Fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

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Men's foil
at the Games of the V Olympiad
1912 Nedo Nadi.JPG
Nedo Nadi
VenueÖstermalm Athletic Grounds
DatesJuly 6–8
Competitors94 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nedo Nadi  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pietro Speciale  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Richard Verderber  Austria
← 1904
1920 →

The men's foil was a fencing event held as part of the Fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event, which had not been contested in 1908. There were 94 competitors from 15 nations, a large increase from the 9 fencers who had competed in 1904. The event was won by Nedo Nadi of Italy, the first of his two victories in the event. His countryman Pietro Speciale took silver, while Richard Verderber of Austria took bronze.

Background[]

This was the fourth appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1908 (when there was a foil display only rather than a medal event). The organizers of the 1912 Games explicitly rejected the 1908 organizers' view that foil fencing was not suitable for competition. The only fencer from 1904 to return was silver medalist Albertson Van Zo Post of the United States. France and Italy were the strongest nations in foil fencing; a dispute over the rules led to the French team boycotting the fencing competitions.[1][2]

Bohemia, Denmark, Great Britain, Hungary, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, and South Africa each made their debut in the men's foil. The United States made its third appearance, having missed only the inaugural 1896 competition.

Competition format[]

The event used a four-round format. In each round, the fencers were divided into pools to play a round-robin within the pool. Bouts were to five touches. Standard foil rules were used, including that touches had to be made with the tip of the foil, the target area was limited to the torso, and priority determined the winner of double touches. However, there were significant disputes over particulars of the rules, which led to the French boycott.[1][3]

  • Round 1: There were 16 pools, each of between 4 and 7 fencers. The top 3 fencers in each pool advanced to the quarterfinals.
  • Quarterfinals: There were 8 pools of 6 fencers each. The top 3 fencers in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals.
  • Semifinals: There were 4 pools of 6 fencers each. The top 2 fencers in each semifinal advanced to the final.
  • Final: The final pool had 8 fencers.

Schedule[]

Date Time Round
Saturday, 6 July 1912 8:00
13:00
16:00
Round 1 pools A–D
Round 1 pools E–H
Round 1 pools I–L
Sunday, 7 July 1912 8:00
13:00
16:00
Round 1 pools M–P
Quarterfinals pools A–D
Quarterfinals pools E–H
Monday, 8 July 1912 9:00
13:00
Semifinals
Final

Results[]

Round 1[]

Pool A[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Léon Tom  Belgium 0 Q
2 Viliam Tvrzský  Bohemia 1 Q
3 Dezső Földes  Hungary 2 Q
4 Dmitry Knyazhevich  Russia 3
Andreas Suttner  Austria 3

Pool B[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Marcel Berré  Belgium 0 Q
2 Marc Larimer  United States 2 Q
Edgar Amphlett  Great Britain 2 Q
4 Johannes Adam  Germany 3
Feliks Leparsky  Russia 3

Pool C[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Gordon Alexander  Great Britain 1 Q
Albertson van zo Post  United States 1 Q
3 Josef Pfeiffer  Bohemia 2 Q
4 Bertalan Dunay  Hungary 2
5 Pavel Guvorsky  Russia 4

Pool D[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Nedo Nadi  Italy 0 Q
2 Zoltán Schenker  Hungary 1 Q
3 Scott Breckenridge  United States 3 Q
4 Miloš Klika  Bohemia 3
5 Walter Gate  South Africa 4
Percival Davson  Great Britain 4
7 Julius Thomson  Germany 6

Pool E[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Julius Lichtenfels  Germany 1 Q
2 Arthur Fagan  Great Britain 2 Q
3 Jens Berthelsen  Denmark 3 Q
4 Graeme Hammond  United States 3
Gaston Salmon  Belgium 3
6 Gustaf Armgarth  Sweden 4
7 Vladimir Kayser  Russia 5

