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

Men's team épée
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueWestend Tennis Hall, Espoo
Dates25–26 July
Competitors98 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Edoardo Mangiarotti
Dario Mangiarotti
Giuseppe Delfino
Carlo Pavesi
Franco Bertinetti
Roberto Battaglia		  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Per Carleson
Carl Forssell
Bengt Ljungquist
Berndt-Otto Rehbinder
Sven Fahlman
Lennart Magnusson		  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Otto Rüfenacht
Paul Meister
Oswald Zappelli
Paul Barth
Willy Fitting
Mario Valota		  Switzerland
← 1948
1956 →
Fencing at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Foilmenwomen
Team foilmen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

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]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy 3 0 32 11
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden 2 1 26 17
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Switzerland 1 2 18 24
4  Luxembourg 0 3 9 33

Results

Rosters

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.