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Foil, Individual, Men

Date	6 – 8 July 1912
Status	Olympic
Location	Östermalms Idrottsplats, Stockholm
Participants	94 from 15 countries

Standings in the pools were based on the greater number of victories, then by the greater number of touches scored, and finally by the fewest number of touches received.

The fencing federations of different countries were divided between two styles of foil fencing - the French school and the Italian school. But the French boycotted the Olympic fencing competition, upset with the rules. They proposed that the touch surfaces should include the upper arm but this was rejected. With the best French fencers absent, the foil event was left to the Italians.

The foil gold medal went to Italy’s Nedo Nadi, who advanced through four rounds with the loss of only one match. In 1920 at Antwerp, Nadi defended his foil gold medal, and won five gold medals in fencing at the 1920 Olympics.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Nedo Nadi	ITA	Gold
2	Pietro Speciale	ITA	Silver
3	Richard Verderber	AUT	Bronze
4	László Berti	HUN
5	Edoardo Alaimo	ITA
6	Edgar Seligman	GBR
7	Béla Békessy	HUN
8	Robert Montgomerie	GBR
3 p3 r3/4	Péter Tóth	HUN
3 p4 r3/4	Sherman Hall	USA
=3 p1 r3/4	Pál Pajzs	HUN
=3 p1 r3/4	Zoltán Schenker	HUN
=3 p2 r3/4	Emil Schön	GER
=3 p2 r3/4	Paul Anspach	BEL
4 p4 r3/4	Victor Willems	BEL
=4 p3 r3/4	Béla Zulawszky	HUN
=4 p3 r3/4	Henri Anspach	BEL
=4 p3 r3/4	Julius Lichtenfels	GER
5 p1 r3/4	Robert Hennet	BEL
5 p2 r3/4	Ivan Osiier	DEN
6 p1 r3/4	Vilém Tvrzský	BOH
DNF p2 r3/4	Edgar Amphlett	GBR
DNF p4 r3/4	Dezső Földes	HUN
DNF p4 r3/4	Fernando Cavallini	ITA
4 p1 r2/4	Gordon Alexander	GBR
4 p2 r2/4	Jens Ole Berthelsen	DEN
4 p6 r2/4	Karl Hjorth	SWE
=4 p3 r2/4	Marcel Berré	BEL
=4 p3 r2/4	Scott Breckinridge	USA
=4 p4 r2/4	Adolf Davids	GER
=4 p4 r2/4	Axel Jöhncke	SWE
=4 p4 r2/4	Fernand de Montigny	BEL
=4 p5 r2/4	Sotirios Notaris	GRE
=4 p5 r2/4	Wilhelm Löffler	GER
=4 p7 r2/4	Lauritz Christian Østrup	DEN
=4 p7 r2/4	Vilém Goppold z Lobsdorfu, Jr.	BOH
=4 p8 r2/4	Bjarne Eriksen	NOR
=4 p8 r2/4	Ejnar Levison	DEN
=4 p8 r2/4	Jacques Ochs	BEL
