Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics

At the 1896 Summer Olympics, three fencing events were contested at the Zappeion. They were prepared and organized by the Sub-Committee for Fencing. The épée event for men was cancelled. All fencing was done to three touches. Events were held on 7 April and 9 April 1896. 15 athletes from four nations competed; 8 fencers from 3 nations won one medal each.

Medal summary

These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal.

Participating nations

A total of 15 fencers from 4 nations competed at the Athens Games:

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Medal table

Austria had fencers compete, but won no medals.

ub-Committee for Fencing

* Joan. Phokianos, president
* George Streit, secretary
* Joan. Yenissarlis
* Loukas Belos
* Nic. Politis
* Chas. Waldstein
* Dimitri Aighinitis
* Dim. Sekkeris
* Spiridon Comoundouros
* Const. Manos
* Sp. Antonopoulos

ee also

*List of Olympic medalists in fencing (men)
*List of Olympic medalists in fencing (women)

References

* (Digitally available at [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf] )
* (Excerpt available at [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/Mallon/1896.pdf] )
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