• Source: Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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 épée 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.




Medal summary


These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal.




Participating nations



A total of 15 fencers from four nations competed at the Athens Games:

Austria (1)
Denmark (1)
France (4)
Greece (9)




Medal table






Sub-Committee for Fencing


Ioannis Phokianos, president
Georgios Streit, secretary
Ioannis Yenissarlis
Loukas Belos
Nikolaos Politis
Chas. Waldstein
Dimitrios Aiginitis
Dimitrios Sekkeris
Spyridon Koumoundouros
Konstantinos Manos
Spyridon Antonopoulos




See also



List of Olympic medalists in fencing (men)
List of Olympic medalists in fencing (women)




References






External links


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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