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Fencing At The 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's épée
The épée event for amateurs was one of three épée events at the 1900 Summer Olympics. 102 fencers from 11 nations competed, with 91 of them from France. The event was won by Ramón Fonst of Cuba, the first of his two golds in individual épée. Silver and bronze both went to host nation fencers, Louis Perrée and Léon Sée. These poorly organized games derisively called “The Farcical Games” and so poorly publicized that even competitors years later were clueless that they had competed in the Olympics in 1900. No official records for the games exist. These accomplishments are not even mentioned in the 1911 ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. This was the first appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (with only foil and sabre events held) but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900. Competition format The event used a four-round format: round 1, quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. Each round consisted of pool play. For round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramón Fonst
Ramón Fonst Segundo (July 31, 1883 – September 9, 1959) was a Cuban Fencing, fencer who competed in the early 20th century. He was one of the greatest world fencers, individual and by team; he was born and died in Havana. Biography Although Fonst was born in Cuba, he spent most of his youth in France, where he received his fencing education, and aged just 16 years old he entered the 1900 Summer Olympics which were being held in Paris. He entered the Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's épée, Men's épée event, which put him up against another 101 fencers from 10 other countries, in his first round group he came out top against the five fencers from France, so advanced into the next round, in the next round and again in a group of six fencers Fonst any managed to finish in third place but was still good enough to advance to the semi-finals, and again he would finish third in the group and so qualifying for the final. In the final, Fonst was up against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
