The men's foil was a fencing

Fencing

Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

 event held as part of the fencing at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Fencing at the 1904 Summer Olympics

At the 1904 Summer Olympics, five fencing events were contested, all for men only. The third edition of the Olympic fencing program included a team event for the first time, as well as the only Olympic singlestick competition. Events for fencing professionals were eliminated...

programme. It was the third time the event was held at the Olympics. The competition was held on September 7, 1904.

9 fencers from 3 nations competed.

Semifinals

Each fencer in a group faced each other fencer in that group once. The top two fencers in each semifinal group moved on to the final.

Semifinal pool A
1.		4	0
2.		3	1
3.		2	2
4.		1	3
5.		0	4
Semifinal pool B
1.		3	0
2.		2	1
3.		1	2
4.		0	3

Final

Fonst continued to defeat all comers, including Post a second time, to win the gold. Post's only two losses in the event came against Fonst, as he took silver. Tatham, who had lost to Casmir in the semifinal pool, defeated him the second time around to take third place.

Final
1		3	0
2		2	1
3		1	2
4		0	3