The event as won by Lucien Mérignac, as France swept the top three places.

The last two rounds (semifinals and finals) used round-robin pool play with actual results counting toward placement.

[2] Held on 22 May and 23 May, the masters foil used jury verdicts on art and skill in the bout rather than winning or losing to advance to the second round.

The top 10 fencers received automatic qualification to the semifinals while the rest competed in a repechage.

Ties were broken by an extra bout (ignoring the head-to-head results of the fencers during the round-robin).