Men's épée
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Gold medalist Lucien Gaudin
VenueSchermzaal
Dates6–7 August 1928
Competitors59 from 22 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lucien Gaudin
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Georges Buchard
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) George Calnan
 United States

The men's épée was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from 6 August 1928 to 7 August 1928. 59 fencers from 22 nations competed.[1] Each nation could have up to three fencers. The event was won by Lucien Gaudin of France, the nation's third victory in the individual men's épée—taking sole possession of most among nations above Cuba and Belgium, each at two. Gaudin was the second man to win both the foil and épée events at a single Games. It was the third consecutive Games at which France reached the podium in the event. Two Frenchman had reached the head-to-head final; Gaudin won over Georges Buchard, who received silver. Bronze in 1928 went to American George Calnan, the nation's first medal in the event.

Background

This was the seventh appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (with only foil and sabre events held) but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900.[2]

Six of the 12 finalists from the 1924 Games returned: gold medalist (and 1920 finalist) Charles Delporte of Belgium, bronze medalist Nils Hellsten of Sweden, fifth-place finisher (and 1920 gold medalist) Armand Massard of France, seventh-place finisher Georges Buchard of France, seventh-place finisher Léon Tom of Belgium, and ninth-place finisher Peter Ryefelt of Denmark. Buchard was the reigning (1927) World Champion; his countryman Lucien Gaudin was the 1921 World Champion. The two were favored in the event.[2]

Bulgaria, Chile, Finland, Mexico, and Romania each made their debut in the event. Belgium, Great Britain, and the United States each appeared for the sixth time, tied for most among nations.

Competition format

The competition format was unusual. It began with the same general four-round, pool-play format in use since 1908 (though with some modifications). However, it added an "extra final" medal round which placed the top four finishers in the "final" into a single-elimination bracket with a bronze medal bout. In each round before the "extra final", each pool held a round-robin; however, the number of touches changed by round. Double-touches counted as touches against both fencers, and both fencers could lose a bout if a double-touch resulted in each reaching the prescribed number of touches against. There were no barrages.[2]

  • First round: 6 pools of between 9 and 10 fencers each. Bouts were to 1 touch. The 6 fencers in each pool with the most wins advanced to the quarterfinals.
  • Quarterfinals: 3 pools of 12 fencers each. Bouts were to 1 touch. The 6 fencers in each pool with the most wins advanced to the semifinals.
  • Semifinals: 2 pools of 9 fencers each. Bouts were to 2 touches. The 5 fencers in each pool with the most wins advanced to the final.
  • Final: 1 pool of 10 fencers. Bouts were to 2 touches. The top 4 fencers advanced to the "extra final" medal round.
  • Extra final: A four-fencer, single-elimination bracket. The #1 seed faced the #4 seed, and the #2 vs. the #3 in a semifinal round. The winners of those two bouts reached the gold medal final, while the losers of the two semifinals went to the bronze medal bout.

Schedule

Date Time Round
Monday, 6 August 19289:00
13:30
16:30		Round 1
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Tuesday, 7 August 1928Final
Extra final

Results

Source: Official results;[3] De Wael[4]

Round 1

Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to one touch, with double-losses possible. The top six fencers in each pool advanced to the second round.

Pool A

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Domingo García Spain7Q
2Charles Biscoe Great Britain6Q
3Saul Moyal Egypt6Q
4Henrique da Silveira Portugal5Q
5Hans Halberstadt Germany5Q
6Charles Debeur Belgium5Q
7Ottó Hátszeghy Hungary3
Luis Hernández Mexico3
9Sigurd Akre-Aas Norway1
Gunnar Cederschiöld Sweden1

Pool B

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Nils Hellsten Sweden7Q
2George Calnan United States7Q
3Eugène Empeyta Switzerland6Q
4Ivan Osiier Denmark6Q
5János Hajdú Hungary5Q
6Fritz Jack Germany3Q
7František Kříž Czechoslovakia3
Pieter Mijer Netherlands3
9Torvald Appelroth Finland2
Gheorghe Caranfil Romania2

