Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

Men's foil at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Georgia World Congress Center
Dates	22 July 1996
Competitors	45 from 19 nations
Medalists
Alessandro Puccini   Italy   Lionel Plumenail   France   Franck Boidin   France

Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Épée	men		women
Team épée	men		women
Foil	men		women
Team foil	men		women
Sabre	men
Team sabre	men

The men's foil was one of ten fencing events on the fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twenty-second appearance of the event. The competition was held on 22 July 1996. 45 fencers from 19 nations competed.^[1]

Draw

Finals

	Semifinals				Final
	Wolfgang Wienand (GER)	9
	Lionel Plumenail (FRA)	15
					Lionel Plumenail (FRA)	12
					Alessandro Puccini (ITA)	15
					Bronze medal match
	Franck Boidin (FRA)	13		Wolfgang Wienand (GER)	11
	Alessandro Puccini (ITA)	15			Franck Boidin (FRA)	15

Section 1

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals
						Rolando Tucker (CUB)		15
	Wang Haibin (CHN)		15			Wang Haibin (CHN)		11
	Peter Devine (USA)		12								Rolando Tucker (CUB)		15
											Zsolt Érsek (HUN)		4
						Márk Marsi (HUN)		10
						Zsolt Érsek (HUN)		15
																Rolando Tucker (CUB)		12
																Wolfgang Wienand (GER)		15
						Wolfgang Wienand (GER)		15
	Leandro Marchetti (ARG)		15			Leandro Marchetti (ARG)		1
	Marco Falchetto (AUT)		13								Wolfgang Wienand (GER)		15
	Piotr Kiełpikowski (POL)		15								Piotr Kiełpikowski (POL)		11
	Hiroki Ichigatani (JPN)		13			Piotr Kiełpikowski (POL)		15
						Stefano Cerioni (ITA)		7

Section 2

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals
						Lionel Plumenail (FRA)		15
	Michael Ludwig (AUT)		15			Michael Ludwig (AUT)		12
	Carlos Rodríguez (VEN)		11								Lionel Plumenail (FRA)		15
	Vladislav Pavlovich (RUS)		15								Vladislav Pavlovich (RUS)		12
	Alfredo Pérez (VEN)		2			Vladislav Pavlovich (RUS)		15
						José Francisco Guerra (ESP)		11
																Lionel Plumenail (FRA)		15
																Serhiy Holubytskiy (UKR)		13
						Alexander Koch (GER)		13
	Ye Chong (CHN)		15			Ye Chong (CHN)		15
	Rafkat Ruziyev (UZB)		4								Ye Chong (CHN)		14
	Kim Yong-Guk (KOR)		15								Serhiy Holubytskiy (UKR)		15
	Róbert Kiss (HUN)		11			Kim Yong-Guk (KOR)		4
						Serhiy Holubytskiy (UKR)		15

Section 3

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals
						Elvis Gregory (CUB)		15
	Adam Krzesiński (POL)		15			Adam Krzesiński (POL)		10
	Nick Bravin (USA)		14								Elvis Gregory (CUB)		14
											Philippe Omnès (FRA)		15
						Vyacheslav Grigoryev (KAZ)		4
						Philippe Omnès (FRA)		15
																Philippe Omnès (FRA)		11
																Franck Boidin (FRA)		15
						Oscar García (CUB)		11
	Javier García (ESP)		15			Javier García (ESP)		15
	Rafael Suárez (VEN)		10								Javier García (ESP)		12
	Jeong Su-Gi (KOR)		15								Franck Boidin (FRA)		15
	Ilgar Mamedov (RUS)		8			Jeong Su-Gi (KOR)		14
						Franck Boidin (FRA)		15

Section 4

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals
						Alessandro Puccini (ITA)		15
	Oleksiy Bryzhalov (UKR)		15			Oleksiy Bryzhalov (UKR)		12
	Cliff Bayer (USA)		11								Alessandro Puccini (ITA)		15
	Ryszard Sobczak (POL)		15								Ryszard Sobczak (POL)		4
	Abdul Muhsen Ali (KUW)		7			Ryszard Sobczak (POL)		15
						Marco Arpino (ITA)		14
																Alessandro Puccini (ITA)		15
																Kim Yeong-Ho (KOR)		14
						Uwe Römer (GER)		15
						Benny Wendt (AUT)		7
											Uwe Römer (GER)		13
	Kim Yeong-Ho (KOR)		15								Kim Yeong-Ho (KOR)		15
	Dong Zhaozhi (CHN)		12			Kim Yeong-Ho (KOR)		15
						Dmitry Shevchenko (RUS)		13

Results

Rank	Fencer	Country
01 !	Alessandro Puccini	Italy
02 !	Lionel Plumenail	France
03 !	Franck Boidin	France
4	Wolfgang Wienand	Germany
5	Rolando Tucker	Cuba
6	Serhiy Holubytskiy	Ukraine
7	Philippe Omnès	France
8	Kim Yeong-Ho	South Korea
9	Elvis Gregory	Cuba
10	Zsolt Érsek	Hungary
11	Uwe Römer	Germany
12	Ye Chong	China
13	Javier García	Spain
14	Vladislav Pavlovich	Russia
15	Ryszard Sobczak	Poland
16	Piotr Kiełpikowski	Poland
17	Dmitry Shevchenko	Russia
18	Stefano Cerioni	Italy
19	Marco Arpino	Italy
20	Oscar García	Cuba
21	José Francisco Guerra	Spain
22	Alexander Koch	Germany
23	Benny Wendt	Austria
24	Márk Marsi	Hungary
25	Vyacheslav Grigoryev	Kazakhstan
26	Michael Ludwig	Austria
27	Adam Krzesiński	Poland
28	Wang Haibin	China
29	Kim Yong-Guk	South Korea
30	Jeong Su-Gi	South Korea
31	Oleksiy Bryzhalov	Ukraine
32	Leandro Marchetti	Argentina
33	Marco Falchetto	Austria
34	Cliff Bayer	United States
35	Ilgar Mamedov	Russia
36	Róbert Kiss	Hungary
37	Peter Devine	United States
38	Dong Zhaozhi	China
39	Nick Bravin	United States
40	Carlos Rodríguez	Venezuela
41	Hiroki Ichigatani	Japan
42	Abdul Muhsen Ali	Kuwait
43	Rafael Suárez	Venezuela
44	Rafkat Ruziyev	Uzbekistan
45	Alfredo Pérez	Venezuela

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