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Épée, Team, Men

Date	25 – 26 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Westendin tennishalli, Espoo
Participants	97 from 19 countries

Official	Paul Anspach	BEL
Official	Charles Debeur	BEL
Official	Georges Heyvaert	BEL
Official	André Poplimont	BEL
Official	André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer	BEL
Official	Pierre Van Houdt	BEL
Official	Charles de Beaumont	GBR
Official	Emrys Lloyd	GBR
Official	Luke Wendon	GBR
Official	Vincenzo Cuccia	ITA
Official	Fr. Del Vecchio	ITA
Official	Carlo Filogamo	ITA
Official	Edoardo Mangiarotti	ITA
Official	Rodolfo Terlizzi	ITA
Official	V. Seryzh	URS
Official	Raoul Heide	NOR
Official	Jan Nawrocki	POL
Official	Henri Dulieux	FRA
Official	Pierre Ferri	FRA
Official	J. Heymann	FRA
Official	Edgar Mercier	FRA
Official	Adrien Rommel	FRA
Official	Erwin Casmir	GER
Official	Nils Sjöblom	FIN
Official	Fernand Thiébaud	SUI
Official	Jakob Lyng	DEN
Official	Lajos Balthazár	HUN
Official	Imre Hennyei	HUN
Official	György Piller	HUN
Official	Lajos Maszlay	HUN
Official	Endre Palócz	HUN
Official	György Rozgonyi	HUN
Official	Endre Tilli	HUN
Official	Norman Cohn-Armitage	USA
Official	Joe de Capriles	USA
Official	Miguel de Capriles	USA
Official	Tracy Jaeckel	USA
Official	Tibor Nyilas	USA
Official	Albert Wolff	USA
Official	George Worth	USA

France and Italy were the main protagonists at the 1950 and 1951 World Championships and had won a title apiece, with France being the most recent champions. It came as a huge surprise when France found themselves eliminated from the tournament after suffering defeats to Hungary and Luxembourg in the quarter-final. The Italians, led by the Mangiarotti brothers, won the first of their three successive Olympic titles with minimal difficulty, despite the best intentions of Sweden’s Bengt Ljungquist, who beat all four Italians in the decisive match. Sweden’s victory over Switzerland guaranteed them the silver medal.

