Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twenty-first appearance of the event. The competition was held on 31 July 1992. 59 fencers from 25 nations competed.[1] Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by Philippe Omnès of France, the nation's first victory in the men's foil since 1956 and eighth overall (passing Italy for most all-time). Serhiy Holubytskiy of the Unified Team took silver. Elvis Gregory earned Cuba's first medal in the event in 88 years with his bronze.

Men's foil
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Philippe Omnès (2012)
VenuePalau de la Metal·lúrgia
Dates31 July 1992
Competitors59 from 25 nations
Medalists
Philippe Omnès
 France
Serhiy Holubytskiy
 Unified Team
Elvis Gregory
 Cuba

Background

This was the 21st appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1908 (when there was a foil display only rather than a medal event). Five of the eight quarterfinalists from 1988 returned: gold medalist (and 1984 bronze medalist) Stefano Cerioni of Italy, silver medalist Udo Wagner of East Germany, fourth-place finisher Ulrich Schreck of West Germany, and fifth-place finishers Zsolt Érsek of Hungary and Mauro Numa (also the 1984 gold medalist) of Italy. Philippe Omnès of France had been a quarterfinalist in 1984 but had been defeated earlier in 1988; he medaled at all three of the world championships between the Seoul and Barcelona Games, including winning in 1990.[2]

The Philippines and Singapore each made their debut in the men's foil; some former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team. France and the United States each made their 19th appearance, tied for most of any nation; France had missed only the 1904 (with fencers not traveling to St. Louis) and the 1912 (boycotted due to a dispute over rules) foil competitions, while the United States had missed the inaugural 1896 competition and boycotted the 1980 Games altogether.

Competition format

The 1992 tournament used a three-phase format roughly similar to prior years in consisting of a group phase, a double-elimination phase, and a single-elimination phase, but each phase was very different from previous formats.

The first phase was a single round (vs. 3 rounds in 1988) round-robin pool play format; each fencer in a pool faced each other fencer in that pool once. There were 9 pools with 6 or 7 fencers each. The fencers' ranks within the pool were ignored; the overall winning percentage (with touch differential and then touches against used as tie-breakers) were used to rank the fencers. The top 46 advanced to the second phase, while the other fencers were eliminated.

The second phase was a modified, truncated double-elimination tournament. 14 fencers received a bye to the second round (round of 32), while the 32 fencers ranked 15–46 played in the round of 64. Fencers losing in the round of 64 were eliminated, while the remaining rounds were double elimination via repechages. The repechages (but not the main brackets) used a complicated reseeding mechanism. Ultimately, the 4 fencers remaining undefeated after the round of 8 advanced to the quarterfinals along with 4 fencers who advanced through the repechages after one loss.

The final phase was a single elimination tournament with quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final and bronze medal match.

All bouts were to 5 touches. In the second and third phases, matches were best-of-three bouts.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Friday, 31 July 1992Group round
Elimination round
Final round

Results

Group round

Fencers were ranked by win percent, then touch differential, then touches against. This ranking, with adjustments to ensure that no two fencers of the same nation were in the same bracket (noted in parentheses), was used to seed the elimination round brackets.

