Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

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Men's épée
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Les Francais (G. a D. Lippmann, Buchard et Massard) medailles de bronze olympique a l'epee en 1920.jpg
French épéeists: silver medalist Alexandre Lippmann, bronze medalist Gustave Buchard, and gold medalist Armand Massard
Venue Gardens de la Palace d'Egmont
DatesAugust 20–23, 1920
Competitors80 from 13 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Armand Massard
Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg Alexandre Lippmann
Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Gustave Buchard
Flag of France.svg  France
  1912
1924  

The men's épée 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 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.

Background

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

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]

Schedule

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

Results

First round

Pool A

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Félix Goblet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 81Q
2 João Sassetti Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 63Q
3 Roger Ducret Flag of France.svg  France 54Q
Gustaf Lindblom Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 54Q
5S. AntonidasFlag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 45Q
6 John Blake Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 45
7 Willem Hubert Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 36
Ivan Osiier Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 36
Paolo Thaon Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 36
10 Jan Černohorský Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 18

Pool B

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Jan Van der Wiel Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 52Q
2 António de Menezes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 43Q
Evangelos SkotidasFlag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 43Q
Maurice de Wée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 43Q
5 Roland Willoughby Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 34Q
6 Kay Schrøder Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 34
7 Frédéric Fitting Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 25
Bertil Uggla Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25

Pool C

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

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Fernando Correia Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 52Q
Georges Trombert Flag of France.svg  France 52Q
3 Victor Boin Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 42Q
Einar Levison Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 42Q
5 Wouter Brouwer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 33Q
6 Abelardo Olivier Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 33q
7 John Dimond US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 24
Hans Törnblom Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 24

Pool D

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Frédéric Dubourdieu Flag of France.svg  France 72Q
2 Poul Rasmussen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 63Q
3 Edouard Fitting Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 54Q
4 Ernest Gevers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 45Q
5 Carl Gripenstedt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 45Q
6 Frederico Paredes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 45
7 Louis Delaunoij Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 36
Raymond Dutcher US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 36
Robert Montgomerie Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 36
10 Josef Javůrek Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 27

Pool E

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Nils Hellsten Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 62Q
2 Ruimondo Mayer Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 53Q
3 Joseph de Craecker Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 44Q
Otakar Švorčík Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 44Q
Alexandre Lippmann Flag of France.svg  France 44Q
6 Eugène Empeyta Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 35
7 Martin Holt Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 35
8 Georg Hegner Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 17
Vasilios Zarkadis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 17

Pool F

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Gustave Buchard Flag of France.svg  France 61Q
2 Tullio Bozza Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 52Q
3 Henri Wijnoldij-Daniëls Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 43Q
4 Aage Berntsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 34Q
William Russell US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 34Q
6 Knut Enell Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25
7 Léon Tom Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 25
8 George Burt Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 16

Pool G

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Henry Breckinridge US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 62Q
Charles Delporte Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 62Q
Louis Moureau Flag of France.svg  France 62Q
4 Jorge de Paiva Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 53Q
5 Josef Jungmann Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 44Q
6 Aldo Boni Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 35
7 Salomon Zeldenrust Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 35
8 Charles Notley Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 26
9 Einar Råberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 08

Pool H

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Fernand de Montigny Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 71Q
2 Georges Casanova Flag of France.svg  France 62Q
Adrianus de Jong Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 62Q
4 Henrique da Silveira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 53Q
5 Giovanni Canova Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 35Q
6 David Warholm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 35
7 Ronald Bruce Campbell Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 35
8 Henri Jacquet Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 26
9 Viliam Tvrský Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 17

Pool I

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Armand Massard Flag of France.svg  France 62Q
2 Ahmed Hassanein Flag of Egypt (1882-1922).svg  Egypt 53Q
Dino Urbani Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 53Q
4 Robin Dalglish Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 44Q
5 Otto Baerentzen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 44Q, withdrew
6 Louis de Tribolet Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 35
7 Manuel Queiróz Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 35
8 Félix Vigeveno Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 26
9 Leonard Schoonmaker US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 08

