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Épée, Individual, Men

Date	20 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	45 from 21 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

According to the seeding, Aleksandr Beketov was expected to exit the competition at the first hurdle. The Russian upset predictions to reach the final by putting out reigning Olympic Champion Éric Srecki and two other Olympic medalists, Jean-Michel Henry and Iván Kovács, on his way. Kovács was a little unlucky in that he slipped and injured an ankle during their bout. The other half of the draw was also prone to upsets and the man who survived to face Beketov was another outsider in the shape of Cuba’s Iván Trevejo.

The final was desperately close, with the scores tied on no less than nine occasions. With the scores at 14-14, a lunge from Beketov pushed through the Cuban’s defenses and saw him crowned Olympic champion. In an all-Hungarian bronze medal match, Géza Imre defeated a still limping Iván Kovács.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Aleksandr Beketov	RUS	Gold
2	Iván Trevejo	CUB	Silver
3	Géza Imre	HUN	Bronze
4	Iván Kovács	HUN
5	Sandro Cuomo	ITA
6	Jean-Michel Henry	FRA
7	Kaido Kaaberma	EST
8	Marius Strzalka	GER
9	Éric Srecki	FRA
10	Arnd Schmitt	GER
11	Angelo Mazzoni	ITA
12	Robert Leroux	FRA
13	Mauricio Rivas	COL
14	Pavel Kolobkov	RUS
15	Andrus Kajak	EST
16	Elmar Borrmann	GER
17	Péter Vánky	SWE
18	Maurizio Randazzo	ITA
19	Jean-Marc Chouinard	CAN
20	Danek Nowosielski	CAN
21	Nic Bürgin	SUI
22	Krisztián Kulcsár	HUN
23	Yang Noe-Seong	KOR
24	Zhao Gang	CHN
25	Jim Carpenter	USA
26	Vitali Zakharau	BLR
27	Jang Tae-Seok	KOR
28	Mike Marx	USA
29	César González	ESP
30	Valery Zakharevich	RUS
31	Tamir Bloom	USA
32	Gheorghe Epurescu	ROU
33	Óscar Fernández	ESP
34	Olivier Jacquet	SUI
35	Meelis Loit	EST
36	Fernando de la Peña	ESP
37	Roman Ječmínek	CZE
38	James Ransom	CAN
39	Nuno Frazão	POR
40	Paris Inostroza	CHI
41	Juan Miguel Paz	COL
42	Lee Sang-Gi	KOR
43	Gabriel Pantelimon	ROU
44	Iliya Mechkov	BUL
45	Aurel Bratu	ROU

Round One

Date	20 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round two.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	20 Jul		Sandro Cuomo	ITA				bye
Bout #2	20 Jul	Piste 1	Valery Zakharevich	RUS	15 – 8	Fernando de la Peña	ESP
Bout #3	20 Jul		Andrus Kajak	EST				bye
Bout #4	20 Jul		Krisztián Kulcsár	HUN				bye
Bout #5	20 Jul		Maurizio Randazzo	ITA				bye
Bout #6	20 Jul	Piste 2	Elmar Borrmann	GER	15 – 14	Lee Sang-Gi	KOR
Bout #7	20 Jul	Piste 3	Géza Imre	HUN	15 – 12	Paris Inostroza	CHI
Bout #8	20 Jul		Péter Vánky	SWE				bye
Bout #9	20 Jul		Robert Leroux	FRA				bye
Bout #10	20 Jul	Piste 4	Tamir Bloom	USA	15 – 13	Olivier Jacquet	SUI
Bout #11	20 Jul	Piste 5	Zhao Gang	CHN	15 – 12	Iliya Mechkov	BUL
Bout #12	20 Jul		Kaido Kaaberma	EST				bye
Bout #13	20 Jul		Danek Nowosielski	CAN				bye
Bout #14	20 Jul	Piste 6	Iván Trevejo	CUB	15 – 10	Aurel Bratu	ROU
Bout #15	20 Jul	Piste 1	Jang Tae-Seok	KOR	15 – 13	Roman Ječmínek	CZE
Bout #16	20 Jul		Arnd Schmitt	GER				bye
Bout #17	20 Jul		Iván Kovács	HUN				bye
Bout #18	20 Jul	Piste 2	Mike Marx	USA	15 – 9	James Ransom	CAN
Bout #19	20 Jul		Yang Noe-Seong	KOR				bye
Bout #20	20 Jul		Pavel Kolobkov	RUS				bye
Bout #21	20 Jul		Jean-Marc Chouinard	CAN				bye
Bout #22	20 Jul	Piste 3	Marius Strzalka	GER	15 – 12	Gabriel Pantelimon	ROU
Bout #23	20 Jul	Piste 4	Vitali Zakharau	BLR	15 – 11	Nuno Frazão	POR
Bout #24	20 Jul		Angelo Mazzoni	ITA				bye
Bout #25	20 Jul		Jean-Michel Henry	FRA				bye
Bout #26	20 Jul	Piste 5	Gheorghe Epurescu	ROU	15 – 10	Óscar Fernández	ESP
Bout #27	20 Jul	Piste 6	Jim Carpenter	USA	15 – 11	Juan Miguel Paz	COL
Bout #28	20 Jul		Mauricio Rivas	COL				bye
Bout #29	20 Jul		Nic Bürgin	SUI				bye
Bout #30	20 Jul		Aleksandr Beketov	RUS				bye
Bout #31	20 Jul	Piste 1	César González	ESP	15 – 14	Meelis Loit	EST
Bout #32	20 Jul		Éric Srecki	FRA				bye