The Mangiarottis, sons of 1908 Olympic fencer Giuseppe Mangiarotti, won 16 Olympic medals between them.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC
1	–	Italy	ITA	Gold
		Edoardo Mangiarotti • Dario Mangiarotti • Giuseppe Delfino • Carlo Pavesi • Franco Bertinetti • Roberto Battaglia
2	–	Sweden	SWE	Silver
		Per Carleson • Carl Forssell • Bengt Ljungquist • Berndt-Otto Rehbinder • Sven Fahlman • Lennart Magnusson
3	–	Switzerland	SUI	Bronze
		Otto Rüfenacht • Paul Meister • Oswald Zappelli • Paul Barth • Willy Fitting • Mario Valota
4	–	Luxembourg	LUX
		Émile Gretsch • Fernand Leischen • Paul Anen • Léon Buck • Georges Arendt (DNS)
=5	–	Denmark	DEN
		Raimondo Carnera • Erik Swane Lund • René Dybkær • Mogens Lüchow • Ib Nielsen • Jakob Lyng
=5	–	Hungary	HUN
		Lajos Balthazár • Barnabás Berzsenyi • Béla Rerrich • József Sákovics • Imre Hennyei • Béla Bay (DNS)
3 p1 r2/4	–	France	FRA
		Jean-Pierre Muller • Armand Mouyal • Daniel Dagallier • René Bougnol • Gérard Rousset • Claude Nigon
3 p2 r2/4	–	Belgium	BEL
		Ghislain Delaunois • Mathis Maquet • Albert Bernard • Robert Henrion • Paul Valcke • Charles Debeur (DNS)
3 p3 r2/4	–	Great Britain	GBR
		René Paul • Allan Jay • Christopher Grose-Hodge • Ron Parfitt • Ray Harrison • Charles de Beaumont
4 p1 r2/4	–	Finland	FIN
		Kauko Jalkanen • Erkki Kerttula • Rolf Wiik • Nils Sjöblom • Jaakko Vuorinen • Paavo Miettinen
4 p2 r2/4	–	Norway	NOR
		Egill Knutzen • Alfred Eriksen • Johan von Koss • Sverre Gillebo • Leif Klette (DNS)
4 p3 r2/4	–	United States	USA
		Ed Vebell • Paul Makler, Sr. • Alfred Skrobisch • Joe de Capriles • James Strauch • Albert Wolff
3 p1 r1/4	–	Poland	POL
		Andrzej Przeździecki • Wojciech Rydz • Jan Nawrocki • Adam Krajewski • Zygmunt Grodner • Adolf Czypionka (DNS)
3 p2 r1/4	–	Soviet Union	URS
		Genrikh Bulgakov • Juozas Udras • Lev Saychuk • Yury Deksbakh • Ak'ak'i Meipariani • Sergejs Habārovs (DNS)
3 p3 r1/4	–	Brazil	BRA
		Darío do Amaral • César Pekelman • Walter de Paula • Hélio Vieira • Henrique de Aguiar Vallim (DNS) • Estevão Molnar (DNS)
3 p4 r1/4	–	Portugal	POR
		Álvaro Pinto • Carlos Dias • Mário Mourão • Francisco Uva • João Costa • Álvaro Silva (DNS)
3 p5 r1/4	–	Australia	AUS
		Jock Gibson • Charles Stanmore • John Fethers • Ivan Lund
3 p6 r1/4	–	Egypt	EGY
		Osman Abdel Hafeez • Salah Dessouki • Mahmoud Younes • Helmi Abdel Rahman • Farid Abou-Shadi (DNS) • Hassan Tawfik (DNS)
4 p4 r1/4	–	Venezuela	VEN
		Gustavo Gutiérrez • Giovanni Bertorelli • Olaf Sandner • Jean Camous • Nelson Nieves (DNS)
DNS	–	Argentina	ARG
		Albino Agüero • Félix Galimi • Santiago Massini • Enrique Rettberg • Eduardo Sastre • Vito Simonetti

Round One

Date	25 July 1952 — 8:00
Format	Top 2 teams in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Sweden	SWE	1-0	9-0	Q
		Per Carleson • Carl Forssell • Bengt Ljungquist • Berndt-Otto Rehbinder
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	1-0	10-6	Q
		René Paul • Allan Jay • Christopher Grose-Hodge • Ron Parfitt
3	–	Poland	POL	0-2	6-19
		Andrzej Przeździecki • Wojciech Rydz • Jan Nawrocki • Adam Krajewski • Zygmunt Grodner

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Sweden	SWE	9 – 0	Poland	POL
Match #2	25 Jul	Great Britain	GBR	10 – 6	Poland	POL

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Italy	ITA	1-0	8-4	Q
		Giuseppe Delfino • Carlo Pavesi • Franco Bertinetti • Roberto Battaglia
2	–	United States	USA	1-0	8-8	Q
		Ed Vebell • Paul Makler, Sr. • Alfred Skrobisch • Joe de Capriles
3	–	Soviet Union	URS	0-2	12-16
		Genrikh Bulgakov • Juozas Udras • Lev Saychuk • Yury Deksbakh • Ak'ak'i Meipariani

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Italy	ITA	8 – 4	Soviet Union	URS
Match #2	25 Jul	United States	USA	8 – 8	Soviet Union	URS

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Hungary	HUN	1-0	14-1	Q
		Lajos Balthazár • Barnabás Berzsenyi • Béla Rerrich • József Sákovics
2	–	Switzerland	SUI	1-0	8-2	Q
		Otto Rüfenacht • Paul Meister • Oswald Zappelli • Paul Barth
3	–	Brazil	BRA	0-2	3-22
		Darío do Amaral • César Pekelman • Walter de Paula • Hélio Vieira

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Hungary	HUN	14 – 1	Brazil	BRA
Match #2	25 Jul	Switzerland	SUI	8 – 2	Brazil	BRA

