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Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

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Men's épée
at the Games of the II Olympiad
Gold medalist Ramón Fonst
VenueTuileries Garden
Dates1–14 June
Competitors102 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ramón Fonst
 Cuba
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Louis Perrée
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Léon Sée
 France
1904 →

The épée event for amateurs was one of three épée events at the 1900 Summer Olympics. 102 fencers from 11 nations competed, with 91 of them from France.[1] The event was won by Ramón Fonst of Cuba, the first of his two golds in individual épée. Silver and bronze both went to host nation fencers, Louis Perrée and Léon Sée. These badly organized games — derisively called “The Farcical Games” — were so poorly publicized that years later, even the competitors were clueless that they had competed in the Olympics in 1900.[2] No official records for the games exist.[2] These accomplishments are not even mentioned in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.[3] This was the first appearance of the event, as only foil and sabre events had been held at the first Games in 1896; the Men's épée event has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900.[1]

Competition format

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The event used a four-round format: round 1, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. Each round consisted of pool play. For round 1, the fencers were divided into 17 pools of 6 or 7 fencers each; the top two fencers in each pool advanced to the quarterfinals. The quarterfinals were intended to divide the 34 fencers into 6 pools of 5 or 6 fencers each; after 3 men withdrew, the round consisted of 5 pools of 6 fencers plus a special pool of the last remaining fencer plus 4 of the losers from the first 5 pools. The top 3 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. Only results from the final are known. In the final, each fencer had 5 or 6 bouts (rather than 8, which would be the number if a full round-robin were held). The top places were determined by number of wins, with a barrage held when two fencers finished with 4 wins (though one had only 1 loss while the other had 2).[1]

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Friday, 1 June 1900 Round 1 pools A–D
2–5 June 1900 Round 1 pools E–L
Wednesday, 6 June 1900 Round 1 pools M–Q
7–9 June 1900 9:00 Quarterfinals
Sunday, 10 June 1900 Semifinals
Wednesday, 13 June 1900 Final
Thursday, 14 June 1900 Final, continued

Results

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Round 1

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The first round of the event consisted of pool play round-robin tournaments. Each fencer faced each other fencer once. Of the 17 pools, 15 had six fencers each and 2 had seven. The top two placers in each advanced to the quarterfinals.

Pool A

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Joseph-Marie Rosé  France Q
2 Élie, Count de Lastours  France Q
3–6 H. Georges Berger  France
Luquetas  France
Mosso  France
André Tintant  France /[4][2]

Pool B

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Jules de Pradel  France Q
2 Jean Dreyfus  France Q
3–6 Jacques de la Chevalerie  France
Gardiès  France
Hérrison  France
Ivan Ivanovitch  France

Pool C

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Jules Roffe  France Q
2 Édouard Fouchier  France Q
3–6 Pierre Georges Louis d'Hugues  France
Moreil  France
Max Rodrigues  France
Véve  France

Pool D

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Ramón Fonst  Cuba Q
2 Edmond Wallace  France Q
3 Willy Sulzbacher  France[5]
4–6 Bazin  France
Maurice Fleury  France
Pierre Thomegeux  France

Pool E

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Gaston Alibert  France Q
2 Georges de la Falaise  France Q
3–6 Olivier Collarini  Italy
Grad  France
Massé  France
Achille Morin  France

Pool F

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Jean-Joseph Renaud  France Q
2 Maurice Boisdon  France Q
3–6 Laurent de Champeaux  France
Charles Loizillon  France
Salvanahac  France
de Segonzac  France

Pool G

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Henri Plommet  France Q
2 Léon Thiébaut  France Q
3 Lariviére  France
4–6 Adam  France
Robert Marc  France
Jean Taillefer  France

Pool H

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 André-Marie Rabel  France Q
2 Josiah Bowden  Great Britain Q
3–6 de Lastic  France
Georges Leroy  France
Miller  France
Ivan, Viscount d'Oyley  United States[6]

Pool I

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Richard Wallace  France Q
2 Freydoun Malkom  Iran Q
3–6 Marie Joseph Anatole Elie  France
de Laugardière  France
Georges Redeuil  France
Joseph Sénat  France

Pool J

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Marcel Lévy  France Q
2 Maurice Jay  France Q
3–6 Henri de Laborde  France
Adjutant Lemoine  France
Charles Robinson  Great Britain
André de Romilly  France

Pool K

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Giuseppe Giurato  Italy Q
2 Raoul Bideau  France Q
3–6 Clément de Boissière  France
Albert Cahen  France
Fernandès  France
de la Tournable  France

Pool L

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Alexandre Guillemand  France Q
2 Jacques Holzschuch  France Q
3 Ducreuil  France
4–6 Andreac  France
Costiesco  France
Paul Robert  Switzerland

Pool M

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Léon Sée  France Q
2 Eduardo Camet  Argentina Q
3–6 Carlos de Candamo  Peru
Mauricio, 4th Duke of Gor  Spain
de Meuse  France
Joseph Rodrigues  France