RankFencerNationPoolRankWinsLossesWin %TFTATF - TAQual.
1Stefano Cerioni Italy71601.00030822Q
2Ye Chong China11601.000301119Q
3Dmitry Shevchenko Unified Team21601.000301119Q
4Philippe Omnès France7251.833261115Q
5Andrea Borella Italy4151.833271314Q
6Zsolt Érsek Hungary3151.833291514Q
7Piotr Kiełpikowski Poland4251.833251510Q
8Marian Sypniewski Poland2251.83328199Q
9Serhiy Holubytskiy Unified Team5141.800241113Q
10Guillermo Betancourt Cuba9141.800231211Q
11Joachim Wendt Austria8141.800241311Q
12 (14)Mauro Numa Italy8241.80023149Q
13 (12)Ulrich Schreck Germany6141.80022175Q
14 (13)Jonathan Davis Great Britain3242.667271413Q
15Thorsten Weidner Germany1242.667271611Q
16Elvis Gregory Cuba4342.66724168Q
17Udo Wagner Germany3342.66724195Q
18Anatol Richter Austria3442.66722184Q
19Hiroki Ichigatani Japan7342.66720173Q
20Vyacheslav Grigoryev Unified Team1342.66722193Q
21Oscar García Cuba6232.60021156Q
22Patrick Groc France5232.60020155Q
23Patrice Lhôtellier France9232.60019154Q
24Yu Bong-Hyeong South Korea5332.60017143Q
25Kinya Abe Japan9332.60017170Q
26Mike Marx United States1433.50023176Q
27 (28)István Busa Hungary7433.50024213Q
28 (27)Ramiro Bravo Spain4433.50021201Q
29Kim Yeong-Ho South Korea1533.50020200Q
30 (31)Róbert Kiss Hungary2333.50022220Q
31 (30)Wang Haibin China4533.5002122-1Q
32Nick Bravin United States3533.5001922-3Q
33Lo Moon Tong Hong Kong9423.4001819-1Q
34 (36)Michael Ludwig Austria6323.4002122-1Q
35 (34)Ola Kajbjer Sweden5423.4001820-2Q
36 (37)José Francisco Guerra Spain8323.4001720-3Q
37 (35)Maged Abdallah Egypt8323.4001720-3Q
38Wu Xing Yao Hong Kong6423.4001821-3Q
39Yoshihide Nagano Japan6423.4001821-3Q
40Bill Gosbee Great Britain5523.4001418-4Q
41Benoît Giasson Canada9523.4001620-4Q
42Donnie McKenzie Great Britain6623.4001721-4Q
43Adam Krzesiński Poland8523.4001721-4Q
44Zaddick Longenbach United States2424.3332125-4Q
45Wang Lihong China2424.3332125-4Q
46Andrés García Spain7524.3331621-5Q
47Kim Seung-Pyo South Korea2624.3332028-8
48Zahi El-Khoury Lebanon9614.2001121-10
49Tang Kwong Hau Hong Kong8614.2001222-10
50Alberto González Argentina5614.200924-15
51Hein van Garderen South Africa7615.1671425-11
52José Guimarães Portugal2716.1671527-12
53Walter Torres Philippines1615.1671026-16
54Enzo da Ponte Paraguay3615.1671129-18
Dario Torrente South Africa4615.1671129-18
56José Marcelo Álvarez Paraguay4706.0001630-14
57Wong James Singapore3706.0001530-15
58Tan Ronald Singapore1706.000730-23
59Michel Youssef Lebanon7706.000330-27
Main bracket 1

Bravin, Giasson, and Abe were eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Lo beating Wagner and Gosbee beating Abe to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Cerioni and Holubytskiy, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Gregory, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Sypniewski won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 8
1  Stefano Cerioni (ITA) 5 5
33  Lo Moon Tong (HKG) 5 6 33  Lo Moon Tong (HKG) 2 2
32  Nick Bravin (USA) 3 4 1  Stefano Cerioni (ITA) 3 3
16  Elvis Gregory (CUB) 5 5
17  Udo Wagner (GER) 6 1 4
16  Elvis Gregory (CUB) 4 5 6
16  Elvis Gregory (CUB) 5 3 1
8  Marian Sypniewski (POL) 3 5 5
9  Serhiy Holubytskiy (EUN) 2 6 5
41  Benoît Giasson (CAN) 1 1 24  Yu Bong-Hyeong (KOR) 5 4 0
24  Yu Bong-Hyeong (KOR) 5 5 9  Serhiy Holubytskiy (EUN) 3 5 3
25  Kinya Abe (JPN) 5 0 8  Marian Sypniewski (POL) 5 2 5
40  Bill Gosbee (GBR) 6 5 40  Bill Gosbee (GBR) 5 4 2
8  Marian Sypniewski (POL) 3 6 5
Repechage qualifiers 1
Repechage qualifier
     
