1924 Summer Olympics / Fencing

Fencing at the VIII Summer Olympic Games
information
venue	Paris
Competition venue	Velodrome d'Hiver
Nations	23
Athletes	240 (25 , 215 )
date	June 27 - July 11, 1924
decisions	7th
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At the VIII Summer Olympics in Paris in 1924 , seven competitions were held in fencing . The venue was the Vélodrome d'Hiver in the 15th arrondissement . For the first time, a foil competition for women was on the program.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	France	3	3	-	6th
2	Belgium	1	2	1	4th
3	Hungary	1	1	2	4th
4th	Denmark	1	-	1	2
	Italy	1	-	1	2
6th	Great Britain	-	1	-	1
7th	Netherlands	-	-	1	1
	Sweden	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Epee single	Charles Delporte	Roger Ducret	Nils Erik Hellsten
Epee team	Georges Buchard , Roger Ducret , Lucien Gaudin , André Labatut , Robert Liottel , Alexandre Lippmann , Georges Tainturier	Paul Anspach , Joseph De Craecker , Charles Delporte , Fernand de Montigny , Ernest Gevers , Léon Tom	Giulio Basletta , Marcello Bertinetti , Giovanni Canova , Vincenzo Cuccia , Virgilio Mantegazza , Oreste Moricca
Foil single	Roger Ducret	Philippe Cattiau	Maurice Van Damme
Foil team	Philippe Cattiau , Jacques Coutrot , Guy de Luget , Roger Ducret , Lucien Gaudin , Henri Jobier , André Labatut , Joseph Peroteaux	Désiré Beaurain , Marcel Berré , Charles Crahay , Fernand de Montigny , Albert De Roocker , Maurice Van Damme	László Berti , István Lichteneckert , Sándor Pósta , Zoltán Schenker , Ödön Tersztyánszky
Saber single	Sándor Pósta	Roger Ducret	János Garay
Saber crew	Renato Anselmi , Guido Balzarini , Marcello Bertinetti , Bino Bini , Vincenzo Cuccia , Oreste Moricca , Oreste Puliti , Giulio Sarrocchi	László Berti , János Garay , Sándor Pósta , József Rády , Zoltán Schenker , László Széchy , Ödön Tersztyánszky , Jenő Uhlyárik	Arie de Jong , Jetze Doorman , Hendrik Scherpenhuijzen , Jan van der Wiel , Maarten van Dulm , Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls

Women

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Foil single	Ellen Osiier	Gladys Davis	Grete Heckscher

Results men

Epee single

space	country	athlete	Victories
1	BEL	Charles Delporte	8: 3
2	FRA	Roger Ducret	7: 4
3	SWE	Nils Erik Hellsten	7: 4
4th	FRA	Gaston Cornereau	7: 4
5	FRA	Armand Massard	7: 4
6th	ITA	Virgilio Mantegazza	6: 5
7th	FRA	Georges Buchard	5: 6
8th	BEL	Léon Tom	5: 6

Date: July 10-11, 1924
67 participants from 18 countries

Epee team

space	country	athlete
1	FRA	Georges Buchard , Roger Ducret , Lucien Gaudin , André Labatut , Robert Liottel , Alexandre Lippmann , Georges Tainturier
2	BEL	Paul Anspach , Joseph De Craecker , Charles Delporte , Fernand de Montigny , Ernest Gevers , Léon Tom
3	ITA	Giulio Basletta , Marcello Bertinetti , Giovanni Canova , Vincenzo Cuccia , Virgilio Mantegazza , Oreste Moricca
4th	POR	Henrique da Silveira , Paulo d'Eça Leal , António de Menezes , Mário de Noronha , Jorge de Paiva , António Leite , Ruimondo Mayer , Frederico Paredes
5	ESP	Juan Delgado , Félix de Pomés , Diego Díez , Domingo García , Jesús López de Lara , Miguel Zabalza
6th	United States	George Breed , George Calnan , Arthur Lyon , Allen Milner , William Russell , Leon Shore , Donald Waldhaus

Date: July 6th to 9th, 1924
88 participants from 16 countries

Foil single

space	country	athlete	Victories
1	FRA	Roger Ducret	6-0
2	FRA	Philippe Cattiau	5: 1
3	BEL	Maurice Van Damme	4: 2
4th	FRA	Jacques Coutrot	3: 3
5	ARG	Roberto Larraz	2: 4
6th	THE	Ivan Osiier	1: 5
7th	BEL	Balthazar De Beukelaer	0: 6
8th	GBR	Edgar Seligman	-

Date: 1st to 4th July 1924
49 participants from 17 countries

Foil team

space	country	athlete
1	FRA	Philippe Cattiau , Jacques Coutrot , Guy de Luget , Roger Ducret , Lucien Gaudin , Henri Jobier , André Labatut , Joseph Peroteaux
2	BEL	Désiré Beaurain , Marcel Berré , Charles Crahay , Fernand de Montigny , Albert De Roocker , Maurice Van Damme
3	HUN	László Berti , István Lichteneckert , Sándor Pósta , Zoltán Schenker , Ödön Tersztyánszky
4th	ITA	Valentino Argento , Aldo Boni , Dante Carniel , Giorgio Chiavacci , Luigi Cuomo , Giulio Gaudini , Giorgio Pessina , Oreste Puliti
5	ARG	Horacio Casco , Roberto Larraz , Luis Lucchetti , Ángel Santamarina
	THE	Jens Berthelsen , Svend Munck , Ivan Osiier , Erik Sjøqvist

Date: June 27-30, 1924
67 participants from 12 countries

Saber single

space	country	athlete	Victories
1	HUN	Sándor Pósta	5: 2
2	FRA	Roger Ducret	5: 2
3	HUN	János Garay	5: 2
4th	HUN	Zoltán Schenker	4: 3
5	NED	Aria de Jong	4: 3
6th	THE	Ivan Osiier	2: 5
7th	FRA	Georges Conraux	2: 5
8th	ARG	Horacio Casco	1: 6

Date: July 16-18, 1924
47 participants from 15 countries

Saber crew

space	country	athlete
1	ITA	Renato Anselmi , Guido Balzarini , Marcello Bertinetti , Bino Bini , Vincenzo Cuccia , Oreste Moricca , Oreste Puliti , Giulio Sarrocchi
2	HUN	László Berti , János Garay , Sándor Pósta , József Rády , Zoltán Schenker , László Széchy , Ödön Tersztyánszky , Jenő Uhlyárik
3	NED	Arie de Jong , Jetze Doorman , Hendrik Scherpenhuijzen , Jan van der Wiel , Maarten van Dulm , Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls
4th	TCH	Alexandr Bárta , František Dvořák , Josef Jungmann , Luděk Opplt , Otakar Švorčík
5	FRA	Georges Conraux , Henri de Saint Germain , Jean-François Jannekeyn , Lionel Lifschitz , Marc Perrodon , Maurice Taillandier
6th	ARG	Horacio Casco , Carmelo Merlo , Arturo Ponce , Raúl Sola , Santiago Torres

Date: July 12th to 15th, 1924
80 participants from 14 countries

Results women

Foil single

space	country	sportswoman	Victories
1	THE	Ellen Osiier	5-0
2	GBR	Gladys Davis	4: 1
3	THE	Grete Heckscher	3: 2
4th	GBR	Muriel Freeman	2: 3
5	THE	Yutta Barding	1: 4
6th	HUN	Gizella Tary	0: 5

File: July 2-4, 1924
25 participants from 9 countries

Web links

• Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1924 Summer Olympics (PDF, 23.3 MB)