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Épée, Team, Men

Date	3 – 5 August 1928
Status	Olympic
Location	Schermzaal, Amsterdam
Participants	95 from 18 countries
Jury President	Carlo Anselmi	ITA
Jury President	Charles Biscoe	GBR
Jury President	René Carrère de Nabat	FRA
Jury President	Luigi Cuomo	ITA
Jury President	Arie de Jong	NED
Jury President	André Poplimont	BEL
Jury President	Edgar Seligman	GBR

France and Italy dominated team épée from 1920-1960, with France winning three gold medals and Italy six. Both teams made it to the final pool, where they were joined by Belgium, which was not unusual, and by Portugal, which was. This was Italy’s year for gold, after France had won in 1924, as they defeated France in their match, 9-7. The bronze medal came down to the match between Belgium and Portugal, which was a virtual tie as they both won eight bouts, with Portugal taking an upset bronze on touches delivered, 21-20. This was the only medal won by Portugal at the 1928 Olympics and, through 2024, remains their only Olympic fencing medal ever.

Pos	Competitors	NOC
1	Italy	ITA	Gold
	Giulio Basletta • Marcello Bertinetti • Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici • Carlo Agostoni • Renzo Minoli • Franco Riccardi
2	France	FRA	Silver
	Géo Buchard • Armand Massard • Gaston Amson • Émile Cornic • Bernard Schmetz • René Barbier
3	Portugal	POR	Bronze
	Paulo d'Eça Leal • Mário de Noronha • Jorge Paiva • Frederico Paredes • João Sassetti • Henrique da Silveira
4	Belgium	BEL
	Émile Barbier • Xavier De Beukelaer • Charles Delporte • Charles Debeur • Léon Tom • Georges Dambois
=5	Czechoslovakia	TCH
	Martin Harden • Josef Jungmann • František Kříž • Jan Tille • Miroslav Beznoska • Jan Černohorský
=5	Netherlands	NED
	Leonard Kuypers • Arie de Jong • Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls • Willem Driebergen • Alfred Labouchere • Karel, Jonkheer van den Brandeler
=5	Spain	ESP
	Juan Delgado • Diego García • Diego Díez • Félix de Pomés • Fidel González
=5	United States	USA
	Arthur Lyon • George Calnan • Allen Milner • Harold Rayner • Henry Breckinridge • Edward Barnett
3 p1 r2/4	Romania	ROU
	Mihai Savu • George Caranfil • Răzvan Pennescu • Dan Gheorghiu • Ion Rudeanu
3 p2 r2/4	Egypt	EGY
	Elie Adda • Joseph Misrahi • Mohamed Charaoui • Saul Moyal • Salvator Cicurel
3 p3 r2/4	Switzerland	SUI
	Édouard Fitting • Henri Jacquet • Frédéric Fitting • Eugène Empeyta • John Albaret • Paul de Graffenried
3 p4 r2/4	Norway	NOR
	Sigurd Akre-Aas • Raoul Heide • Frithjof Lorentzen • Jacob Bergsland
4 p2 r2/4	Germany	GER
	Theodor Fischer • Fritz Gazzera • Hans Halberstadt • Fritz Jack
3 p1 r1/4	Greece	GRE
	Konstantinos Botasis • Tryfon Triantafyllakos • Kostas Nikolopoulos • Georgios Ampet • Konstantinos Bembis
3 p2 r1/4	Denmark	DEN
	Ivan Osiier • Jens Ole Berthelsen • O. H. Bærentzen • Peter Ryefelt • Thorolf Praem
3 p4 r1/4	Sweden	SWE
	Nils Hellsten • Gustaf Dyrssen • Sidney Stranne • Gunnar Cederschiöld • Bertil Uggla
3 p5 r1/4	Great Britain	GBR
	Charles Biscoe • Bertie Childs • Daubeney Drury • Martin Holt
3 p6 r1/4	Hungary	HUN
	József Rády • János Hajdú • Albert Bógathy • György Piller • Ottó Hátszeghy

Round One

Date	3 August 1928
Format	Top two teams in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool #1

