Fencing at the 1904 Summer Olympics - Men's foil

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Fencing at the
1904 Summer Olympics
Foil men
Team Foil men
Épée men
Sabre men
Singlestick men

The men's foil was a fencing event held as part of the Fencing at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third time the event was held at the Olympics. 9 fencers from 3 nations competed. The competition was held on September 7, 1904.

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[edit] Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Cuba Ramón Fonst
Cuba (CUB)
Cuba Albertson Van Zo Post
Cuba (CUB) [1]
Cuba Charles Tatham
Cuba (CUB) [2]

[edit] Results

[edit] Semifinals

Each fencer in a group faced each other fencer in that group once. The top two fencers in each semifinal group moved on to the final.

Semifinal pool A
1. Cuba Ramón Fonst (CUB) 4 0
2. Cuba Albertson Van Zo Post (CUB) [1] 3 1
3. United States Charles Townsend (USA) 2 2
4. United States Theodore Carstens (USA) 1 3
5. United States William Grebe (USA) 0 4
Semifinal pool B
1. Germany Gustav Casmir (GER) 3 0
2. Cuba Charles Tatham (CUB) [2] 2 1
3. United States Wilfred Holroyd (USA) 1 2
4. United States Arthur Fox (USA) 0 3

[edit] Final

Fonst continued to defeat all comers, including Post a second time, to win the gold. Post's only two losses in the event came against Fonst, as he took silver. Tatham, who had lost to Casmir in the semifinal pool, defeated him the second time around to take third place.

Final
Gold Cuba Ramón Fonst (CUB) 3 0
Silver Cuba Albertson Van Zo Post (CUB) [1] 2 1
Bronze Cuba Charles Tatham (CUB) [2] 1 2
4. Germany Gustav Casmir (GER) 0 3

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c The IOC results database shows Albertson Van Zo Post as Cuban however he was American.
  2. ^ a b c The IOC results database shows Charles Tatham as Cuban for individual events and American for the team event.

[edit] Sources