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Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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Fencing

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

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

[edit] Medal table

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

[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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