Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's foil
The men's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twenty-first appearance of the event. The competition was held on 31 July 1992. 59 fencers from 25 nations competed.
Competition format
The 1992 tournament used a three-phase format roughly similar to prior years in consisting of a group phase, a double-elimination phase, and a single-elimination phase, but each phase was very different from previous formats.The first phase was a single round round-robin pool play format; each fencer in a pool faced each other fencer in that pool once. There were 9 pools with 6 or 7 fencers each. The fencers' ranks within the pool were ignored; the overall winning percentage were used to rank the fencers. The top 46 advanced to the second phase, while the other fencers were eliminated.
The second phase was a modified, truncated double-elimination tournament. 14 fencers received a bye to the second round, while the 32 fencers ranked 15–46 played in the round of 64. Fencers losing in the round of 64 were eliminated, while the remaining rounds were double elimination via repechages. The repechages used a complicated reseeding mechanism. Ultimately, the 4 fencers remaining undefeated after the round of 8 advanced to the quarterfinals along with 4 fencers who advanced through the repechages after one loss.
The final phase was a single elimination tournament with quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final and bronze medal match.
All bouts were to 5 touches. In the second and third phases, matches were best-of-three bouts.
Results
Group round
Fencers were ranked by win percent, then touch differential, then touches against. This ranking, with adjustments to ensure that no two fencers of the same nation were in the same bracket, was used to seed the elimination round brackets.| Rank | Fencer | Nation | Pool | Rank | Wins | Losses | Win % | TF - TA | Qual. | ||
| 1 | Stefano Cerioni | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 30 | 8 | 22 | ||
| 2 | Ye Chong | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 30 | 11 | 19 | ||
| 3 | Dmitry Shevchenko | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 30 | 11 | 19 | ||
| 4 | Philippe Omnès | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 26 | 11 | 15 | ||
| 5 | Andrea Borella | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 27 | 13 | 14 | ||
| 6 | Zsolt Érsek | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 29 | 15 | 14 | ||
| 7 | Piotr Kiełpikowski | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 25 | 15 | 10 | ||
| 8 | Marian Sypniewski | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 28 | 19 | 9 | ||
| 9 | Serhiy Holubytskiy | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 24 | 11 | 13 | ||
| 10 | Guillermo Betancourt | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 23 | 12 | 11 | ||
| 11 | Joachim Wendt | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 24 | 13 | 11 | ||
| 12 | Mauro Numa | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 23 | 14 | 9 | ||
| 13 | Ulrich Schreck | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 22 | 17 | 5 | ||
| 14 | Jonathan Davis | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 27 | 14 | 13 | ||
| 15 | Thorsten Weidner | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 27 | 16 | 11 | ||
| 16 | Elvis Gregory | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 24 | 16 | 8 | ||
| 17 | Udo Wagner | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 24 | 19 | 5 | ||
| 18 | Anatol Richter | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 22 | 18 | 4 | ||
| 19 | Hiroki Ichigatani | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 20 | 17 | 3 | ||
| 20 | Vyacheslav Grigoryev | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 22 | 19 | 3 | ||
| 21 | Oscar García | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 21 | 15 | 6 | ||
| 22 | Patrick Groc | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 20 | 15 | 5 | ||
| 23 | Patrice Lhôtellier | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 19 | 15 | 4 | ||
| 24 | Yu Bong-Hyeong | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 17 | 14 | 3 | ||
| 25 | Kinya Abe | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 17 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 26 | Mike Marx | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 23 | 17 | 6 | ||
| 27 | István Busa | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 24 | 21 | 3 | ||
| 28 | Ramiro Bravo | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 21 | 20 | 1 | ||
| 29 | Kim Yeong-Ho | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 20 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 30 | Róbert Kiss | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 22 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 31 | Wang Haibin | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 21 | 22 | -1 | ||
| 32 | Nick Bravin | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 19 | 22 | -3 | ||
| 33 | Lo Moon Tong | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 18 | 19 | -1 | ||
| 34 | Michael Ludwig | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 21 | 22 | -1 | ||
| 35 | Ola Kajbjer | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 18 | 20 | -2 | ||
| 36 | José Francisco Guerra | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 17 | 20 | -3 | ||
| 37 | Maged Abdallah | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 17 | 20 | -3 | ||
| 38 | Wu Xing Yao | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 18 | 21 | -3 | ||
| 39 | Yoshihide Nagano | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 18 | 21 | -3 | ||
| 40 | Bill Gosbee | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 14 | 18 | -4 | ||
| 41 | Benoît Giasson | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 16 | 20 | -4 | ||
| 42 | Donnie McKenzie | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 17 | 21 | -4 | ||
