Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics

At the 1896 Summer Olympics, three fencing events were contested at the Zappeion. They were prepared and organized by the Sub-Committee for Fencing. The épée event for men was cancelled. All fencing was done to three touches. Events were held on 7 April and 9 April 1896. 15 athletes from four nations competed; 8 fencers from 3 nations won one medal each.

Medal summary
These medals are retroactively assigned by the International Olympic Committee; at the time, winners were given a silver medal.

Participating nations


A total of 15 fencers from four nations competed at the Athens Games:



Sub-Committee for Fencing

 * Ioannis Phokianos, president
 * Georgios Streit, secretary
 * Ioannis Yenissarlis
 * Loukas Belos
 * Nikolaos Politis
 * Chas. Waldstein
 * Dimitrios Aiginitis
 * Dimitrios Sekkeris
 * Spyridon Koumoundouros
 * Konstantinos Manos
 * Spyridon Antonopoulos