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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 1920 Summer Olympics

Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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 programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. Of the six fencing events, this was the only one in which Nedo Nadi

Nedo Nadi

Nedo Nadi was an Italian fencer, widely regarded as one of, if not, the best ever. He is the only fencer to win a gold medal in each of the three weapons at a single Olympic Games and won the most gold medals ever at a single Games - five...

did not win a gold medal—he did not compete. Instead, a trio of Frenchmen swept the medals.

A total of 80 fencers from 13 nations competed in the event, which was held on August 22 and August 23, 1920.

First round

Pool A
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1		8	1	Q
2		6	3	Q
3		5	4	Q
		5	4	Q
5		4	5	Q
6		4	5
7		3	6
		3	6
		3	6
10		1	8
Pool B
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1		5	2	Q
2		4	3	Q
		4	3	Q
		4	3	Q
5		3	4	Q
6		3	4
7		2	5
		2	5
Pool C
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1		5	2	Q
		5	2	Q
3		4	2	Q
		4	2	Q
5		3	3	Q
6		3	3	q
7		2	4
		2	4
Pool D
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1		7	2	Q
2		6	3	Q
3		5	4	Q
4		4	5	Q
5		4	5	Q
6		4	5
7		3	6
		3	6
		3	6
10		2	7
Pool E
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1		6	2	Q
2		5	3	Q
3		4	4	Q
4		4	4	Q
5		4	4	Q
6		3	5
7		3	5
8		1	7
		1	7
Pool F
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1		6	1	Q
2		5	2	Q
3		4	3	Q
4		3	4	Q
5		3	4	Q
6		2	5
7		2	5
8		1	6
Pool G
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1		6	2	Q
		6	2	Q
		6	2	Q
4		5	3	Q
5		4	4	Q
6		3	5
7		3	5
8		2	6
9		0	8
Pool H
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1		7	1	Q
2		6	2	Q
		6	2	Q
4		5	3	Q
5		3	5	Q
6		3	5
7		3	5
8		2	6
9		1	7
Pool I
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1		6	2	Q
2		5	3	Q
		5	3	Q
4		4	4	Q
5		4	4
6		3	5
7		3	5
8		2	6
9		0	8

Quarterfinals

Pool A
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1		8	2	Q
2		7	3	Q
		7	3	Q
4		6	4	Q
		6	4	Q
6		5	5	Q
7		5	5
		5	5
9		4	6
10		2	8
11		1	9
Pool B
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1		7	3	Q
2		6	4	Q
		6	4	Q
		6	4	Q
5		5	3	Q
		5	3	Q
7		4	6
		4	6
		4	6
10		3	7
11		1	9
Pool C
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1		8	3	Q
2		7	4	Q
3		6	5	Q
		6	5	Q
		6	5	Q
		6	5	Q
7		5	6
		5	6
		5	6
10		4	7
11		3	8
12		1	10
Pool D
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1		8	2	Q
2		7	3	Q
3		6	4	Q
		6	4	Q
		6	4	Q
		6	4	Q
7		4	6
8		3	7
		3	7
		3	7
11		1	9

Semifinals

Pool A
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1		9	2	Q
2		7	4	Q
3		6	5	Q
		6	5	Q
5		4	7	Q
		4	7	Q
7		4	7
		4	7
		4	7
10		2	9
		2	9
12		0	11
Pool B
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1		7	4	Q
2		6	5	Q
		6	5	Q
		6	5	Q
		6	5	Q
		6	5	Q
7		6	5
8		4	7
		4	7
10		3	8
		3	8
12		2	9

Final

Final
Place	Fencer	Wins	Losses
		9	2
		7	4
		6	5
4		6	5
5		5	6
6		5	6
		5	6
		5	6
9		4	7
10		3	8
		3	8
12		2	9