Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

The men's team épée was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 3 August 1928 to 5 August 1928. 93 fencers from 18 nations competed.[1]

Men's team épée at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Schermzaal
Dates	3–5 August 1928
Competitors	93 from 18 nations
Medalists
Giulio Basletta, Marcello Bertinetti, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Carlo Agostoni, Renzo Minoli, Franco Riccardi  Italy Georges Buchard, Gaston Amson, Émile Cornic, Bernard Schmetz, René Barbier  France Paulo Leal, Mário de Noronha, Jorge de Paiva, Frederico Paredes, João Sassetti, Henrique da Silveira  Portugal

Rosters

Belgium Émile Barbier Balthazar De Beukelaer Charles Delporte Charles Debeur Léon Tom Georges Dambois Czechoslovakia Martin Harden Josef Jungmann František Kříž Jan Tille Miroslav Beznoska Jan Černohorský Denmark Ivan Osiier Jens Berthelsen Otto Bærentzen Peter Ryefelt Johan Praem Egypt Elie Adda Joseph Misrahi Mohamed Charaoui Saul Moyal Salvator Cicurel France Georges Buchard Gaston Amson Émile Cornic Bernard Schmetz René Barbier Germany Theodor Fischer Fritz Gazzera Hans Halberstadt Fritz Jack

Great Britain Charles Biscoe Bertie Childs David Drury Martin Holt Greece Konstantinos Botasis Tryfon Triantafyllakos Konstantinos Nikolopoulos Georgios Ambet Konstantinos Bembis Hungary József Rády János Hajdú Albert Bógathy György Piller-Jekelfalussy Ottó Hátszeghy Italy Giulio Basletta Marcello Bertinetti Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici Carlo Agostoni Renzo Minoli Franco Riccardi Netherlands Leonard Kuypers Arie de Jong Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls Willem Driebergen Alfred Labouchere Karel, Jonkheer van den Brandeler Norway Sigurd Akre-Aas Raoul Heide Frithjof Lorentzen Jacob Bergsland

Portugal Paulo Leal Mário de Noronha Jorge de Paiva Frederico Paredes João Sassetti Henrique da Silveira Romania Mihai Savu Gheorghe Caranfil Răzvan Penescu Dan Gheorghiu Ion Rudeanu Spain Juan Delgado Domingo García Diego Díez Félix de Pomés Francisco González Sweden Nils Hellsten Sidney Stranne Gunnar Cederschiöld Bertil Uggla Switzerland Édouard Fitting Henri Jacquet Frédéric Fitting Eugène Empeyta John Albaret Paul de Graffenried United States Arthur Lyon George Calnan Allen Milner Harold Rayner Henry Breckinridge Edward Barnett

Results

Source: Official results;[2] De Wael[3]

Round 1

Each pool was a round-robin (with matches not being held where unnecessary to the overall result). Bouts were to two touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team match (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the second round.

Pool A
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	France	2	0	Q
2	Czechoslovakia	1	1	Q
3	Greece	0	2

Pool B
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	Belgium	1	0	Q
2	Spain	1	0	Q
3	Denmark	0	2

Pool C
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	Italy	0	0	Q

Pool D
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	Portugal	2	0	Q
2	Netherlands	1	1	Q
3	Sweden	0	2

Pool E
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	Switzerland	1 (20)	1	Q
2	Norway	1 (16)	1	Q
3	Great Britain	1 (10)	1

Pool F
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	United States	2	0	Q
2	Egypt	1	1	Q
3	Hungary	0	2

Pool G
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	Germany	1	0	Q
2	Romania	0	1	Q

Round 2

Each pool was a round-robin (with matches not being held where unnecessary to the overall result). Bouts were to two touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team match (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the second round.

Pool A
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	Belgium	2	0	Q
2	Czechoslovakia	1	1	Q
3	Romania	0	2

Pool B
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	Italy	3	0	Q
2	Spain	1​^1⁄2	1​^1⁄2	Q
3	Egypt	1	2
4	Germany	​^1⁄2	2​^1⁄2

Pool C
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	France	2	0	Q
2	Netherlands	1	1	Q
3	Switzerland	0	2

Pool D
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	Portugal	2	0	Q
2	United States	1	1	Q
3	Norway	0	2

Semifinals

Each pool was a round-robin (with matches not being held where unnecessary to the overall result). Bouts were to two touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team match (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the second round.

Pool A
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	France	3	0	Q
2	Belgium	2	1	Q
3	United States	1	2
4	Spain	0	3

Pool B
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	Italy	3	0	Q
2	Portugal	2	1	Q
3	Czechoslovakia	1	2
4	Netherlands	0	3

Final

The final was a round-robin. Bouts were to two touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team match (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8).

Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses
	Italy	3	0
	France	2	1
	Portugal	1	2
4	Belgium	0	3

References

1. "Fencing: 1928 Olympic Results - Men's team épée". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
2. "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2008.
3. "Fencing 1928".