in 1908), rather than using head-to-head results of bouts already fenced were used (as in 1912 and 1920). The size of the pools remained at the relatively large levels introduced in 1920, with the final and semifinals consisting of 12 fencers each.[1]

  • First round: 7 pools of between 9 and 10 fencers each. The 6 fencers in each pool with the most wins advanced to the quarterfinals.
  • Second round: 4 pools of 10 or 11 fencers each. The 6 fencers in each pool with the most wins advanced to the semifinals.
  • Semifinals: 2 pools of 12 fencers each. The 6 fencers in each pool with the most wins advanced to the final.
  • Final: 1 pool of 12 fencers.

Schedule

Date Time Round
Thursday, 10 July 1924 Round 1
Quarterfinals
Friday, 11 July 1924 Semifinals
Final

Results

Round 1

The top six fencers, by number of wins, in each pool advanced. Double-losses were allowed. Tie-breakers were held within a group tied on a number of wins that broke between qualification and non-qualification.

Pool A

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Ernest Gevers  Belgium 6 3 Q
Gustaf Lindblom  Sweden 6 3 Q
3 George Calnan  United States 5 4 Q
Joseph Misrahi  Egypt 5 4 Q
Frederico Paredes  Portugal 5 4 Q
6 Pieter von Boven  Netherlands 4 5 B
Konstantinos Nikolopoulos  Greece 4 5 B
Viggo Stilling-Andersen  Denmark 4 5 B
9 Johan Falkenberg  Norway 3 6
10 Carlos Miguel  Spain 1 8
Barrage
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
6 Pieter von Boven  Netherlands 2 0 Q
7 Konstantinos Nikolopoulos  Greece 1 1
8 Viggo Stilling-Andersen  Denmark 0 2

Pool B

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Nils Hellsten  Sweden 8 1 Q
2 Renzo Compagna  Italy 7 2 Q
3 Wouter Brouwer  Netherlands 5 4 B
Mário de Lopez  Portugal 5 4 B
Léon Tom  Belgium 5 4 B
Tryfon Triantafyllakos  Greece 5 4 B
Héctor Belo  Uruguay 5 4 B
8 Félix de Pomés  Spain 3 6
9 Frithjof Lorentzen  Norway 1 8
10 Ahmed Hassanein  Egypt 0 9
Barrage
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
3 Wouter Brouwer  Netherlands 2 2 Q
Mário de Lopez  Portugal 2 1 Q
Léon Tom  Belgium 2 1 Q
Tryfon Triantafyllakos  Greece 2 1 Q
7 Héctor Belo  Uruguay 0 3

Pool C

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Charles Delporte  Belgium 7 2 Q
2 Charles Biscoe  Great Britain 6 3 Q
Virgilio Mantegazza  Italy 6 3 Q
4 George Breed  United States 5 4 Q
Carl Gripenstedt  Sweden 5 4 Q
6 Krikor Agathon  Egypt 4 5 B
Domingo Mendy  Uruguay 4 5 B
8 Constantin Antoniades  Switzerland 3 6
9 Josef Jungmann  Czechoslovakia 2 7
Miguel Zabalza  Spain 2 7
Barrage
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
6 Krikor Agathon  Egypt 1 0 Q
7 Domingo Mendy  Uruguay 0 1

Pool D

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Roger Ducret  France 6 2 Q
Robert Frater  Great Britain 6 2 Q
Pedro Nazar  Argentina 6 2 Q
4 Frédéric Fitting  Switzerland 5 3 Q
5 Paul Anspach  Belgium 4 4 Q
Conrado Rolando  Uruguay 4 4 Q
7 Eduardo Alonso  Cuba 2 6
Theodoros Foustanos  Greece 2 6
9 Josef Javůrek  Czechoslovakia 0 8

Pool E

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Eugène Empeyta  Switzerland 6 2 Q
2 Armand Massard  France 5 3 Q
Allen Milner  United States 5 3 Q
Ivan Osiier  Denmark 5 3 Q
5 Martin Holt  Great Britain 4 4 B
Luis Lucchetti  Argentina 4 4 B
Ramíro Mañalich  Cuba 4 4 B
8 Salvador Quesada  Cuba 1 7
9 Santos Ferreira  Uruguay 0 8
Barrage
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
5 Martin Holt  Great Britain 1 0 Q
Luis Lucchetti  Argentina 1 0 Q
7 Ramíro Mañalich  Cuba 0 2

