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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...

 events on the Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics

At the 1924 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested. A women's event, the individual foil, was held for the first time.After the Olympic Games, an Italian and a Hungarian settled a scoring controversy with a real duel...

programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event, which had not been on the programme in 1896.

The competition was held from Wednesday, July 10, 1924 to Thursday, July 11, 1924. 67 fencers from 18 nations competed.

Round 1

The top six fencers, by number of wins, in each pool advanced. Double-losses were allowed. Tie-breakers were held within a group tied on a number of wins that broke between qualification and non-qualification.

Pool A

Rank	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Tie break		Qual.
				Wins	Losses
1		6	3	N/A		Q
		6	3			Q
3		5	4			Q
		5	4			Q
		5	4			Q
6		4	5	2	0	Q
7		4	5	1	1
8		4	5	0	2
9		3	6	N/A
10		1	8

Pool B

Rank	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Tie break		Qual.
				Wins	Losses
1		8	1	N/A		Q
2		7	2			Q
3		5	4	2	2	Q
		5	4	2	1	Q
		5	4	2	1	Q
		5	4	2	1	Q
7		5	4	0	3
8		3	6	N/A
9		1	8
10		0	9

Pool C

Rank	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Tie break		Qual.
				Wins	Losses
1		7	2	N/A		Q
2		6	3			Q
		6	3			Q
4		5	4			Q
		5	4			Q
6		4	5	1	0	Q
7		4	5	0	1
8		3	6	N/A
9		2	7
		2	7

Pool D

Rank	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Tie break		Qual.
				Wins	Losses
1		6	2	N/A		Q
		6	2			Q
		6	2			Q
4		5	3			Q
5		4	4			Q
		4	4			Q
7		2	6
		2	6
9		0	8

Pool E

Rank	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Tie break		Qual.
				Wins	Losses
1		6	2	N/A		Q
2		5	3			Q
		5	3			Q
		5	3			Q
5		4	4	1	0	Q
		4	4	1	0	Q
7		4	4	0	2
8		1	7	N/A
9		0	8

Pool F

Rank	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Tie break		Qual.
				Wins	Losses
1		7	1	N/A		Q
2		4	4			Q
		4	4			Q
		4	4			Q
		4	4			Q
		4	4			Q
7		3	5
8		2	6
		2	6

Pool G

Rank	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Tie break		Qual.
				Wins	Losses
1		8	1	N/A		Q
2		7	2			Q
3		5	4			Q
		5	4			Q
		5	4			Q
6		4	5	1	0	Q
7		4	5	0	1
8		2	7	N/A
		2	7
		2	7

Quarterfinals

The top six fencers, by number of wins, in each pool advanced. Double-losses were allowed. Tie-breakers were held within a group tied on a number of wins that broke between qualification and non-qualification.

Pool A

Rank	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Tie break		Qual.
				Wins	Losses
1		7	3	N/A		Q
		7	3			Q
		7	3			Q
		7	3			Q
5		6	4			Q
6		5	5			Q
7		4	6
8		3	7
		3	7
		3	7
11		2	8

Pool B

Rank	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Tie break		Qual.
				Wins	Losses
1		7	2	N/A		Q
		7	2			Q
3		6	3			Q
		6	3			Q
5		5	4			Q
6		4	5			Q
7		3	6
8		2	7
		2	7
10		1	8

Pool C

Rank	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Tie break		Qual.
				Wins	Losses
1		9	1	N/A		Q
2		7	3			Q
3		6	4			Q
		6	4			Q
5		5	5			Q
6		4	6	2	0	Q
7		4	6	1	1
8		4	6	0	2
9		3	7	N/A
10		2	8
		2	8

Pool D

Rank	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Tie break		Qual.
				Wins	Losses
1		6	3	N/A		Q
		6	3			Q
		6	3			Q
		6	3			Q
		6	3			Q
6		4	5	2	0	Q
7		4	5	1	1
8		4	5	0	2
9		1	8	N/A
10		0	9

Semifinals

The top six fencers, by number of wins, in each pool advanced. Double-losses were allowed. Tie-breakers were held within a group tied on a number of wins that broke between qualification and non-qualification.

Pool A

Rank	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Tie break		Qual.
				Wins	Losses
1		7	4	N/A		Q
2		6	5			Q
		6	5			Q
		6	5			Q
		6	5			Q
		6	5			Q
7		5	6
		5	6
		5	6
10		4	7
		4	7
12		3	8

Pool B

Rank	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Tie break		Qual.
				Wins	Losses
1		9	2	N/A		Q
2		7	4			Q
		7	4			Q
4		6	5			Q
5		5	6			Q
6		4	7	5	1	Q
7		4	7	3	3
		4	7	3	3
		4	7	3	3
		4	7	3	3
		4	7	3	3
12		4	7	1	5

Final

Double-losses were allowed. Tie-breakers were held within a group as necessary for individual placing to sixth place; this required two rounds of tie-breakers (the first round for 2nd-5th; the second round for 2nd/3rd and 4th/5th).

Rank	Fencer	Wins	Losses	Tie break 1		Tie break 2
				Wins	Losses	Wins	Losses
		8	3	N/A
		7	4	2	1	1	0
		7	4	2	1	0	1
4		7	4	1	2	1	0
5		7	4	1	2	0	1
6		6	5	N/A
7		5	6
		5	6
9		4	7
		4	7
11		2	9
12		1	10