Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

Men's épée at the Games of the VII Olympiad
French épéeists: silver medalist Alexandre Lippmann, bronze medalist Gustave Buchard, and gold medalist Armand Massard
Venue	Gardens de la Palace d'Egmont
Dates	August 20–23
Competitors	80 from 13 nations
Medalists
Armand Massard  Frankreich Alexandre Lippmann  Frankreich Gustave Buchard  Frankreich

The men's épée was a fencing event held as part of the fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. A total of 80 fencers from 13 nations competed in the event, which was held from August 20 to 23, 1920. Each nation was limited to eight fencers, down from 12 in 1908 and 1912. Of the six fencing events, the only one in which Nedo Nadi did not win a gold medal was the one in which he did not compete. Instead, a trio of Frenchmen (Armand Massard, Alexandre Lippmann, and Gustave Buchard) swept the medals. It was Lippmann's second silver medal in the event, he having previously taken second in 1908; he was the second man to win multiple medals in the individual épée.

Background

This was the fifth 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.

Four of the eight finalists from the 1912 Games returned: silver medalist Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier of Denmark (who competed in seven Games from 1908 to 1948), fourth-place finisher Victor Boin of Belgium, seventh-place finisher Léon Tom of Belgium, and eighth-place finisher Martin Holt of Great Britain. The French and Italian teams, both of whom boycotted the 1912 Games over separate rules disputes, returned, including 1908 silver medalist Alexandre Lippmann.

Czechoslovakia and Egypt each made their debut in the event. Belgium, Great Britain, and the United States each appeared for the fourth 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. Rather than hold separate barrages to separate fencers tied in the advancement spot (as had been done in 1908), the head-to-head results of bouts already fenced were used (as in 1912). The size of the pools was increased; where previously the maximum size of a pool was 8, now the final and semifinals consisted of 12 fencers each with the quarterfinals and first round pools also larger.

• First round: 9 pools of between 8 and 10 fencers each. The 5 fencers in each pool with the fewest touches against advanced to the quarterfinals.
• Second round: 4 pools of 11 or 12 fencers each. The 6 fencers in each pool with the fewest touches against advanced to the semifinals.
• Semifinals: 2 pools of 12 fencers each. The 6 fencers in each pool with the fewest touches against advanced to the final.
• Final: 1 pool of 12 fencers.

Zeitplan

Date	Zeit	Round
Friday, 20 August 1920	9:00	Round 1
Sunday, 22 August 1920	9:00	Quarterfinals Semifinals
Monday, 23 August 1920	9:30	Final

Results

First round

Pool A

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Félix Goblet	Belgien	8	1	Q
2	João Sassetti	Portugal	6	3	Q
3	Roger Ducret	Frankreich	5	4	Q
	Gustaf Lindblom	Schweden	5	4	Q
5	S. Antonidas	Griechenland	4	5	Q
6	John Blake	Great Britain	4	5
7	Willem Hubert	Niederlande	3	6
	Ivan Osiier	Dänemark	3	6
	Paolo Thaon	Italien	3	6
10	Jan Černohorský	Czechoslovakia	1	8

Pool B

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Jan Van der Wiel	Niederlande	5	2	Q
2	António de Menezes	Portugal	4	3	Q
	Evangelos Skotidas	Griechenland	4	3	Q
	Maurice de Wée	Belgien	4	3	Q
5	Roland Willoughby	Great Britain	3	4	Q
6	Kay Schrøder	Dänemark	3	4
7	Frédéric Fitting	Schweiz	2	5
	Bertil Uggla	Schweden	2	5

Pool C

Olivier advanced to the final after Otto Baerentzen (5th in Pool I) withdrew.

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Fernando Correia	Portugal	5	2	Q
	Georges Trombert	Frankreich	5	2	Q
3	Victor Boin	Belgien	4	2	Q
	Einar Levison	Dänemark	4	2	Q
5	Wouter Brouwer	Niederlande	3	3	Q
6	Abelardo Olivier	Italien	3	3	q
7	John Dimond	Vereinigte Staaten	2	4
	Hans Törnblom	Schweden	2	4

Pool D

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Frédéric Dubourdieu	Frankreich	7	2	Q
2	Poul Rasmussen	Dänemark	6	3	Q
3	Edouard Fitting	Schweiz	5	4	Q
4	Ernest Gevers	Belgien	4	5	Q
5	Carl Gripenstedt	Schweden	4	5	Q
6	Frederico Paredes	Portugal	4	5
7	Louis Delaunoij	Niederlande	3	6
	Raymond Dutcher	Vereinigte Staaten	3	6
	Robert Montgomerie	Great Britain	3	6
10	Josef Javůrek	Czechoslovakia	2	7