Pool F

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Gaston Cornereau  France 7 1 Q
2 Sigurd Akre  Norway 4 4 Q
Ruimondo Ferro  Portugal 4 4 Q
Willem Hubert  Netherlands 4 4 Q
Wenceslao Paunero  Argentina 4 4 Q
Peter Ryefelt  Denmark 4 4 Q
7 Arthur Lyon  United States 3 5
8 Robert Montgomerie  Great Britain 2 6
Jan Tille  Czechoslovakia 2 6

Pool G

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Domingo García  Spain 8 1 Q
2 Ramón Fonst  Cuba 7 2 Q
3 Georges Buchard  France 5 4 Q
Raoul Heide  Norway 5 4 Q
Henri Jacquet  Switzerland 5 4 Q
6 Bror Lagercrantz  Sweden 4 5 B
Jan de Beaufort  Netherlands 4 5 B
8 Jens Berthelsen  Denmark 2 7
Francisco Bollini  Argentina 2 7
António de Castro  Portugal 2 7
Barrage
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
6 Bror Lagercrantz  Sweden 1 0 Q
7 Jan de Beaufort  Netherlands 0 1

Quarterfinals

The top six fencers, by number of wins, in each pool advanced. Double-losses were allowed. Tie-breakers were held within a group tied on a number of wins that broke between qualification and non-qualification.

Quarterfinal A

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Charles Delporte  Belgium 7 3 Q
Domingo García  Spain 7 3 Q
Raoul Heide  Norway 7 3 Q
Luis Lucchetti  Argentina 7 3 Q
5 Ivan Osiier  Denmark 6 4 Q
6 Roger Ducret  France 5 5 Q
7 Gustaf Lindblom  Sweden 4 6
8 Krikor Agathon  Egypt 3 7
George Calnan  United States 3 7
Frederico Paredes  Portugal 3 7
11 Martin Holt  Great Britain 2 8

Quarterfinal B

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Ramón Fonst  Cuba 7 2 Q
Carl Gripenstedt  Sweden 7 2 Q
3 Henri Jacquet  Switzerland 6 3 Q
Léon Tom  Belgium 6 3 Q
5 Gaston Cornereau  France 5 4 Q
6 Peter Ryefelt  Denmark 4 5 Q
7 Ruimondo Ferro  Portugal 3 6
8 Wouter Brouwer  Netherlands 2 7
Pedro Nazar  Argentina 2 7
10 George Breed  United States 1 8

Quarterfinal C

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Frédéric Fitting  Switzerland 9 1 Q
2 Renzo Compagna  Italy 7 3 Q
3 Paul Anspach  Belgium 6 4 Q
Mário de Lopez  Portugal 6 4 Q
5 Allen Milner  United States 5 5 Q
6 Armand Massard  France 4 6 B
Willem Hubert  Netherlands 4 6 B
Conrado Rolando  Uruguay 4 6 B
9 Tryfon Triantafyllakos  Greece 3 7
10 Robert Frater  Great Britain 2 8
Bror Lagercrantz  Sweden 2 8
Barrage
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
6 Armand Massard  France 2 0 Q
7 Willem Hubert  Netherlands 1 1
8 Conrado Rolando  Uruguay 0 2

Quarterfinal D

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Georges Buchard  France 6 3 Q
Eugène Empeyta  Switzerland 6 3 Q
Ernest Gevers  Belgium 6 3 Q
Nils Hellsten  Sweden 6 3 Q
Virgilio Mantegazza  Italy 6 3 Q
6 Charles Biscoe  Great Britain 4 5 B
Joseph Misrahi  Egypt 4 5 B
Sigurd Akre  Norway 4 5 B
9 Pieter von Boven  Netherlands 1 8
10 Wenceslao Paunero  Argentina 0 9
Barrage
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
6 Charles Biscoe  Great Britain 2 0 Q
7 Joseph Misrahi  Egypt 1 1
8 Sigurd Akre  Norway 0 2

Semifinals

The top six fencers, by number of wins, in each pool advanced. Double-losses were allowed. Tie-breakers were held within a group tied on a number of wins that broke between qualification and non-qualification.

