Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

Men's épée at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Schermzaal
Dates	6–7 August 1928
Competitors	59 from 22 nations
Medalists
Lucien Gaudin  France Georges Buchard  France George Calnan  United States

The men's épée was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from 6 August 1928 to 7 August 1928. 59 fencers from 22 nations competed.

Results

Source: Official results; De Wael

Round 1

Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to one touch, with double-losses possible. The top six fencers in each pool advanced to the second round.

Pool A

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Notes
1	Domingo García	Spain	7	Q
2	Charles Biscoe	Great Britain	6	Q
3	Saul Moyal	Egypt	6	Q
4	Henrique da Silveira	Portugal	5	Q
5	Hans Halberstadt	Germany	5	Q
6	Charles Debeur	Belgium	5	Q
7	Ottó Hátszeghy	Hungary	3
7	Luis Hernández	Mexico	3
9	Sigurd Akre-Aas	Norway	1
9	Gunnar Cederschiöld	Sweden	1

Pool B

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Notes
1	Nils Hellsten	Sweden	7	Q
2	George Calnan	United States	7	Q
3	Eugène Empeyta	Switzerland	6	Q
4	Ivan Osiier	Denmark	6	Q
5	János Hajdú	Hungary	5	Q
6	Fritz Jack	Germany	3	Q
7	František Kříž	Czechoslovakia	3
7	Pieter Mijer	Netherlands	3
9	Torvald Appelroth	Finland	2
9	Gheorghe Caranfil	Romania	2

Pool C

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Notes
1	Salvator Cicurel	Egypt	6	Q
2	Paulo Leal	Portugal	6	Q
3	Jens Berthelsen	Denmark	6	Q
4	Willem Driebergen	Netherlands	5	Q
5	József Rády	Hungary	4	Q
6	Gustaf Dyrssen	Sweden	4	Q
7	Francisco González	Spain	4
7	Raoul Heide	Norway	4
7	Antonio Villamil	Argentina	4
10	Edward Willis Barnett	United States	1

Pool D

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Notes
1	Léon Tom	Belgium	6	Q
2	Armand Massard	France	6	Q
3	Răzvan Penescu	Romania	6	Q
4	Peter Ryefelt	Denmark	5	Q
5	Oscar Martínez	Argentina	5	Q
6	Allen Milner	United States	4	Q
7	Jan Černohorský	Czechoslovakia	4
8	Konstantinos Bembis	Greece	3
9	Adrianus de Jong	Netherlands	2
10	Frithjof Lorentzen	Norway	1

Pool E

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Notes
1	Lucien Gaudin	France	9	Q
2	Édouard Fitting	Switzerland	6	Q
3	Charles Delporte	Belgium	6	Q
4	Theodor Fischer	Germany	4	Q
5	Frederico Paredes	Portugal	4	Q
6	Bertie Childs	Great Britain	3	Q
7	Dan Gheorghiu	Romania	3
8	Georgios Ambet	Greece	2
8	Elie Adda	Egypt	2
10	José Llauro	Argentina	1

Pool F

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Notes
1	Georges Buchard	France	7	Q
2	Henri Jacquet	Switzerland	6	Q
3	Martin Holt	Great Britain	6	Q
4	Tryfon Triantafyllakos	Greece	4	Q
5	Pedro Mercado	Mexico	3	Q
6	Josef Jungmann	Czechoslovakia	3	Q
7	Tomás Goyoaga	Chile	3
8	Dimitar Vasilev	Bulgaria	2
8	Lauri Kettunen	Finland	2

Quarterfinals

Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to one touch, with double-losses possible. The top six fencers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal A

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Notes
1	Lucien Gaudin	France	9	Q
2	Frederico Paredes	Portugal	8	Q
3	Hans Halberstadt	Germany	7	Q
4	Saul Moyal	Egypt	7	Q
5	Willem Driebergen	Netherlands	6	Q
6	Charles Debeur	Belgium	5	Q
7	Henri Jacquet	Switzerland	5
8	Gustaf Dyrssen	Sweden	4
8	Răzvan Penescu	Romania	4
10	Oscar Martínez	Argentina	2
10	Peter Ryefelt	Denmark	2
12	Martin Holt	Great Britain	2

Quarterfinal B

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Notes
1	Jens Berthelsen	Denmark	8	Q
2	Léon Tom	Belgium	7	Q
3	Georges Buchard	France	6	Q
4	Allen Milner	United States	6	Q
5	Nils Hellsten	Sweden	6	Q
6	József Rády	Hungary	6	Q
7	Paulo Leal	Portugal	6
8	Josef Jungmann	Czechoslovakia	5
9	Tryfon Triantafyllakos	Greece	4
9	Édouard Fitting	Switzerland	4
11	Bertie Childs	Great Britain	3
12	Theodor Fischer	Germany	1

Quarterfinal C

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Notes
1	Salvator Cicurel	Egypt	8	Q
2	George Calnan	United States	8	Q
3	Ivan Osiier	Denmark	7	Q
4	Armand Massard	France	7	Q
5	Charles Delporte	Belgium	7	Q
6	Eugène Empeyta	Switzerland	5	Q
7	Domingo García	Spain	5
7	Henrique da Silveira	Portugal	5
9	Fritz Jack	Germany	4
10	János Hajdú	Hungary	3
10	Charles Biscoe	Great Britain	3
12	Pedro Mercado	Mexico	2

Semifinals

Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to two touches, with double-losses possible. The top five fencers in each pool advanced to the final.

Semifinal A

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Notes
1	Lucien Gaudin	France	6	Q
2	Léon Tom	Belgium	5	Q
3	Charles Delporte	Belgium	5	Q
4	George Calnan	United States	4	Q
5	Saul Moyal	Egypt	4	Q
6	Willem Driebergen	Netherlands	3
7	Ivan Osiier	Denmark	3
8	Eugène Empeyta	Switzerland	2
9	József Rády	Hungary	2

Semifinal B

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Notes
1	Georges Buchard	France	6	Q
2	Nils Hellsten	Sweden	6	Q
3	Salvator Cicurel	Egypt	5	Q
4	Charles Debeur	Belgium	4	Q
5	Allen Milner	United States	4	Q
6	Armand Massard	France	4
7	Jens Berthelsen	Denmark	3
8	Frederico Paredes	Portugal	3
9	Hans Halberstadt	Germany	0

Final

The final was a round-robin. Bouts were to two touches, with double-losses possible.

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins
	Lucien Gaudin	France	8
	Georges Buchard	France	7
	George Calnan	United States	6
4	Léon Tom	Belgium	6
5	Nils Hellsten	Sweden	5
6	Charles Delporte	Belgium	4
7	Charles Debeur	Belgium	3
8	Salvator Cicurel	Egypt	3
9	Allen Milner	United States	1
10	Saul Moyal	Egypt	1