33  Lo Moon Tong (HKG) 1 0
17  Udo Wagner (GER) 5 5
Repechage qualifier
     
24  Yu Bong-Hyeong (KOR) 5 5 5
40  Bill Gosbee (GBR) 1 6 6
Main bracket 2

Guerra, Longenbach, Wang L., and Kim were eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with O. García beating Busa and Davis beating Ludwig to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Schreck and Grigoryev, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Omnès, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Borella won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 8
5  Andrea Borella (ITA) 5 5
37  José Francisco Guerra (ESP) 0 5 5 28  István Busa (HUN) 3 2
28  István Busa (HUN) 5 2 6 5  Andrea Borella (ITA) 6 5
21  Oscar García (CUB) 5 5 12  Ulrich Schreck (GER) 4 3
44  Zaddick Longenbach (USA) 3 2 21  Oscar García (CUB) 6 1 0
12  Ulrich Schreck (GER) 4 5 5
5  Andrea Borella (ITA) 0 6 5
4  Philippe Omnès (FRA) 5 5 2
13  Jonathan Davis (GBR) 1 1
45  Wang Lihong (CHN) 2 1 20  Vyacheslav Grigoryev (EUN) 5 5 0
20  Vyacheslav Grigoryev (EUN) 5 5 20  Vyacheslav Grigoryev (EUN) 2 5 2
29  Kim Yeong-Ho (KOR) 2 5 4 4  Philippe Omnès (FRA) 5 2 5
36  Michael Ludwig (AUT) 5 1 6 36  Michael Ludwig (AUT) 1 3
4  Philippe Omnès (FRA) 5 5
Repechage qualifiers 2
Repechage qualifier
     
28  István Busa (HUN) 0 2
21  Oscar García (CUB) 5 5
Repechage qualifier
     
13  Jonathan Davis (GBR) 5 5
36  Michael Ludwig (AUT) 2 3
Main bracket 3

Abdallah, Ichigatani, Krzesiński, and Wu were eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with A. García beating Wang H. and Groc beating Bravo to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Shevchenko and Érsek, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Numa, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Wendt won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 8
3  Dmitry Shevchenko (EUN) 5 5
35  Maged Abdallah (EGY) 4 3 30  Wang Haibin (CHN) 3 1
30  Wang Haibin (CHN) 6 5 3  Dmitry Shevchenko (EUN) 2 5 0
19  Hiroki Ichigatani (JPN) 5 0 1 14  Mauro Numa (ITA) 5 1 5
46  Andrés García (ESP) 3 5 5 46  Andrés García (ESP) 2 0
14  Mauro Numa (ITA) 5 5
14  Mauro Numa (ITA) 6 1 2
11  Joachim Wendt (AUT) 5 5 5
11  Joachim Wendt (AUT) 1 5 5
43  Adam Krzesiński (POL) 3 1 22  Patrick Groc (FRA) 5 1 3
22  Patrick Groc (FRA) 5 5 11  Joachim Wendt (AUT) 5 2 5
27  Ramiro Bravo (ESP) 6 3 5 6  Zsolt Érsek (HUN) 3 5 3
38  Wu Xing Yao (HKG) 4 5 3 27  Ramiro Bravo (ESP) 1 6 2
6  Zsolt Érsek (HUN) 5 5 5
Repechage qualifiers 3
Repechage qualifier
     
30  Wang Haibin (CHN) 3 1
46  Andrés García (ESP) 5 5
Repechage qualifier
     
22  Patrick Groc (FRA) 5 4 6
27  Ramiro Bravo (ESP) 1 6 4
Main bracket 4

Marx, Lhôtellier, and Kiss were eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Nagano beating McKenzie and Ye beating Weidner to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Kiełpikowski and Richter, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Kajbjer, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Betancourt won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 8
7  Piotr Kiełpikowski (POL) 5 5
39  Yoshihide Nagano (JPN) 5 5 39  Yoshihide Nagano (JPN) 2 3
26  Mike Marx (USA) 2 3 7  Piotr Kiełpikowski (POL) 1 4
23  Patrice Lhôtellier (FRA) 2 3 10  Guillermo Betancourt (CUB) 5 6
42  Donnie McKenzie (GBR) 5 5 42  Donnie McKenzie (GBR) 1 0
10  Guillermo Betancourt (CUB) 5 5
10  Guillermo Betancourt (CUB) 5 3 5
34  Ola Kajbjer (SWE) 3 5 3
15  Thorsten Weidner (GER) 5 5 4
18  Anatol Richter (AUT) 6 3 6
18  Anatol Richter (AUT) 5 3 1
31  Róbert Kiss (HUN) 5 1 34  Ola Kajbjer (SWE) 3 5 5
34  Ola Kajbjer (SWE) 6 5 34  Ola Kajbjer (SWE) 2 6 5
2  Ye Chong (CHN) 5 4 3
Repechage qualifiers 4
Repechage qualifier
     
