Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

This was the sixth appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (with only foil and sabre events held) but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900.^[1]

Four of the 12 finalists from the 1920 Games returned: gold medalist Armand Massard of France, fourth-place finisher Ernest Gevers of Belgium, ninth-place finisher Gustaf Lindblom of Sweden, and tenth-place finisher Charles Delporte of Belgium. Of the first three World Champions since that event started in 1921, two were present: 1922 champion Raoul Heide of Norway and 1923 (reigning) champion Wouter Brouwer of the Netherlands. (1921 winner Lucien Gaudin competed on the French team in the team event, but was not one of the four fencers in the individual event.)

Uruguay made its debut in the event. Belgium, Great Britain, and the United States each appeared for the fifth time, tied for most among nations.

The competition was held over four rounds. In each round, each pool held a round-robin, with bouts to 1 touch. Double-touches counted as touches against both fencers. The format returned to using barrages to separate fencers tied in the advancement spot (as had been done in 1908), rather than using head-to-head results of bouts already fenced were used (as in 1912 and 1920). The size of the pools remained at the relatively large levels introduced in 1920, with the final and semifinals consisting of 12 fencers each.^[1]

• First round: 7 pools of between 9 and 10 fencers each. The 6 fencers in each pool with the most wins advanced to the quarterfinals.
• Second round: 4 pools of 10 or 11 fencers each. The 6 fencers in each pool with the most wins advanced to the semifinals.
• Semifinals: 2 pools of 12 fencers each. The 6 fencers in each pool with the most wins advanced to the final.
• Final: 1 pool of 12 fencers.

Round 1

The top six fencers, by number of wins, in each pool advanced. Double-losses were allowed. Tie-breakers were held within a group tied on a number of wins that broke between qualification and non-qualification.

Pool A

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Ernest Gevers	Belgium	6	3	Q
	Gustaf Lindblom	Sweden	6	3	Q
3	George Calnan	United States	5	4	Q
	Joseph Misrahi	Egypt	5	4	Q
	Frederico Paredes	Portugal	5	4	Q
6	Pieter von Boven	Netherlands	4	5	B
	Konstantinos Nikolopoulos	Greece	4	5	B
	Viggo Stilling-Andersen	Denmark	4	5	B
9	Johan Falkenberg	Norway	3	6
10	Carlos Miguel	Spain	1	8

Barrage

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
6	Pieter von Boven	Netherlands	2	0	Q
7	Konstantinos Nikolopoulos	Greece	1	1
8	Viggo Stilling-Andersen	Denmark	0	2

Pool B

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Nils Hellsten	Sweden	8	1	Q
2	Renzo Compagna	Italy	7	2	Q
3	Wouter Brouwer	Netherlands	5	4	B
	Mário de Lopez	Portugal	5	4	B
	Léon Tom	Belgium	5	4	B
	Tryfon Triantafyllakos	Greece	5	4	B
	Héctor Belo	Uruguay	5	4	B
8	Félix de Pomés	Spain	3	6
9	Frithjof Lorentzen	Norway	1	8
10	Ahmed Hassanein	Egypt	0	9

Barrage

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
3	Wouter Brouwer	Netherlands	2	2	Q
	Mário de Lopez	Portugal	2	1	Q
	Léon Tom	Belgium	2	1	Q
	Tryfon Triantafyllakos	Greece	2	1	Q
7	Héctor Belo	Uruguay	0	3

Pool C

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Charles Delporte	Belgium	7	2	Q
2	Charles Biscoe	Great Britain	6	3	Q
	Virgilio Mantegazza	Italy	6	3	Q
4	George Breed	United States	5	4	Q
	Carl Gripenstedt	Sweden	5	4	Q
6	Krikor Agathon	Egypt	4	5	B
	Domingo Mendy	Uruguay	4	5	B
8	Constantin Antoniades	Switzerland	3	6
9	Josef Jungmann	Czechoslovakia	2	7
	Miguel Zabalza	Spain	2	7

Barrage

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
6	Krikor Agathon	Egypt	1	0	Q
7	Domingo Mendy	Uruguay	0	1

