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Foil, Individual, Men

Date	17 – 18 August 1920
Status	Olympic
Location	Floraliën, Middelheimpark, Antwerpen
Participants	56 from 10 countries

Each nation was allowed a maximum of eight entries. Bouts were for three touches as specified in the rules adopted by the FIE the previous year based on the suggestion by the Italians in 1914 but there was considerable feeling by the end of the Olympics that the number of touches should be increased to five by the FIE for future foil competitions.

Nedo Nadi defended the foil title that he had won in Stockholm in 1912. This was his first gold medal of the 1920 Olympic Games. Nadi retired shortly after the Antwerp Olympic Games. Nedo Nadi had also won the individual foil title at the 1919 Inter-Allied Games.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Nedo Nadi	ITA	Gold
2	Philippe Cattiau	FRA	Silver
3	Roger Ducret	FRA	Bronze
4	André Labatut	FRA
5	Aldo Nadi	ITA
6	Fernand de Montigny	BEL
7	Oreste Puliti	ITA
8	Ivan Osiier	DEN
9	Abelardo Olivier	ITA
10	Georges Trombert	FRA
11	Marcel Perrot	FRA
12	Pietro Speciale	ITA
4 p1 r2/3	Lionel, Marquis de Castellane-Majastres	FRA
4 p2 r2/3	Louis Cuypers	BEL
=4 p3 r2/3	Tommaso Costantino	ITA
=4 p3 r2/3	Charles Crahay	BEL
4 p4 r2/3	Félix Vigeveno	NED
5 p1 r2/3	Émile De Schepper	BEL
5 p2 r2/3	Ejnar Levison	DEN
5 p4 r2/3	Jean Verbrugge	BEL
6 p1 r2/3	Francis Honeycutt	USA
6 p2 r2/3	Vilém Tvrzský	TCH
6 p3 r2/3	Federico Cesarano	ITA
6 p4 r2/3	Knut Enell	SWE
4 p2 r1/3	Salomon Zeldenrust	NED
4 p5 r1/3	Ahmed Mohamed Hassanein	EGY
4 p7 r1/3	Thomas Wand-Tetley	GBR
4 p8 r1/3	Edgar Seligman	GBR
=4 p1 r1/3	Henry Breckinridge	USA
=4 p1 r1/3	Wouter Brouwer	NED
=4 p1 r1/3	Rodolfo Terlizzi	ITA
=4 p3 r1/3	Roland Willoughby	GBR
=4 p3 r1/3	Eugène Dufrane	BEL
=4 p4 r1/3	Georg Hegner	DEN
=4 p4 r1/3	Arie de Jong	NED
=4 p6 r1/3	Geoffrey Doyne	GBR
=4 p6 r1/3	František Dvořák	TCH
=4 p6 r1/3	Marcel Berré	BEL
5 p2 r1/3	Millard Bloomer	USA
5 p5 r1/3	Verner Bonde	DEN
5 p7 r1/3	George Calnan	USA
5 p8 r1/3	Antonín Mikala	TCH
6 p2 r1/3	Albert Pape	BEL
6 p3 r1/3	Josef Jungmann	TCH
6 p7 r1/3	Aage Berntsen	DEN
6 p8 r1/3	Leon Schoonmaker	USA
=6 p4 r1/3	Brooks Parker	USA
=6 p4 r1/3	Josef Javůrek	TCH
7 p1 r1/3	Cecil Kershaw	GBR
7 p3 r1/3	Nils Hellsten	SWE
7 p6 r1/3	Jan van der Wiel	NED
=7 p2 r1/3	Evan James	GBR
=7 p2 r1/3	Gustaf Lindblom	SWE
8 p4 r1/3	Robert Montgomerie	GBR
9 p2 r1/3	Kay Schrøder	DEN
9 p4 r1/3	Hans Törnblom	SWE
DNS	Lucien Gaudin	FRA

Round One (17 August 1920 — 09:00)

Top three finishers in each pool advanced to second round.