5 p2 r2/4	Francesco Pietrasanta	ITA
=5 p1 r2/4	Léon Tom	BEL
=5 p1 r2/4	Marc Larimer	USA
=5 p6 r2/4	Arthur Fagan	GBR
=5 p6 r2/4	Friedrich Golling	AUT
6 p3 r2/4	Josef Pfeiffer	BOH
6 p5 r2/4	Harold Rayner	USA
6 p7 r2/4	Hermann Plaskuda	GER
DNS p2 r2/4	Albertson Van Zo Post	USA
4 p3 r1/4	Bertalan Dunay	HUN
4 p4 r1/4	Miloš Klika	BOH
4 p8 r1/4	Ragnar Grönvall	SWE
4 p9 r1/4	Josef Javůrek	BOH
4 p11 r1/4	Gavriil Bertrain	RUS
4 p12 r1/4	Alfred Sauer	USA
4 p14 r1/4	Arie de Jong	NED
4 p15 r1/4	Heinrich Ziegler	GER
4 p16 r1/4	George Breed	USA
=4 p1 r1/4	Dmitry Knyazhevich	RUS
=4 p1 r1/4	Andreas Suttner	AUT
=4 p2 r1/4	Johann Adam	GER
=4 p2 r1/4	Feliks Leparsky	RUS
=4 p5 r1/4	Gaston Salmon	BEL
=4 p5 r1/4	Graeme Hammond	USA
=4 p6 r1/4	Ernest Stenson-Cooke	GBR
=4 p6 r1/4	Lars Aas	NOR
=4 p6 r1/4	John MacLaughlin	USA
=4 p7 r1/4	Sydney Martineau	GBR
=4 p7 r1/4	Aleksandr Mordovin	RUS
=4 p10 r1/4	Josef Puhm	AUT
=4 p10 r1/4	William Bowman	USA
=4 p13 r1/4	Lev Martyushev	RUS
=4 p13 r1/4	Oluf Berntsen	DEN
5 p3 r1/4	Pavel Guvorsky	RUS
5 p8 r1/4	Vladimir Samoylov	RUS
5 p9 r1/4	Franz Dereani	AUT
5 p14 r1/4	Anatoly Yakovlev	RUS
5 p15 r1/4	Rudolf Cvetko	AUT
5 p16 r1/4	Leonid Grinyov	RUS
=5 p4 r1/4	Walter Gates	RSA
=5 p4 r1/4	Percy Davson	GBR
=5 p12 r1/4	Vladimir Sarnavsky	RUS
=5 p12 r1/4	Albert Naumann	GER
6 p5 r1/4	Gustaf Armgarth	SWE
6 p9 r1/4	Ernest Gignoux	USA
6 p10 r1/4	Zdeněk Vávra	BOH
6 p15 r1/4	František Kříž	BOH
6 p16 r1/4	Gunnar Böös	SWE
=6 p7 r1/4	Birger Personne	SWE
=6 p7 r1/4	Hans Olsen	DEN
=6 p13 r1/4	Georges von Tangen	NOR
=6 p13 r1/4	Reinhold Trampler	AUT
7 p4 r1/4	Julius Thomson	GER
7 p5 r1/4	Vladimir Kayser	RUS
7 p6 r1/4	Nikolay Goredetsky	RUS
DNS	Eric Carlberg	SWE
DNS	Fritz Jack	GER
DNS	Giovanni Benfratello	ITA
DNS	Karl-Gustaf Krokstedt	SWE
DNS	Aristide Pontenani	ITA
DNS	Georg Stöhr	GER
DNS	Perikles Georgakopoulos	GRE
DNS	Ugo Di Nola	ITA
DNS	Vincenc Rechner	BOH
DNS	Dino Diana	ITA
DNS	Giuseppe Castorina	ITA
DNS	Gino Belloni	ITA
DNS	Walter Kudloff	GER
DNS	François Rom	BEL
DNS	Henry Peyron	SWE
DNS	Félix Vigeveno	NED
DNS	Ahmed Mohamed Hassanein	EGY
DNS	Gustaf Lindblom	SWE
DNS	Carl Setterberg	SWE
DNS	Jaroslav Tuček	BOH

