Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

Men's foil at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Gardens de la Palace d'Egmont
Dates	August 17–18
Competitors	56 from 10 nations
Medalists
Nedo Nadi   Italy   Philippe Cattiau   France   Roger Ducret   France

Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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.

Results

Quarterfinals

Pool A
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	André Labatut (FRA)	6	0	Q
2	Jean Verbrugghe (BEL)	5	1	Q
3	Einar Levison (DEN)	4	2	Q
4	Henry Breckinridge (USA)	2	4
	Wouter Brouwer (NED)	2	4
	Rodolfo Terlizzi (ITA)	2	4
7	Cecil Kershaw (GBR)	0	6
Pool B
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	Nedo Nadi (ITA)	7	1	Q
2	Georges Trombert (FRA)	7	1	Q
3	Viliam Tvrzský (TCH)	6	2	Q
4	Salomon Zeldenrust (NED)	5	3
5	Millard Bloomer (USA)	4	4
6	Charles Pape (BEL)	3	5
7	H. Evan James (GBR)	2	6
	Gustaf Lindblom (SWE)	2	6
9	Kay Schrøder (DEN)	0	8
Pool C
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	Aldo Nadi (ITA)	6	0	Q
2	Ivan Osiier (DEN)	4	2	Q
3	Lionel Bony de Castellane (FRA)	4	2	Q
4	Emile Dufrane (BEL)	3	3
	Roland Willoughby (GBR)	3	3
6	Josef Jungmann (TCH)	1	5
7	Nils Hellsten (SWE)	0	6
Pool D
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	Abelardo Olivier (ITA)	7	1	Q
2	Marcel Cuypers (BEL)	6	2	Q
	Marcel Perrot (FRA)	6	2	Q
4	Georg Hegner (DEN)	4	4
	Adrianus de Jong (NED)	4	4
6	Josef Javůrek (TCH)	3	5
	Joseph Parker (USA)	3	5
8	Robert Montgomerie (GBR)	2	6
9	Hans Törnblom (SWE)	1	7
Pool E
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	Federico Cesarano (ITA)	4	0	Q
2	Charles Crahay (BEL)	3	1	Q
3	Francis Honeycutt (USA)	2	2	Q
4	Ahmed Hassanein (EGY)	1	3
5	Verner Bonde (DEN)	0	4
Pool F
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	Philippe Cattiau (FRA)	6	0	Q
2	Pietro Speciale (ITA)	4	2	Q
3	Knut Enell (SWE)	4	2	Q
4	Marcel Berré (BEL)	2	4
	Philip Doyne (GBR)	2	4
	František Dvořák (TCH)	2	4
7	Jan Van der Wiel (NED)	1	6
Pool G
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	Roger Ducret (FRA)	5	0	Q
2	Oreste Puliti (ITA)	4	1	Q
3	Robert de Schepper (BEL)	3	2	Q
4	Thomas Wand-Tetley (GBR)	2	3
5	George Calnan (USA)	1	4
6	Aage Berntsen (DEN)	0	5
Pool H
Place	Fencer	Losses	Qual.
1	Orphile de Montigny (BEL)	5	0	Q
2	Tommaso Constantino (ITA)	4	1	Q
3	Félix Vigeveno (NED)	3	2	Q
4	Edgar Seligman (GBR)	2	3
5	Antonín Mikala (TCH)	1	4
6	Leonard Schoonmaker (USA)	0	5

Semifinals

Pool A
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

Final
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

References

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 28 August 2007.