Pool C

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Salvator Cicurel Egypt6Q
2Paulo Leal Portugal6Q
3Jens Berthelsen Denmark6Q
4Willem Driebergen Netherlands5Q
5József Rády Hungary4Q
6Gustaf Dyrssen Sweden4Q
7Fidel González Spain4
Raoul Heide Norway4
Antonio Villamil Argentina4
10Edward Willis Barnett United States1

Pool D

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Léon Tom Belgium6Q
2Armand Massard France6Q
3Răzvan Penescu Romania6Q
4Peter Ryefelt Denmark5Q
5Oscar Martínez Argentina5Q
6Allen Milner United States4Q
7Jan Černohorský Czechoslovakia4
8Konstantinos Bembis Greece3
9Adrianus de Jong Netherlands2
10Frithjof Lorentzen Norway1

Pool E

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Lucien Gaudin France9Q
2Édouard Fitting Switzerland6Q
3Charles Delporte Belgium6Q
4Theodor Fischer Germany4Q
5Frederico Paredes Portugal4Q
6Bertie Childs Great Britain3Q
7Dan Gheorghiu Romania3
8Georgios Ambet Greece2
Elie Adda Egypt2
10José Llauro Argentina1

Pool F

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Georges Buchard France7Q
2Henri Jacquet Switzerland6Q
3Martin Holt Great Britain6Q
4Tryfon Triantafyllakos Greece4Q
5Pedro Mercado Mexico3Q
6Josef Jungmann Czechoslovakia3Q
7Tomás Goyoaga Chile3
8Dimitar Vasilev Bulgaria2
Lauri Kettunen Finland2

Quarterfinals

Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to one touch, with double-losses possible. The top six fencers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal A

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Lucien Gaudin France9Q
2Frederico Paredes Portugal8Q
3Hans Halberstadt Germany7Q
4Saul Moyal Egypt7Q
5Willem Driebergen Netherlands6Q
6Charles Debeur Belgium5Q
7Henri Jacquet Switzerland5
8Gustaf Dyrssen Sweden4
Răzvan Penescu Romania4
10Oscar Martínez Argentina2
Peter Ryefelt Denmark2
12Martin Holt Great Britain2

Quarterfinal B

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Jens Berthelsen Denmark8Q
2Léon Tom Belgium7Q
3Georges Buchard France6Q
4Allen Milner United States6Q
5Nils Hellsten Sweden6Q
6József Rády Hungary6Q
7Paulo Leal Portugal6
8Josef Jungmann Czechoslovakia5
9Tryfon Triantafyllakos Greece4
Édouard Fitting Switzerland4
11Bertie Childs Great Britain3
12Theodor Fischer Germany1

Quarterfinal C

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Salvator Cicurel Egypt8Q
2George Calnan United States8Q
3Ivan Osiier Denmark7Q
4Armand Massard France7Q
5Charles Delporte Belgium7Q
6Eugène Empeyta Switzerland5Q
7Domingo García Spain5
Henrique da Silveira Portugal5
9Fritz Jack Germany4
10János Hajdú Hungary3
Charles Biscoe Great Britain3
12Pedro Mercado Mexico2

Semifinals

Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to two touches, with double-losses possible. The top five fencers in each pool advanced to the final.

Semifinal A

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Lucien Gaudin France6Q
2Léon Tom Belgium5Q
3Charles Delporte Belgium5Q
4George Calnan United States4Q
5Saul Moyal Egypt4Q
6Willem Driebergen Netherlands3
7Ivan Osiier Denmark3
8Eugène Empeyta Switzerland2
9József Rády Hungary2

Semifinal B

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Georges Buchard France6Q
2Nils Hellsten Sweden6Q
3Salvator Cicurel Egypt5Q
4Charles Debeur Belgium4Q
5Allen Milner United States4Q
6Armand Massard France4
7Jens Berthelsen Denmark3
8Frederico Paredes Portugal3
9Hans Halberstadt Germany0

Final

The final was a round-robin. Bouts were to two touches, with double-losses possible. The top four advanced to the "extra final" or medal round.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Lucien Gaudin France8Q
2Georges Buchard France7Q
3George Calnan United States6Q
4Léon Tom Belgium6Q
5Nils Hellsten Sweden5
6Charles Delporte Belgium4
7Charles Debeur Belgium3
Salvator Cicurel Egypt3
9Allen Milner United States1
10Saul Moyal Egypt1