Pool N

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Henri Hébrard de Villeneuve  France Q
2 Alphonse Moquet  France Q
3–7 de Cazenove  France
René Jules Thion de la Chaume  France
de Pradines  France
Prosper  France
Pierre Rosenbaum  France

Pool O

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Louis Perrée  France Q
2 Henri-Georges Berger  France Q
3–6 Louis Bastien  France
Stan François  France
Peberay  France
Preurot  France

Pool P

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Tony Smet  Belgium Q
2 Henri Jean Début  France Q
3–7 Gaston Achille  France
Duclos  France
Giunio Fedreghini  Italy
Fichot  France
Weber  France

Pool Q

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Adrien Guyon  France Q
2 Jean-André Hilleret  France Q
3–6 Delprat  France
Lafontaine  France
Adolphe Thomegeux  France
de Vars  France

Quarterfinals

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The quarterfinals were again round-robin affairs. The original schedule was that there would be six pools: two would have five fencers each and four would have six fencers, with the top three in each pool to advance.

After three of the original quarterfinalists (Maurice Jay, André Rabel, and Jean-Joseph Renaud) withdrew after the draw, the quarterfinals were redrawn: there were five pools with six fencers each, while the sixth pool included Holzchuch and four fencers who had lost in other quarterfinals and were given a second chance to advance.

Quarterfinal A

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Jean Dreyfuss  France Q
2 Henri Plommet  France Q
3 Marcel Lévy  France Q
4–6 Jean-André Hilleret  France
Alphonse Moquet  France
Jules Roffe  France

Quarterfinal B

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Richard Wallace  France Q
2 Élie, Count de Lastours  France Q
3 Georges de la Falaise  France Q
4–6 Josiah Bowden  Great Britain
Alexandre Guillemand  France
Léon Thiébaut  France

Quarterfinal C

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Edmond Wallace  France Q
2 Eduardo Camet  Argentina Q
3 Jules de Pradel  France Q
4–6 Raoul Bideau  France
Tony Smet  Belgium
Henri Hébrard de Villeneuve  France

Quarterfinal D

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Gaston Alibert  France Q
2 Léon Sée  France Q
3 Ramón Fonst  Cuba Q
4–6 Henri-Georges Berger  France
Giuseppe Giurato  Italy
Freydoun Malkom  Iran

Quarterfinal E

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Maurice Boisdon  France Q
2 Louis Perrée  France Q
3 Joseph-Marie Rosé  France Q
4–6 Henri Jean Début  France
Édouard Fouchier  France
Adrien Guyon  France

Quarterfinal F

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Jacques Holzschuch  France Q
2 Léon Thiébaut  France Q
3 Alexandre Guillemand  France Q
4–5 Unknown[7]

Semifinals

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The semifinals, with 18 fencers left, were conducted in three pools of round-robin play. Each pool had six fencers, with the top three advancing to the final.

Semifinal A

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Gaston Alibert  France Q
2 Henri Plommet  France Q
3 Léon Sée  France Q
4–6 Élie, Count de Lastours  France
Jacques Holzschuch  France
Joseph-Marie Rosé  France

Semifinal B

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Georges de la Falaise  France Q
2 Louis Perrée  France Q
3 Eduardo Camet  Argentina Q
4–6 Maurice Boisdon  France
Jean Dreyfuss  France
Jules de Pradel  France

Semifinal C

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Léon Thiébaut  France Q
2 Edmond Wallace  France Q
3 Ramón Fonst  Cuba Q
4–6 Alexandre Guillemand  France
Marcel Lévy  France
Richard Wallace  France

Final

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In the final, each fencer had either 5 or 6 bouts. Fonst and Perrée initially tied for first with 4 wins each, then Fonst won the barrage to break the tie.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ramón Fonst  Cuba 4 2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Louis Perrée  France 4 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Léon Sée  France 3 2
4 Georges de la Falaise  France 3 3
5 Eduardo Camet  Argentina 2 3
6 Edmond Wallace  France 2 4
7 Gaston Alibert  France 2 3
8 Léon Thiébaut  France 2 4
9 Henri Plommet  France 0 6

