Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

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Men's foil
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Nedo Nadi en 1920.jpg
Nedo Nadi
Venue Gardens de la Palace d'Egmont
DatesAugust 17–18
Competitors56 from 10 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Nedo Nadi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Philippe Cattiau Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Roger Ducret Flag of France.svg  France
  1912
1924  

The men's foil was a fencing event held as part of the Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. A total of 56 fencers from 10 nations competed in the event, which was held on August 17 and August 18, 1920. Nations were limited to eight fencers each, with Belgium and Italy entering the maximum. Nedo Nadi of Italy repeated as Olympic champion, retaining the title he initially won at the 1912 Summer Olympics. Philippe Cattiau and Roger Ducret of France earned silver and bronze, respectively, returning France to the podium for the first time since 1900.

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Background

This was the fifth appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1908 (when there was a foil display only rather than a medal event). Four of the 1912 finalists returned after the war: gold medalist Nedo Nadi and silver medalist Pietro Speciale of Italy and sixth-place finisher Edgar Seligman and eighth-place finisher Robert Montgomerie of Great Britain. [1]

Czechoslovakia and Egypt each made their debut in the men's foil. The United States made its fourth appearance, having missed only the inaugural 1896 competition. France, a perennial power in the event, returned after not traveling to St. Louis in 1904 and boycotting the 1912 fencing competitions over rules disputes.

Competition format

The event used a three-round format. In each round, the fencers were divided into pools to play a round-robin within the pool. Bouts were to three touches (an unpopular change from the more typical five). Standard foil rules were used, including that touches had to be made with the tip of the foil, the target area was limited to the torso, and priority determined the winner of double touches. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, 17 August 19209:00Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 18 August 192015:30Semifinals
Final

Results

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal A

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 André Labatut Flag of France.svg  France 60Q
2 Jean Verbrugge Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 51Q
3 Ejnar Levison Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 42Q
4 Henry Breckinridge US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 24
Wouter Brouwer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24
Rodolfo Terlizzi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 24
7 Cecil Kershaw Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 06

Quarterfinal B

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Nedo Nadi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 71Q
2 Georges Trombert Flag of France.svg  France 71Q
3 Viliam Tvrzský Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 62Q
4 Salomon Zeldenrust Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 53
5 Millard Bloomer US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 44
6 Charles Pape Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 35
7 H. Evan James Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 26
Gustaf Lindblom Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 26
9 Kay Schrøder Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 08

Quarterfinal C

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Aldo Nadi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 60Q
2 Ivan Osiier Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 42Q
3 Lionel Bony de Castellane Flag of France.svg  France 42Q
4 Emile Dufrane Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 33
Roland Willoughby Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 33
6 Josef Jungmann Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 15
7 Nils Hellsten Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 06

Quarterfinal D

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Abelardo Olivier Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 71Q
2 Marcel Cuypers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 62Q
Marcel Perrot Flag of France.svg  France 62Q
4 Georg Hegner Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 44
Adrianus de Jong Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 44
6 Josef Javůrek Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 35
Brooks Parker US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 35
8 Robert Montgomerie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 26
9 Hans Törnblom Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 17

Quarterfinal E

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Federico Cesarano Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 40Q
2 Charles Crahay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 31Q
3 Francis Honeycutt US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 22Q
4 Ahmed Hassanein Flag of Egypt (1882-1922).svg  Egypt 13
5 Verner Bonde Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 04

Quarterfinal F

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Philippe Cattiau Flag of France.svg  France 60Q
2 Pietro Speciale Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 42Q
3 Knut Enell Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 42Q
4 Marcel Berré Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 24
Geoffrey Doyne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 24
František Dvořák Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 24
7 Jan Van der Wiel Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 16

Quarterfinal G

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Roger Ducret Flag of France.svg  France 50Q
2 Oreste Puliti Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 41Q
3 Robert de Schepper Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 32Q
4 Thomas Wand-Tetley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23
5 George Calnan US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 14
6 Aage Berntsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 05

Quarterfinal H

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Fernand de Montigny Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 50Q
2 Tommaso Constantino Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 41Q
3 Félix Vigeveno Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 32Q
4 Edgar Seligman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23
5 Antonín Mikala Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 14
6 Leonard Schoonmaker US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 05

Semifinals

Semifinal A

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Nedo Nadi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 50Q
2 Oreste Puliti Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 41Q
3 Roger Ducret Flag of France.svg  France 32Q
4 Lionel Bony de Castellane Flag of France.svg  France 23
5 Robert de Schepper Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 14
6 Francis Honeycutt US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 05

Semifinal B

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Philippe Cattiau Flag of France.svg  France 41Q
Aldo Nadi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 41Q
3 Marcel Perrot Flag of France.svg  France 32Q
4 Marcel Cuypers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 23
5 Ejnar Levison Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 14
Viliam Tvrský Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 14

Semifinal C

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Fernand de Montigny Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 41Q
Georges Trombert Flag of France.svg  France 41Q
3 Ivan Osiier Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 32Q
4 Tommaso Constantino Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 23
Charles Crahay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 23
6 Federico Cesarano Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 05

Semifinal D

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 André Labatut Flag of France.svg  France 50Q
2 Abelardo Olivier Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 41Q
3 Pietro Speciale Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 23Q
4 Félix Vigeveno Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 23
5 Knut Enell Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 14
Jean Verbrugge Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 14

Final

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTA
Gold medal icon.svg Nedo Nadi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 101
Silver medal icon.svg Philippe Cattiau Flag of France.svg  France 9214
Bronze medal icon.svg Roger Ducret Flag of France.svg  France 9219
4 André Labatut Flag of France.svg  France 74
5 Aldo Nadi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 6519
6 Fernand de Montigny Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6527
7 Oreste Puliti Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 56
8 Ivan Osiier Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 47
9 Abelardo Olivier Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 38
10 Georges Trombert Flag of France.svg  France 38
11 Marcel Perrot Flag of France.svg  France 38
12 Pietro Speciale Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 110

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