Fencing — Épée, Individual, Men

Times held 30
Total participants 1300
Total countries 84

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1900 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 103 12
1904 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 5 3
1906 Épée, Individual, Men Intercalated 29 10
1908 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 85 13
1912 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 93 15
1920 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 80 13
1924 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 67 18
1928 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 59 22
1932 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 28 12
1936 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 68 26
1948 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 66 25
1952 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 76 29
1956 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 41 18
1960 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 79 32
1964 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 65 25
1968 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 72 28
1972 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 72 28
1976 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 64 26
1980 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 42 16
1984 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 63 26
1988 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 79 33
1992 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 70 30
1996 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 45 21
2000 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 42 22
2004 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 37 21
2008 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 41 23
2012 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 30 24
2016 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 38 20
2020 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 36 18
2024 Épée, Individual, Men Olympic 35 19

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Ramón FonstCUB Louis PerréeFRA Léon SéeFRA
1904 Ramón FonstCUB Charles TathamUSA Albertson Van Zo PostUSA
1906 Gabriel, Comte de la FalaiseFRA Georges, Baron Dillon-KavanaghFRA Lex van BlijenburghNED
1908 Gaston AlibertFRA Alexandre LippmannFRA Eugène OlivierFRA
1912 Paul AnspachBEL Ivan OsiierDEN Philippe, Vicomte Le Hardy de BeaulieuBEL
1920 Armand MassardFRA Alexandre LippmannFRA Gustave BuchardFRA
1924 Charles DelporteBEL Roger DucretFRA Nils HellstenSWE
1928 Lucien GaudinFRA Géo BuchardFRA George CalnanUSA
1932 Giancarlo Cornaggia-MediciITA Géo BuchardFRA Carlo AgostoniITA
1936 Franco RiccardiITA Saverio RagnoITA Giancarlo Cornaggia-MediciITA
1948 Gino CantoneITA Oswald ZappelliSUI Edoardo MangiarottiITA
1952 Edoardo MangiarottiITA Dario MangiarottiITA Oswald ZappelliSUI
1956 Carlo PavesiITA Giuseppe DelfinoITA Edoardo MangiarottiITA
1960 Giuseppe DelfinoITA Allan JayGBR Bruno HabārovsURS
1964 Grigory KrissURS Bill HoskynsGBR Guram KostavaURS
1968 Győző KulcsárHUN Grigory KrissURS Gianluigi SaccaroITA
1972 Csaba FenyvesiHUN Jacques LadègaillerieFRA Győző KulcsárHUN
1976 Alexander PuschFRG Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG Győző KulcsárHUN
1980 Johan HarmenbergSWE Ernő KolczonayHUN Philippe RiboudFRA
1984 Philippe BoisseFRA Björne VäggöSWE Philippe RiboudFRA
1988 Arnd SchmittFRG Philippe RiboudFRA Andrey ShuvalovURS
1992 Éric SreckiFRA Pavel KolobkovEUN Jean-Michel HenryFRA
1996 Aleksandr BeketovRUS Iván TrevejoCUB Géza ImreHUN
2000 Pavel KolobkovRUS Hugues ObryFRA Lee Sang-GiKOR
2004 Marcel FischerSUI Wang LeiCHN Pavel KolobkovRUS
2008 Matteo TagliariolITA Fabrice JeannetFRA José Luis AbajoESP
2012 Rubén LimardoVEN Bartosz PiaseckiNOR Jeong Jin-SeonKOR
2016 Park Sang-YeongKOR Géza ImreHUN Gauthier GrumierFRA
2020 Romain CannoneFRA Gergely SiklósiHUN Ihor ReizlinUKR
2024 Koki KanoJPN Yannick BorelFRA Mohamed El-SayedEGY

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
France FRA 7 12 7 26
Italy ITA 7 3 5 15
Hungary HUN 2 3 3 8
Cuba CUB 2 1 0 3
West Germany FRG 2 1 0 3
Belgium BEL 2 0 1 3
Russian Federation RUS 2 0 1 3
Soviet Union URS 1 1 3 5
Sweden SWE 1 1 1 3
Switzerland SUI 1 1 1 3
Republic of Korea KOR 1 0 2 3
Japan JPN 1 0 0 1
Venezuela VEN 1 0 0 1
Great Britain GBR 0 2 0 2
United States USA 0 1 2 3
Denmark DEN 0 1 0 1
Norway NOR 0 1 0 1
People's Republic of China CHN 0 1 0 1
Unified Team EUN 0 1 0 1
Egypt EGY 0 0 1 1
Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1
Spain ESP 0 0 1 1
Ukraine UKR 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ramón Fonst CUB 2 0 0 2
Pavel Kolobkov RUS
URS
EUN
1 1 1 3
Giuseppe Delfino ITA 1 1 0 2
Grigory Kriss URS
UKR
1 1 0 2
Győző Kulcsár HUN 1 0 2 3
Edoardo Mangiarotti ITA 1 0 2 3

