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.

Fencing at the Games of the I Olympiad
The final sword match 1896 Summer Olympics
Venue	Zappeion
Dates	7–9 April 1896
No. of events	3 (3 men, 0 women)
Competitors	15 from 4 nations
1900 →

Medal summary

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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Foil[1] details	Eugène-Henri Gravelotte  France	Henri Callot  France	Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis  Greece
			Athanasios Vouros  Greece
Masters foil[2] details	Leonidas Pyrgos  Greece	Joanni Perronet  France	none
Sabre[3] details	Ioannis Georgiadis  Greece	Telemachos Karakalos  Greece	Holger Nielsen  Denmark

Participating nations

Fencing before the king of Greece, 1896, by André Castaigne

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

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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Greece	2	1	2	5
2	France	1	2	0	3
3	Denmark	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		3	3	3	9

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)