Pool #4

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Belgium	BEL	2-0	20-10	Q
		Ghislain Delaunois • Mathis Maquet • Albert Bernard • Robert Henrion • Paul Valcke
2	–	Denmark	DEN	2-0	17-9	Q
		Raimondo Carnera • Erik Swane Lund • René Dybkær • Mogens Lüchow
3	–	Portugal	POR	0-2	10-17
		Álvaro Pinto • Carlos Dias • Mário Mourão • Francisco Uva • João Costa
4	–	Venezuela	VEN	0-2	9-20
		Gustavo Gutiérrez • Giovanni Bertorelli • Olaf Sandner • Jean Camous

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Belgium	BEL	9 – 6	Portugal	POR
Match #2	25 Jul	Belgium	BEL	11 – 4	Venezuela	VEN
Match #3	25 Jul	Denmark	DEN	8 – 4	Portugal	POR
Match #4	25 Jul	Denmark	DEN	9 – 5	Venezuela	VEN

Pool #5

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Finland	FIN	1-0	11-4	Q
		Kauko Jalkanen • Paavo Miettinen • Erkki Kerttula • Rolf Wiik
2	–	Luxembourg	LUX	1-0	8-3	Q
		Émile Gretsch • Fernand Leischen • Paul Anen • Léon Buck
3	–	Australia	AUS	0-2	7-19
		Jock Gibson • Charles Stanmore • John Fethers • Ivan Lund

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Finland	FIN	11 – 4	Australia	AUS
Match #2	25 Jul	Luxembourg	LUX	8 – 3	Australia	AUS

Pool #6

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	France	FRA	1-0	8-3	Q
		Jean-Pierre Muller • Armand Mouyal • Daniel Dagallier • René Bougnol
2	–	Norway	NOR	1-0	8-6	Q
		Egill Knutzen • Alfred Eriksen • Johan von Koss • Sverre Gillebo
3	–	Egypt	EGY	0-2	9-16
		Osman Abdel Hafeez • Salah Dessouki • Mahmoud Younes • Helmi Abdel Rahman

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	France	FRA	8 – 3	Egypt	EGY
Match #2	25 Jul	Norway	NOR	8 – 6	Egypt	EGY

Quarter-Finals

Date	25 July 1952 — 15:00
Format	Top 2 teams in each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Hungary	HUN	3-0	31-12	Q
		Lajos Balthazár • Barnabás Berzsenyi • Béla Rerrich • József Sákovics • Imre Hennyei
2	–	Luxembourg	LUX	2-1	23-22	Q
		Émile Gretsch • Fernand Leischen • Paul Anen • Léon Buck
3	–	France	FRA	1-2	19-25
		Jean-Pierre Muller • Armand Mouyal • Daniel Dagallier • René Bougnol • Gérard Rousset • Claude Nigon
4	–	Finland	FIN	0-3	16-30
		Kauko Jalkanen • Erkki Kerttula • Rolf Wiik • Nils Sjöblom • Jaakko Vuorinen

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Hungary	HUN	10 – 4	Luxembourg	LUX
Match #2	25 Jul	Hungary	HUN	9 – 5	France	FRA
Match #3	25 Jul	Hungary	HUN	12 – 3	Finland	FIN
Match #4	25 Jul	Luxembourg	LUX	9 – 6	France	FRA
Match #5	25 Jul	Luxembourg	LUX	10 – 6	Finland	FIN
Match #6	25 Jul	France	FRA	8 – 7	Finland	FIN

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Italy	ITA	2-0	20-4	Q
		Dario Mangiarotti • Giuseppe Delfino • Carlo Pavesi • Franco Bertinetti
2	–	Switzerland	SUI	2-0	15-10	Q
		Otto Rüfenacht • Paul Meister • Paul Barth • Willy Fitting • Mario Valota
3	–	Belgium	BEL	0-2	8-15
		Ghislain Delaunois • Mathis Maquet • Albert Bernard • Robert Henrion • Paul Valcke
4	–	Norway	NOR	0-2	6-20
		Egill Knutzen • Alfred Eriksen • Johan von Koss • Sverre Gillebo

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Italy	ITA	8 – 1	Belgium	BEL
Match #2	25 Jul	Italy	ITA	12 – 3	Norway	NOR
Match #3	25 Jul	Switzerland	SUI	7 – 7	Belgium	BEL
Match #4	25 Jul	Switzerland	SUI	8 – 3	Norway	NOR

