Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The épée event for amateurs was one of three épée events. 102 fencers from 11 nations competed.[1]

Men's épée
at the Games of the II Olympiad
VenueTuileries Garden
DatesJune 1–14
Competitors102 from 11 nations
Medalists
Ramón Fonst
 Cuba
Louis Perrée
 France
Léon Sée
 France

Round 1

The first round of the event consisted of pool play round-robin tournaments. Each fencer faced each other fencer once. Of the 17 pools, 15 had six fencers each and 2 had seven. The top two placers in each advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pool A
PlaceName
1 Joseph-Marie Rosé (FRA)
2 Élie, Count de Lastours (FRA)
3-6 H. Georges Berger (FRA)
 Luquetas (FRA)
 Mosso (FRA)
 André Tintant (FRA)
Pool B
PlaceName
1 Jules de Pradel (FRA)
2 Jean Dreyfus (FRA)
3-6 Jacques de la Chevalerie (FRA)
 Gardiès (FRA)
 Hérrison (FRA)
 Ivan Ivanovitch (FRA)
Pool C
PlaceName
1 Jules Roffe (FRA)
2 Édouard Fouchier (FRA)
3-6 Pierre Georges Louis d'Hugues (FRA)
 Moreil (FRA)
 Max Rodrigues (FRA)
 Véve (FRA)
Pool D
PlaceName
1 Ramón Fonst (CUB)
2 Edmond Wallace (FRA)
3 Willy Sulzbacher (FRA)[2]
4-6 Bazin (FRA)
 Maurice Fleury (FRA)
 Pierre Thomegeux (FRA)
Pool E
PlaceName
1 Gaston Alibert (FRA)
2 Georges de la Falaise (FRA)
3-6 Olivier Collarini (ITA)
 Grad (FRA)
 Massé (FRA)
 Achille Morin (FRA)
Pool F
PlaceName
1 Jean-Joseph Renaud (FRA)
2 Maurice Boisdon (FRA)
3-6 Laurent de Champeaux (FRA)
 Charles Loizillon (FRA)
 Salvanahac (FRA)
 de Segonzac (FRA)
Pool G
PlaceName
1 Henri Plommet (FRA)
2 Léon Thiébaut (FRA)
3 Lariviére (FRA)
4-6 Adam (FRA)
 Robert Marc (FRA)
 Jean Taillefer (FRA)
Pool H
PlaceName
1 André-Marie Rabel (FRA)
2 Josiah Bowden (GBR)
3-6 de Lastic (FRA)
 Georges Leroy (FRA)
 Miller (FRA)
 Ivan, Viscount d'Oyley (FRA)
Pool I
PlaceName
1 Richard Wallace (FRA)
2 Freydoun Malkom (IRI)
3-6 Marie Joseph Anatole Elie (FRA)
 de Laugardière (FRA)
 Georges Redeuil (FRA)
 Joseph Sénat (FRA)
Pool J
PlaceName
1 Marcel Lévy (FRA)
2 Maurice Jay (FRA)
3-6 Henri de Laborde (FRA)
 Adjutant Lemoine (FRA)
 Charles Robinson (GBR)
 André de Romilly (FRA)
Pool K
PlaceName
1 Giuseppe Giurato (ITA)
2 Raoul Bideau (FRA)
3-6 Clément de Boissière (FRA)
 Albert Cahen (FRA)
 Fernandès (FRA)
 de la Tournable (FRA)
Pool L
PlaceName
1 Alexandre Guillemand (FRA)
2 Jacques Holzschuch (FRA)
3 Ducreuil (FRA)
4-6 Andreac (FRA)
 Costiesco (FRA)
 Paul Robert (SUI)
Pool M
PlaceName
1 Léon Sée (FRA)
2 Eduardo Camet (ARG)
3-6 Carlos de Candamo (PER)
 Mauricio Ponce de Léon (ESP)
 de Meuse (FRA)
 Joseph Rodrigues (FRA)
Pool N
PlaceName
1 Henri Hébrard de Villeneuve (FRA)
2 Alphonse Moquet (FRA)
3-7 de Cazenove (FRA)
 René Jules Thion de la Chaume (FRA)
 de Pradines (FRA)
 Prosper (FRA)
 Pierre Rosenbaum (FRA)
Pool O
PlaceName
1 Louis Perrée (FRA)
2 Henri-Georges Berger (FRA)
3-6 Louis Bastien (FRA)
 Stan François (FRA)
 Peberay (FRA)
 Preurot (FRA)
Pool P
PlaceName
1 Tony Smet (BEL)
2 Henri Jean Début (FRA)
3-7 Gaston Achille (FRA)
 Duclos (FRA)
 Giunio Fedreghini (ITA)
 Fichot (FRA)
 Weber (FRA)
Pool Q
PlaceName
1 Adrien Guyon (FRA)
2 Jean-André Hilleret (FRA)
3-6 Delprat (FRA)
 Lafontaine (FRA)
 Adolphe Thomegeux (FRA)
 de Vars (FRA)

