Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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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 epee 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.

Contents 1 Medal summary 2 Medal table 3 Sub-Committee for Fencing 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Medal summary

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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Foil details	Eugène-Henri Gravelotte France (FRA)	Henri Callot France (FRA)	Perikles Pierrakos-Mavromichalis Greece (GRE)
Masters foil details	Leonidas Pyrgos Greece (GRE)	Jean Maurice Perronet France (FRA)	none
Sabre details	Ioannis Georgiadis Greece (GRE)	Telemachos Karakalos Greece (GRE)	Holger Nielsen Denmark (DEN)

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Greece	2	1	1	4
2	France	1	2	0	3
3	Denmark	0	0	1	1

Austria had fencers compete, but won no medals.

[edit] Sub-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

[edit] See also

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

[edit] References

• Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck.  (Digitally available at [1])
• Mallon, Bill; & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9.  (Excerpt available at [2])
• Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X. 

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