Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

The men's team épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the ninth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 25 July 1952, to 26 July 1952. 98 fencers from 19 nations competed.[1]

Men's team épée at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Westend Tennis Hall, Espoo
Dates	25–26 July
Competitors	98 from 19 nations
Medalists
Edoardo Mangiarotti, Dario Mangiarotti, Giuseppe Delfino, Carlo Pavesi, Franco Bertinetti, Roberto Battaglia  Italy Per Carleson, Carl Forssell, Bengt Ljungquist, Berndt-Otto Rehbinder, Sven Fahlman, Lennart Magnusson  Sweden Otto Rüfenacht, Paul Meister, Oswald Zappelli, Paul Barth, Willy Fitting, Mario Valota  Switzerland

Results

Source: Official results;[2] and Sports Reference[3]

Round 1

The top two nations in each pool advanced to the quarter finals.

Pool 1
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Sweden	1	0	9	0
2	Great Britain	1	0	10	6
3	Poland	0	2	6	19

Pool 2
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Italy	1	0	8	4
2	United States	1	0	8	8
3	Soviet Union	0	2	12	16

Pool 3
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Hungary	1	0	14	1
2	Switzerland	1	0	8	2
3	Brazil	0	2	3	22

Pool 4
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Belgium	2	0	20	10
2	Denmark	2	0	17	9
3	Portugal	0	2	10	17
4	Venezuela	0	2	9	20

Pool 5
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Finland	1	0	11	4
2	Luxembourg	1	0	8	3
3	Australia	0	2	7	19

Pool 6
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	France	1	0	8	3
2	Norway	1	0	8	6
3	Egypt	0	2	11	16

Quarter Finals

The top two nations in each pool advanced to the semi-finals.

Pool 1
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Hungary	3	0	31	12
2	Luxembourg	2	1	23	22
3	France	1	2	19	15
4	Finland	0	3	16	30

Pool 2
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Italy	2	0	20	4
2	Switzerland	2	0	15	10
3	Belgium	0	2	8	15
4	Norway	0	2	6	20

Pool 3
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Sweden	2	1	30	15
2	Denmark	2	1	19	28
3	Great Britain	1	2	23	24
4	United States	1	2	20	25

Semifinals

The top two nations in each pool advanced to the final.

Pool 1
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Luxembourg	1	0	10	5
2	Italy	1	0	8	7
3	Denmark	0	2	12	18

Pool B
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Switzerland	1	1	18	12
2	Sweden	1	1	14	15
3	Hungary	1	1	13	18

Final

The final was a round-robin.

Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
	Italy	3	0	32	11
	Sweden	2	1	26	17
	Switzerland	1	2	18	24
4	Luxembourg	0	3	9	33

Results

•  Italy 8-5  Sweden
•  Italy 12-4  Switzerland
•  Italy 12-2  Luxembourg
•  Sweden 8-6  Switzerland
•  Sweden 13-3  Luxembourg
•  Switzerland 8-4  Luxembourg

Rosters

Australia Jock Gibson Charles Stanmore John Fethers Ivan Lund Belgium Ghislain Delaunois Jean-Baptiste Maquet Albert Bernard Robert Henrion Paul Valcke Brazil Darío Amaral César Pekelman Walter de Paula Helio Vieira Denmark Raimondo Carnera Erik Swane Lund René Dybkær Mogens Lüchow Ib Nielsen Jakob Lyng Egypt Osman Abdel Hafeez Salah Dessouki Mahmoud Younes Mohamed Abdel Rahman Finland Kauko Jalkanen Erkki Kerttula Rolf Wiik Nils Sjöblom Jaakko Vuorinen Paavo Miettinen France Jean-Pierre Muller Armand Mouyal Daniel Dagallier René Bougnol Gérard Rousset Claude Nigon

Great Britain René Paul Allan Jay Christopher Grose-Hodge Ronald Parfitt Raymond Harrison Charles de Beaumont Hungary Lajos Balthazár Barnabás Berzsenyi Béla Rerrich József Sákovics Imre Hennyei Italy Edoardo Mangiarotti Dario Mangiarotti Giuseppe Delfino Carlo Pavesi Franco Bertinetti Roberto Battaglia Luxembourg Émile Gretsch Jean-Fernand Leischen Paul Anen Léon Buck Norway Egill Knutzen Alfred Eriksen Johan von Koss Sverre Gillebo Poland Andrzej Przeździecki Wojciech Rydz Jan Nawrocki Adam Krajewski Zygmunt Grodner

Portugal Álvaro Pinto Carlos Dias Álvaro Mário Mourão Francisco Uva João Costa Soviet Union Genrikh Bulgakov Juozas Ūdras Lev Saychuk Yury Deksbakh Ak'ak'i Meipariani Sweden Per Carleson Carl Forssell Bengt Ljungquist Berndt-Otto Rehbinder Sven Fahlman Lennart Magnusson Switzerland Otto Rüfenacht Paul Meister Oswald Zappelli Paul Barth Willy Fitting Mario Valota United States Edward Vebell Paul Makler Sr. Alfred Skrobisch Joe de Capriles James Strauch Albert Wolff Venezuela Gustavo Gutiérrez Giovanni Bertorelli Olaf Sandner Juan Camous

References

1. "Fencing: 1952 Olympic Results - Men's team épée". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
2. "1952 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008.
3. "Fencing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Epee, Team". Archived from the original on 17 January 2012.