Round One (6 – 7 July 1912)

Top three finishers in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool 1 (6 July 1912 — 08:00-10:30)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
1	Léon Tom	BEL	0	Q
2	Vilém Tvrzský	BOH	1	Q
3	Dezső Földes	HUN	2	Q
=4	Dmitry Knyazhevich	RUS	3
=4	Andreas Suttner	AUT	3
DNS	Eric Carlberg	SWE	–
DNS	Fritz Jack	GER	–

Pool 2 (6 July 1912 — 08:00-10:30)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
1	Marcel Berré	BEL	0	Q
=2	Marc Larimer	USA	2	Q
=2	Edgar Amphlett	GBR	2	Q
=4	Johann Adam	GER	3
=4	Feliks Leparsky	RUS	3
DNS	Giovanni Benfratello	ITA	–
DNS	Karl-Gustaf Krokstedt	SWE	–

Pool 3 (6 July 1912 — 08:00-10:30)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
=1	Gordon Alexander	GBR	1	Q
=1	Albertson Van Zo Post	USA	1	Q
3	Josef Pfeiffer	BOH	2	Q
4	Bertalan Dunay	HUN	2
5	Pavel Guvorsky	RUS	4
DNS	Aristide Pontenani	ITA	–
DNS	Georg Stöhr	GER	–

Pool 4 (6 July 1912 — 08:00-10:30)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
1	Nedo Nadi	ITA	0	Q
2	Zoltán Schenker	HUN	1	Q
3	Scott Breckinridge	USA	3	Q
4	Miloš Klika	BOH	3
=5	Walter Gates	RSA	4
=5	Percy Davson	GBR	4
7	Julius Thomson	GER	6
DNS	Perikles Georgakopoulos	GRE	–

Pool 5 (6 July 1912 — 13:00-16:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
1	Julius Lichtenfels	GER	1	Q
2	Arthur Fagan	GBR	2	Q
3	Jens Ole Berthelsen	DEN	3	Q
=4	Gaston Salmon	BEL	3
=4	Graeme Hammond	USA	3
6	Gustaf Armgarth	SWE	4
7	Vladimir Kayser	RUS	5

Pool 6 (6 July 1912 — 13:00-16:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
1	Francesco Pietrasanta	ITA	0	Q
2	Fernand de Montigny	BEL	1	Q
3	Sotirios Notaris	GRE	2	Q
=4	Ernest Stenson-Cooke	GBR	4
=4	Lars Aas	NOR	4
=4	John MacLaughlin	USA	4
7	Nikolay Goredetsky	RUS	6

Pool 7 (6 July 1912 — 13:00-16:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
=1	Sherman Hall	USA	1	Q
=1	Victor Willems	BEL	1	Q
3	Pietro Speciale	ITA	2	Q
=4	Sydney Martineau	GBR	3
=4	Aleksandr Mordovin	RUS	3
=6	Birger Personne	SWE	4
=6	Hans Olsen	DEN	4

Pool 8 (6 July 1912 — 13:00-16:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
1	Harold Rayner	USA	0	Q
2	Béla Zulawszky	HUN	1	Q
3	Adolf Davids	GER	2	Q
4	Ragnar Grönvall	SWE	3
5	Vladimir Samoylov	RUS	4
DNS	Ugo Di Nola	ITA	–
DNS	Vincenc Rechner	BOH	–

Pool 9 (6 July 1912 — 16:00-19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
=1	Edgar Seligman	GBR	1	Q
=1	Béla Békessy	HUN	1	Q
3	Wilhelm Löffler	GER	2	Q
4	Josef Javůrek	BOH	3
5	Franz Dereani	AUT	4
6	Ernest Gignoux	USA	5
DNS	Dino Diana	ITA	–

Pool 10 (6 July 1912 — 16:00-19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
1	Ejnar Levison	DEN	0	Q
2	Pál Pajzs	HUN	1	Q
3	Hermann Plaskuda	GER	2	Q
=4	Josef Puhm	AUT	3
=4	William Bowman	USA	3
6	Zdeněk Vávra	BOH	5
DNS	Giuseppe Castorina	ITA	–

Pool 11 (6 July 1912 — 16:00-19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
1	Ivan Osiier	DEN	0	Q
=2	Axel Jöhncke	SWE	2	Q
=2	Friedrich Golling	AUT	2	Q
4	Gavriil Bertrain	RUS	2
DNS	Gino Belloni	ITA	–
DNS	Walter Kudloff	GER	–
DNS	François Rom	BEL	–

Pool 12 (6 July 1912 — 16:00-19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
1	Edoardo Alaimo	ITA	0	Q
2	Péter Tóth	HUN	1	Q
3	Vilém Goppold z Lobsdorfu, Jr.	BOH	2	Q
4	Alfred Sauer	USA	3
=5	Vladimir Sarnavsky	RUS	4
=5	Albert Naumann	GER	4
DNS	Henry Peyron	SWE	–

Pool 13 (7 July 1912 — 08:00-11:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
1	Paul Anspach	BEL	0	Q
=2	Karl Hjorth	SWE	1	Q
=2	Robert Montgomerie	GBR	1	Q
=4	Lev Martyushev	RUS	3
=4	Oluf Berntsen	DEN	3
=6	Georges von Tangen	NOR	5
=6	Reinhold Trampler	AUT	5
DNS	Félix Vigeveno	NED	–