| 43 | Adam Krzesiński | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 17 | 21 | -4 | ||
| 44 | Zaddick Longenbach | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 21 | 25 | -4 | ||
| 45 | Wang Lihong | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 21 | 25 | -4 | ||
| 46 | Andrés García | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 16 | 21 | -5 | ||
| 47 | Kim Seung-Pyo | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 20 | 28 | -8 | ||
| 48 | Zahi El-Khoury | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 11 | 21 | -10 | ||
| 49 | Tang Kwong Hau | 8 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 12 | 22 | -10 | ||
| 50 | Alberto González | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | .200 | 9 | 24 | -15 | ||
| 51 | Hein van Garderen | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 14 | 25 | -11 | ||
| 52 | José Guimarães | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 15 | 27 | -12 | ||
| 53 | Walter Torres | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 10 | 26 | -16 | ||
| 54 | Enzo da Ponte | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 11 | 29 | -18 | ||
| 54 | Dario Torrente | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 11 | 29 | -18 | ||
| 56 | José Marcelo Álvarez | 4 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 16 | 30 | -14 | ||
| 57 | Wong James | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 15 | 30 | -15 | ||
| 58 | Tan Ronald | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 7 | 30 | -23 | ||
| 59 | Michel Youssef | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 3 | 30 | -27 |
Elimination rounds
Main brackets
Main bracket 1
Bravin, Giasson, and Abe were eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Lo beating Wagner and Gosbee beating Abe to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Cerioni and Holubytskiy, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Gregory, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Sypniewski won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.Repechage qualifiers 1
Main bracket 2
Guerra, Longenbach, Wang L., and Kim were eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with O. García beating Busa and Davis beating Ludwig to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Schreck and Grigoryev, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Omnès, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Borella won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.Repechage qualifiers 2
Main bracket 3
Abdallah, Ichigatani, Krzesiński, and Wu were eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with A. García beating Wang H. and Groc beating Bravo to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Shevchenko and Érsek, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Numa, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Wendt won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.Repechage qualifiers 3
Main bracket 4
Marx, Lhôtellier, and Kiss were eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Nagano beating McKenzie and Ye beating Weidner to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Kiełpikowski and Richter, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Kajbjer, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Betancourt won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.Repechage qualifiers 4
Repechage rounds 1 and 2
The fencers were reseeded: the eight fencers who had lost in the round of 16 were reseeded as 1–8 while the eight fencers who had lost in the round of 32 but won the repechage qualifiers were reseeded as 9–16. For example, original seed #2 Ye was reseeded as #9 because he was the top-seeded fencer who had advanced through the repechage qualifiers. Original seeds are shown in parentheses in the brackets.Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 1
García faced the top two fencers from the group round, beating Cerioni before falling to Ye.Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 2
Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 3
Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 4
Repechage round 3
The fencers were reseeded again. Seeds 1–4 were given to round 8 losers, based on their original seeds. Seeds 5–8 were given to the winners of the second round of the repechage, based on their original seeds—except that Ye was moved from #5 to #6 to avoid a rematch with Kajbjer.Repechage round 3 bracket 1
Repechage round 3 bracket 2
Repechage round 3 bracket 3
Repechage round 3 bracket 4
Final rounds
The fencers were reseeded a final time. Seeds 1–4 were given to the round of 8 winners, based on their original seeds. Seeds 5–8 were given to the winners of the third round of the repechage, based on their original seeds.Final classification
| Fencer | Country |
| Philippe Omnès | |
| Serhiy Holubytskiy | |
| Elvis Gregory | |
| Udo Wagner | |
| Andrea Borella | |
| Marian Sypniewski | |
| Guillermo Betancourt | |
| Joachim Wendt | |
| Ye Chong | |
| Mauro Numa | |
| Anatol Richter | |
| Ola Kajbjer | |
| Dmitry Shevchenko | |
| Zsolt Érsek | |
| Piotr Kiełpikowski | |
| Andrés García | |
| Stefano Cerioni | |
| Ulrich Schreck | |
| Jonathan Davis | |
| Vyacheslav Grigoryev | |
| Oscar García | |
| Patrick Groc | |
| Yoshihide Nagano | |
| Bill Gosbee | |
| Thorsten Weidner | |
| Yu Bong-Hyeong | |
| István Busa | |
| Ramiro Bravo | |
| Wang Haibin | |
| Lo Moon Tong | |
| Michael Ludwig | |
| Donnie McKenzie | |
| Hiroki Ichigatani | |
| Patrice Lhôtellier | |
| Kinya Abe | |
| Mike Marx | |
| Kim Yeong-Ho | |
| Róbert Kiss | |
| Nick Bravin | |
| José Francisco Guerra | |
| Maged Abdallah | |
| Wu Xing Yao | |
| Benoît Giasson | |
| Adam Krzesiński | |
| Zaddick Longenbach | |
| Wang Lihong | |
| Kim Seung-Pyo | |
| Zahi El-Khoury | |
| Tang Kwong Hau | |
| Alberto González | |
| Hein van Garderen | |
| José Guimarães | |
| Walter Torres | |
| Enzo da Ponte | |
| Dario Torrente | |
| José Marcelo Álvarez | |
| Wong James | |
| Tan Ronald | |
| Michel Youssef |