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	France	FRA	2-0	22-5	Q
	Géo Buchard • Armand Massard • Gaston Amson • Émile Cornic • Bernard Schmetz • René Barbier
2	Czechoslovakia	TCH	1-1	11-14	Q
	Martin Harden • Josef Jungmann • František Kříž • Jan Tille • Miroslav Beznoska • Jan Černohorský
3	Greece	GRE	0-2	8-22
	Konstantinos Botasis • Tryfon Triantafyllakos • Kostas Nikolopoulos • Georgios Ampet • Konstantinos Bembis

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	03 Aug	France	FRA	10 – 1	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #2	03 Aug	France	FRA	12 – 4	Greece	GRE
Match #3	03 Aug	Czechoslovakia	TCH	10 – 4	Greece	GRE

Pool #2

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
=1	Belgium	BEL	1-0	12-4	Q
	Émile Barbier • Xavier De Beukelaer • Charles Delporte • Léon Tom
=1	Spain	ESP	1-0	10-6	Q
	Juan Delgado • Diego García • Diego Díez • Félix de Pomés
3	Denmark	DEN	0-2	10-22
	Ivan Osiier • Jens Ole Berthelsen • O. H. Bærentzen • Peter Ryefelt • Thorolf Praem

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	03 Aug	Belgium	BEL	12 – 4	Denmark	DEN
Match #2	03 Aug	Spain	ESP	10 – 6	Denmark	DEN

Pool #3

Pos	Competitors	NOC
AC	Italy	ITA	Q
AC	Argentina	ARG	Q

Pool #4

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	Portugal	POR	2-0	16-15	Q
	Paulo d'Eça Leal • Mário de Noronha • Jorge Paiva • Frederico Paredes • João Sassetti • Henrique da Silveira
2	Netherlands	NED	1-1	15-11	Q
	Willem Driebergen • Arie de Jong • Leonard Kuypers • Alfred Labouchere • Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls
3	Sweden	SWE	0-2	11-16
	Nils Hellsten • Gustaf Dyrssen • Sidney Stranne • Gunnar Cederschiöld • Bertil Uggla

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	03 Aug	Portugal	POR	8 – 7	Netherlands	NED
Match #2	03 Aug	Portugal	POR	8 – 8	Sweden	SWE
Match #3	03 Aug	Netherlands	NED	8 – 3	Sweden	SWE

Pool #5

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	Switzerland	SUI	1-1	20-11	Q
	Édouard Fitting • Henri Jacquet • Frédéric Fitting • Eugène Empeyta • Paul de Graffenried
2	Norway	NOR	1-1	16-15	Q
	Sigurd Akre-Aas • Raoul Heide • Frithjof Lorentzen • Jacob Bergsland
3	Great Britain	GBR	1-1	10-20
	Charles Biscoe • Bertie Childs • Daubeney Drury • Martin Holt

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	03 Aug	Norway	NOR	10 – 6	Switzerland	SUI
Match #2	03 Aug	Switzerland	SUI	14 – 1	Great Britain	GBR
Match #3	03 Aug	Great Britain	GBR	9 – 6	Norway	NOR

Pool #6

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	United States	USA	2-0	20-12	Q
	Arthur Lyon • George Calnan • Allen Milner • Harold Rayner • Henry Breckinridge
2	Egypt	EGY	1-1	15-16	Q
	Salvator Cicurel • Elie Adda • Mohamed Charaoui • Saul Moyal
3	Hungary	HUN	0-2	12-19
	József Rády • János Hajdú • Albert Bógathy • György Piller • Ottó Hátszeghy

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	03 Aug	United States	USA	9 – 7	Egypt	EGY
Match #2	03 Aug	United States	USA	11 – 5	Hungary	HUN
Match #3	03 Aug	Egypt	EGY	8 – 7	Hungary	HUN

Pool #7

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	Germany	GER	1-0	9-7	Q
	Fritz Gazzera • Hans Halberstadt • Theodor Fischer • Fritz Jack
2	Romania	ROU	0-1	7-9	Q
	George Caranfil • Răzvan Pennescu • Dan Gheorghiu • Ion Rudeanu

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	03 Aug	Germany	GER	9 – 7	Romania	ROU

Quarter-Finals

Date	4 August 1928
Format	Top two teams in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool #1