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Sweden	SWE	2-1	30-15	Q
		Per Carleson • Carl Forssell • Bengt Ljungquist • Berndt-Otto Rehbinder • Sven Fahlman • Lennart Magnusson
2	–	Denmark	DEN	2-1	19-28	Q
		Raimondo Carnera • Erik Swane Lund • René Dybkær • Mogens Lüchow • Ib Nielsen
3	–	Great Britain	GBR	1-2	23-24
		René Paul • Allan Jay • Christopher Grose-Hodge • Ron Parfitt • Ray Harrison • Charles de Beaumont
4	–	United States	USA	1-2	20-25
		Ed Vebell • Paul Makler, Sr. • Alfred Skrobisch • Joe de Capriles • James Strauch • Albert Wolff

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Sweden	SWE	14 – 2	Denmark	DEN
Match #2	25 Jul	Great Britain	GBR	8 – 7	Sweden	SWE
Match #3	25 Jul	Sweden	SWE	9 – 5	United States	USA
Match #4	25 Jul	Denmark	DEN	8 – 8	Great Britain	GBR
Match #5	25 Jul	Denmark	DEN	9 – 6	United States	USA
Match #6	25 Jul	United States	USA	9 – 7	Great Britain	GBR

Semi-Finals

Date	26 July 1952 — 8:00
Format	Top 2 teams in each pool advanced to the final round.

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Luxembourg	LUX	1-0	10-5	Q
		Émile Gretsch • Fernand Leischen • Paul Anen • Léon Buck
2	–	Italy	ITA	1-0	8-7	Q
		Dario Mangiarotti • Giuseppe Delfino • Carlo Pavesi • Franco Bertinetti
3	–	Denmark	DEN	0-2	12-18
		Raimondo Carnera • Erik Swane Lund • René Dybkær • Mogens Lüchow • Jakob Lyng

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Luxembourg	LUX	10 – 5	Denmark	DEN
Match #2	26 Jul	Italy	ITA	8 – 7	Denmark	DEN

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Switzerland	SUI	1-1	18-12	Q
		Otto Rüfenacht • Oswald Zappelli • Paul Barth • Willy Fitting • Mario Valota
2	–	Sweden	SWE	1-1	14-15	Q
		Per Carleson • Carl Forssell • Bengt Ljungquist • Berndt-Otto Rehbinder • Sven Fahlman • Lennart Magnusson
3	–	Hungary	HUN	1-1	13-18
		Lajos Balthazár • Barnabás Berzsenyi • Béla Rerrich • József Sákovics

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Sweden	SWE	8 – 6	Switzerland	SUI
Match #2	26 Jul	Switzerland	SUI	12 – 4	Hungary	HUN
Match #3	26 Jul	Hungary	HUN	9 – 6	Sweden	SWE

Final Pool

Date	26 July 1952 — 15:00

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Italy	ITA	3-0	32-11
		Edoardo Mangiarotti • Dario Mangiarotti • Carlo Pavesi • Franco Bertinetti
2	–	Sweden	SWE	2-1	26-17
		Per Carleson • Carl Forssell • Bengt Ljungquist • Berndt-Otto Rehbinder • Sven Fahlman
3	–	Switzerland	SUI	1-2	18-24
		Otto Rüfenacht • Paul Meister • Oswald Zappelli • Paul Barth • Willy Fitting • Mario Valota
4	–	Luxembourg	LUX	0-3	9-33
		Émile Gretsch • Fernand Leischen • Paul Anen • Léon Buck

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Italy	ITA	8 – 5	Sweden	SWE
Match #2	26 Jul	Italy	ITA	12 – 4	Switzerland	SUI
Match #3	26 Jul	Italy	ITA	12 – 2	Luxembourg	LUX
Match #4	26 Jul	Sweden	SWE	8 – 6	Switzerland	SUI
Match #5	26 Jul	Sweden	SWE	13 – 3	Luxembourg	LUX
Match #6	26 Jul	Switzerland	SUI	8 – 4	Luxembourg	LUX