Pool E

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Nils Hellsten	Schweden	6	2	Q
2	Ruimondo Mayer	Portugal	5	3	Q
3	Joseph de Craecker	Belgien	4	4	Q
	Otakar Švorčík	Czechoslovakia	4	4	Q
	Alexandre Lippmann	Frankreich	4	4	Q
6	Eugène Empeyta	Schweiz	3	5
7	Martin Holt	Great Britain	3	5
8	Georg Hegner	Dänemark	1	7
	Vasilios Zarkadis	Griechenland	1	7

Pool F

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Gustave Buchard	Frankreich	6	1	Q
2	Tullio Bozza	Italien	5	2	Q
3	Henri Wijnoldij-Daniëls	Niederlande	4	3	Q
4	Aage Berntsen	Dänemark	3	4	Q
	William Russell	Vereinigte Staaten	3	4	Q
6	Knut Enell	Schweden	2	5
7	Léon Tom	Belgien	2	5
8	George Burt	Great Britain	1	6

Pool G

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Henry Breckinridge	Vereinigte Staaten	6	2	Q
	Charles Delporte	Belgien	6	2	Q
	Louis Moureau	Frankreich	6	2	Q
4	Jorge de Paiva	Portugal	5	3	Q
5	Josef Jungmann	Czechoslovakia	4	4	Q
6	Aldo Boni	Italien	3	5
7	Salomon Zeldenrust	Niederlande	3	5
8	Charles Notley	Great Britain	2	6
9	Einar Råberg	Schweden	0	8

Pool H

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Fernand de Montigny	Belgien	7	1	Q
2	Georges Casanova	Frankreich	6	2	Q
	Adrianus de Jong	Niederlande	6	2	Q
4	Henrique da Silveira	Portugal	5	3	Q
5	Giovanni Canova	Italien	3	5	Q
6	David Warholm	Schweden	3	5
7	Ronald Bruce Campbell	Great Britain	3	5
8	Henri Jacquet	Schweiz	2	6
9	Viliam Tvrský	Czechoslovakia	1	7

Pool I

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Armand Massard	Frankreich	6	2	Q
2	Ahmed Hassanein	Ägypten	5	3	Q
	Dino Urbani	Italien	5	3	Q
4	Robin Dalglish	Great Britain	4	4	Q
5	Otto Baerentzen	Dänemark	4	4	Q, withdrew
6	Louis de Tribolet	Schweiz	3	5
7	Manuel Queiróz	Portugal	3	5
8	Félix Vigeveno	Niederlande	2	6
9	Leonard Schoonmaker	Vereinigte Staaten	0	8

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal A

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Georges Trombert	Frankreich	8	2	Q
2	Gustaf Lindblom	Schweden	7	3	Q
	Jorge de Paiva	Portugal	7	3	Q
4	Adrianus de Jong	Niederlande	6	4	Q
	Louis Moureau	Frankreich	6	4	Q
6	Charles Delporte	Belgien	5	5	Q
7	Tullio Bozza	Italien	5	5
	Joseph de Craecker	Belgien	5	5
9	Poul Rasmussen	Dänemark	4	6
10	Roland Willoughby	Great Britain	2	8
11	Otakar Švorčík	Czechoslovakia	1	9

Quarterfinal B

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Abelardo Olivier	Italien	7	3	Q
2	Fernando Correia	Portugal	6	4	Q
	Frédéric Dubourdieu	Frankreich	6	4	Q
	Armand Massard	Frankreich	6	4	Q
5	Henry Breckenridge	Vereinigte Staaten	5	3	Q
	Félix Goblet	Belgien	5	3	Q
7	Ahmed Hassanein	Ägypten	4	6
	Ruimondo Mayer	Portugal	4	6
	Henri Wijnoldij-Daniëls	Niederlande	4	6
10	Carl Gripenstedt	Schweden	3	7
11	Josef Jungmann	Czechoslovakia	1	9

Quarterfinal C

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	João Sassetti	Portugal	8	3	Q
2	António de Menezes	Portugal	7	4	Q
3	Gustave Buchard	Frankreich	6	5	Q
	Ernest Gevers	Belgien	6	5	Q
	William Russell	Vereinigte Staaten	6	5	Q
	Maurice de Wée	Belgien	6	5	Q
7	Giovanni Canova	Italien	5	6
	Roger Ducret	Frankreich	5	6
	Evangelos Skotidas	Griechenland	5	6
10	Aage Berntsen	Dänemark	4	7
11	S. Antonidas	Griechenland	3	8
12	Jan Van der Wiel	Niederlande	1	10

