Date September 7 | Competitors 9 from 3 nations | |
Venue Francis Gymnasium, Washington University in St. Louis | ||
The men's foil was a fencing event held as part of the fencing at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third time the event was held at the Olympics. The competition was held on September 7, 1904.
Contents
9 fencers from 3 nations competed.
Semifinals
Each fencer in a group faced each other fencer in that group once. The top two fencers in each semifinal group moved on to the final.
Final
Fonst continued to defeat all comers, including Post a second time, to win the gold. Post's only two losses in the event came against Fonst, as he took silver. Tatham, who had lost to Casmir in the semifinal pool, defeated him the second time around to take third place.
References
Fencing at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's foil Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA