Fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's épée
The men's épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 8 August 1932 to 9 August 1932. 28 fencers from 12 nations competed, with three others entered but not starting.[1][2] A maximum of three fencers per nation could compete.[3]
Men's épée at the Games of the X Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | 160th Regiment State Armory | ||||||||||||
Dates | 8–9 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 28 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics | ||
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Épée | men | |
Team épée | men | |
Foil | men | women |
Team foil | men | |
Sabre | men | |
Team sabre | men | |
The competition format continued the pool play round-robin from prior years, but increased the number of touches to win a bout to 3. A point system was used, with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss.[4] The total number of touches received was used as the first tie-breaker. Touches scored was used as the second in the final.[5] It also was apparently used in the earlier rounds for the most part, though the official placing for 8th and 9th in round 1 pool 1 is inconsistent.
Results
Round 1
The top 7 finishers in pools 1 and 2 and the top 6 finishers in pool 3 advanced to the semifinals.[4]
Pool 1
It is unclear why Markus is ranked ahead of Corbin; being equal on points and touches received, Corbin's touches scored should have ranked him higher.
Rank | Fencer | Country | Points | TS | TR | Notes |
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1 | Saverio Ragno | Italy | 16 | 24 | 10 | Q |
2 | Georges Buchard | France | 12 | 21 | 13 | Q |
3 | Balthazar De Beukelaer | Belgium | 10 | 19 | 14 | Q |
4 | Sven Thofelt | Sweden | 8 | 17 | 15 | Q |
5 | Aage Leidersdorff | Denmark | 7 | 18 | 20 | Q |
6 | Eduardo Prieto | Mexico | 7 | 17 | 20 | Q |
7 | Doris de Jong | Netherlands | 4 | 15 | 20 | Q |
8 | Bertram Markus | Canada | 4 | 10 | 21 | |
9 | Harold Corbin | United States | 4 | 13 | 21 | |
– | Erwin Casmir | Germany | DNS | DNS | DNS | |
– | Somfai | Hungary | DNS | DNS | DNS |
Pool 2
5 bouts in the round-robin were skipped (Agostini-Schmetz, Agostini-Saucedo, Saucedo-de Graffenried, Poplimont-Calnan, and Poplimont-Petneházy).[4]
The Official Report lists the bout between Farrell and Delgadillo as 2–2, but Sports-Reference reports a 3–2 Farrell win. The latter is consistent with Farrell having 7 points, as reported in both sources, and Delgadillo having 4, as listed in Sports-Reference. The Official Report lists Delgadillo as having 6 points, which is inconsistent with either a tie or loss. Both sources, however, list Delgadillo as having received 26 touches; if the result of the bout was 3–2 for Farrell, this number should be 27.[4][1]
The Official Report does not explain why Lindman advanced to the semifinals rather than Farrell.
Rank | Fencer | Country | Points | TS | TR | Notes |
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1 | Carlo Agostoni | Italy | 16 | 24 | 6 | Q |
2 | Bernard Schmetz | France | 15 | 24 | 11 | Q |
3 | Raúl Saucedo | Argentina | 13 | 22 | 11 | Q |
4 | André Poplimont | Belgium | 13 | 22 | 15 | Q |
5 | George Calnan | United States | 12 | 24 | 17 | Q |
6 | Paul de Graffenried | Switzerland | 8 | 16 | 21 | Q |
7 | Patrick Farrell | Canada | 7 | 14 | 23 | |
8 | Bo Lindman | Sweden | 6 | 21 | 22 | Q |
9 | Erik Kofoed-Hansen | Denmark | 6 | 16 | 22 | |
10 | Gerónimo Delgadillo | Mexico | 4 | 16 | 27 | |
11 | Imre Petneházy | Hungary | 0 | 3 | 27 |
Pool 3
Rank | Fencer | Country | Points | TS | TR | Notes |
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1 | Max Janlet | Belgium | 10 | 18 | 9 | Q |
2 | Philippe Cattiau | France | 10 | 18 | 14 | Q |
3 | Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici | Italy | 9 | 18 | 12 | Q |
4 | Gustave Heiss | United States | 8 | 15 | 11 | Q |
5 | Tibor Benkő | Hungary | 6 | 12 | 14 | Q |
6 | Stig Lindström | Sweden | 5 | 14 | 19 | Q |
7 | Eduardo Prieto Souza | Mexico | 4 | 11 | 18 | |
7 | Ernest Dalton | Canada | 4 | 11 | 18 | |
– | Ivan Osiier | Denmark | DNS | DNS | DNS |
Semifinals
The top six finishers in each semifinal advanced to the final.[6]
Semifinal 1
Two bouts were not played: De Beukelaer-de Jong and Cattiau-Saucedo.
