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

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Men's masters foil
at the Games of the II Olympiad
Lucien Mérignac
VenueTuileries Garden
Date22–29 May
Competitors61 from 7 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lucien Mérignac
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alphonse Kirchhoffer
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jean-Baptiste Mimiague
 France
← 1896

The foil event for professionals involved 61 fencers from 7 nations.[1] It was held from 22 to 29 May. The event as won by Lucien Mérignac, as France swept the top three places. Alphonse Kirchhoffer and Jean-Baptiste Mimiague were second and third, respectively.

Background

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This was the second and final appearance of the event. Fencing masters were an exception to the amateurs-only nature of the early Olympics. Masters fencing was held as an Olympic event in 1896 (men's foil only) and 1900 (all three weapons for men, as well as a special event in épée that pitted the top professionals against the top amateurs). By 1904, only amateur events were conducted.[2]

Competition format

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The event used a five-round format (four main rounds and a repechage). For the first three rounds (round 1, quarterfinals, repechage) the round consisted of the fencers being paired and fighting a single bout; jury evaluations of skill rather than the match results were used to determine advancement. The last two rounds (semifinals and finals) used round-robin pool play with actual results counting toward placement. 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.[2]

  • Round 1: The 61 fencers paired off and faced a single opponent in one bout. The jury selected 45 fencers to advance to the quarterfinals.
  • Quarterfinals: The 45 fencers were paired off again. The jury selected 10 fencers for the semifinals. All the rest went to the repchage.
  • Repechage: The 35 fencers were paired. The jury selected 6 of them to advance.
  • Semifinals: The 16 fencers from the quarterfinals and repechage were divided into two pools of 8 fencers each. Each pool played a round robin. The top four fencers in each semifinal pool advanced to the final, while the bottom four fencers went to a classification 9–16 final.
  • Finals: There was a main final (top 4 from each semifinal) and a classification 9–16 final (bottom 4 from each semifinal). Each was conducted as a round-robin.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Tuesday, 22 May 1900 Round 1
Wednesday, 23 May 1900 Round 1 continued
Thursday, 24 May 1900 Quarterfinals
Friday, 25 May 1900 Repechage
Sunday, 27 May 1900 Semifinals
Monday, 28 May 1900 Semifinals continued
Tuesday, 29 May 1900 Finals

Results

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Round 1

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Held on 22 May and 23 May, the masters foil used jury verdicts on art and skill in the bout rather than winning or losing to advance to the second round.

Fencer Nation Notes
Xavier Anchetti  France Q
Alexandre Bergès  France Q
Michel Bettenfeld  France Q
Bormel  France Q
Jean-Marie Borringes  France Q
Marcel Boulenger  France Q
Jean Boulège  France Q
J. Brassard  France Q
Brau  France Q
Cannesson  France Q
Paul Carrichon  France Q
Antonio Conte  Italy Q
François Delibes  France Q
Dizier  France Q
Michel Filippi  France Q
Joseph Fontaine  France Q
Louis Gauthier  France Q
Louis Haller  France Q
Alphonse Kirchhoffer  France Q
Ludovic Laborderie  France Q
Jules Large  France Q
Lucien Largé  France Q
Georges Lefèvre  France Q
Adjutant Lemoine  France Q
Charles Marty  France Q
Lucien Mérignac  France Q
Joseph-Auguste Métais  France Q
Lucien Millet  France Q
Jean-Baptiste Mimiague  France Q
Marcel Montuel  France Q
Muller  France Q
Henri Pantin  France Q
Léopold Ramus  France Q
René Raynaud  France Q
Jules Ringnet  France Q
Jules Rossignol  France Q
Adolphe Rouleau  France Q
Francis Sabourin  France Q
Pierre Samiac  France Q
Italo Santelli  Italy Q
Pierre Selderslagh  Belgium Q
Ernest Tassart  France Q
Cyrille Verbrugge  Belgium Q
Armand Viguier  France Q
Henri Yvon  France Q
Charles Bersin  France
Jens Peter Berthelsen  Denmark
Émile Bouard  France
François Brun-Buisson  France
Henri Coquelin  France
Louis Coudurier  France
Georges Daussy  France
F. Després  Belgium
Márton Endrédy  Hungary
Louis Garnoty  France
Jolliet  France
Gustave Masselin  France
Pietory  France
Eugène Plisson  Great Britain
Léon Thiércelin  Haiti
Wineuwanheim  France

Quarterfinals

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The second round also used jury verdicts to determine advancement from the second round, held on 24 May. The top 10 fencers received automatic qualification to the semifinals while the rest competed in a repechage.