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 2004 Summer Olympics Abderrahmane Daidj 37 See all
Argentina ARG 1900 Summer Olympics Francisco Camet 5 See all
Aruba ARU 1988 Summer Olympics Austin Thomas 70 See all
Australia AUS 2000 Summer Olympics Gerry Adams 15 See all
Austria AUT 1968 Summer Olympics Herbert Polzhuber 5 See all
Bahrain BRN 1988 Summer Olympics Abdul Rahman Khalid 66 See all
Belarus BLR 2000 Summer Olympics Vitali Zakharau 24 See all
Belgium BEL 1912 Summer Olympics Paul Anspach 1 Gold See all
1924 Summer Olympics Charles Delporte 1 Gold
Bohemia BOH 1908 Summer Olympics Vilém Goppold z Lobsdorfu, Sr. 3 p3 r2/4 See all
1908 Summer Olympics Vilém Tvrzský =3 p4 r2/4
Bolivia BOL 1984 Summer Olympics Saúl Mendoza =58 See all
Brazil BRA 1948 Summer Olympics Miguel Biancalana 7 p2 r3/4 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1996 Summer Olympics Iliya Mechkov 44 See all
Canada CAN 1984 Summer Olympics Michel Dessureault 10 See all
Chile CHI 2012 Summer Olympics Paris Inostroza =17 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1984 Summer Olympics Tsai Shing-Hsiang 37 See all
Colombia COL 1992 Summer Olympics Mauricio Rivas 7 See all
Cuba CUB 1900 Summer Olympics Ramón Fonst 1 Gold See all
1904 Summer Olympics Ramón Fonst 1 Gold
Czechia CZE 2020 Summer Olympics Jakub Jurka 25 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1980 Summer Olympics Jaroslav Jurka =7 See all
Denmark DEN 1912 Summer Olympics Ivan Osiier 2 Silver See all
East Germany GDR 1988 Summer Olympics Torsten Kühnemund 5 See all
Egypt EGY 2024 Summer Olympics Mohamed El-Sayed 3 Bronze See all
Estonia EST 1992 Summer Olympics Kaido Kaaberma 4 See all
Finland FIN 1956 Summer Olympics Rolf Wiik 8 See all
France FRA 1906 Intercalated Games Gabriel, Comte de la Falaise 1 Gold See all
1908 Summer Olympics Gaston Alibert 1 Gold
1920 Summer Olympics Armand Massard 1 Gold
1928 Summer Olympics Lucien Gaudin 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Philippe Boisse 1 Gold
1992 Summer Olympics Éric Srecki 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Romain Cannone 1 Gold
Germany GER 1904 Summer Olympics Gustav Casmir 4 See all
Great Britain GBR 1960 Summer Olympics Allan Jay 2 Silver See all
1964 Summer Olympics Bill Hoskyns 2 Silver
Greece GRE 1906 Intercalated Games Georgios Petropoulos =4 p2 r2/3 See all
Guatemala GUA 1952 Summer Olympics Rubén Soberón 5 p6 r1/4 See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 2012 Summer Olympics Leung Ka Ming =17 See all
Hungary HUN 1968 Summer Olympics Győző Kulcsár 1 Gold See all
1972 Summer Olympics Csaba Fenyvesi 1 Gold
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 2016 Summer Olympics Abdulaziz Al-Shatti 38 See all
Indonesia INA 1956 Summer Olympics Siha Sukarno 6 p2 r1/4 See all
Ireland IRL 1964 Summer Olympics John Bouchier-Hayes 6 p1 r2/4 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1900 Summer Olympics Freydoun Malcolm Khan AC p4 r2/4 See all
Israel ISR 2024 Summer Olympics Yuval Freilich 19 See all
Italy ITA 1932 Summer Olympics Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici 1 Gold See all
1936 Summer Olympics Franco Riccardi 1 Gold
1948 Summer Olympics Gino Cantone 1 Gold
1952 Summer Olympics Edoardo Mangiarotti 1 Gold
1956 Summer Olympics Carlo Pavesi 1 Gold
1960 Summer Olympics Giuseppe Delfino 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Matteo Tagliariol 1 Gold
Japan JPN 2024 Summer Olympics Koki Kano 1 Gold See all