Semifinal A

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Léon Tom  Belgium 7 4 Q
2 Renzo Compagna  Italy 6 5 Q
Gaston Cornereau  France 6 5 Q
Charles Delporte  Belgium 6 5 Q
Roger Ducret  France 6 5 Q
Nils Hellsten  Sweden 6 5 Q
7 Mário de Lopez  Portugal 5 6
Raoul Heide  Norway 5 6
Luis Lucchetti  Argentina 5 6
10 Henri Jacquet  Switzerland 4 7
Ivan Osiier  Denmark 4 7
12 Frédéric Fitting  Switzerland 3 8

Semifinal B

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Virgilio Mantegazza  Italy 9 2 Q
2 Georges Buchard  France 7 4 Q
Armand Massard  France 7 4 Q
4 Paul Anspach  Belgium 6 5 Q
5 Peter Ryefelt  Denmark 5 6 Q
6 Ernest Gevers  Belgium 4 7 B
Charles Biscoe  Great Britain 4 7 B
Eugène Empeyta  Switzerland 4 7 B
Ramón Fonst  Cuba 4 7 B
Domingo García  Spain 4 7 B
Carl Gripenstedt  Sweden 4 7 B
Allen Milner  United States 4 7 B
Barrage
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
6 Ernest Gevers  Belgium 5 1 Q
7 Charles Biscoe  Great Britain 3 3
Eugène Empeyta  Switzerland 3 3
Ramón Fonst  Cuba 3 3
Domingo García  Spain 3 3
Carl Gripenstedt  Sweden 3 3
12 Allen Milner  United States 1 5

Final

Double-losses were allowed. Tie-breakers were held within a group as necessary for individual placing to sixth place; this required two rounds of tie-breakers (the first round for 2nd-5th; the second round for 2nd/3rd and 4th/5th).

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charles Delporte  Belgium 8 3
2 Roger Ducret  France 7 4 B
Nils Hellsten  Sweden 7 4 B
Gaston Cornereau  France 7 4 B
Armand Massard  France 7 4 B
6 Virgilio Mantegazza  Italy 6 5
7 Georges Buchard  France 5 6
Léon Tom  Belgium 5 6
9 Paul Anspach  Belgium 4 7
Peter Ryefelt  Denmark 4 7
11 Renzo Compagna  Italy 2 9
12 Ernest Gevers  Belgium 1 10
First barrage
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
2 Roger Ducret  France 2 1 BA
Nils Hellsten  Sweden 2 1 BA
4 Gaston Cornereau  France 1 2 BB
Armand Massard  France 1 2 BB
Second barrage A
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Roger Ducret  France 1 0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nils Hellsten  Sweden 0 1
Second barrage B
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses
4 Gaston Cornereau  France 1 0
5 Armand Massard  France 0 1