Both the Official Report and Sports-Reference credit De Beukelaer with 10 points; however, the head-to-head data shown by each has him winning 6 bouts and losing 2, which should result in 12 points.[6][1]
Rank | Fencer | Country | Points | TS | TR | Notes |
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1 | Saverio Ragno | Italy | 13 | 24 | 16 | Q |
2 | Georges Buchard | France | 12 | 20 | 16 | Q |
3 | Sven Thofelt | Sweden | 10 | 20 | 12 | Q |
4 | Balthazar De Beukelaer | Belgium | 10 | 21 | 14 | Q |
5 | Philippe Cattiau | France | 10 | 18 | 17 | Q |
6 | Raúl Saucedo | Argentina | 9 | 20 | 17 | Q |
7 | Gustave Heiss | United States | 8 | 20 | 19 | |
8 | Eduardo Prieto | Mexico | 4 | 15 | 22 | |
9 | Doris de Jong | Netherlands | 3 | 12 | 23 | |
10 | Tibor Benkő | Hungary | 3 | 12 | 26 |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Fencer | Country | Points | TS | TR | Notes |
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1 | Bernard Schmetz | France | 14 | 22 | 13 | Q |
2 | Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici | Italy | 12 | 22 | 17 | Q |
3 | George Calnan | United States | 11 | 24 | 17 | Q |
4 | Paul de Graffenried | Switzerland | 11 | 20 | 19 | Q |
5 | Carlo Agostoni | Italy | 10 | 20 | 14 | Q |
6 | Stig Lindström | Sweden | 10 | 22 | 17 | Q |
7 | Max Janlet | Belgium | 10 | 18 | 19 | |
8 | André Poplimont | Belgium | 6 | 13 | 21 | |
9 | Bo Lindman | Sweden | 4 | 15 | 24 | |
10 | Aage Leidersdorff | Denmark | 2 | 10 | 25 |
Final
Rank | Fencer | Country | Points | TS | TR |
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Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici | Italy | 18 | 31 | 18 | |
Georges Buchard | France | 16 | 27 | 17 | |
Carlo Agostoni | Italy | 15 | 30 | 17 | |
4 | Saverio Ragno | Italy | 14 | 27 | 20 |
5 | Bernard Schmetz | France | 14 | 26 | 22 |
6 | Philippe Cattiau | France | 13 | 23 | 22 |
7 | George Calnan | United States | 13 | 22 | 22 |
8 | Balthazar De Beukelaer | Belgium | 8 | 19 | 25 |
9 | Sven Thofelt | Sweden | 8 | 21 | 27 |
10 | Raúl Saucedo | Argentina | 7 | 18 | 28 |
11 | Paul de Graffenried | Switzerland | 4 | 17 | 29 |
12 | Stig Lindström | Sweden | 4 | 15 | 29 |
References
- "Fencing: 1932 Olympic Results - Men's épée". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- Official Olympic Report, la84.org. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- Official Report, p. 492.
- Official Report, p. 506
- Official Report, p. 508
- Official Report, p. 507