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Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The men's épée was a fencing event held as part of the fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme in Antwerp, Belgium. It was the fifth appearance of the event. A total of 80 fencers from 13 nations competed in the event, which was held from August 20 to 23, 1920. Each nation was limited to eight fencers, down from 12 in 1908 and 1912.[1] Of the six fencing events, the only one in which Nedo Nadi did not win a gold medal was the one in which he did not compete. Instead, a trio of Frenchmen (Armand Massard, Alexandre Lippmann, and Gustave Buchard) swept the medals. It was Lippmann's second silver medal in the event, he having previously taken second in 1908; he was the second man to win multiple medals in the individual épée.

Men's épée
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
French épéeists: silver medalist Alexandre Lippmann, bronze medalist Gustave Buchard, and gold medalist Armand Massard
VenueGardens de la Palace d'Egmont
DatesAugust 20–23, 1920
Competitors80 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Armand Massard
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alexandre Lippmann
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gustave Buchard
 France
← 1912
1924 →

Background

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This was the fifth appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (with only foil and sabre events held) but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900.[1]

Four of the eight finalists from the 1912 Games returned: silver medalist Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier of Denmark (who competed in seven Games from 1908 to 1948), fourth-place finisher Victor Boin of Belgium, seventh-place finisher Léon Tom of Belgium, and eighth-place finisher Martin Holt of Great Britain. The French and Italian teams, both of whom boycotted the 1912 Games over separate rules disputes, returned, including 1908 silver medalist Alexandre Lippmann.

Czechoslovakia and Egypt each made their debut in the event. Belgium, Great Britain, and the United States each appeared for the fourth time, tied for most among nations.

Competition format

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The competition was held over four rounds. In each round, each pool held a round-robin, with bouts to 1 touch. Double-touches counted as touches against both fencers. Rather than hold separate barrages to separate fencers tied in the advancement spot (as had been done in 1908), the head-to-head results of bouts already fenced were used (as in 1912). The size of the pools was increased; where previously the maximum size of a pool was 8, now the final and semifinals consisted of 12 fencers each with the quarterfinals and first round pools also larger.[1]

  • First round: 9 pools of between 8 and 10 fencers each. The 5 fencers in each pool with the fewest touches against advanced to the quarterfinals.
  • Second round: 4 pools of 11 or 12 fencers each. The 6 fencers in each pool with the fewest touches against advanced to the semifinals.
  • Semifinals: 2 pools of 12 fencers each. The 6 fencers in each pool with the fewest touches against advanced to the final.
  • Final: 1 pool of 12 fencers.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Friday, 20 August 19209:00Round 1
Sunday, 22 August 19209:00Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Monday, 23 August 19209:30Final

Results

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First round

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Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Olivier advanced to the final after Otto Baerentzen (5th in Pool I) withdrew.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Fernando Correia Portugal52Q
Georges Trombert France52Q
3Victor Boin Belgium42Q
Einar Levison Denmark42Q
5Wouter Brouwer Netherlands33Q
6Abelardo Olivier Italy33q
7John Dimond United States24
Hans Törnblom Sweden24

Pool D

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Pool E

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Pool F

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Pool G

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Pool H

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Pool I

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Quarterfinals

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Quarterfinal A

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Quarterfinal B

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Quarterfinal C

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Quarterfinal D

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Semifinals

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Final

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Results summary

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RankFencerNationRound 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTotal
WLRank WLRank WLRank WL WL
1st place, gold medalist(s)Armand Massard France621st642nd653rd922713
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Alexandre Lippmann France443rd732nd475th742218
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Gustave Buchard France611st653rd652nd652416
4Ernest Gevers Belgium454th653rd741st652319
5Georges Casanova France622nd643rd921st562614
6António de Menezes Portugal432nd742nd742nd562317
Louis Moureau France621st644th652nd562317
Abelardo Olivier Italy336th731st652nd562117
9Gustaf Lindblom Sweden543rd732nd653rd472219
10Charles Delporte Belgium621st556th475th381822
Félix Goblet d'Alviella Belgium811st535th652nd382217
12Jorge de Paiva Portugal534th732nd652nd292020
13Frédéric Dubourdieu France721st642nd477thDid not advance1713
Fernand de Montigny Belgium711st643rd477th1712
Georges Trombert France521st821st657th199
Dino Urbani Italy532nd643rd477th1514
17Nils Hellsten Sweden621st821st478th1811
Adrianus de Jong Netherlands622nd644th478th1613
19Henry Skillman Breckinridge United States621st535th3810th1413
Fernando Correia Portugal521st642nd2910th1315
Maurice de Wée Belgium432nd653rd3810th1316
William Russell United States344th653rd2910th1118
23Ejnar Levison Denmark423rd643rd01112th1017
João Sassetti Portugal632nd831st2912th1615
25Tullio Bozza Italy522nd557thDid not advance107
Giovanni Canova Italy355th567th811
Joseph De Craecker Belgium443rd557th99
Roger Ducret France543rd567th1010
Ahmed Hassanein Egypt532nd467th99
Ruimondo Mayer Portugal532nd467th99
Henrique da Silveira Portugal534th467th99
Evangelos Skotidas Greece432nd567th99
Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls Netherlands433rd467th89
34Victor Boin Belgium423rd378th79
Wouter Brouwer Netherlands335th378th610
Édouard Fitting Switzerland543rd378th811
37Poul Rasmussen Denmark632nd469th109
38Aage Berntsen Denmark344th4710th711
Carl Gripenstedt Sweden455th3710th712
Roland Willoughby Great Britain345th2810th512
41S. Antonidas Greece455th3811th713
Robin Dalglish Great Britain444th1911th513
Josef Jungmann Czechoslovakia445th1911th513
Otakar Švorčík Czechoslovakia444th1911th513
45Jan Van der Wiel Netherlands521st11012th612
46Otto Bærentzen Denmark445thDNS44
47J. P. Blake Great Britain456thDid not advance45
Aldo Boni Italy356th35
Eugène Empeyta Switzerland356th35
Knut Enell Sweden256th25
Frederico Paredes Portugal456th45
Kay Schrøder Denmark346th34
Louis de Tribolet Switzerland356th35
David Warholm Sweden356th35
55Ronald Bruce Campbell Great Britain357th35
Louis Delaunoij Netherlands367th36
John Dimond United States247th24
Raymond Dutcher United States367th36
Frédéric Fitting Switzerland257th25
Martin Holt Great Britain357th35
Willem Hubert Netherlands367th36
Robert Montgomerie Great Britain367th36
Ivan Osiier Denmark367th36
Manuel Queiróz Portugal357th35
Paolo Thaon Italy367th36
Léon Tom Belgium257th25
Hans Törnblom Sweden247th24
Bertil Uggla Sweden257th25
Salomon Zeldenrust Netherlands357th35
70George Burt Great Britain168th16
Georg Hegner Denmark178th17
Henri Jacquet Switzerland268th26
Charles Notley Great Britain268th26
Félix Vigeveno Netherlands268th26
Vasilios Zarkadis Greece178th17
76Einar Råberg Sweden089th08
Leon Schoonmaker United States089th08
Viliam Tvrský Czechoslovakia179th17
79Jan Černohorský Czechoslovakia1810th18
Josef Javůrek Czechoslovakia2710th27

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Épée, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
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