Results summary

Rank Fencer Nation Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Total
Wins Losses Rank Wins Losses Rank Wins Losses Rank Wins Losses Wins Losses
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charles Delporte  Belgium 7 2 1st 7 3 1st 6 5 2nd 8 3 28 13
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Roger Ducret  France 6 2 1st 5 5 6th 6 5 2nd 7+2+1 4+1+0 27 17
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nils Hellsten  Sweden 8 1 1st 6 3 1st 6 5 2nd 7+2+0 4+1+1 29 15
4 Gaston Cornereau  France 7 1 1st 5 4 5th 6 5 2nd 7+1+1 4+2+0 27 16
5 Armand Massard  France 5 3 2nd 4+2 6+0 6th 7 4 2nd 7+1+0 4+2+1 26 20
6 Virgilio Mantegazza  Italy 6 3 2nd 6 3 1st 9 2 1st 6 5 27 13
7 Georges Buchard  France 5 4 3rd 6 3 1st 7 4 2nd 5 6 23 17
Léon Tom  Belgium 5+2 4+1 3rd 6 3 3rd 7 4 1st 5 6 25 18
9 Paul Anspach  Belgium 4 4 5th 6 4 3rd 6 5 4th 4 7 20 20
Peter Ryefelt  Denmark 4 4 2nd 4 5 6th 5 6 5th 4 7 17 22
11 Renzo Compagna  Italy 7 2 2nd 7 3 2nd 6 5 2nd 2 9 22 19
12 Ernest Gevers  Belgium 6 3 1st 6 3 1st 4+5 7+1 6th 1 10 22 24
13 Charles Biscoe  Great Britain 5 3 2nd 4+2 5+0 6th 4+3 7+3 7th Did not advance 18 18
Eugène Empeyta  Switzerland 6 2 1st 6 3 1st 4+3 7+3 7th 19 15
Ramón Fonst  Cuba 7 2 2nd 7 2 1st 4+3 7+3 7th 21 14
Domingo García  Spain 8 1 1st 7 3 1st 4+3 7+3 7th 22 14
Carl Gripenstedt  Sweden 5 4 4th 7 2 1st 4+3 7+3 7th 19 16
Raoul Heide  Norway 5 4 3rd 7 3 1st 5 6 7th 17 13
Mário de Lopez  Portugal 5+2 4+1 3rd 6 4 3rd 5 6 7th 18 15
Luis Lucchetti  Argentina 4+1 4+0 5th 7 3 1st 5 6 7th 17 13
21 Henri Jacquet  Switzerland 5 4 3rd 6 3 3rd 4 7 10th 15 14
Ivan Osiier  Denmark 5 3 2nd 6 4 5th 4 7 10th 15 14
23 Frédéric Fitting  Switzerland 5 3 4th 9 1 1st 3 8 12th 17 12
Allen Milner  United States 5 3 2nd 5 5 5th 4+1 7+5 12th 15 20
25 Ruimondo Ferro  Portugal 4 4 2nd 3 6 7th Did not advance 7 10
Willem Hubert  Netherlands 4 4 2nd 4+1 6+1 7th 9 11
Gustaf Lindblom  Sweden 6 3 1st 4 6 7th 10 9
Joseph Misrahi  Egypt 5 4 3rd 4+1 5+1 7th 10 10
29 Krikor Agathon  Egypt 4+1 5+0 6th 3 7 8th 8 12
Sigurd Akre  Norway 4 4 2nd 4+0 5+2 8th 8 11
Wouter Brouwer  Netherlands 5+2 4+2 3rd 2 7 8th 9 13
George Calnan  United States 5 4 3rd 3 7 8th 8 11
Pedro Nazar  Argentina 6 2 1st 2 7 8th 8 9
Frederico Paredes  Portugal 5 4 3rd 3 7 8th 8 11
Conrado Rolando  Uruguay 4 4 5th 4+0 6+2 8th 8 12
36 Pieter von Boven  Netherlands 4+2 5+0 6th 1 8 9th 7 13
Tryfon Triantafyllakos  Greece 5+2 4+1 3rd 3 7 9th 10 12
38 George Breed  United States 5 4 4th 1 8 10th 6 12
Robert Frater  Great Britain 6 2 1st 2 8 10th 8 10
Bror Lagercrantz  Sweden 4+1 5+0 6th 2 8 10th 7 13
Wenceslao Paunero  Argentina 4 4 2nd 0 9 10th 4 13
42 Martin Holt  Great Britain 4+1 4+0 5th 2 8 11th 7 12
43 Eduardo Alonso  Cuba 2 6 7th Did not advance 2 6
Jan de Beaufort  Netherlands 4+0 5+1 7th 4 6
Héctor Belo  Uruguay 5+0 4+3 7th 5 7
Theodoros Foustanos  Greece 2 6 7th 2 6
Arthur Lyon  United States 3 5 7th 3 5
Ramíro Mañalich  Cuba 4+0 4+2 7th 4 6
Domingo Mendy  Uruguay 4+0 5+1 7th 4 6
Konstantinos Nikolopoulos  Greece 4+1 5+1 7th 5 6
51 Constantin Antoniades  Switzerland 3 6 8th 3 6
Jens Berthelsen  Denmark 2 7 8th 2 7
Francisco Bollini  Argentina 2 7 8th 2 7
António de Castro  Portugal 2 7 8th 2 7
Robert Montgomerie  Great Britain 2 6 8th 2 6
Félix de Pomés  Spain 3 6 8th 3 6
Salvador Quesada  Cuba 1 7 8th 1 7
Viggo Stilling-Andersen  Denmark 4+0 5+2 8th 4 7
Jan Tille  Czechoslovakia 2 6 8th 2 6
60 Johan Falkenberg  Norway 3 6 9th 3 6
Santos Ferreira  Uruguay 0 8 9th 0 8
Josef Javůrek  Czechoslovakia 0 8 9th 0 8
Josef Jungmann  Czechoslovakia 2 7 9th 2 7
Frithjof Lorentzen  Norway 1 8 9th 1 8
Miguel Zabalza  Spain 2 7 9th 2 7
66 Ahmed Hassanein  Egypt 0 9 10th 0 9
Carlos Miguel  Spain 1 8 10th 1 8

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