Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

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Men's foil
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Fencing pictogram.svg
Olympic fencing
Venue Grand Palais strip
Date29 July 2024
Competitors37 from 21 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Cheung Ka Long Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Silver medal icon.svg Filippo Macchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Nick Itkin Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2020
2028  

The men's foil event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 29 July 2024 at the Grand Palais strip.

Cheung Ka Long defended his 2020 title, becoming a two-time Olympic Champion.

Background

This was the 29th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since being introduced in 1896, with the exception of 1908. Cheung Ka Long was the defending champion, and he has successfully defended his title, becoming the third male foil fencer to achieve this feat after the 1912 and 1920 champion Nedo Nadi and the 1952 and 1956 champion Christian d'Oriola.

Qualification

Competition format

The 1996 tournament had vastly simplified the competition format into a single-elimination bracket, with a bronze medal match. The 2024 tournament continued to use that format. Fencing was done to 15 touches or to the completion of three three-minute rounds if neither fencer reaches 15 touches by then. At the end of time, the higher-scoring fencer was the winner; a tie resulted in an additional one-minute sudden-death time period. This sudden-death period was further modified by the selection of a draw-winner beforehand; if neither fencer scored a touch during the minute, the predetermined draw-winner won the bout. Standard foil rules regarding target area, striking, and priority were used.

Schedule

The competition was held over a single day, Monday, 29 July. Men's foil bouts alternate with the women's sabre event bouts. [1]

All times use Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) [2]

DateTimeRound
Monday, 29 July 20249:25
12:05
14:55
16:20
19:50
21:15
Round of 64
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals

Results

Finals

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Kazuki Iimura  (JPN)11
 
 
 
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Cheung Ka Long  (HKG)15
 
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Cheung Ka Long  (HKG)15
 
 
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Filippo Macchi  (ITA)14
 
Flag of Italy.svg  Filippo Macchi  (ITA)15
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  Nick Itkin  (USA)11
 
Bronze medal bout
 
 
 
 
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Kazuki Iimura  (JPN)12
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  Nick Itkin  (USA)15

Top half

Section 1

Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarterfinals
              
Flag of Italy.svg  Tommaso Marini  (ITA)15
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Blake Broszus  (CAN)9
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg Kruz Schembri (ISV)8
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Blake Broszus  (CAN)15
Flag of Italy.svg  Tommaso Marini  (ITA)14
Flag of France.svg  Maxime Pauty  (FRA)15
Flag of France.svg  Maxime Pauty  (FRA)15
Flag of Japan.svg  Takahiro Shikine  (JPN)9
Flag of France.svg  Maxime Pauty  (FRA)14
Flag of Japan.svg  Kazuki Iimura  (JPN)15
Flag of Japan.svg  Kazuki Iimura  (JPN)15
Flag of Egypt.svg  Alaaeldin Abouelkassem  (EGY)8
Flag of Japan.svg  Kazuki Iimura  (JPN)15
Flag of the United States.svg  Alexander Massialas  (USA)8
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Jérémy Keryhuel  (CIV)3
Flag of the United States.svg  Alexander Massialas  (USA)15

Section 2

Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarterfinals
              
Flag of France.svg  Enzo Lefort  (FRA)15
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chen Yi-tung  (TPE)12
Flag of Lebanon.svg Philippe Wakim (LBN)13
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chen Yi-tung  (TPE)15
Flag of France.svg  Enzo Lefort  (FRA)15
Flag of the United States.svg  Gerek Meinhardt  (USA)10
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Haiwei  (CHN)7
Flag of the United States.svg  Gerek Meinhardt  (USA)15
Flag of France.svg  Enzo Lefort  (FRA)14
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Cheung Ka Long  (HKG)15
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Mo Ziwei  (CHN)15
Flag of Brazil.svg  Guilherme Toldo  (BRA)7
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Mo Ziwei  (CHN)10
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Cheung Ka Long  (HKG)15
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Victor Alvares de Oliveira  (CPV)9
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Daniel Gu  (CAN)15
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Daniel Gu  (CAN)5
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Cheung Ka Long  (HKG)15

Bottom half

Section 3

Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarterfinals
              
Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Hamza  (EGY)15
Flag of Poland.svg  Jan Jurkiewicz  (POL)14
Flag of Algeria.svg  Salim Heroui  (ALG)8
Flag of Poland.svg  Jan Jurkiewicz  (POL)15
Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Hamza  (EGY)15
Flag of Spain.svg  Carlos Llavador  (ESP)12
Flag of South Korea.svg  Ha Tae-gyu  (KOR)13
Flag of Spain.svg  Carlos Llavador  (ESP)15
Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Hamza  (EGY)9
Flag of Italy.svg  Filippo Macchi  (ITA)15
Flag of Italy.svg  Filippo Macchi  (ITA)15
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xu Jie  (CHN)10
Flag of Italy.svg  Filippo Macchi  (ITA)15
Flag of Japan.svg  Kyosuke Matsuyama  (JPN)11
Flag of France.svg  Julien Mertine  (FRA)6
Flag of Japan.svg  Kyosuke Matsuyama  (JPN)15

Section 4

Round of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarterfinals
              
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Alexander Choupenitch  (CZE)15
Flag of Poland.svg  Michał Siess  (POL)3
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Alexander Choupenitch  (CZE)5
Flag of Italy.svg  Guillaume Bianchi  (ITA)15
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Maximilien Van Haaster  (CAN)4
Flag of Italy.svg  Guillaume Bianchi  (ITA)15
Flag of Italy.svg  Guillaume Bianchi  (ITA)14
Flag of the United States.svg  Nick Itkin  (USA)15
Flag of Hungary.svg  Dániel Dósa  (HUN)14
Flag of Egypt.svg  Abdelrahman Tolba  (EGY)15
Flag of Egypt.svg  Abdelrahman Tolba  (EGY)8
Flag of the United States.svg  Nick Itkin  (USA)15
Flag of Poland.svg  Adrian Wojtkowiak  (POL)10
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Alex Tofalides  (CYP)15
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Alex Tofalides  (CYP)10
Flag of the United States.svg  Nick Itkin  (USA)15

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