Quarterfinal D

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Nils Hellsten	Schweden	8	2	Q
2	Alexandre Lippmann	Frankreich	7	3	Q
3	Georges Casanova	Frankreich	6	4	Q
	Einar Levison	Dänemark	6	4	Q
	Fernand de Montigny	Belgien	6	4	Q
	Dino Urbani	Italien	6	4	Q
7	Henrique da Silveira	Portugal	4	6
8	Victor Boin	Belgien	3	7
	Wouter Brouwer	Niederlande	3	7
	Edouard Fitting	Schweiz	3	7
11	Robin Dalglish	Great Britain	1	9

Semifinals

Semifinal A

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Georges Casanova	Frankreich	9	2	Q
2	António de Menezes	Portugal	7	4	Q
3	Gustaf Lindblom	Schweden	6	5	Q
	Armand Massard	Frankreich	6	5	Q
5	Charles Delporte	Belgien	4	7	Q
	Alexandre Lippmann	Frankreich	4	7	Q
7	Frédéric Dubourdieu	Frankreich	4	7
	Fernand de Montigny	Belgien	4	7
	Dino Urbani	Italien	4	7
10	Fernando Correia	Portugal	2	9
	William Russell	Vereinigte Staaten	2	9
12	Einar Levison	Dänemark	0	11

Semifinal B

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Ernest Gevers	Belgien	7	4	Q
2	Gustave Buchard	Frankreich	6	5	Q
	Félix Goblet	Belgien	6	5	Q
	Louis Moureau	Frankreich	6	5	Q
	Abelardo Olivier	Italien	6	5	Q
	Jorge de Paiva	Portugal	6	5	Q
7	Georges Trombert	Frankreich	6	5
8	Nils Hellsten	Schweden	4	7
	Adrianus de Jong	Niederlande	4	7
10	Henry Breckenridge	Vereinigte Staaten	3	8
	Maurice de Wée	Belgien	3	8
12	João Sassetti	Portugal	2	9

Final

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses
	Armand Massard	Frankreich	9	2
	Alexandre Lippmann	Frankreich	7	4
	Gustave Buchard	Frankreich	6	5
4	Ernest Gevers	Belgien	6	5
5	Georges Casanova	Frankreich	5	6
6	António de Menezes	Portugal	5	6
	Louis Moureau	Frankreich	5	6
	Abelardo Olivier	Italien	5	6
9	Gustaf Lindblom	Schweden	4	7
10	Charles Delporte	Belgien	3	8
	Félix Goblet	Belgien	3	8
12	Jorge de Paiva	Portugal	2	9