Pool F[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Francesco Pietrasanta  Italy 0 Q
2 Fernand de Montigny  Belgium 1 Q
3 Sotirios Notaris  Greece 2 Q
4 Lars Aas  Norway 4
Ernest Stenson-Cooke  Great Britain 4
John MacLaughlin  United States 4
7 Nikolay Goredetsky  Russia 6

Pool G[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Sherman Hall  United States 1 Q
Victor Willems  Belgium 1 Q
3 Pietro Speciale  Italy 2 Q
4 Sydney Martineau  Great Britain 3
Aleksandr Mordovin  Russia 3
6 Hans Olsen  Denmark 4
Carl Personne  Sweden 4

Pool H[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Harold Raynor  United States 0 Q
2 Béla Zulavsky  Hungary 1 Q
3 Adolf Davids  Germany 2 Q
4 Nils Grönvall  Sweden 3
5 Vladimir Samoylov  Russia 4

Pool I[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Béla Békessy  Hungary 1 Q
Edgar Seligman  Great Britain 1 Q
3 Wilhelm Löffler  Germany 2 Q
4 Josef Javůrek  Bohemia 3
5 Franz Dereani  Austria 4
6 John Gignoux  United States 5

Pool J[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Einar Levison  Denmark 0 Q
2 Pál Pajzs  Hungary 1 Q
3 Hermann Plaskuda  Germany 2 Q
4 Josef Puhm  Austria 3
William Bowman  United States 3
6 Zdeněk Vávra  Bohemia 5

Pool K[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Ivan Osiier  Denmark 0 Q
2 Axel Jöhncke  Sweden 2 Q
3 Friedrich Golling  Austria 2 Q
4 Gavriil Bertrain  Russia 2

Pool L[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Edoardo Alaimo  Italy 0 Q
2 Péter Tóth  Hungary 1 Q
3 Vilém Goppold, Jr.  Bohemia 2 Q
4 Alfred Sauer  United States 3
5 Albert Naumann  Germany 4
Vladimir Sarnavsky  Russia 4

Pool M[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Paul Anspach  Belgium 0 Q
2 Carl Hjorth  Sweden 1 Q
Robert Montgomerie  Great Britain 1 Q
4 Oluf Berntsen  Denmark 3
Lev Martyushev  Russia 3
6 Christopher von Tangen  Norway 5
Reinhold Trampler  Austria 5

Pool N[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Henri Anspach  Belgium 1 Q
Bjarne Eriksen  Norway 1 Q
Richard Verderber  Austria 1 Q
4 Adrianus de Jong  Netherlands 3
5 Anatoly Zhakovlev  Russia 4
A M Hassanein  Egypt DNS

Pool O[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 László Berti  Hungary 1 Q
Jacques Ochs  Belgium 1 Q
3 Lauritz Østrup  Denmark 2 Q
4 Heinrich Ziegler  Germany 2
5 Rudolf Cvetko  Austria 3
6 František Kříž  Bohemia 5

Pool P[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Fernando Cavallini  Italy 1 Q
Robert Hennet  Belgium 1 Q
Emil Schön  Germany 1 Q
4 George Breed  United States 3
5 Leonid Grinev  Russia 4
6 Gunnar Böös  Sweden 5

Quarterfinals[]

Quarterfinal A[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Zoltán Schenker  Hungary 0 Q
2 Nedo Nadi  Italy 1 Q
3 Julius Lichtenfels  Germany 1 Q
4 Gordon Alexander  Great Britain 3
5 Marc Larimer  United States 4
Léon Tom  Belgium 4

Quarterfinal B[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Béla Zulavsky  Hungary 0 Q
2 Viliam Tvrzský  Bohemia 1 Q
3 Edgar Amphlett  Great Britain 2 Q
4 Jens Berthelsen  Denmark 3
5 Francesco Pietrasanta  Italy 4
Albertson van zo Post  United States DNS

Quarterfinal C[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Pietro Speciale  Italy 0 Q
2 Dezső Földes  Hungary 1 Q
Edgar Seligman  Great Britain 1 Q
4 Marcel Berré  Belgium 3
Scott Breckinridge  United States 3
6 Josef Pfeiffer  Bohemia 5