Round Two

Date	20 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round three.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	20 Jul	Piste 1	Sandro Cuomo	ITA	15 – 14	Valery Zakharevich	RUS
Bout #2	20 Jul	Piste 2	Andrus Kajak	EST	15 – 14	Krisztián Kulcsár	HUN
Bout #3	20 Jul	Piste 3	Elmar Borrmann	GER	15 – 14	Maurizio Randazzo	ITA
Bout #4	20 Jul	Piste 4	Géza Imre	HUN	15 – 14	Péter Vánky	SWE
Bout #5	20 Jul	Piste 5	Robert Leroux	FRA	15 – 9	Tamir Bloom	USA
Bout #6	20 Jul	Piste 6	Kaido Kaaberma	EST	15 – 6	Zhao Gang	CHN
Bout #7	20 Jul	Piste 1	Iván Trevejo	CUB	15 – 14	Danek Nowosielski	CAN
Bout #8	20 Jul	Piste 2	Arnd Schmitt	GER	15 – 13	Jang Tae-Seok	KOR
Bout #9	20 Jul	Piste 3	Iván Kovács	HUN	15 – 6	Mike Marx	USA
Bout #10	20 Jul	Piste 4	Pavel Kolobkov	RUS	15 – 14	Yang Noe-Seong	KOR
Bout #11	20 Jul	Piste 5	Marius Strzalka	GER	15 – 12	Jean-Marc Chouinard	CAN
Bout #12	20 Jul	Piste 6	Angelo Mazzoni	ITA	15 – 11	Vitali Zakharau	BLR
Bout #13	20 Jul	Piste 1	Jean-Michel Henry	FRA	15 – 9	Gheorghe Epurescu	ROU
Bout #14	20 Jul	Piste 2	Mauricio Rivas	COL	15 – 9	Jim Carpenter	USA
Bout #15	20 Jul	Piste 4	Aleksandr Beketov	RUS	15 – 12	Nic Bürgin	SUI
Bout #16	20 Jul	Piste 5	Éric Srecki	FRA	15 – 11	César González	ESP

Round Three

Date	20 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	20 Jul	Piste 1	Sandro Cuomo	ITA	15 – 14	Andrus Kajak	EST
Bout #2	20 Jul	Piste 2	Géza Imre	HUN	15 – 14	Elmar Borrmann	GER
Bout #3	20 Jul	Piste 4	Kaido Kaaberma	EST	15 – 14	Robert Leroux	FRA
Bout #4	20 Jul	Piste 5	Iván Trevejo	CUB	15 – 8	Arnd Schmitt	GER
Bout #5	20 Jul	Piste 1	Iván Kovács	HUN	15 – 11	Pavel Kolobkov	RUS
Bout #6	20 Jul	Piste 2	Marius Strzalka	GER	15 – 13	Angelo Mazzoni	ITA
Bout #7	20 Jul	Piste 3	Jean-Michel Henry	FRA	15 – 11	Mauricio Rivas	COL
Bout #8	20 Jul	Piste 5	Aleksandr Beketov	RUS	15 – 10	Éric Srecki	FRA

Quarter-Finals

Date	20 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	20 Jul	Piste 1	Géza Imre	HUN	15 – 14	Sandro Cuomo	ITA
Bout #2	20 Jul	Piste 2	Iván Trevejo	CUB	15 – 14	Kaido Kaaberma	EST
Bout #3	20 Jul	Piste 4	Iván Kovács	HUN	15 – 13	Marius Strzalka	GER
Bout #4	20 Jul	Piste 5	Aleksandr Beketov	RUS	15 – 13	Jean-Michel Henry	FRA

Semi-Finals

Date	20 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to final.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	20 Jul	Piste 1	Iván Trevejo	CUB	15 – 10	Géza Imre	HUN
Bout #2	20 Jul	Piste 1	Aleksandr Beketov	RUS	15 – 8	Iván Kovács	HUN

Final Round

Date	20 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout 1/2	20 Jul	Piste 1	Aleksandr Beketov	RUS	15 – 14	Iván Trevejo	CUB
Bout 3/4	20 Jul	Piste 1	Géza Imre	HUN	15 – 9	Iván Kovács	HUN