Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's masters épée

The professional event in épée had 42 fencers from 4 nations compete.[1]

Men's masters épée at the Games of the II Olympiad
Venue	Tuileries Garden
Dates	11–14 June
Competitors	42 from 4 nations
Medalists
Albert Robert Ayat  France Émile Bougnol  France Henri Laurent  France

Round 1

In the first round, the fencers were divided into 9 pools of 6 fencers each, with the top two advancing from each pool to the semifinal. The first round was held on 11 and 12 June.

Pool A
Place	Name
1	Aufort (FRA)
2	Lézard[2] (FRA)
3-6	Debrinay (FRA)
	Deprey (FRA)
	Alfred Nau (FRA)
	Antonius van Nieuwenhuizen (NED)

Pool B
Place	Name
1	Henri Pantin (FRA)
2	Louis Haller (FRA)
3-6	Assé (FRA)
	Flahaut (FRA)
	Joseph-Auguste Métais (FRA)
	Francis Sabourin (FRA)

Pool C
Place	Name
1	Georges Jourdan (FRA)
2	Jean Jeanvoix (FRA)
3-6	Bormel (FRA)
	Roquais (FRA)
	Surzet (FRA)
	Léon Thiércelin (HAI)

Pool D
Place	Name
1	Brassart (FRA)
2	Sylvain Lézard[2] (FRA)
3-6	Céré (FRA)
	Élie Dufraisse (FRA)
	Louis Garnoty (FRA)
	Charles Marty (FRA)

Pool E
Place	Name
1	Émile Bougnol (FRA)
2	Hippolyte-Jacques Hyvernaud (FRA)
3-6	Charles Cléry (FRA)
	Constant Dulau (FRA)
	Jean Lafoucrière (FRA)
	Nègrout (FRA)

Pool F
Place	Name
1	Jean Michel (FRA)
2	Félix Ayat (FRA)
3-6	Xavier Anchetti (FRA)
	Emmanuel Andrieu (FRA)
	Márton Endrédy (HUN)
	Launay (FRA)

Pool G
Place	Name
1	Albert Robert Ayat (FRA)
2	Henri Laurent (FRA)
3-6	Unknown[3]

Pool H
Place	Name
1	Marie-Louis Damotte (FRA)
2	Henri Yvon (FRA)
3-6	Unknown[3]

Pool I
Place	Name
1	Georges-Louis Bézy (FRA)
2	Charles Clappier (FRA)
3-6	Unknown[3]

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 13 June. 3 pools with 6 fencers each competed in round-robin format, with the top 3 fencers in each pool advancing.

Semifinal A
Place	Name
1	Georges Jourdan (FRA)
2	Lézard[2] (FRA)
3	Marie-Louis Damotte (FRA)
4-6	Aufort (FRA)
	Jean Jeanvoix (FRA)
	Henri Pantin (FRA)

Semifinal B
Place	Name
1	Émile Bougnol (FRA)
2	Brassart (FRA)
3	Hippolyte-Jacques Hyvernaud (FRA)
4-6	Félix Ayat (FRA)
	Louis Haller (FRA)
	Jean Michel (FRA)

Semifinal C
Place	Name
1	Albert Robert Ayat (FRA)
2	Henri Laurent (FRA)
3	Georges-Louis Bézy (FRA)
4-6	Charles Clappier (FRA)
	Sylvain Lézard[2] (FRA)
	Henri Yvon (FRA)

Final

The final was conducted on 14 June.

Place	Name
1	Albert Robert Ayat (FRA)
2	Gilbert Bougnol (FRA)
3	Henri Laurent (FRA)
4	Hippolyte-Jacques Hyvernaud (FRA)
5	Marie-Louis Damotte (FRA)
6	Brassart (FRA)
7	Lézard[2] (FRA)
8	Georges Jourdan (FRA)
9	Georges-Louis Bézy (FRA)

References

1. "Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics: Épée, Masters, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
2. There were two French fencers with the last name Lézard. The one who competed in round 1 pool A continued in semifinal A and advanced to the final. The one who competed in round 1 pool D was eliminated in semifinal C.
3. The identities of the non-qualifying fencers in the G, H, and I pools are unknown. Entry numbers by nationality indicate that of the 12 unknowns, 8 were French, 2 Hungarian, and 2 Italian.