Extra final

The "extra final" round was a two-round single elimination tournament with a third-place match: that is, the four fencers competed in two semifinals, with the winners playing a gold medal bout and the losers playing a bronze medal bout. The bouts were to 10 touches, but the winner had to win by at least 2 or the bout continued.[2]

Semifinals Gold medal bout
      
1  Lucien Gaudin (FRA) 10
4  Léon Tom (BEL) 6
1  Lucien Gaudin (FRA) 10
2  Georges Buchard (FRA) 6
2  Georges Buchard (FRA) 13
3  George Calnan (USA) 11 Bronze medal bout
4  Léon Tom (BEL) 6
3  George Calnan (USA) 10

Results summary

Rank Fencer Nation Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Medal semifinal Medal final
1st place, gold medalist(s)Lucien Gaudin France1st1st1st1st Tom (BEL)
W 10–6		 Buchard (FRA)
W 10–6
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Georges Buchard France1st3rd1st2nd Calnan (USA)
W 13–11		 Gaudin (FRA)
L 10–6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)George Calnan United States2nd2nd4th3rd Buchard (FRA)
L 13–11		 Tom (BEL)
W 10–6
4Léon Tom Belgium1st2nd2nd4th Gaudin (FRA)
L 10–6		 Calnan (USA)
L 10–6
5Nils Hellsten Sweden1st5th2nd5thDid not advance
6Charles Delporte Belgium3rd5th3rd6th
7Charles Debeur Belgium6th6th4th7th
Salvator Cicurel Egypt1st1st3rd7th
9Allen Milner United States6th4th5th9th
10Saul Moyal Egypt3rd4th5th10th
11Willem Driebergen Netherlands4th5th6thDid not advance
Armand Massard France2nd4th6th
13Jens Berthelsen Denmark3rd1st7th
Ivan Osiier Denmark4th3rd7th
15Eugène Empeyta Switzerland3rd6th8th
Frederico Paredes Portugal5th2nd8th
17Hans Halberstadt Germany5th3rd9th
József Rády Hungary5th6th9th
19Domingo García Spain1st7thDid not advance
Henri Jacquet Switzerland2nd7th
Paulo Leal Portugal2nd7th
Henrique da Silveira Portugal4th7th
23Gustaf Dyrssen Sweden6th8th
Josef Jungmann Czechoslovakia6th8th
Răzvan Penescu Romania3rd8th
26Édouard Fitting Switzerland2nd9th
Fritz Jack Germany6th9th
Tryfon Triantafyllakos Greece4th9th
29Charles Biscoe Great Britain2nd10th
János Hajdú Hungary5th10th
Oscar Martínez Argentina5th10th
Peter Ryefelt Denmark4th10th
33Bertie Childs Great Britain6th11th
34Theodor Fischer Germany4th12th
Martin Holt Great Britain3rd12th
Pedro Mercado Mexico5th12th
37Jan Černohorský Czechoslovakia7thDid not advance
Dan Gheorghiu Romania7th
Fidel González Spain7th
Tomás Goyoaga Chile7th
Ottó Hátszeghy Hungary7th
Raoul Heide Norway7th
Luis Hernández Mexico7th
František Kříž Czechoslovakia7th
Pieter Mijer Netherlands7th
Antonio Villamil Argentina7th
47Elie Adda Egypt8th
Georgios Ambet Greece8th
Konstantinos Bembis Greece8th
Lauri Kettunen Finland8th
Dimitar Vasilev Bulgaria8th
52Sigurd Akre-Aas Norway9th
Torvald Appelroth Finland9th
Gheorghe Caranfil Romania9th
Gunnar Cederschiöld Sweden9th
Adrianus de Jong Netherlands9th
57Edward Willis Barnett United States10th
José Llauro Argentina10th
Frithjof Lorentzen Norway10th

References

  1. ↑ "Fencing: 1928 Olympic Results - Men's épée". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Épée, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2008.
  4. ↑ "Fencing 1928".
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