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal A

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Georges Trombert Flag of France.svg  France 82Q
2 Gustaf Lindblom Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 73Q
Jorge de Paiva Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 73Q
4 Adrianus de Jong Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 64Q
Louis Moureau Flag of France.svg  France 64Q
6 Charles Delporte Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 55Q
7 Tullio Bozza Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 55
Joseph de Craecker Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 55
9 Poul Rasmussen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 46
10 Roland Willoughby Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 28
11 Otakar Švorčík Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 19

Quarterfinal B

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Abelardo Olivier Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 73Q
2 Fernando Correia Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 64Q
Frédéric Dubourdieu Flag of France.svg  France 64Q
Armand Massard Flag of France.svg  France 64Q
5 Henry Breckenridge US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 53Q
Félix Goblet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 53Q
7 Ahmed Hassanein Flag of Egypt (1882-1922).svg  Egypt 46
Ruimondo Mayer Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 46
Henri Wijnoldij-Daniëls Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 46
10 Carl Gripenstedt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 37
11 Josef Jungmann Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 19

Quarterfinal C

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 João Sassetti Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 83Q
2 António de Menezes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 74Q
3 Gustave Buchard Flag of France.svg  France 65Q
Ernest Gevers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 65Q
William Russell US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 65Q
Maurice de Wée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 65Q
7 Giovanni Canova Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 56
Roger Ducret Flag of France.svg  France 56
Evangelos SkotidasFlag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 56
10 Aage Berntsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 47
11S. AntonidasFlag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 38
12 Jan Van der Wiel Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 110

Quarterfinal D

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Nils Hellsten Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 82Q
2 Alexandre Lippmann Flag of France.svg  France 73Q
3 Georges Casanova Flag of France.svg  France 64Q
Einar Levison Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 64Q
Fernand de Montigny Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 64Q
Dino Urbani Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 64Q
7 Henrique da Silveira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 46
8 Victor Boin Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 37
Wouter Brouwer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 37
Edouard Fitting Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 37
11 Robin Dalglish Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 19

Semifinals

Semifinal A

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Georges Casanova Flag of France.svg  France 92Q
2 António de Menezes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 74Q
3 Gustaf Lindblom Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 65Q
Armand Massard Flag of France.svg  France 65Q
5 Charles Delporte Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 47Q
Alexandre Lippmann Flag of France.svg  France 47Q
7 Frédéric Dubourdieu Flag of France.svg  France 47
Fernand de Montigny Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 47
Dino Urbani Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 47
10 Fernando Correia Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 29
William Russell US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 29
12 Einar Levison Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 011

Semifinal B

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Ernest Gevers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 74Q
2 Gustave Buchard Flag of France.svg  France 65Q
Félix Goblet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 65Q
Louis Moureau Flag of France.svg  France 65Q
Abelardo Olivier Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 65Q
Jorge de Paiva Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 65Q
7 Georges Trombert Flag of France.svg  France 65
8 Nils Hellsten Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 47
Adrianus de Jong Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 47
10 Henry Breckenridge US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 38
Maurice de Wée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 38
12 João Sassetti Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 29

Final

RankFencerNationWinsLosses
Gold medal icon.svg Armand Massard Flag of France.svg  France 92
Silver medal icon.svg Alexandre Lippmann Flag of France.svg  France 74
Bronze medal icon.svg Gustave Buchard Flag of France.svg  France 65
4 Ernest Gevers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 65
5 Georges Casanova Flag of France.svg  France 56
6 António de Menezes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 56
Louis Moureau Flag of France.svg  France 56
Abelardo Olivier Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 56
9 Gustaf Lindblom Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 47
10 Charles Delporte Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 38
Félix Goblet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 38
12 Jorge de Paiva Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 29