Results summary

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Rank Fencer Nation Round 1
Rank
Quarterfinals
Rank
Semifinals
Rank
Final
Wins
Final
Losses
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ramón Fonst  Cuba 1st 3rd 3rd 4 2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Louis Perrée  France 1st 2nd 2nd 4 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Léon Sée  France 1st 2nd 3rd 3 2
4 Georges de la Falaise  France 2nd 3rd 1st 3 3
5 Eduardo Camet  Argentina 2nd 2nd 3rd 2 3
6 Edmond Wallace  France 2nd 1st 2nd 2 4
7 Gaston Alibert  France 1st 1st 1st 2 3
8 Léon Thiébaut  France 2nd 2nd 1st 2 4
9 Henri Plommet  France 1st 2nd 2nd 0 6
10–18 Maurice Boisdon  France 2nd 1st 4th–6th Did not advance
Jean Dreyfuss  France 2nd 1st 4th–6th
Alexandre Guillemand  France 1st 3rd 4th–6th
Jacques Holzschuch  France 2nd 1st 4th–6th
Élie, Count de Lastours  France 2nd 2nd 4th–6th
Marcel Lévy  France 1st 3rd 4th–6th
Jules de Pradel  France 1st 3rd 4th–6th
Joseph-Marie Rosé  France 1st 3rd 4th–6th
Richard Wallace  France 1st 1st 4th–6th
19–31 Henri-Georges Berger  France 2nd 4th–6th Did not advance
Raoul Bideau  France 2nd 4th–6th
Josiah Bowden  Great Britain 2nd 4th–6th
Henri Jean Début  France 2nd 4th–6th
Édouard Fouchier  France 2nd 4th–6th
Giuseppe Giurato  Italy 1st 4th–6th
Adrien Guyon  France 1st 4th–6th
Jean-André Hilleret  France 2nd 4th–6th
Freydoun Malkom  Iran 2nd 4th–6th
Alphonse Moquet  France 2nd 4th–6th
Jules Roffe  France 1st 4th–6th
Tony Smet  Belgium 1st 4th–6th
Henri Hébrard de Villeneuve  France 1st 4th–6th
32 Maurice Jay  France 2nd DNS
André Rabel  France 1st DNS
Jean-Joseph Renaud  France 1st DNS
35–104 Gaston Achille  France 3rd–7th Did not advance
Adam  France 4th–6th
Andreac  France 4th–6th
Louis Bastien  France 3rd–6th
Bazin  France 4th–6th
H. Georges Berger  France 3rd–6th
Clément de Boissière  France 3rd–6th
Albert Cahen  France 3rd–6th
Carlos de Candamo  Peru 3rd–6th
de Cazenove  France 3rd–7th
Laurent de Champeaux  France 3rd–6th
René Jules Thion de la Chaume  France 3rd–7th
Jacques de la Chevalerie  France 3rd–6th
Olivier Collarini  Italy 3rd–6th
Costiesco  France 4th–6th
Delprat  France 3rd–6th
Duclos  France 3rd–7th
Ducreuil  France 3rd
Marie Joseph Anatole Elie  France 3rd–6th
Giunio Fedreghini  Italy 3rd–7th
Fernandès  France 3rd–6th
Fichot  France 3rd–7th
Maurice Fleury  France 4th–6th
Stan François  France 3rd–6th
Gardiès  France 3rd–6th
Grad  France 3rd–6th
Hérrison  France 3rd–6th
Pierre Georges Louis d'Hugues  France 3rd–6th
Ivan Ivanovitch  France 3rd–6th
Henri de Laborde  France 3rd–6th
Lafontaine  France 3rd–6th
Lariviére  France 3rd
de Lastic  France 3rd–6th
de Laugardière  France 3rd–6th
Adjutant Lemoine  France 3rd–6th
Georges Leroy  France 3rd–6th
Charles Loizillon  France 3rd–6th
Luquetas  France 3rd–6th
Robert Marc  France 4th–6th
Massé  France 3rd–6th
de Meuse  France 3rd–6th
Miller  France 3rd–6th
Moreil  France 3rd–6th
Achille Morin  France 3rd–6th
Mosso  France 3rd–6th
Ivan, Viscount d'Oyley  United States[6] 3rd–6th
Peberay  France 3rd–6th
Mauricio, 4th Duke of Gor  Spain 3rd–6th
de Pradines  France 3rd–7th
Preurot  France 3rd–6th
Prosper  France 3rd–7th
Georges Redeuil  France 3rd–6th
Paul Robert  Switzerland 4th–6th
Charles Robinson  Great Britain 3rd–6th
Joseph Rodrigues  France 3rd–6th
Max Rodrigues  France 3rd–6th
André de Romilly  France 3rd–6th
Pierre Rosenbaum  France 3rd–7th
Salvanahac  France 3rd–6th
de Segonzac  France 3rd–6th
Joseph Sénat  France 3rd–6th
Willy Sulzbacher  France[5] 3rd
Jean Taillefer  France 4th–6th
Adolphe Thomegeux  France 3rd–6th
Pierre Thomegeux  France 4th–6th
André Tintant  France 3rd–6th
de la Tournable  France 3rd–6th
de Vars  France 3rd–6th
Véve  France 3rd–6th
Weber  France 3rd–7th

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c "Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics: Épée, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Mallon, Bill (11 July 2015). The 1900 Olympic Games Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary (Ebook). McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 271. ISBN 9780786489527.
  3. ^ Robinson, Charles Edmund Newton (1911). "Épée-de-Combat" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 9 (11th ed.). pp. 667–669.
  4. ^ "André Tintant". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b Sulzbacher was named to the Olympic Games by a German fencing club and is therefore listed in some sources, including the IOC's database at Olympic.org, as German. However, he was a French national living in France at the time of the Games; other sources, including Olympedia, more accurate list him as French.
  6. ^ a b Viscount d'Oyley was historically counted as French, but has been discovered to have been an American living in Paris. Modern sources, such as Olympedia, count him as competing for the United States.
  7. ^ These two competitors were among the 13 other quarterfinalists that had been defeated in quarterfinals A-E.