Pool 1

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	André Labatut	FRA	6	0	Q
2	Jean Verbrugge	BEL	5	1	Q
3	Ejnar Levison	DEN	4	2	Q
=4	Henry Breckinridge	USA	2	4
=4	Wouter Brouwer	NED	2	4
=4	Rodolfo Terlizzi	ITA	2	4
7	Cecil Kershaw	GBR	0	6

Pool 2

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Nedo Nadi	ITA	7	1	Q
2	Georges Trombert	FRA	7	1	Q
3	Vilém Tvrzský	TCH	6	2	Q
4	Salomon Zeldenrust	NED	5	3
5	Millard Bloomer	USA	4	4
6	Albert Pape	BEL	3	5
=7	Evan James	GBR	2	6
=7	Gustaf Lindblom	SWE	2	6
9	Kay Schrøder	DEN	0	8

Pool 3

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Aldo Nadi	ITA	6	0	Q
2	Ivan Osiier	DEN	4	2	Q
3	Lionel, Marquis de Castellane-Majastres	FRA	4	2	Q
=4	Roland Willoughby	GBR	3	3
=4	Eugène Dufrane	BEL	3	3
6	Josef Jungmann	TCH	1	5
7	Nils Hellsten	SWE	0	6

Pool 4

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Abelardo Olivier	ITA	7	1	Q
=2	Louis Cuypers	BEL	6	2	Q
=2	Marcel Perrot	FRA	6	2	Q
=4	Georg Hegner	DEN	4	4
=4	Arie de Jong	NED	4	4
=6	Brooks Parker	USA	3	5
=6	Josef Javůrek	TCH	3	5
8	Robert Montgomerie	GBR	2	6
9	Hans Törnblom	SWE	1	7

Pool 5

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Federico Cesarano	ITA	4	0	Q
2	Charles Crahay	BEL	3	1	Q
3	Francis Honeycutt	USA	2	2	Q
4	Ahmed Mohamed Hassanein	EGY	1	3
5	Verner Bonde	DEN	0	4
DNS	Lucien Gaudin	FRA	–	–

Pool 6

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Philippe Cattiau	FRA	6	0	Q
2	Pietro Speciale	ITA	4	2	Q
3	Knut Enell	SWE	4	2	Q
=4	Geoffrey Doyne	GBR	2	4
=4	František Dvořák	TCH	2	4
=4	Marcel Berré	BEL	2	4
7	Jan van der Wiel	NED	1	5

Pool 7

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Roger Ducret	FRA	5	0	Q
2	Oreste Puliti	ITA	4	1	Q
3	Émile De Schepper	BEL	3	2	Q
4	Thomas Wand-Tetley	GBR	2	3
5	George Calnan	USA	1	4
6	Aage Berntsen	DEN	0	5

Pool 8

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Fernand de Montigny	BEL	5	0	Q
2	Tommaso Costantino	ITA	4	1	Q
3	Félix Vigeveno	NED	3	2	Q
4	Edgar Seligman	GBR	2	3
5	Antonín Mikala	TCH	1	4
6	Leon Schoonmaker	USA	0	5

Semi-Finals (18 August 1920 — 15:30)

Top three finishers in each pool advanced to final.

Pool 1

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Nedo Nadi	ITA	5	0	Q
2	Oreste Puliti	ITA	4	1	Q
3	Roger Ducret	FRA	3	2	Q
4	Lionel, Marquis de Castellane-Majastres	FRA	2	3
5	Émile De Schepper	BEL	1	4
6	Francis Honeycutt	USA	0	5

Pool 2

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
=1	Aldo Nadi	ITA	4	1	Q
=1	Philippe Cattiau	FRA	4	1	Q
3	Marcel Perrot	FRA	3	2	Q
4	Louis Cuypers	BEL	2	3
5	Ejnar Levison	DEN	1	4
6	Vilém Tvrzský	TCH	1	4

Pool 3

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Georges Trombert	FRA	4	1	Q
2	Fernand de Montigny	BEL	4	1	Q
3	Ivan Osiier	DEN	3	2	Q
=4	Tommaso Costantino	ITA	2	3
=4	Charles Crahay	BEL	2	3
6	Federico Cesarano	ITA	0	5

Pool 4

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	André Labatut	FRA	5	0	Q
2	Abelardo Olivier	ITA	4	1	Q
3	Pietro Speciale	ITA	2	3	Q
4	Félix Vigeveno	NED	2	3
5	Jean Verbrugge	BEL	1	4
6	Knut Enell	SWE	1	4

Final Pool (18 August 1920)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Tied	Bouts Lost
1	Nedo Nadi	ITA	10	1	--
2	Philippe Cattiau	FRA	9	2	14
3	Roger Ducret	FRA	9	2	19
4	André Labatut	FRA	7	4	--
5	Aldo Nadi	ITA	6	5	19
6	Fernand de Montigny	BEL	6	5	27
7	Oreste Puliti	ITA	5	6	–
8	Ivan Osiier	DEN	4	7	–
9	Abelardo Olivier	ITA	3	8	–
10	Georges Trombert	FRA	3	8	–
11	Marcel Perrot	FRA	3	8	–
12	Pietro Speciale	ITA	1	10	–