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.
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Participating nations
thumb|right|Fencing before the king of Greece, 1896, by [[André Castaigne]]
A total of 15 fencers from four nations competed at the Athens Games:
Medal table
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
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in fencing (men)
- List of Olympic medalists in fencing (women)
References
External links
- (Digitally available at [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/6403/rec/2])
- (Excerpt available at [https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll16/id/51/rec/4])