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Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

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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
 Belgien
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Roger Ducret
 Frankreich
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nils Hellsten
 Schweden
← 1920
1928 →

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

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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

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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.

Zeitplan

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

Results

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Round 1

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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

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Ernest Gevers  Belgien 6 3 Q
Gustaf Lindblom  Schweden 6 3 Q
3 George Calnan  Vereinigte Staaten 5 4 Q
Joseph Misrahi  Ägypten 5 4 Q
Frederico Paredes  Portugal 5 4 Q
6 Pieter von Boven  Niederlande 4 5 B
Konstantinos Nikolopoulos  Griechenland 4 5 B
Viggo Stilling-Andersen  Dänemark 4 5 B
9 Johan Falkenberg  Norwegen 3 6
10 Carlos Miguel  Spanien 1 8
Barrage
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
6 Pieter von Boven  Niederlande 2 0 Q
7 Konstantinos Nikolopoulos  Griechenland 1 1
8 Viggo Stilling-Andersen  Dänemark 0 2

Pool B

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Nils Hellsten  Schweden 8 1 Q
2 Renzo Compagna  Italien 7 2 Q
3 Wouter Brouwer  Niederlande 5 4 B
Mário de Lopez  Portugal 5 4 B
Léon Tom  Belgien 5 4 B
Tryfon Triantafyllakos  Griechenland 5 4 B
Héctor Belo  Uruguay 5 4 B
8 Félix de Pomés  Spanien 3 6
9 Frithjof Lorentzen  Norwegen 1 8
10 Ahmed Hassanein  Ägypten 0 9
Barrage
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
3 Wouter Brouwer  Niederlande 2 2 Q
Mário de Lopez  Portugal 2 1 Q
Léon Tom  Belgien 2 1 Q
Tryfon Triantafyllakos  Griechenland 2 1 Q
7 Héctor Belo  Uruguay 0 3

Pool C

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Charles Delporte  Belgien 7 2 Q
2 Charles Biscoe  Great Britain 6 3 Q
Virgilio Mantegazza  Italien 6 3 Q
4 George Breed  Vereinigte Staaten 5 4 Q
Carl Gripenstedt  Schweden 5 4 Q
6 Krikor Agathon  Ägypten 4 5 B
Domingo Mendy  Uruguay 4 5 B
8 Constantin Antoniades  Schweiz 3 6
9 Josef Jungmann  Czechoslovakia 2 7
Miguel Zabalza  Spanien 2 7
Barrage
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
6 Krikor Agathon  Ägypten 1 0 Q
7 Domingo Mendy  Uruguay 0 1

Pool D

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

Pool E

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Eugène Empeyta  Schweiz 6 2 Q
2 Armand Massard  Frankreich 5 3 Q
Allen Milner  Vereinigte Staaten 5 3 Q
Ivan Osiier  Dänemark 5 3 Q
5 Martin Holt  Great Britain 4 4 B
Luis Lucchetti  Argentinien 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  Argentinien 1 0 Q
7 Ramíro Mañalich  Cuba 0 2

Pool F

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Gaston Cornereau  Frankreich 7 1 Q
2 Sigurd Akre  Norwegen 4 4 Q
Ruimondo Ferro  Portugal 4 4 Q
Willem Hubert  Niederlande 4 4 Q
Wenceslao Paunero  Argentinien 4 4 Q
Peter Ryefelt  Dänemark 4 4 Q
7 Arthur Lyon  Vereinigte Staaten 3 5
8 Robert Montgomerie  Great Britain 2 6
Jan Tille  Czechoslovakia 2 6

Pool G

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Domingo García  Spanien 8 1 Q
2 Ramón Fonst  Cuba 7 2 Q
3 Georges Buchard  Frankreich 5 4 Q
Raoul Heide  Norwegen 5 4 Q
Henri Jacquet  Schweiz 5 4 Q
6 Bror Lagercrantz  Schweden 4 5 B
Jan de Beaufort  Niederlande 4 5 B
8 Jens Berthelsen  Dänemark 2 7
Francisco Bollini  Argentinien 2 7
António de Castro  Portugal 2 7
Barrage
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
6 Bror Lagercrantz  Schweden 1 0 Q
7 Jan de Beaufort  Niederlande 0 1

Quarterfinals

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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