Results summary

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Round 1			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final		Total
			W	L	Rank	W	L	Rank	W	L	Rank	W	L	W	L
	Armand Massard	Frankreich	6	2	1st	6	4	2nd	6	5	3rd	9	2	27	13
	Alexandre Lippmann	Frankreich	4	4	3rd	7	3	2nd	4	7	5th	7	4	22	18
	Gustave Buchard	Frankreich	6	1	1st	6	5	3rd	6	5	2nd	6	5	24	16
4	Ernest Gevers	Belgien	4	5	4th	6	5	3rd	7	4	1st	6	5	23	19
5	Georges Casanova	Frankreich	6	2	2nd	6	4	3rd	9	2	1st	5	6	26	14
6	António de Menezes	Portugal	4	3	2nd	7	4	2nd	7	4	2nd	5	6	23	17
	Louis Moureau	Frankreich	6	2	1st	6	4	4th	6	5	2nd	5	6	23	17
	Abelardo Olivier	Italien	3	3	6th	7	3	1st	6	5	2nd	5	6	21	17
9	Gustaf Lindblom	Schweden	5	4	3rd	7	3	2nd	6	5	3rd	4	7	22	19
10	Charles Delporte	Belgien	6	2	1st	5	5	6th	4	7	5th	3	8	18	22
	Félix Goblet	Belgien	8	1	1st	5	3	5th	6	5	2nd	3	8	22	17
12	Jorge de Paiva	Portugal	5	3	4th	7	3	2nd	6	5	2nd	2	9	20	20
13	Frédéric Dubourdieu	Frankreich	7	2	1st	6	4	2nd	4	7	7th	Did not advance		17	13
	Fernand de Montigny	Belgien	7	1	1st	6	4	3rd	4	7	7th			17	12
	Georges Trombert	Frankreich	5	2	1st	8	2	1st	6	5	7th			19	9
	Dino Urbani	Italien	5	3	2nd	6	4	3rd	4	7	7th			15	14
17	Nils Hellsten	Schweden	6	2	1st	8	2	1st	4	7	8th			18	11
	Adrianus de Jong	Niederlande	6	2	2nd	6	4	4th	4	7	8th			16	13
19	Henry Breckenridge	Vereinigte Staaten	6	2	1st	5	3	5th	3	8	10th			14	13
	Fernando Correia	Portugal	5	2	1st	6	4	2nd	2	9	10th			13	15
	Maurice de Wée	Belgien	4	3	2nd	6	5	3rd	3	8	10th			13	16
	William Russell	Vereinigte Staaten	3	4	4th	6	5	3rd	2	9	10th			11	18
23	Einar Levison	Dänemark	4	2	3rd	6	4	3rd	0	11	12th			10	17
	João Sassetti	Portugal	6	3	2nd	8	3	1st	2	9	12th			16	15
25	Tullio Bozza	Italien	5	2	2nd	5	5	7th	Did not advance					10	7
	Giovanni Canova	Italien	3	5	5th	5	6	7th						8	11
	Joseph de Craecker	Belgien	4	4	3rd	5	5	7th						9	9
	Roger Ducret	Frankreich	5	4	3rd	5	6	7th						10	10
	Ahmed Hassanein	Ägypten	5	3	2nd	4	6	7th						9	9
	Ruimondo Mayer	Portugal	5	3	2nd	4	6	7th						9	9
	Henrique da Silveira	Portugal	5	3	4th	4	6	7th						9	9
	Evangelos Skotidas	Griechenland	4	3	2nd	5	6	7th						9	9
	Henri Wijnoldij-Daniëls	Niederlande	4	3	3rd	4	6	7th						8	9
34	Victor Boin	Belgien	4	2	3rd	3	7	8th						7	9
	Wouter Brouwer	Niederlande	3	3	5th	3	7	8th						6	10
	Edouard Fitting	Schweiz	5	4	3rd	3	7	8th						8	11
37	Poul Rasmussen	Dänemark	6	3	2nd	4	6	9th						10	9
38	Aage Berntsen	Dänemark	3	4	4th	4	7	10th						7	11
	Carl Gripenstedt	Schweden	4	5	5th	3	7	10th						7	12
	Roland Willoughby	Great Britain	3	4	5th	2	8	10th						5	12
41	S. Antonidas	Griechenland	4	5	5th	3	8	11th						7	13
	Robin Dalglish	Great Britain	4	4	4th	1	9	11th						5	13
	Josef Jungmann	Czechoslovakia	4	4	5th	1	9	11th						5	13
	Otakar Švorčík	Czechoslovakia	4	4	4th	1	9	11th						5	13
45	Jan Van der Wiel	Niederlande	5	2	1st	1	10	12th						6	12
46	Otto Baerentzen	Dänemark	4	4	5th	DNS								4	4
47	John Blake	Great Britain	4	5	6th	Did not advance								4	5
	Aldo Boni	Italien	3	5	6th									3	5
	Eugène Empeyta	Schweiz	3	5	6th									3	5
	Knut Enell	Schweden	2	5	6th									2	5
	Frederico Paredes	Portugal	4	5	6th									4	5
	Kay Schrøder	Dänemark	3	4	6th									3	4
	Louis de Tribolet	Schweiz	3	5	6th									3	5
	David Warholm	Schweden	3	5	6th									3	5
55	Ronald Bruce Campbell	Great Britain	3	5	7th									3	5
	Louis Delaunoij	Niederlande	3	6	7th									3	6
	John Dimond	Vereinigte Staaten	2	4	7th									2	4
	Raymond Dutcher	Vereinigte Staaten	3	6	7th									3	6
	Frédéric Fitting	Schweiz	2	5	7th									2	5
	Martin Holt	Great Britain	3	5	7th									3	5
	Willem Hubert	Niederlande	3	6	7th									3	6
	Robert Montgomerie	Great Britain	3	6	7th									3	6
	Ivan Osiier	Dänemark	3	6	7th									3	6
	Manuel Queiróz	Portugal	3	5	7th									3	5
	Paolo Thaon	Italien	3	6	7th									3	6
	Léon Tom	Belgien	2	5	7th									2	5
	Hans Törnblom	Schweden	2	4	7th									2	4
	Bertil Uggla	Schweden	2	5	7th									2	5
	Salomon Zeldenrust	Niederlande	3	5	7th									3	5
70	George Burt	Great Britain	1	6	8th									1	6
	Georg Hegner	Dänemark	1	7	8th									1	7
	Henri Jacquet	Schweiz	2	6	8th									2	6
	Charles Notley	Great Britain	2	6	8th									2	6
	Félix Vigeveno	Niederlande	2	6	8th									2	6
	Vasilios Zarkadis	Griechenland	1	7	8th									1	7
76	Einar Råberg	Schweden	0	8	9th									0	8
	Leonard Schoonmaker	Vereinigte Staaten	0	8	9th									0	8
	Viliam Tvrský	Czechoslovakia	1	7	9th									1	7
79	Jan Černohorský	Czechoslovakia	1	8	10th									1	8
	Josef Javůrek	Czechoslovakia	2	7	10th									2	7

References

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2007.