Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics
# Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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.

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Foil details | Eugène-Henri Gravelotte France | Henri Callot France | Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis Greece |
| Foil details | Eugène-Henri Gravelotte France | Henri Callot France | Athanasios Vouros Greece |
| Masters foil details | Leonidas Pyrgos Greece | Joanni Perronet France | none |
| Sabre details | Ioannis Georgiadis Greece | Telemachos Karakalos Greece | Holger Nielsen Denmark |

## Participating nations

A total of 15 fencers from four nations competed at the Athens Games:

* Austria (1)
* Denmark (1)
* France (4)
* Greece (9)

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Greece | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | France | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |

## 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
