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:
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
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