| Men's foil at the Games of the VII Olympiad |
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| Venue | Gardens de la Palace d'Egmont | |||||||||
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| Dates | August 17–18 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 56 from 10 nations | |||||||||
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| «1912 | 1924» | |||||||||
| Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics |
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| Épée | men | |
| Team épée | men | |
| Foil | men | |
| Team foil | men | |
| Sabre | men | |
| Team sabre | men | |
The men's foil was a fencing event held as part of the Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. Nedo Nadi repeated as Olympic champion, retaining the title he initially won at the 1912 Summer Olympics.
A total of 56 fencers from 10 nations competed in the event, which was held on August 17 and August 18, 1920.
Contents |
| Pool A | ||||
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| Place | Fencer | Wins | Losses | Qual. |
| 1 | Nedo Nadi (ITA) | 5 | 0 | Q |
| 2 | Oreste Puliti (ITA) | 4 | 1 | Q |
| 3 | Roger Ducret (FRA) | 3 | 2 | Q |
| 4 | Lionel Bony de Castellane (FRA) | 2 | 3 | |
| 5 | Robert de Schepper (BEL) | 1 | 4 | |
| 6 | Francis Honeycutt (USA) | 0 | 5 | |
| Pool B | ||||
| Place | Fencer | Wins | Losses | Qual. |
| 1 | Philippe Cattiau (FRA) | 4 | 1 | Q |
| Aldo Nadi (ITA) | 4 | 1 | Q | |
| 3 | Marcel Perrot (FRA) | 3 | 2 | Q |
| 4 | Marcel Cuypers (BEL) | 2 | 3 | |
| 5 | Einar Levison (DEN) | 1 | 4 | |
| Viliam Tvrský (TCH) | 1 | 4 | ||
| Pool C | ||||
| Place | Fencer | Wins | Losses | Qual. |
| 1 | Orphile de Montigny (BEL) | 4 | 1 | Q |
| Georges Trombert (FRA) | 4 | 1 | Q | |
| 3 | Ivan Osiier (DEN) | 3 | 2 | Q |
| 4 | Tommaso Constantino (ITA) | 2 | 3 | |
| Charles Crahay (BEL) | 2 | 3 | ||
| 6 | Federico Cesarano (ITA) | 0 | 5 | |
| Pool D | ||||
| Place | Fencer | Wins | Losses | Qual. |
| 1 | André Labatut (FRA) | 5 | 0 | Q |
| 2 | Abelardo Olivier (ITA) | 4 | 1 | Q |
| 3 | Pietro Speciale (ITA) | 2 | 3 | Q |
| 4 | Félix Vigeveno (NED) | 2 | 3 | |
| 5 | Knut Enell (SWE) | 1 | 4 | |
| Jean Verbrugghe (BEL) | 1 | 4 | ||
| Final | ||||
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| Place | Fencer | Wins | Losses | Touched |
| Nedo Nadi (ITA) | 10 | 1 | ||
| Philippe Cattiau (FRA) | 9 | 2 | 14 | |
| Roger Ducret (FRA) | 9 | 2 | 19 | |
| 4 | André Labatut (FRA) | 7 | 4 | |
| 5 | Aldo Nadi (ITA) | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Orphile de Montigny (BEL) | 6 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Oreste Puliti (ITA) | 5 | 6 | |
| 8 | Ivan Osiier (DEN) | 4 | 7 | |
| 9 | Abelardo Olivier (ITA) | 3 | 8 | |
| 10 | Georges Trombert (FRA) | 3 | 8 | |
| 11 | Marcel Perrot (FRA) | 3 | 8 | |
| 12 | Pietro Speciale (ITA) | 1 | 10 | |