Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The épée event for amateurs was one of three épée events. 102 fencers from 11 nations competed.[1]

Men's épée at the Games of the II Olympiad
Venue	Tuileries Garden
Dates	June 1–14
Competitors	102 from 11 nations
Medalists
Ramón Fonst  Cuba Louis Perrée  France Léon Sée  France

Round 1

The first round of the event consisted of pool play round-robin tournaments. Each fencer faced each other fencer once. Of the 17 pools, 15 had six fencers each and 2 had seven. The top two placers in each advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pool A
Place	Name
1	Joseph-Marie Rosé (FRA)
2	Élie, Count de Lastours (FRA)
3-6	H. Georges Berger (FRA)
	Luquetas (FRA)
	Mosso (FRA)
	André Tintant (FRA)

Pool B
Place	Name
1	Jules de Pradel (FRA)
2	Jean Dreyfus (FRA)
3-6	Jacques de la Chevalerie (FRA)
	Gardiès (FRA)
	Hérrison (FRA)
	Ivan Ivanovitch (FRA)

Pool C
Place	Name
1	Jules Roffe (FRA)
2	Édouard Fouchier (FRA)
3-6	Pierre Georges Louis d'Hugues (FRA)
	Moreil (FRA)
	Max Rodrigues (FRA)
	Véve (FRA)

Pool D
Place	Name
1	Ramón Fonst (CUB)
2	Edmond Wallace (FRA)
3	Willy Sulzbacher (FRA)[2]
4-6	Bazin (FRA)
	Maurice Fleury (FRA)
	Pierre Thomegeux (FRA)

Pool E
Place	Name
1	Gaston Alibert (FRA)
2	Georges de la Falaise (FRA)
3-6	Olivier Collarini (ITA)
	Grad (FRA)
	Massé (FRA)
	Achille Morin (FRA)

Pool F
Place	Name
1	Jean-Joseph Renaud (FRA)
2	Maurice Boisdon (FRA)
3-6	Laurent de Champeaux (FRA)
	Charles Loizillon (FRA)
	Salvanahac (FRA)
	de Segonzac (FRA)

Pool G
Place	Name
1	Henri Plommet (FRA)
2	Léon Thiébaut (FRA)
3	Lariviére (FRA)
4-6	Adam (FRA)
	Robert Marc (FRA)
	Jean Taillefer (FRA)

Pool H
Place	Name
1	André-Marie Rabel (FRA)
2	Josiah Bowden (GBR)
3-6	de Lastic (FRA)
	Georges Leroy (FRA)
	Miller (FRA)
	Ivan, Viscount d'Oyley (FRA)

Pool I
Place	Name
1	Richard Wallace (FRA)
2	Freydoun Malkom (IRI)
3-6	Marie Joseph Anatole Elie (FRA)
	de Laugardière (FRA)
	Georges Redeuil (FRA)
	Joseph Sénat (FRA)

Pool J
Place	Name
1	Marcel Lévy (FRA)
2	Maurice Jay (FRA)
3-6	Henri de Laborde (FRA)
	Adjutant Lemoine (FRA)
	Charles Robinson (GBR)
	André de Romilly (FRA)

Pool K
Place	Name
1	Giuseppe Giurato (ITA)
2	Raoul Bideau (FRA)
3-6	Clément de Boissière (FRA)
	Albert Cahen (FRA)
	Fernandès (FRA)
	de la Tournable (FRA)

Pool L
Place	Name
1	Alexandre Guillemand (FRA)
2	Jacques Holzschuch (FRA)
3	Ducreuil (FRA)
4-6	Andreac (FRA)
	Costiesco (FRA)
	Paul Robert (SUI)

Pool M
Place	Name
1	Léon Sée (FRA)
2	Eduardo Camet (ARG)
3-6	Carlos de Candamo (PER)
	Mauricio Ponce de Léon (ESP)
	de Meuse (FRA)
	Joseph Rodrigues (FRA)

Pool N
Place	Name
1	Henri Hébrard de Villeneuve (FRA)
2	Alphonse Moquet (FRA)
3-7	de Cazenove (FRA)
	René Jules Thion de la Chaume (FRA)
	de Pradines (FRA)
	Prosper (FRA)
	Pierre Rosenbaum (FRA)

Pool O
Place	Name
1	Louis Perrée (FRA)
2	Henri-Georges Berger (FRA)
3-6	Louis Bastien (FRA)
	Stan François (FRA)
	Peberay (FRA)
	Preurot (FRA)

