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.

Foil Masters foil none Sabre

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

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