Jordan JOR 1988 Summer Olympics Ali Abuzamia =74 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2024 Summer Olympics Ruslan Kurbanov 6 See all
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 1984 Summer Olympics Jamil Mohamed Bubashit 52 See all
Kuwait KUW 1980 Summer Olympics Kazem Hasan 34 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2000 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Poddubny 32 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Roman Petrov 32
Lebanon LBN 1964 Summer Olympics Hassan El-Said =17 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1952 Summer Olympics Léon Buck 4 See all
Malaysia MAS 1964 Summer Olympics Ronnie Theseira 8 p1 r1/4 See all
Mexico MEX 1932 Summer Olympics Eduardo Prieto 8 p1 r2/3 See all
Monaco MON 1972 Summer Olympics Jean-Charles Seneca 4 p7 r2/5 See all
Morocco MAR 2020 Summer Olympics Houssam El-Kord 14 See all
Netherlands NED 1906 Intercalated Games Lex van Blijenburgh 3 Bronze See all
New Zealand NZL 1988 Summer Olympics Martin Brill 7 See all
Norway NOR 2012 Summer Olympics Bartosz Piasecki 2 Silver See all
Panama PAN 1964 Summer Olympics Saúl Torres DNS See all
Paraguay PAR 1992 Summer Olympics José Marcelo Álvarez 66 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2004 Summer Olympics Wang Lei 2 Silver See all
Peru PER 1900 Summer Olympics Carlos de Candamo AC p13 r1/4 See all
Poland POL 1964 Summer Olympics Bogdan Gonsior 5 See all
1976 Summer Olympics Jerzy Janikowski 5
Portugal POR 1920 Summer Olympics António de Menezes =6 See all
1936 Summer Olympics Henrique da Silveira 6
Puerto Rico PUR 2000 Summer Olympics Jonathan Peña 36 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Sergey Bida 5 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 2016 Summer Olympics Park Sang-Yeong 1 Gold See all
Romania ROU 1972 Summer Olympics Anton Pongratz 4 See all
Russian Federation RUS 1996 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Beketov 1 Gold See all
2000 Summer Olympics Pavel Kolobkov 1 Gold
Senegal SEN 2012 Summer Olympics Alexandre Bouzaid =9 See all
Singapore SGP 1992 Summer Olympics James Wong 50 See all
South Africa RSA 2024 Summer Olympics Harry Saner 35 See all
South Vietnam VNM 1964 Summer Olympics Trần Văn Xuan 7 p2 r1/4 See all
Soviet Union URS 1964 Summer Olympics Grigory Kriss 1 Gold See all
Spain ESP 2008 Summer Olympics José Luis Abajo 3 Bronze See all
Sweden SWE 1980 Summer Olympics Johan Harmenberg 1 Gold See all
Switzerland SUI 2004 Summer Olympics Marcel Fischer 1 Gold See all
Thailand THA 2004 Summer Olympics Siriroj Rathprasert 32 See all
Tunisia TUN 1960 Summer Olympics Ali Annabi 4 p7 r1/5 See all
Türkiye TUR 1984 Summer Olympics Murat Dizioğlu 32 See all
Ukraine UKR 2020 Summer Olympics Ihor Reizlin 3 Bronze See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Pavel Kolobkov 2 Silver See all
United States USA 1904 Summer Olympics Charles Tatham 2 Silver See all
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1984 Summer Olympics Jim Kerr =61 See all
Uruguay URU 1924 Summer Olympics Conrado Rolando 8 p3 r2/4 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2012 Summer Olympics Ruslan Kudayev =9 See all
Venezuela VEN 2012 Summer Olympics Rubén Limardo 1 Gold See all
Vietnam VIE 2012 Summer Olympics Nguyễn Tiến Nhật =17 See all
West Germany FRG 1976 Summer Olympics Alexander Pusch 1 Gold See all
1988 Summer Olympics Arnd Schmitt 1 Gold
Yugoslavia YUG 1936 Summer Olympics Vladimir Mažuranić 7 p5 r1/4 See all