39  Yoshihide Nagano (JPN) 5 5
42  Donnie McKenzie (GBR) 3 0
Repechage qualifier
     
15  Thorsten Weidner (GER) 2 3
2  Ye Chong (CHN) 5 5

Repechage rounds 1 and 2

The fencers were reseeded: the eight fencers who had lost in the round of 16 were reseeded as 1–8 while the eight fencers who had lost in the round of 32 but won the repechage qualifiers were reseeded as 9–16. For example, original seed #2 Ye was reseeded as #9 because he was the top-seeded fencer who had advanced through the repechage qualifiers. Original seeds are shown in parentheses in the brackets.

R1 seedO seedFencerNation
From round of 16
11Stefano Cerioni Italy
23Dmitry Shevchenko Unified Team
36Zsolt Érsek Hungary
47Piotr Kiełpikowski Poland
59Serhiy Holubytskiy Unified Team
612Ulrich Schreck Germany
718Anatol Richter Austria
820Vyacheslav Grigoryev Unified Team
From round of 32 and qualifiers
92Ye Chong China
1013Jonathan Davis Great Britain
1117Udo Wagner Germany
1221Oscar García Cuba
1322Patrick Groc France
1439Yoshihide Nagano Japan
1540Bill Gosbee Great Britain
1646Andrés García Spain
Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 1

García faced the top two fencers from the group round, beating Cerioni before falling to Ye.

Repechage round 1 Repechage round 2
1 (1)  Stefano Cerioni (ITA) 1 6 4
16 (46)  Andrés García (ESP) 5 4 6 16 (46)  Andrés García (ESP) 2 2
9 (2)  Ye Chong (CHN) 5 3 5 9 (2)  Ye Chong (CHN) 5 5
8 (20)  Vyacheslav Grigoryev (EUN) 0 5 0
Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 2
Repechage round 1 Repechage round 2
5 (9)  Serhiy Holubytskiy (EUN) 6 5
12 (21)  Oscar García (CUB) 5 0 5 (9)  Serhiy Holubytskiy (EUN) 5 5
13 (22)  Patrick Groc (FRA) 1 5 3 4 (7)  Piotr Kiełpikowski (POL) 3 2
4 (7)  Piotr Kiełpikowski (POL) 5 2 5
Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 3
Repechage round 1 Repechage round 2
3 (6)  Zsolt Érsek (HUN) 5 5 5
14 (39)  Yoshihide Nagano (JPN) 6 3 3 3 (6)  Zsolt Érsek (HUN) 5 4
11 (17)  Udo Wagner (GER) 5 5 6 11 (17)  Udo Wagner (GER) 6 6
6 (12)  Ulrich Schreck (GER) 2 6 5
Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 4
Repechage round 1 Repechage round 2
7 (18)  Anatol Richter (AUT) 5 6
10 (13)  Jonathan Davis (GBR) 1 4 7 (18)  Anatol Richter (AUT) 6 6
15 (40)  Bill Gosbee (GBR) 0 6 2 2 (3)  Dmitry Shevchenko (EUN) 4 5
2 (3)  Dmitry Shevchenko (EUN) 5 5 5

Repechage round 3

The fencers were reseeded again. Seeds 1–4 were given to round 8 losers, based on their original seeds. Seeds 5–8 were given to the winners of the second round of the repechage, based on their original seeds—except that Ye was moved from #5 to #6 to avoid a rematch with Kajbjer.

