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Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's masters épée

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Men's masters épée
at the Games of the II Olympiad
Gold medalist Albert Ayat fencing
VenueTuileries Garden
Dates11–14 June
Competitors54 from 5 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Albert Ayat
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gilbert Bougnol
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Henri Laurent
 France

The professional event in épée at the 1900 Summer Olympics had 54 fencers from 5 nations compete.[1] The event took place from 11 to 14 June at the Tuileries Garden.[1] The event was won by Albert Ayat of France, leading a French sweep with Gilbert Bougnol taking silver and Henri Laurent bronze.

Background

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Fencing was the only sport that had professional competitions at the Olympics in 1900 and 1904. A professional foil event was held in 1900, with épée and sabre joining in 1904. The professional events were not held again afterwards (excepting the 1906 Intercalated Games, so this was the only time that masters épée was contested. The épée events also featured a unique competition: an amateurs-masters épée event. The top 4 fencers in this event, as well as the top 4 fencers in the amateurs épée event, were eligible for that competition.[1]

Competition format

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The event used a three-round format: quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. Each round consisted of pool play. For the quarterfinals, the fencers were divided into 9 pools of 6 fencers each; the top two fencers in each pool advanced to the semifinals. The semifinals had the 18 men compete in 3 pools of 6, with the top 3 in each pool advancing to a 9-man final.

The actual competition format within pools is not entirely clear. No results are known beyond the rankings.[1]

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Monday, 11 June 1900 Quarterfinals
Tuesday, 12 June 1900 Quarterfinals continued
Wednesday, 13 June 1900 Semifinals
Thursday, 14 June 1900 Final

Results

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Quarterfinals

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In the quarterfinals, the fencers were divided into 9 pools of 6 fencers each, with the top two advancing from each pool to the semifinal. The first round was held on 11 and 12 June.

Quarterfinal A

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Aufort  France Q
2 Lézard[2]  France Q
3–6 Debrinay  France
Deprey  France
Alfred Nau  France
Antonius van Nieuwenhuizen  Netherlands

Quarterfinal B

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Henri Pantin  France Q
2 Louis Haller  France Q
3–6 Assé  France
Flahaut  France
Joseph-Auguste Métais  France
Francis Sabourin  France

Quarterfinal C

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Georges Jourdan  France Q
2 Jean Jeanvoix  France Q
3–6 Bormel  France
Roquais  France
Surzet  France
Léon Thiércelin  Haiti

Quarterfinal D

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Brassart  France Q
2 Sylvain Lézard[2]  France Q
3–6 Céré  France
Élie Dufraisse  France
Louis Garnoty  France
Charles Marty  France

Quarterfinal E

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Gilbert Bougnol  France Q
2 Hippolyte-Jacques Hyvernaud  France Q
3–6 Charles Cléry  France
Constant Dulau  France
Jean Lafoucrière  France
Nègrout  France

Quarterfinal F

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Jean Michel  France Q
2 Félix Ayat  France Q
3–6 Xavier Anchetti  France
Emmanuel Andrieu  France
Márton Endrédy  Hungary
Launay  France

Quarterfinal G

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Albert Ayat  France Q
2 Henri Laurent  France Q
3–6 Unknown[3]

Quarterfinal H

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Marie-Louis Damotte  France Q
2 Henri Yvon  France Q
3–6 Unknown[3]

Quarterfinal I

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Georges-Louis Bézy  France Q
2 Charles Clappier  France Q
3–6 Unknown[3]

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on 13 June. 3 pools with 6 fencers each competed in round-robin format, with the top 3 fencers in each pool advancing.

Semifinal A

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Georges Jourdan  France Q
2 Lézard[2]  France Q
3 Marie-Louis Damotte  France Q
4-6 Aufort  France
Jean Jeanvoix  France
Henri Pantin  France

Semifinal B

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Gilbert Bougnol  France Q
2 Brassart  France Q
3 Hippolyte-Jacques Hyvernaud  France Q
4-6 Félix Ayat  France
Louis Haller  France
Jean Michel  France

Semifinal C

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Albert Ayat  France Q
2 Henri Laurent  France Q
3 Georges-Louis Bézy  France Q
4-6 Charles Clappier  France
Sylvain Lézard[2]  France
Henri Yvon  France

Final

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The final was conducted on 14 June.

Rank Fencer Nation
1st place, gold medalist(s) Albert Ayat  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gilbert Bougnol  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Henri Laurent  France
4 Hippolyte-Jacques Hyvernaud  France
5 Marie-Louis Damotte  France
6 Brassart  France
7 Lézard[2]  France
8 Georges Jourdan  France
9 Georges-Louis Bézy  France

Results summary

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Rank Fencer Nation Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1st place, gold medalist(s) Albert Ayat  France 1st 1st 1st
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gilbert Bougnol  France 1st 1st 2nd
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Henri Laurent  France 2nd 2nd 3rd
4 Hippolyte-Jacques Hyvernaud  France 2nd 3rd 4th
5 Marie-Louis Damotte  France 1st 3rd 5th
6 Brassart  France 1st 2nd 6th
7 Lézard[2]  France 2nd 2nd 7th
8 Georges Jourdan  France 1st 1st 8th
9 Georges-Louis Bézy  France 1st 3rd 9th
10 Aufort  France 1st 4th–6th Did not advance
Félix Ayat  France 2nd 4th–6th
Charles Clappier  France 2nd 4th–6th
Louis Haller  France 2nd 4th–6th
Jean Jeanvoix  France 2nd 4th–6th
Sylvain Lézard[2]  France 2nd 4th–6th
Jean Michel  France 1st 4th–6th
Henri Pantin  France 1st 4th–6th
Henri Yvon  France 2nd 4th–6th
19 Xavier Anchetti  France 3rd–6th Did not advance
Emmanuel Andrieu  France 3rd–6th
Assé  France 3rd–6th
Bormel  France 3rd–6th
Céré  France 3rd–6th
Charles Cléry  France 3rd–6th
Debrinay  France 3rd–6th
Deprey  France 3rd–6th
Élie Dufraisse  France 3rd–6th
Constant Dulau  France 3rd–6th
Márton Endrédy  Hungary 3rd–6th
Flahaut  France 3rd–6th
Louis Garnoty  France 3rd–6th
Jean Lafoucrière  France 3rd–6th
Launay  France 3rd–6th
Charles Marty  France 3rd–6th
Joseph-Auguste Métais  France 3rd–6th
Alfred Nau  France 3rd–6th
Nègrout  France 3rd–6th
Antonius van Nieuwenhuizen  Netherlands 3rd–6th
Roquais  France 3rd–6th
Francis Sabourin  France 3rd–6th
Surzet  France 3rd–6th
Léon Thiércelin  Haiti 3rd–6th
12 unknown competitors[3] 3rd–6th

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics: Épée, Masters, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g There were two French fencers with the last name Lézard. The one who competed in round 1 pool A continued in semifinal A and advanced to the final. The one who competed in round 1 pool D was eliminated in semifinal C.
  3. ^ a b c d The identities of the non-qualifying fencers in the G, H, and I pools are unknown. Entry numbers by nationality indicate that of the 12 unknowns, 8 were French, 2 Hungarian, and 2 Italian.