Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's foil


The men's foil was one of three fencing events on the Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on the second day of competition, 7 April. Eight fencers took part, with the preliminary fencing involving a round-robin held in two groups. The first group was Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, Delaborde, Callot, and Poulos. The second was Komninos-Miliotis, Balakakis, Gravelotte, and Vouros. The two fencers that were undefeated in their groups faced each other in the final for gold and silver medals, while Pierrakos-Mavromichalis was awarded third place as he had the best record of the remaining fencers in actual bouts. Vouros's second win came from a forfeit by Komninos-Miliotis.

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

RankFencerNationWL
19430
2 7421
35712
43903

MatchWinnerTouchesLoser
A13-1
A23-2
A33-0
A43-1
A53-1
A63-1

Group B

RankFencerNationWL
19530
28421
35712
43903

MatchWinnerTouchesLoser
B13-1
B23-2
B33-1
B43-2
B53-1
B63-0

Final

In the final, the two undefeated Frenchmen faced each other. Gravelotte won in a close bout.
MatchWinnerTouchesLoser
F3-1