In a matchup of “youth vs. experience” in the men’s individual épée gold medal match youth won out, and in the process a South Korean fencer won his nation’s first-ever gold in épée.
Park Sangyoung defeated Hungary’s Geza Imre by the final score of 15-14, doing so by pulling off a wild comeback. Facing a deficit of 14-10, Park scored the final five points of the match to win South Korea’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in épée. That achievement encompasses both men’s and women’s épée, individual and team. At just 20 years of age Park was the youngest competitor in the competition, with the 41-year old Imre being its oldest.