Only 6 fencers went undefeated in the 17 poules to emerge as the top seeds as the 116 fencers were cut to 84 - 1. Lari (ITA) 2. Tony Helissey (FRA) 3. Chamley-Watson (USA) 4. Sinoracki (POL) 5. Jorgensen (DEN) 6. El Sayed (EGY).
British foilists all made the cut with Marcus Mepstead winning 5 out of 6 to get a bye into the last 64 as 15th seed. Ed Jeffries won 3 from 5 which gets him 51st seeding and a fight with Weinberger (AUT) in the 128, while Rhys Melia was 3 up 3 down for 55th seed and a 128 match with Ukrainian Koltygo.
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