[1][2] The event was won by Gustavo Marzi of Italy, the nation's third victory in the men's foil (and first since 1920).

His countryman Giulio Gaudini took bronze for the second consecutive Games, becoming the fourth man to win multiple medals in the event.

Joe Levis gave the United States its first men's foil medal with his silver.

The 1931 world champion, René Lemoine, had failed to make the French team.

The United States made its seventh appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 competition.