Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's masters épée

Men's masters épée at the Games of the II Olympiad
Gold medalist Albert Ayat fencing
Venue	Tuileries Garden
Dates	11–14 June
Competitors	54 from 5 nations
Medalists
Albert Ayat  France Gilbert Bougnol  France Henri Laurent  France

The professional event in épée at the 1900 Summer Olympics had 54 fencers from 5 nations compete. The event took place from 11 to 14 June at the Tuileries Garden. The event was won by Albert Ayat of France, leading a French sweep with Gilbert Bougnol taking silver and Henri Laurent bronze.

Background

Fencing was the only sport that had professional competitions at the Olympics in 1900 and 1904. A professional foil event was held in 1900, with épée and sabre joining in 1904. The professional events were not held again afterwards (excepting the 1906 Intercalated Games, so this was the only time that masters épée was contested. The épée events also featured a unique competition: an amateurs-masters épée event. The top 4 fencers in this event, as well as the top 4 fencers in the amateurs épée event, were eligible for that competition.

Competition format

The event used a three-round format: quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. Each round consisted of pool play. For the quarterfinals, the fencers were divided into 9 pools of 6 fencers each; the top two fencers in each pool advanced to the semifinals. The semifinals had the 18 men compete in 3 pools of 6, with the top 3 in each pool advancing to a 9-man final.

The actual competition format within pools is not entirely clear. No results are known beyond the rankings.

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
Monday, 11 June 1900		Quarterfinals
Tuesday, 12 June 1900		Quarterfinals continued
Wednesday, 13 June 1900		Semifinals
Thursday, 14 June 1900		Final

Results

Quarterfinals

In the quarterfinals, the fencers were divided into 9 pools of 6 fencers each, with the top two advancing from each pool to the semifinal. The first round was held on 11 and 12 June.

Quarterfinal A

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Notes
1	Aufort	France	Q
2	Lézard	France	Q
3–6	Debrinay	France
	Deprey	France
	Alfred Nau	France
	Antonius van Nieuwenhuizen	Netherlands

Quarterfinal B

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Notes
1	Henri Pantin	France	Q
2	Louis Haller	France	Q
3–6	Assé	France
	Flahaut	France
	Joseph-Auguste Métais	France
	Francis Sabourin	France

Quarterfinal C

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Notes
1	Georges Jourdan	France	Q
2	Jean Jeanvoix	France	Q
3–6	Bormel	France
	Roquais	France
	Surzet	France
	Léon Thiércelin	Haiti

Quarterfinal D

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Notes
1	Brassart	France	Q
2	Sylvain Lézard	France	Q
3–6	Céré	France
	Élie Dufraisse	France
	Louis Garnoty	France
	Charles Marty	France

Quarterfinal E

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Notes
1	Gilbert Bougnol	France	Q
2	Hippolyte-Jacques Hyvernaud	France	Q
3–6	Charles Cléry	France
	Constant Dulau	France
	Jean Lafoucrière	France
	Nègrout	France

Quarterfinal F

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Notes
1	Jean Michel	France	Q
2	Félix Ayat	France	Q
3–6	Xavier Anchetti	France
	Emmanuel Andrieu	France
	Márton Endrédy	Hungary
	Launay	France

Quarterfinal G

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Notes
1	Albert Ayat	France	Q
2	Henri Laurent	France	Q
3–6	Unknown

Quarterfinal H

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Notes
1	Marie-Louis Damotte	France	Q
2	Henri Yvon	France	Q
3–6	Unknown

Quarterfinal I

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Notes
1	Georges-Louis Bézy	France	Q
2	Charles Clappier	France	Q
3–6	Unknown

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 13 June. 3 pools with 6 fencers each competed in round-robin format, with the top 3 fencers in each pool advancing.

Semifinal A

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Notes
1	Georges Jourdan	France	Q
2	Lézard	France	Q
3	Marie-Louis Damotte	France	Q
4-6	Aufort	France
	Jean Jeanvoix	France
	Henri Pantin	France

Semifinal B

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Notes
1	Gilbert Bougnol	France	Q
2	Brassart	France	Q
3	Hippolyte-Jacques Hyvernaud	France	Q
4-6	Félix Ayat	France
	Louis Haller	France
	Jean Michel	France

Semifinal C

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Notes
1	Albert Ayat	France	Q
2	Henri Laurent	France	Q
3	Georges-Louis Bézy	France	Q
4-6	Charles Clappier	France
	Sylvain Lézard	France
	Henri Yvon	France

Final

The final was conducted on 14 June.

Rank	Fencer	Nation
	Albert Ayat	France
	Gilbert Bougnol	France
	Henri Laurent	France
4	Hippolyte-Jacques Hyvernaud	France
5	Marie-Louis Damotte	France
6	Brassart	France
7	Lézard	France
8	Georges Jourdan	France
9	Georges-Louis Bézy	France

Results summary

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
	Albert Ayat	France	1st	1st	1st
	Gilbert Bougnol	France	1st	1st	2nd
	Henri Laurent	France	2nd	2nd	3rd
4	Hippolyte-Jacques Hyvernaud	France	2nd	3rd	4th
5	Marie-Louis Damotte	France	1st	3rd	5th
6	Brassart	France	1st	2nd	6th
7	Lézard	France	2nd	2nd	7th
8	Georges Jourdan	France	1st	1st	8th
9	Georges-Louis Bézy	France	1st	3rd	9th
10	Aufort	France	1st	4th–6th	Did not advance
	Félix Ayat	France	2nd	4th–6th
	Charles Clappier	France	2nd	4th–6th
	Louis Haller	France	2nd	4th–6th
	Jean Jeanvoix	France	2nd	4th–6th
	Sylvain Lézard	France	2nd	4th–6th
	Jean Michel	France	1st	4th–6th
	Henri Pantin	France	1st	4th–6th
	Henri Yvon	France	2nd	4th–6th
19	Xavier Anchetti	France	3rd–6th	Did not advance
	Emmanuel Andrieu	France	3rd–6th
	Assé	France	3rd–6th
	Bormel	France	3rd–6th
	Céré	France	3rd–6th
	Charles Cléry	France	3rd–6th
	Debrinay	France	3rd–6th
	Deprey	France	3rd–6th
	Élie Dufraisse	France	3rd–6th
	Constant Dulau	France	3rd–6th
	Márton Endrédy	Hungary	3rd–6th
	Flahaut	France	3rd–6th
	Louis Garnoty	France	3rd–6th
	Jean Lafoucrière	France	3rd–6th
	Launay	France	3rd–6th
	Charles Marty	France	3rd–6th
	Joseph-Auguste Métais	France	3rd–6th
	Alfred Nau	France	3rd–6th
	Nègrout	France	3rd–6th
	Antonius van Nieuwenhuizen	Netherlands	3rd–6th
	Roquais	France	3rd–6th
	Francis Sabourin	France	3rd–6th
	Surzet	France	3rd–6th
	Léon Thiércelin	Haiti	3rd–6th
	12 unknown competitors		3rd–6th