Pool D

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Roger Ducret	France	6	2	Q
	Robert Frater	Great Britain	6	2	Q
	Pedro Nazar	Argentina	6	2	Q
4	Frédéric Fitting	Switzerland	5	3	Q
5	Paul Anspach	Belgium	4	4	Q
	Conrado Rolando	Uruguay	4	4	Q
7	Eduardo Alonso	Cuba	2	6
	Theodoros Foustanos	Greece	2	6
9	Josef Javůrek	Czechoslovakia	0	8

Pool E

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Eugène Empeyta	Switzerland	6	2	Q
2	Armand Massard	France	5	3	Q
	Allen Milner	United States	5	3	Q
	Ivan Osiier	Denmark	5	3	Q
5	Martin Holt	Great Britain	4	4	B
	Luis Lucchetti	Argentina	4	4	B
	Ramíro Mañalich	Cuba	4	4	B
8	Salvador Quesada	Cuba	1	7
9	Santos Ferreira	Uruguay	0	8

Barrage

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
5	Martin Holt	Great Britain	1	0	Q
	Luis Lucchetti	Argentina	1	0	Q
7	Ramíro Mañalich	Cuba	0	2

Pool F

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Gaston Cornereau	France	7	1	Q
2	Sigurd Akre	Norway	4	4	Q
	Ruimondo Ferro	Portugal	4	4	Q
	Willem Hubert	Netherlands	4	4	Q
	Wenceslao Paunero	Argentina	4	4	Q
	Peter Ryefelt	Denmark	4	4	Q
7	Arthur Lyon	United States	3	5
8	Robert Montgomerie	Great Britain	2	6
	Jan Tille	Czechoslovakia	2	6

Pool G

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Domingo García	Spain	8	1	Q
2	Ramón Fonst	Cuba	7	2	Q
3	Georges Buchard	France	5	4	Q
	Raoul Heide	Norway	5	4	Q
	Henri Jacquet	Switzerland	5	4	Q
6	Bror Lagercrantz	Sweden	4	5	B
	Jan de Beaufort	Netherlands	4	5	B
8	Jens Berthelsen	Denmark	2	7
	Francisco Bollini	Argentina	2	7
	António de Castro	Portugal	2	7

Barrage

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
6	Bror Lagercrantz	Sweden	1	0	Q
7	Jan de Beaufort	Netherlands	0	1

Quarterfinals

The top six fencers, by number of wins, in each pool advanced. Double-losses were allowed. Tie-breakers were held within a group tied on a number of wins that broke between qualification and non-qualification.

Quarterfinal A

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Charles Delporte	Belgium	7	3	Q
	Domingo García	Spain	7	3	Q
	Raoul Heide	Norway	7	3	Q
	Luis Lucchetti	Argentina	7	3	Q
5	Ivan Osiier	Denmark	6	4	Q
6	Roger Ducret	France	5	5	Q
7	Gustaf Lindblom	Sweden	4	6
8	Krikor Agathon	Egypt	3	7
	George Calnan	United States	3	7
	Frederico Paredes	Portugal	3	7
11	Martin Holt	Great Britain	2	8

Quarterfinal B

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Ramón Fonst	Cuba	7	2	Q
	Carl Gripenstedt	Sweden	7	2	Q
3	Henri Jacquet	Switzerland	6	3	Q
	Léon Tom	Belgium	6	3	Q
5	Gaston Cornereau	France	5	4	Q
6	Peter Ryefelt	Denmark	4	5	Q
7	Ruimondo Ferro	Portugal	3	6
8	Wouter Brouwer	Netherlands	2	7
	Pedro Nazar	Argentina	2	7
10	George Breed	United States	1	8

Quarterfinal C

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Frédéric Fitting	Switzerland	9	1	Q
2	Renzo Compagna	Italy	7	3	Q
3	Paul Anspach	Belgium	6	4	Q
	Mário de Lopez	Portugal	6	4	Q
5	Allen Milner	United States	5	5	Q
6	Armand Massard	France	4	6	B
	Willem Hubert	Netherlands	4	6	B
	Conrado Rolando	Uruguay	4	6	B
9	Tryfon Triantafyllakos	Greece	3	7
10	Robert Frater	Great Britain	2	8
	Bror Lagercrantz	Sweden	2	8