Pool 14 (7 July 1912 — 08:00-11:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
=1	Henri Anspach	BEL	1	Q
=1	Richard Verderber	AUT	1	Q
=1	Bjarne Eriksen	NOR	1	Q
4	Arie de Jong	NED	3
5	Anatoly Yakovlev	RUS	4
DNS	Ahmed Mohamed Hassanein	EGY	–
DNS	Gustaf Lindblom	SWE	–

Pool 15 (7 July 1912 — 08:00-11:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
=1	Jacques Ochs	BEL	1	Q
=1	László Berti	HUN	1	Q
3	Lauritz Christian Østrup	DEN	2	Q
4	Heinrich Ziegler	GER	2
5	Rudolf Cvetko	AUT	3
6	František Kříž	BOH	5
DNS	Carl Setterberg	SWE	–

Pool 16 (7 July 1912 — 08:00-11:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
=1	Fernando Cavallini	ITA	1	Q
=1	Robert Hennet	BEL	1	Q
=1	Emil Schön	GER	1	Q
4	George Breed	USA	3
5	Leonid Grinyov	RUS	4
6	Gunnar Böös	SWE	5
DNS	Jaroslav Tuček	BOH	–

Quarter-Finals (7 July 1912)

Top three finishers in each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Pool 1 (13:00-16:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
1	Zoltán Schenker	HUN	0	Q
2	Nedo Nadi	ITA	1	Q
3	Julius Lichtenfels	GER	1	Q
4	Gordon Alexander	GBR	3
=5	Léon Tom	BEL	4
=5	Marc Larimer	USA	4

Pool 2 (13:00-16:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
1	Béla Zulawszky	HUN	0	Q
2	Vilém Tvrzský	BOH	1	Q
3	Edgar Amphlett	GBR	2	Q
4	Jens Ole Berthelsen	DEN	3
5	Francesco Pietrasanta	ITA	4
DNS	Albertson Van Zo Post	USA	–

Pool 3 (13:00-16:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
1	Pietro Speciale	ITA	0	Q
=2	Edgar Seligman	GBR	1	Q
=2	Dezső Földes	HUN	1	Q
=4	Marcel Berré	BEL	3
=4	Scott Breckinridge	USA	3
6	Josef Pfeiffer	BOH	5

Pool 4 (13:00-16:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
=1	Edoardo Alaimo	ITA	0	Q
=1	Béla Békessy	HUN	0	Q
3	Sherman Hall	USA	1	Q
=4	Adolf Davids	GER	3
=4	Axel Jöhncke	SWE	3
=4	Fernand de Montigny	BEL	3

Pool 5 (16:00-19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
=1	Ivan Osiier	DEN	1	Q
=1	Péter Tóth	HUN	1	Q
=1	Victor Willems	BEL	1	Q
=4	Sotirios Notaris	GRE	3
=4	Wilhelm Löffler	GER	3
6	Harold Rayner	USA	4

Pool 6 (16:00-19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
=1	Henri Anspach	BEL	1	Q
=1	Fernando Cavallini	ITA	1	Q
3	Pál Pajzs	HUN	2	Q
4	Karl Hjorth	SWE	3
=5	Arthur Fagan	GBR	4
=5	Friedrich Golling	AUT	4

Pool 7 (16:00-19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
1	Robert Hennet	BEL	1	Q
2	Robert Montgomerie	GBR	2	Q
3	Richard Verderber	AUT	2	Q
=4	Lauritz Christian Østrup	DEN	3
=4	Vilém Goppold z Lobsdorfu, Jr.	BOH	3
6	Hermann Plaskuda	GER	4

Pool 8 (16:00-19:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
1	László Berti	HUN	1	Q
2	Paul Anspach	BEL	2	Q
3	Emil Schön	GER	3	Q
=4	Bjarne Eriksen	NOR	3
=4	Ejnar Levison	DEN	3
=4	Jacques Ochs	BEL	3

Semi-Finals (8 July 1912 — 09:00-12:00)

Top two finishers in each pool advanced to final.

