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Épée, Team, Men

Date5 – 7 August 1932
StatusOlympic
LocationState Armory of the 160th Infantry, Olympic Park, Los Angeles, California
Participants34 from 7 countries

Italy had won the 1931 World Championship and they were co-favorites with France. They had also been 1-2 at the 1928 Olympics, with Italy winning. Both teams easily made it to the final, where they were joined by the United States and Belgium, the 1930 World Champions. France finally decided the gold medal by defeating Italy, 9-7. The bronze medal came down to the USA-Belgium match, with the United States winning handily, 8½-2½. Italy would return in 1936 to win the gold medal in this event and Italy and France would completely dominate this event in the coming years, winning all the World Championships through 1958 and all the Olympic gold medals through 1960.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1FranceFRAGold
Fernand JourdantBernard SchmetzGeorges TainturierGéo BuchardJean PiotPhilippe Cattiau
2ItalyITASilver
Carlo AgostoniFranco RiccardiRenzo MinoliSaverio RagnoGiancarlo Cornaggia-Medici
3United StatesUSABronze
George CalnanGustave HeissTracy JaeckelMiguel de CaprilesCurtis ShearsFrank Righeimer
4BelgiumBEL
André PoplimontMax JanletXavier De BeukelaerWerner MundRaoul Henkart
=5DenmarkDEN
Axel BlochAage LeidersdorffErik Kofoed-HansenIvan Osiier
=5MexicoMEX
Gerónimo DelgadilloEduardo Prieto SouzaEduardo PrietoFrancisco Valero
7CanadaCAN
Ernest DaltonBertram MarkusPat FarrellHenri Delcellier

Round One (5 August 1932 — 13:00)

Top two teams in each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Pool 1

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
ACFranceFRAQ
ACDenmarkDENQ

Pool 2

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1United StatesUSA10151Q
George CalnanGustave HeissFrank RigheimerTracy Jaeckel
2BelgiumBEL1092Q
Raoul HenkartAndré PoplimontMax JanletXavier De Beukelaer
3CanadaCAN02324
Ernest DaltonBertram MarkusPat FarrellHenri Delcellier

Match #1 USA 15 – 1CAN
Match #2 BEL 9 – 2CAN

Pool 3

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
ACItalyITAQ
ACMexicoMEXQ

Semi-Finals (6 August 1932 — 9:00)

Top two teams in each pool advanced to final.

Pool 1

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1ItalyITA10133Q
Saverio RagnoGiancarlo Cornaggia-MediciFranco RiccardiCarlo Agostoni
2BelgiumBEL1010½Q
Raoul HenkartAndré PoplimontWerner MundXavier De Beukelaer
3MexicoMEX0223½
Gerónimo DelgadilloEduardo Prieto SouzaEduardo PrietoFrancisco Valero

Match #1 ITA 13 – 3MEX
Match #2 BEL 10½ – 5½MEX

Pool 2

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1United StatesUSA1088Q
George CalnanGustave HeissFrank RigheimerCurtis Shears
2FranceFRA00--Q
Fernand JourdantBernard SchmetzGeorges TainturierGéo BuchardJean PiotPhilippe Cattiau
3DenmarkDEN0188
Axel BlochAage LeidersdorffErik Kofoed-HansenIvan Osiier

Match #1 USA 8 – 8DEN
Match #2 FRA DEN

Final Pool (7 August 1932 — 14:00)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1FranceFRA3030½17½
Fernand JourdantBernard SchmetzGeorges TainturierGéo BuchardJean PiotPhilippe Cattiau
2ItalyITA2127½20½
Carlo AgostoniFranco RiccardiRenzo MinoliSaverio RagnoGiancarlo Cornaggia-Medici
3United StatesUSA1220½22½
George CalnanGustave HeissTracy JaeckelMiguel de CaprilesCurtis ShearsFrank Righeimer
4BelgiumBEL0312½30½
André PoplimontMax JanletXavier De BeukelaerWerner MundRaoul Henkart

Match #1 FRA 9 – 7ITA
Match #2 FRA 10½ – 5½USA
Match #3 FRA 11 – 5BEL
Match #4 ITA 9½ – 6½USA
Match #5 ITA 11 – 5BEL
Match #6 USA 8½ – 2½BEL