Pool P
Place	Name
1	Tony Smet (BEL)
2	Henri Jean Début (FRA)
3-7	Gaston Achille (FRA)
	Duclos (FRA)
	Giunio Fedreghini (ITA)
	Fichot (FRA)
	Weber (FRA)

Pool Q
Place	Name
1	Adrien Guyon (FRA)
2	Jean-André Hilleret (FRA)
3-6	Delprat (FRA)
	Lafontaine (FRA)
	Adolphe Thomegeux (FRA)
	de Vars (FRA)

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were again round-robin affairs. The original plan was that of the 6 pools, 2 would have five fencers each and 4 would have six. The top three in each pool were to advance. Three quarterfinalists dropped out, so the quarterfinals were reorganized. There were 5 pools with 6 fencers each; the sixth pool included Holzchuch and four fencers who had lost in other quarterfinals and got a second chance to advance.

Quarterfinal A
Place	Name
1	Jean Dreyfuss (FRA)
2	Henri Plommet (FRA)
3	Marcel Lévy (FRA)
4-6	Jean-André Hilleret (FRA)
	Alphonse Moquet (FRA)
	Jules Roffe (FRA)

Quarterfinal B
Place	Name
1	Richard Wallace (FRA)
2	Élie, Count de Lastours (FRA)
3	Georges de la Falaise (FRA)
4-6	Josiah Bowden (GBR)
	Alexandre Guillemand (FRA)
	Léon Thiébaut (FRA)

Quarterfinal C
Place	Name
1	Edmond Wallace (FRA)
2	Eduardo Camet (ARG)
3	Jules de Pradel (FRA)
4-6	Raoul Bideau (FRA)
	Tony Smet (BEL)
	Henri Hébrard de Villeneuve (FRA)

Quarterfinal D
Place	Name
1	Gaston Alibert (FRA)
2	Léon Sée (FRA)
3	Ramón Fonst (CUB)
4-6	Henri-Georges Berger (FRA)
	Giuseppe Giurato (ITA)
	Freydoun Malkom (IRI)

Quarterfinal E
Place	Name
1	Maurice Boisdon (FRA)
2	Louis Perrée (FRA)
3	Joseph-Marie Rosé (FRA)
4-6	Henri Jean Début (FRA)
	Édouard Fouchier (FRA)
	Adrien Guyon (FRA)

Quarterfinal F
Place	Name
1	Jacques Holzschuch (FRA)
2	Léon Thiébaut (FRA)
3	Alexandre Guillemand (FRA)
4-5	Unknown[3]

Withdrew
Name
Maurice Jay (FRA)
André Rabel (FRA)
Jean-Joseph Renaud (FRA)

Semifinals

The semifinals, with 18 fencers left, were conducted in three pools of round-robin play. Each pool had six fencers, with the top three advancing to the final.

Semifinal A
Place	Name
1	Gaston Alibert (FRA)
2	Henri Plommet (FRA)
3	Léon Sée (FRA)
4-6	Élie, Count de Lastours (FRA)
	Jacques Holzschuch (FRA)
	Joseph-Marie Rosé (FRA)

Semifinal B
Place	Name
1	Georges de la Falaise (FRA)
2	Louis Perrée (FRA)
3	Eduardo Camet (ARG)
4-6	Maurice Boisdon (FRA)
	Jean Dreyfuss (FRA)
	Jules de Pradel (FRA)

Semifinal C
Place	Name
1	Léon Thiébaut (FRA)
2	Edmond Wallace (FRA)
3	Ramón Fonst (CUB)
4-6	Alexandre Guillemand (FRA)
	Marcel Lévy (FRA)
	Richard Wallace (FRA)

Final

In the final, each fencer had either 5 or 6 bouts. Fonst and Perrée initially tied for first with 4 wins each, then Fonst won the barrage to break the tie.

Place	Name	Wins	Losses
1	Ramón Fonst (CUB)	4	2
2	Louis Perrée (FRA)	4	1
3	Léon Sée (FRA)	3	2
4	Georges de la Falaise (FRA)	3	3
5	Eduardo Camet (ARG)	2	3
6	Edmond Wallace (FRA)	2	4
7	Gaston Alibert (FRA)	2	3
8	Léon Thiébaut (FRA)	2	4
9	Henri Plommet (FRA)	0	6

Notes

1. "Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics: Épée, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
2. Sulzbacher was named to the Olympic Games by a German fencing club and is therefore listed in some sources, including the IOC's database at Olympic.org, as German. However, he was a French national living in France at the time of the Games; other sources, including Olympedia, more accurate list him as French.
3. These two competitors were among the 13 other quarterfinalists that had been defeated in quarterfinals A-E.