Pool 1

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
=1	Edoardo Alaimo	ITA	1	Q
=1	Edgar Seligman	GBR	1	Q
=3	Pál Pajzs	HUN	2
=3	Zoltán Schenker	HUN	2
5	Robert Hennet	BEL	3
6	Vilém Tvrzský	BOH	4

Pool 2

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
1	Nedo Nadi	ITA	0	Q
2	Béla Békessy	HUN	1	Q
=3	Emil Schön	GER	2
=3	Paul Anspach	BEL	2
5	Ivan Osiier	DEN	3
DNF	Edgar Amphlett	GBR	–

Pool 3

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
1	Pietro Speciale	ITA	0	Q
2	Robert Montgomerie	GBR	2	Q
3	Péter Tóth	HUN	2
=4	Béla Zulawszky	HUN	3
=4	Henri Anspach	BEL	3
=4	Julius Lichtenfels	GER	3

Pool 4

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Lost
=1	László Berti	HUN	0	Q
=1	Richard Verderber	AUT	0	Q
3	Sherman Hall	USA	2
4	Victor Willems	BEL	3
DNF	Dezső Földes	HUN	–
DNF	Fernando Cavallini	ITA	–

Final Pool (8 July 1912 — 13:00-16:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost	TD	TR
1	Nedo Nadi	ITA	7	0	35	8
2	Pietro Speciale	ITA	5	2	29	24
3	Richard Verderber	AUT	4	3	27	25
4	László Berti	HUN	4	3	23	25
5	Edoardo Alaimo	ITA	4	3	27	26
6	Edgar Seligman	GBR	3	4	23	29
7	Béla Békessy	HUN	1	6	20	34
8	Robert Montgomerie	GBR	0	7	22	35

Bout #1	Nedo Nadi	ITA	–	Pietro Speciale	ITA
Bout #2	Nedo Nadi	ITA	–	Richard Verderber	AUT
Bout #3	Nedo Nadi	ITA	–	László Berti	HUN
Bout #4	Nedo Nadi	ITA	–	Edoardo Alaimo	ITA
Bout #5	Nedo Nadi	ITA	–	Edgar Seligman	GBR
Bout #6	Nedo Nadi	ITA	–	Béla Békessy	HUN
Bout #7	Nedo Nadi	ITA	–	Robert Montgomerie	GBR
Bout #8	Pietro Speciale	ITA	–	Richard Verderber	AUT
Bout #9	Pietro Speciale	ITA	–	László Berti	HUN
Bout #10	Pietro Speciale	ITA	–	Edgar Seligman	GBR
Bout #11	Pietro Speciale	ITA	–	Béla Békessy	HUN
Bout #12	Pietro Speciale	ITA	–	Robert Montgomerie	GBR
Bout #13	Richard Verderber	AUT	–	Edoardo Alaimo	ITA
Bout #14	Richard Verderber	AUT	–	Edgar Seligman	GBR
Bout #15	Richard Verderber	AUT	–	Béla Békessy	HUN
Bout #16	Richard Verderber	AUT	–	Robert Montgomerie	GBR
Bout #17	László Berti	HUN	–	Richard Verderber	AUT
Bout #18	László Berti	HUN	–	Edoardo Alaimo	ITA
Bout #19	László Berti	HUN	–	Béla Békessy	HUN
Bout #20	László Berti	HUN	–	Robert Montgomerie	GBR
Bout #21	Edoardo Alaimo	ITA	–	Pietro Speciale	ITA
Bout #22	Edoardo Alaimo	ITA	–	Edgar Seligman	GBR
Bout #23	Edoardo Alaimo	ITA	–	Béla Békessy	HUN
Bout #24	Edoardo Alaimo	ITA	–	Robert Montgomerie	GBR
Bout #25	Edgar Seligman	GBR	–	László Berti	HUN
Bout #26	Edgar Seligman	GBR	–	Béla Békessy	HUN
Bout #27	Edgar Seligman	GBR	–	Robert Montgomerie	GBR
Bout #28	Béla Békessy	HUN	–	Robert Montgomerie	GBR