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Charles Delporte  Belgien 7 3 Q
Domingo García  Spanien 7 3 Q
Raoul Heide  Norwegen 7 3 Q
Luis Lucchetti  Argentinien 7 3 Q
5 Ivan Osiier  Dänemark 6 4 Q
6 Roger Ducret  Frankreich 5 5 Q
7 Gustaf Lindblom  Schweden 4 6
8 Krikor Agathon  Ägypten 3 7
George Calnan  Vereinigte Staaten 3 7
Frederico Paredes  Portugal 3 7
11 Martin Holt  Great Britain 2 8

Quarterfinal B

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Ramón Fonst  Cuba 7 2 Q
Carl Gripenstedt  Schweden 7 2 Q
3 Henri Jacquet  Schweiz 6 3 Q
Léon Tom  Belgien 6 3 Q
5 Gaston Cornereau  Frankreich 5 4 Q
6 Peter Ryefelt  Dänemark 4 5 Q
7 Ruimondo Ferro  Portugal 3 6
8 Wouter Brouwer  Niederlande 2 7
Pedro Nazar  Argentinien 2 7
10 George Breed  Vereinigte Staaten 1 8

Quarterfinal C

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Frédéric Fitting  Schweiz 9 1 Q
2 Renzo Compagna  Italien 7 3 Q
3 Paul Anspach  Belgien 6 4 Q
Mário de Lopez  Portugal 6 4 Q
5 Allen Milner  Vereinigte Staaten 5 5 Q
6 Armand Massard  Frankreich 4 6 B
Willem Hubert  Niederlande 4 6 B
Conrado Rolando  Uruguay 4 6 B
9 Tryfon Triantafyllakos  Griechenland 3 7
10 Robert Frater  Great Britain 2 8
Bror Lagercrantz  Schweden 2 8
Barrage
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
6 Armand Massard  Frankreich 2 0 Q
7 Willem Hubert  Niederlande 1 1
8 Conrado Rolando  Uruguay 0 2

Quarterfinal D

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Georges Buchard  Frankreich 6 3 Q
Eugène Empeyta  Schweiz 6 3 Q
Ernest Gevers  Belgien 6 3 Q
Nils Hellsten  Schweden 6 3 Q
Virgilio Mantegazza  Italien 6 3 Q
6 Charles Biscoe  Great Britain 4 5 B
Joseph Misrahi  Ägypten 4 5 B
Sigurd Akre  Norwegen 4 5 B
9 Pieter von Boven  Niederlande 1 8
10 Wenceslao Paunero  Argentinien 0 9
Barrage
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
6 Charles Biscoe  Great Britain 2 0 Q
7 Joseph Misrahi  Ägypten 1 1
8 Sigurd Akre  Norwegen 0 2

Semifinals

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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

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Léon Tom  Belgien 7 4 Q
2 Renzo Compagna  Italien 6 5 Q
Gaston Cornereau  Frankreich 6 5 Q
Charles Delporte  Belgien 6 5 Q
Roger Ducret  Frankreich 6 5 Q
Nils Hellsten  Schweden 6 5 Q
7 Mário de Lopez  Portugal 5 6
Raoul Heide  Norwegen 5 6
Luis Lucchetti  Argentinien 5 6
10 Henri Jacquet  Schweiz 4 7
Ivan Osiier  Dänemark 4 7
12 Frédéric Fitting  Schweiz 3 8

Semifinal B

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Virgilio Mantegazza  Italien 9 2 Q
2 Georges Buchard  Frankreich 7 4 Q
Armand Massard  Frankreich 7 4 Q
4 Paul Anspach  Belgien 6 5 Q
5 Peter Ryefelt  Dänemark 5 6 Q
6 Ernest Gevers  Belgien 4 7 B
Charles Biscoe  Great Britain 4 7 B
Eugène Empeyta  Schweiz 4 7 B
Ramón Fonst  Cuba 4 7 B
Domingo García  Spanien 4 7 B
Carl Gripenstedt  Schweden 4 7 B
Allen Milner  Vereinigte Staaten 4 7 B
Barrage
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
6 Ernest Gevers  Belgien 5 1 Q
7 Charles Biscoe  Great Britain 3 3
Eugène Empeyta  Schweiz 3 3
Ramón Fonst  Cuba 3 3
Domingo García  Spanien 3 3
Carl Gripenstedt  Schweden 3 3
12 Allen Milner  Vereinigte Staaten 1 5