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were again round-robin affairs. The original plan was that of the 6 pools, 2 would have five fencers each and 4 would have six. The top three in each pool were to advance. Three quarterfinalists dropped out, so the quarterfinals were reorganized. There were 5 pools with 6 fencers each; the sixth pool included Holzchuch and four fencers who had lost in other quarterfinals and got a second chance to advance.

Quarterfinal A
PlaceName
1 Jean Dreyfuss (FRA)
2 Henri Plommet (FRA)
3 Marcel Lévy (FRA)
4-6 Jean-André Hilleret (FRA)
 Alphonse Moquet (FRA)
 Jules Roffe (FRA)
Quarterfinal B
PlaceName
1 Richard Wallace (FRA)
2 Élie, Count de Lastours (FRA)
3 Georges de la Falaise (FRA)
4-6 Josiah Bowden (GBR)
 Alexandre Guillemand (FRA)
 Léon Thiébaut (FRA)
Quarterfinal C
PlaceName
1 Edmond Wallace (FRA)
2 Eduardo Camet (ARG)
3 Jules de Pradel (FRA)
4-6 Raoul Bideau (FRA)
 Tony Smet (BEL)
 Henri Hébrard de Villeneuve (FRA)
Quarterfinal D
PlaceName
1 Gaston Alibert (FRA)
2 Léon Sée (FRA)
3 Ramón Fonst (CUB)
4-6 Henri-Georges Berger (FRA)
 Giuseppe Giurato (ITA)
 Freydoun Malkom (IRI)
Quarterfinal E
PlaceName
1 Maurice Boisdon (FRA)
2 Louis Perrée (FRA)
3 Joseph-Marie Rosé (FRA)
4-6 Henri Jean Début (FRA)
 Édouard Fouchier (FRA)
 Adrien Guyon (FRA)
Quarterfinal F
PlaceName
1 Jacques Holzschuch (FRA)
2 Léon Thiébaut (FRA)
3 Alexandre Guillemand (FRA)
4-5Unknown[3]
Withdrew
Name
 Maurice Jay (FRA)
 André Rabel (FRA)
 Jean-Joseph Renaud (FRA)

Semifinals

The semifinals, with 18 fencers left, were conducted in three pools of round-robin play. Each pool had six fencers, with the top three advancing to the final.

Semifinal A
PlaceName
1 Gaston Alibert (FRA)
2 Henri Plommet (FRA)
3 Léon Sée (FRA)
4-6 Élie, Count de Lastours (FRA)
 Jacques Holzschuch (FRA)
 Joseph-Marie Rosé (FRA)
Semifinal B
PlaceName
1 Georges de la Falaise (FRA)
2 Louis Perrée (FRA)
3 Eduardo Camet (ARG)
4-6 Maurice Boisdon (FRA)
 Jean Dreyfuss (FRA)
 Jules de Pradel (FRA)
Semifinal C
PlaceName
1 Léon Thiébaut (FRA)
2 Edmond Wallace (FRA)
3 Ramón Fonst (CUB)
4-6 Alexandre Guillemand (FRA)
 Marcel Lévy (FRA)
 Richard Wallace (FRA)

Final

In the final, each fencer had either 5 or 6 bouts. Fonst and Perrée initially tied for first with 4 wins each, then Fonst won the barrage to break the tie.

PlaceNameWinsLosses
1 Ramón Fonst (CUB)42
2 Louis Perrée (FRA)41
3 Léon Sée (FRA)32
4 Georges de la Falaise (FRA)33
5 Eduardo Camet (ARG)23
6 Edmond Wallace (FRA)24
7 Gaston Alibert (FRA)23
8 Léon Thiébaut (FRA)24
9 Henri Plommet (FRA)06

Notes

  1. "Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics: Épée, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. Sulzbacher was named to the Olympic Games by a German fencing club and is therefore listed in some sources, including the IOC's database at Olympic.org, as German. However, he was a French national living in France at the time of the Games; other sources, including Olympedia, more accurate list him as French.
  3. These two competitors were among the 13 other quarterfinalists that had been defeated in quarterfinals A-E.
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