R3 seedR1 seedO seedFencerNation
From round of 8
14Philippe Omnès France
214Mauro Numa Italy
316Elvis Gregory Cuba
434Ola Kajbjer Sweden
From repechage round 2
559Serhiy Holubytskiy Unified Team
692Ye Chong China
71117Udo Wagner Germany
8718Anatol Richter Austria
Repechage round 3 bracket 1
Repechage round 3
     
1 (4)  Philippe Omnès (FRA) 5 5
8 (18)  Anatol Richter (AUT) 1 3
Repechage round 3 bracket 2
Repechage round 3
     
5 (9)  Serhiy Holubytskiy (EUN) 5 6
4 (34)  Ola Kajbjer (SWE) 1 5
Repechage round 3 bracket 3
Repechage round 3
     
3 (16)  Elvis Gregory (CUB) 5 5
6 (2)  Ye Chong (SWE) 1 1
Repechage round 3 bracket 4
Repechage round 3
     
7 (17)  Udo Wagner (GER) 6 2 5
2 (14)  Mauro Numa (ITA) 5 5 3

Final rounds

The fencers were reseeded a final time. Seeds 1–4 were given to the round of 8 winners, based on their original seeds. Seeds 5–8 were given to the winners of the third round of the repechage, based on their original seeds.

F seedR3 seedR1 seedO seedFencerNation
From round of 8
15Andrea Borella Italy
28Marian Sypniewski Poland
310Guillermo Betancourt Cuba
411Joachim Wendt Austria
From repechage round 3
514Philippe Omnès France
6559Serhiy Holubytskiy Unified Team
7316Elvis Gregory Cuba
871117Udo Wagner Germany
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 (5)  Andrea Borella (ITA) 6 4 0
8 (17)  Udo Wagner (GER) 4 6 5
8 (17)  Udo Wagner (GER) 3 6 3
5 (4)  Philippe Omnès (FRA) 5 5 5
5 (4)  Philippe Omnès (FRA) 5 5
4 (11)  Joachim Wendt (AUT) 3 3
5 (4)  Philippe Omnès (FRA) 6 3 5
6 (9)  Serhiy Holubytskiy (EUN) 5 5 2
3 (10)  Guillermo Betancourt (CUB) 2 0
6 (9)  Serhiy Holubytskiy (EUN) 5 5
6 (9)  Serhiy Holubytskiy (EUN) 3 5 5 Bronze match
7 (16)  Elvis Gregory (CUB) 5 2 1
7 (16)  Elvis Gregory (CUB) 5 6 8 (17)  Udo Wagner (GER) 3 5 3
2 (8)  Marian Sypniewski (POL) 0 5 7 (16)  Elvis Gregory (CUB) 5 2 5

Final classification

FencerNation
Philippe Omnès France
Serhiy Holubytskiy Unified Team
Elvis Gregory Cuba
Udo Wagner Germany
Andrea Borella Italy
Marian Sypniewski Poland
Guillermo Betancourt Cuba
Joachim Wendt Austria
Ye Chong China
Mauro Numa Italy
Anatol Richter Austria
Ola Kajbjer Sweden
Dmitry Shevchenko Unified Team
Zsolt Érsek Hungary
Piotr Kiełpikowski Poland
Andrés García Spain
Stefano Cerioni Italy
Ulrich Schreck Germany
Jonathan Davis Great Britain
Vyacheslav Grigoryev Unified Team
Oscar García Cuba
Patrick Groc France
Yoshihide Nagano Japan
Bill Gosbee Great Britain
Thorsten Weidner Germany
Yu Bong-Hyeong South Korea
István Busa Hungary
Ramiro Bravo Spain
Wang Haibin China
Lo Moon Tong Hong Kong
Michael Ludwig Austria
Donnie McKenzie Great Britain
Hiroki Ichigatani Japan
Patrice Lhôtellier France
Kinya Abe Japan
Mike Marx United States
Kim Yeong-Ho South Korea
Róbert Kiss Hungary
Nick Bravin United States
José Francisco Guerra Spain
Maged Abdallah Egypt
Wu Xing Yao Hong Kong
Benoît Giasson Canada
Adam Krzesiński Poland
Zaddick Longenbach United States
Wang Lihong China
Kim Seung-Pyo South Korea
Zahi El-Khoury Lebanon
Tang Kwong Hau Hong Kong
Alberto González Argentina
Hein van Garderen South Africa
José Guimarães Portugal
Walter Torres Philippines
Enzo da Ponte Paraguay
Dario Torrente South Africa
José Marcelo Álvarez Paraguay
Wong James Singapore
Tan Ronald Singapore
Michel Youssef Lebanon

References

  1. "Fencing: 1992 Olympic Results - Men's foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  2. "Foil, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
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