Barrage

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
6	Armand Massard	France	2	0	Q
7	Willem Hubert	Netherlands	1	1
8	Conrado Rolando	Uruguay	0	2

Quarterfinal D

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Georges Buchard	France	6	3	Q
	Eugène Empeyta	Switzerland	6	3	Q
	Ernest Gevers	Belgium	6	3	Q
	Nils Hellsten	Sweden	6	3	Q
	Virgilio Mantegazza	Italy	6	3	Q
6	Charles Biscoe	Great Britain	4	5	B
	Joseph Misrahi	Egypt	4	5	B
	Sigurd Akre	Norway	4	5	B
9	Pieter von Boven	Netherlands	1	8
10	Wenceslao Paunero	Argentina	0	9

Barrage

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
6	Charles Biscoe	Great Britain	2	0	Q
7	Joseph Misrahi	Egypt	1	1
8	Sigurd Akre	Norway	0	2

Semifinals

The top six fencers, by number of wins, in each pool advanced. Double-losses were allowed. Tie-breakers were held within a group tied on a number of wins that broke between qualification and non-qualification.

Semifinal A

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Léon Tom	Belgium	7	4	Q
2	Renzo Compagna	Italy	6	5	Q
	Gaston Cornereau	France	6	5	Q
	Charles Delporte	Belgium	6	5	Q
	Roger Ducret	France	6	5	Q
	Nils Hellsten	Sweden	6	5	Q
7	Mário de Lopez	Portugal	5	6
	Raoul Heide	Norway	5	6
	Luis Lucchetti	Argentina	5	6
10	Henri Jacquet	Switzerland	4	7
	Ivan Osiier	Denmark	4	7
12	Frédéric Fitting	Switzerland	3	8

Semifinal B

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
1	Virgilio Mantegazza	Italy	9	2	Q
2	Georges Buchard	France	7	4	Q
	Armand Massard	France	7	4	Q
4	Paul Anspach	Belgium	6	5	Q
5	Peter Ryefelt	Denmark	5	6	Q
6	Ernest Gevers	Belgium	4	7	B
	Charles Biscoe	Great Britain	4	7	B
	Eugène Empeyta	Switzerland	4	7	B
	Ramón Fonst	Cuba	4	7	B
	Domingo García	Spain	4	7	B
	Carl Gripenstedt	Sweden	4	7	B
	Allen Milner	United States	4	7	B

Barrage

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
6	Ernest Gevers	Belgium	5	1	Q
7	Charles Biscoe	Great Britain	3	3
	Eugène Empeyta	Switzerland	3	3
	Ramón Fonst	Cuba	3	3
	Domingo García	Spain	3	3
	Carl Gripenstedt	Sweden	3	3
12	Allen Milner	United States	1	5

Final

Double-losses were allowed. Tie-breakers were held within a group as necessary for individual placing to sixth place; this required two rounds of tie-breakers (the first round for 2nd-5th; the second round for 2nd/3rd and 4th/5th).

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
	Charles Delporte	Belgium	8	3
2	Roger Ducret	France	7	4	B
	Nils Hellsten	Sweden	7	4	B
	Gaston Cornereau	France	7	4	B
	Armand Massard	France	7	4	B
6	Virgilio Mantegazza	Italy	6	5
7	Georges Buchard	France	5	6
	Léon Tom	Belgium	5	6
9	Paul Anspach	Belgium	4	7
	Peter Ryefelt	Denmark	4	7
11	Renzo Compagna	Italy	2	9
12	Ernest Gevers	Belgium	1	10

First barrage

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	Notes
2	Roger Ducret	France	2	1	BA
	Nils Hellsten	Sweden	2	1	BA
4	Gaston Cornereau	France	1	2	BB
	Armand Massard	France	1	2	BB

Second barrage A

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses
	Roger Ducret	France	1	0
	Nils Hellsten	Sweden	0	1

Second barrage B

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses
4	Gaston Cornereau	France	1	0
5	Armand Massard	France	0	1

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