Quarterfinal D[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Edoardo Alaimo  Italy 0 Q
Béla Békessy  Hungary 0 Q
3 Sherman Hall  United States 1 Q
4 Adolf Davids  Germany 3
Axel Jöhncke  Sweden 3
Fernand de Montigny  Belgium 3

Quarterfinal E[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Ivan Osiier  Denmark 1 Q
Péter Tóth  Hungary 1 Q
Victor Willems  Belgium 1 Q
4 Wilhelm Löffler  Germany 3
Sotirios Notaris  Greece 3
6 Harold Rayner  United States 4

Quarterfinal F[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Henri Anspach  Belgium 1 Q
Fernando Cavallini  Italy 1 Q
3 Pál Pajzs  Hungary 2 Q
4 Carl Hjorth  Sweden 3
5 Arthur Fagan  Great Britain 4
Friedrich Golling  Austria 4

Quarterfinal G[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Robert Hennet  Belgium 1 Q
2 Robert Montgomerie  Great Britain 2 Q
3 Richard Verderber  Austria 2 Q
4 Vilém Goppold, Jr.  Bohemia 3
Lauritz Østrup  Denmark 3
6 Hermann Plaskuda  Germany 4

Quarterfinal H[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Lázsló Berty  Hungary 1 Q
2 Paul Anspach  Belgium 2 Q
3 Emil Schön  Germany 3 Q
4 Bjarne Eriksen  Norway 3
Einar Levison  Denmark 3
Jacques Ochs  Belgium 3

Semifinals[]

Semifinal A[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Edoardo Alaimo  Italy 1 Q
Edgar Seligman  Great Britain 1 Q
3 Pál Pajzs  Hungary 2
Zoltán Schenker  Hungary 2
5 Robert Hennet  Belgium 3
6 Viliam Tvrzský  Bohemia 4

Semifinal B[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Nedo Nadi  Italy 0 Q
2 Béla Békessy  Hungary 1 Q
3 Paul Anspach  Belgium 2
Emil Schön  Germany 2
5 Ivan Osiier  Denmark
Edgar Amphlett  Great Britain DNF

Semifinal C[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Pietro Speciale  Italy 0 Q
2 Robert Montgomerie  Great Britain 2 Q
3 Péter Tóth  Hungary 2
4 Henri Anspach  Belgium 3
Julius Lichtenfels  Germany 3
Béla Zulavsky  Hungary 3

Semifinal D[]

Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes
1 Richard Verderber  Austria 0 Q
László Berti  Hungary 0 Q
3 Sherman Hall  United States 2
Victor Willems  Belgium 3
Fernando Cavallini  Italy DNF
Dezső Földes  Hungary DNF

Final[]

The first tie-breaker was hits received in victories; Verderber and Berti each were hit 10 times in their 4 wins, while Alaimo was hit 11 times in his 4 wins.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA NN PS RV LB EA ES BB RM
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Nedo Nadi (ITA) 7 0 35 8 5–1 5–0 5–0 5–1 5–1 5–3 5–2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Pietro Speciale (ITA) 5 2 29 24 1–5 5–3 5–2 3–5 5–2 5–4 5–3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Richard Verderber (AUT) 4 3 27 25 0–5 3–5 4–5 5–4 5–2 5–2 5–2
4  László Berti (HUN) 4 3 23 25 0–5 2–5 5–4 5–2 1–5 5–1 5–3
5  Edoardo Alaimo (ITA) 4 3 27 26 1–5 5–3 4–5 2–5 5–3 5–1 5–4
6  Edgar Seligman (GBR) 3 4 23 29 1–5 2–5 2–5 5–1 3–5 5–4 5–4
7  Béla Békessy (HUN) 1 6 20 34 3–5 4–5 2–5 1–5 1–5 4–5 5–4
8  Robert Montgomerie (GBR) 0 7 22 35 2–5 3–5 2–5 3–5 4–5 4–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, p. 465

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Foil, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 455.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 1016.
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