The men's foil was one of seven fencing

Fencing

Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...

 events on the Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics

At the 1924 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested. A women's event, the individual foil, was held for the first time.After the Olympic Games, an Italian and a Hungarian settled a scoring controversy with a real duel...

programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event, which had not been on the programme in 1908.

The competition was held from Monday July 1, 1924 to Thursday July 4, 1924. 49 fencers from 17 nations competed.

Round 1

The top three fencers in each pool advanced.

Pool A

					Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
	2	0	10		4	Q
	1	1	8		6	Q
	0	2	2		10	Q

Pool B

				Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
	Walkover				Q
	Walkover				Q

Pool C

						Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
	3	0	15	11		Q
	2	1	14	13		Q
	1	2	13	12		Q
	0	3	9	15

Pool D

						Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
	2	1	13	11		Q
	2	1	12	12		Q
	1	2	13	12		Q
	1	2	10	13

Pool E

							Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
	3	1	19	13	Q
	3	1	18	15	Q
	3	1	15	15	Q
	1	3	16	18
	0	4	13	20

Pool F

							Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
	4	0	20	8	Q
	2	2	14	15	Q
	2	2	15	16	Q
	1	3	15	18
	1	3	12	19

Pool G

						Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
	3	0	15	10		Q
	2	1	13	7		Q
	1	2	9	12		Q
	0	3	7	15

Pool H

							Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
	4	0	20	7	Q
	3	1	17	15	Q
	2	2	16	15	Q
	1	3	12	15
	0	4	7	20

Pool I

							Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
	4	0	20	9	Q
	3	1	18	9	Q
	2	2	15	13	Q
	1	3	8	18
	0	4	8	20

Pool J

						Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
	2	0	10	3		Q
	1	1	7	8		Q
	0	1	3	5		Q
	0	1	1	5		DNF

Pool K

						Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
	3	0	15	6		Q
	2	1	11	11		Q
	1	2	11	13		Q
	0	3	8	15

Pool L

						Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
	3	0	15	7		Q
	2	1	13	8		Q
	1	2	11	11		Q
	0	3	2	15

Round 2

The top three fencers in each pool advanced.

Pool A

								Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
	5	0	25	13	Q
	4	1	21	13	Q
	3	2	20	15	Q
	2	3	18	20
	1	4	13	21
	0	5	10	25

Pool B

								Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
	5	0	25	7	Q
	4	1	22	13	Q
	3	2	18	20	Q
	1	4	13	22
	1	4	12	22
	1	4	17	23

Pool C

								Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
	4	1	23	14	Q
	4	1	22	17	Q
	3	2	21	17	Q
	2	3	20	18
	2	3	18	20
	0	5	7	25

Pool D
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Pool E

								Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
	5	0	25	16	Q
	4	1	24	8	Q
	3	2	18	16	Q
	2	3	15	17
	1	4	15	23
	0	5	8	25

Pool F

							Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
	4	0	20	9	Q
	2	2	16	15	Q
	2	2	13	15	Q
	1	3	15	19
	1	3	13	19

Quarterfinals

The top four fencers in each pool advanced.

Pool A

								Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
	4	1	21	14	Q
	4	1	22	17	Q
	3	2	21	17	Q
	2	3	20	19	Q
	2	3	20	22
	0	5	10	25

Pool B

								Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
	4	1	24	18	Q
	3	2	22	17	Q
	3	2	16	21	Q
	2	3	20	19	Q
	2	3	21	22
	1	4	18	24

Pool C

								Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
	5	0	25	10	Q
	4	1	23	13	Q
	2	3	15	18	Q
	2	3	15	20	Q
	1	4	14	20
	1	4	11	22

Semifinals

The top four fencers in each pool advanced.

Pool A

								Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
	4	1	22	12	Q
	4	1	22	17	Q
	3	2	17	15	Q
	3	2	23	16	Q
	1	4	12	24
	0	5	13	25

Pool B

								Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Qual.
	5	0	25	7	Q
	4	1	23	17	Q
	3	2	20	19	Q
	2	3	18	17	Q
	1	4	15	22
	0	5	6	25

Final

Pool A

										Wins	Losses	Touches	Touched	Rank
	6	0	30	14
	5	1	29	11
	4	2	23	16
	3	3	18	25	4
	2	4	21	25	5
	1	5	14	27	6
	0	6	13	30	7
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