Fencing at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

The men's team foil was a fencing event held as part of the fencing programme at the 1904 Summer Olympics. It was the first time a team fencing event was held at the Olympics. 2 teams of 3 fencers each competed.[1]

Men's team foil
at the Games of the III Olympiad
VenueFrancis Gymnasium, Washington University in St. Louis
DateSeptember 7
Competitors6 from 2 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Manuel Díaz
Ramón Fonst
Albertson Van Zo Post
 Mixed team
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Arthur Fox
Charles Tatham
Charles Townsend
 United States
1920 →

Results edit

Final edit

Each of the three fencers on each team faced all three of the other team's fencers. The mixed team fencers won 7 of the 9 individual bouts, giving them the team victory.

Final
    Mixed team (ZZX)
  Ramón Fonst (CUB)
  Albertson Van Zo Post (USA)
  Manuel Díaz (CUB)
1 (7) 0 (2)
    United States (USA)
Charles Tatham
Charles Townsend
Arthur Fox
0 (2) 1 (7)

Notes edit

  1. ^ "St. Louis 1904 Fencing Foil Team Men Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-03.

References edit