Results summary

RankFencerNationRound 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTotal
WLRankWLRankWLRankWLWL
Gold medal icon.svg Armand Massard Flag of France.svg  France 621st642nd653rd922713
Silver medal icon.svg Alexandre Lippmann Flag of France.svg  France 443rd732nd475th742218
Bronze medal icon.svg Gustave Buchard Flag of France.svg  France 611st653rd652nd652416
4 Ernest Gevers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 454th653rd741st652319
5 Georges Casanova Flag of France.svg  France 622nd643rd921st562614
6António de MenezesFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 432nd742nd742nd562317
Louis Moureau Flag of France.svg  France 621st644th652nd562317
Abelardo Olivier Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 336th731st652nd562117
9 Gustaf Lindblom Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 543rd732nd653rd472219
10 Charles Delporte Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 621st556th475th381822
Félix Goblet d'Alviella Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 811st535th652nd382217
12 Jorge de Paiva Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 534th732nd652nd292020
13 Frédéric Dubourdieu Flag of France.svg  France 721st642nd477thDid not advance1713
Fernand de Montigny Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 711st643rd477th1712
Georges Trombert Flag of France.svg  France 521st821st657th199
Dino Urbani Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 532nd643rd477th1514
17 Nils Hellsten Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 621st821st478th1811
Adrianus de Jong Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 622nd644th478th1613
19 Henry Skillman Breckinridge US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 621st535th3810th1413
Fernando Correia Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 521st642nd2910th1315
Maurice de Wée Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 432nd653rd3810th1316
William Russell US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 344th653rd2910th1118
23 Ejnar Levison Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 423rd643rd01112th1017
João Sassetti Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 632nd831st2912th1615
25 Tullio Bozza Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 522nd557thDid not advance107
Giovanni Canova Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 355th567th811
Joseph De Craecker Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 443rd557th99
Roger Ducret Flag of France.svg  France 543rd567th1010
Ahmed Hassanein Flag of Egypt (1882-1922).svg  Egypt 532nd467th99
Ruimondo Mayer Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 532nd467th99
Henrique da Silveira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 534th467th99
Evangelos SkotidasFlag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 432nd567th99
Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 433rd467th89
34 Victor Boin Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 423rd378th79
Wouter Brouwer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 335th378th610
Édouard Fitting Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 543rd378th811
37 Poul Rasmussen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 632nd469th109
38 Aage Berntsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 344th4710th711
Carl Gripenstedt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 455th3710th712
Roland Willoughby Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 345th2810th512
41S. AntonidasFlag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 455th3811th713
Robin Dalglish Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 444th1911th513
Josef Jungmann Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 445th1911th513
Otakar Švorčík Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 444th1911th513
45 Jan Van der Wiel Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 521st11012th612
46 Otto Bærentzen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 445thDNS44
47 J. P. Blake Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 456thDid not advance45
Aldo Boni Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 356th35
Eugène Empeyta Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 356th35
Knut Enell Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 256th25
Frederico Paredes Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 456th45
Kay Schrøder Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 346th34
Louis de Tribolet Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 356th35
David Warholm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 356th35
55 Ronald Bruce Campbell Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 357th35
Louis Delaunoij Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 367th36
John Dimond US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 247th24
Raymond Dutcher US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 367th36
Frédéric Fitting Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 257th25
Martin Holt Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 357th35
Willem Hubert Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 367th36
Robert Montgomerie Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 367th36
Ivan Osiier Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 367th36
Manuel Queiróz Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 357th35
Paolo Thaon Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 367th36
Léon Tom Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 257th25
Hans Törnblom Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 247th24
Bertil Uggla Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 257th25
Salomon Zeldenrust Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 357th35
70 George Burt Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 168th16
Georg Hegner Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 178th17
Henri Jacquet Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 268th26
Charles Notley Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 268th26
Félix Vigeveno Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 268th26
Vasilios Zarkadis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 178th17
76 Einar Råberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 089th08
Leon Schoonmaker US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 089th08
Viliam Tvrský Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 179th17
79 Jan Černohorský Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1810th18
Josef Javůrek Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2710th27

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Épée, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 March 2021.