Fencer Nation Notes
Antonio Conte  Italy Q
Alphonse Kirchhoffer  France Q
Lucien Mérignac  France Q
Jean-Baptiste Mimiague  France Q
Léopold Ramus  France Q
Jules Rossignol  France Q
Adolphe Rouleau  France Q
Italo Santelli  Italy Q
Pierre Selderslagh  Belgium Q
Cyrille Verbrugge  Belgium Q
Xavier Anchetti  France R
Alexandre Bergès  France R
Michel Bettenfeld  France R
Bormel  France R
Jean-Marie Borringes  France R
Marcel Boulenger  France R
Jean Boulège  France R
J. Brassard  France R
Brau  France R
Cannesson  France R
Paul Carrichon  France R
François Delibes  France R
Dizier  France R
Michel Filippi  France R
Joseph Fontaine  France R
Louis Gauthier  France R
Louis Haller  France R
Ludovic Laborderie  France R
Jules Large  France R
Lucien Largé  France R
Georges Lefèvre  France R
Adjutant Lemoine  France R
Charles Marty  France R
Joseph-Auguste Métais  France R
Lucien Millet  France R
Marcel Montuel  France R
Muller  France R
Henri Pantin  France R
René Raynaud  France R
Jules Ringnet  France R
Francis Sabourin  France R
Pierre Samiac  France R
Ernest Tassart  France R
Armand Viguier  France R
Henri Yvon  France R

Repechage

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The repechage on 25 May was also conducted by jury selection following bouts. 6 fencers advanced to the semifinals.

Fencer Nation Notes
Marcel Boulenger  France Q
Michel Filippi  France Q
Louis Haller  France Q
Lefèvre  France Q
Adjutant Lemoine  France Q
Lucien Millet  France Q
Xavier Anchetti  France
Alexandre Bergès  France
Michel Bettenfeld  France
Bormel  France
Jean-Marie Borringes  France
Jean Boulège  France
J. Brassard  France
Brau  France
Cannesson  France
Paul Carrichon  France
François Delibes  France
Dizier  France
Joseph Fontaine  France
Louis Gauthier  France
Ludovic Laborderie  France
Jules Large  France
Lucien Largé  France
Charles Marty  France
Joseph-Auguste Métais  France
Marcel Montuel  France
Muller  France
Henri Pantin  France
René Raynaud  France
Jules Ringnet  France
Francis Sabourin  France
Pierre Samiac  France
Ernest Tassart  France
Armand Viguier  France
Henri Yvon  France

Semifinals

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The 16 remaining fencers were divided into two pools of 8. They competed in round-robin tournaments on 27 May and 28 May, with the top four in each pool advancing to the final. The others played in the consolation pool.

Semifinal A

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Lucien Mérignac  France 7 0 Q
2 Alphonse Kirchhoffer  France 6 1 Q
3 Antonio Conte  Italy 5 2 Q
4 Léopold Ramus  France 4 3 Q
5 Louis Haller  France 2 5 C
Adjutant Lemoine  France 2 5 C
7 Lucien Millet  France 1 6 C
Cyrille Verbrugge  Belgium 1 6 C

Semifinal B

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Adolphe Rouleau  France 7 0 Q
2 Jean-Baptiste Mimiague  France 6 1 Q
3 Jules Rossignol  France 5 2 Q
4 Italo Santelli  Italy 4 3 Q
5 Pierre Selderslagh  Belgium 3 4 C
6 Marcel Boulenger  France 1 6 C
Michel Filippi  France 1 6 C
Georges Lefèvre  France 1 6 C

Finals

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Classification 9–16

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The consolation pool was held on 29 May. The bottom four fencers from each of the semifinals competed for 9th through 16th places.

Rank Fencer Nation
9 Louis Haller  France
10 Pierre Selderslagh  Belgium
11 Adjutant Lemoine  France
12 Georges Lefèvre  France
13 Marcel Boulenger  France
14 Lucien Millet  France
15 Cyrille Verbrugge  Belgium
16 Michel Filippi  France

Final

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The final was conducted on 29 May. The format was a round-robin among the top 8 fencers. Ties were broken by an extra bout (ignoring the head-to-head results of the fencers during the round-robin).

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lucien Mérignac  France 6 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alphonse Kirchhoffer  France 6 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jean-Baptiste Mimiague  France 4 3
4 Antonio Conte  Italy 4 3
5 Jules Rossignol  France 3 4
6 Léopold Ramus  France 2 5
7 Italo Santelli  Italy 0 7
8 Adolphe Rouleau[3]  France 3 4

Notes

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  1. ^ "Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics: Foil, Masters, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Foil, Masters, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  3. ^ Rouleau was given 8th place because he did not finish his final bout.