Final

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

Results summary

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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  Belgien 7 2 1st 7 3 1st 6 5 2nd 8 3 28 13
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Roger Ducret  Frankreich 6 2 1st 5 5 6th 6 5 2nd 7+2+1 4+1+0 27 17
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nils Hellsten  Schweden 8 1 1st 6 3 1st 6 5 2nd 7+2+0 4+1+1 29 15
4 Gaston Cornereau  Frankreich 7 1 1st 5 4 5th 6 5 2nd 7+1+1 4+2+0 27 16
5 Armand Massard  Frankreich 5 3 2nd 4+2 6+0 6th 7 4 2nd 7+1+0 4+2+1 26 20
6 Virgilio Mantegazza  Italien 6 3 2nd 6 3 1st 9 2 1st 6 5 27 13
7 Georges Buchard  Frankreich 5 4 3rd 6 3 1st 7 4 2nd 5 6 23 17
Léon Tom  Belgien 5+2 4+1 3rd 6 3 3rd 7 4 1st 5 6 25 18
9 Paul Anspach  Belgien 4 4 5th 6 4 3rd 6 5 4th 4 7 20 20
Peter Ryefelt  Dänemark 4 4 2nd 4 5 6th 5 6 5th 4 7 17 22
11 Renzo Compagna  Italien 7 2 2nd 7 3 2nd 6 5 2nd 2 9 22 19
12 Ernest Gevers  Belgien 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  Schweiz 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  Spanien 8 1 1st 7 3 1st 4+3 7+3 7th 22 14
Carl Gripenstedt  Schweden 5 4 4th 7 2 1st 4+3 7+3 7th 19 16
Raoul Heide  Norwegen 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  Argentinien 4+1 4+0 5th 7 3 1st 5 6 7th 17 13
21 Henri Jacquet  Schweiz 5 4 3rd 6 3 3rd 4 7 10th 15 14
Ivan Osiier  Dänemark 5 3 2nd 6 4 5th 4 7 10th 15 14
23 Frédéric Fitting  Schweiz 5 3 4th 9 1 1st 3 8 12th 17 12
Allen Milner  Vereinigte Staaten 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  Niederlande 4 4 2nd 4+1 6+1 7th 9 11
Gustaf Lindblom  Schweden 6 3 1st 4 6 7th 10 9
Joseph Misrahi  Ägypten 5 4 3rd 4+1 5+1 7th 10 10
29 Krikor Agathon  Ägypten 4+1 5+0 6th 3 7 8th 8 12
Sigurd Akre  Norwegen 4 4 2nd 4+0 5+2 8th 8 11
Wouter Brouwer  Niederlande 5+2 4+2 3rd 2 7 8th 9 13
George Calnan  Vereinigte Staaten 5 4 3rd 3 7 8th 8 11
Pedro Nazar  Argentinien 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  Niederlande 4+2 5+0 6th 1 8 9th 7 13
Tryfon Triantafyllakos  Griechenland 5+2 4+1 3rd 3 7 9th 10 12
38 George Breed  Vereinigte Staaten 5 4 4th 1 8 10th 6 12
Robert Frater  Great Britain 6 2 1st 2 8 10th 8 10
Bror Lagercrantz  Schweden 4+1 5+0 6th 2 8 10th 7 13
Wenceslao Paunero  Argentinien 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  Niederlande 4+0 5+1 7th 4 6
Héctor Belo  Uruguay 5+0 4+3 7th 5 7
Theodoros Foustanos  Griechenland 2 6 7th 2 6
Arthur Lyon  Vereinigte Staaten 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  Griechenland 4+1 5+1 7th 5 6
51 Constantin Antoniades  Schweiz 3 6 8th 3 6
Jens Berthelsen  Dänemark 2 7 8th 2 7
Francisco Bollini  Argentinien 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  Spanien 3 6 8th 3 6
Salvador Quesada  Cuba 1 7 8th 1 7
Viggo Stilling-Andersen  Dänemark 4+0 5+2 8th 4 7
Jan Tille  Czechoslovakia 2 6 8th 2 6
60 Johan Falkenberg  Norwegen 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  Norwegen 1 8 9th 1 8
Miguel Zabalza  Spanien 2 7 9th 2 7
66 Ahmed Hassanein  Ägypten 0 9 10th 0 9
Carlos Miguel  Spanien 1 8 10th 1 8

References

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  1. ^ a b "Épée, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 March 2021.