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	Belgium	BEL	2-0	20-11	Q
	Émile Barbier • Xavier De Beukelaer • Charles Delporte • Charles Debeur • Léon Tom • Georges Dambois
2	Czechoslovakia	TCH	1-1	15-17	Q
	Martin Harden • Josef Jungmann • František Kříž • Miroslav Beznoska • Jan Černohorský
3	Romania	ROU	0-2	12-19
	Mihai Savu • George Caranfil • Răzvan Pennescu • Dan Gheorghiu • Ion Rudeanu

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	04 Aug	Belgium	BEL	11 – 5	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #2	04 Aug	Belgium	BEL	9 – 6	Romania	ROU
Match #3	04 Aug	Czechoslovakia	TCH	10 – 6	Romania	ROU

Pool #2

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Matches Tied	Bouts
1	Italy	ITA	3-0	0	34-13	Q
	Giulio Basletta • Marcello Bertinetti • Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici • Carlo Agostoni • Renzo Minoli • Franco Riccardi
2	Spain	ESP	1-1	1	21-26	Q
	Juan Delgado • Diego García • Diego Díez • Félix de Pomés
3	Egypt	EGY	1-2	0	20-26
	Salvator Cicurel • Elie Adda • Joseph Misrahi • Mohamed Charaoui • Saul Moyal
4	Germany	GER	0-2	1	18-28
	Fritz Gazzera • Hans Halberstadt • Theodor Fischer • Fritz Jack

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	04 Aug	Italy	ITA	12 – 4	Spain	ESP
Match #2	04 Aug	Italy	ITA	11 – 5	Egypt	EGY
Match #3	04 Aug	Italy	ITA	11 – 4	Germany	GER
Match #4	04 Aug	Spain	ESP	9 – 6	Egypt	EGY
Match #5	04 Aug	Spain	ESP	8 – 8	Germany	GER	Draw
Match #6	04 Aug	Egypt	EGY	9 – 6	Germany	GER

Pool #3

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	France	FRA	2-0	22-9	Q
	Géo Buchard • Armand Massard • Gaston Amson • Émile Cornic • Bernard Schmetz • René Barbier
2	Netherlands	NED	1-1	13-19	Q
	Leonard Kuypers • Arie de Jong • Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls • Willem Driebergen • Alfred Labouchere • Karel, Jonkheer van den Brandeler
3	Switzerland	SUI	0-2	12-19
	Édouard Fitting • Henri Jacquet • Frédéric Fitting • Eugène Empeyta • John Albaret • Paul de Graffenried

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	04 Aug	France	FRA	13 – 3	Netherlands	NED
Match #2	04 Aug	France	FRA	9 – 6	Switzerland	SUI
Match #3	04 Aug	Netherlands	NED	10 – 6	Switzerland	SUI

Pool #4

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	Portugal	POR	2-0	18-9	Q
	Paulo d'Eça Leal • Jorge Paiva • Frederico Paredes • João Sassetti • Henrique da Silveira
2	United States	USA	1-1	15-15	Q
	Arthur Lyon • George Calnan • Allen Milner • Harold Rayner • Henry Breckinridge
3	Norway	NOR	0-2	9-18
	Sigurd Akre-Aas • Raoul Heide • Frithjof Lorentzen • Jacob Bergsland

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	04 Aug	Portugal	POR	8 – 7	United States	USA
Match #2	04 Aug	Portugal	POR	10 – 2	Norway	NOR
Match #3	04 Aug	United States	USA	8 – 7	Norway	NOR

Semi-Finals

Date	4 August 1928
Format	Top two teams in each pool advanced to final.

Pool #1

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	France	FRA	3-0	29-14	Q
	Géo Buchard • Armand Massard • Gaston Amson • Émile Cornic • Bernard Schmetz • René Barbier
2	Belgium	BEL	2-1	23-16	Q
	Émile Barbier • Xavier De Beukelaer • Charles Delporte • Charles Debeur • Léon Tom • Georges Dambois
3	United States	USA	1-2	15-23
	Arthur Lyon • George Calnan • Allen Milner • Harold Rayner • Edward Barnett
4	Spain	ESP	0-3	17-31
	Juan Delgado • Diego García • Diego Díez • Félix de Pomés • Fidel González

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	04 Aug	France	FRA	8 – 6	Belgium	BEL
Match #2	04 Aug	France	FRA	9 – 4	United States	USA
Match #3	04 Aug	France	FRA	12 – 4	Spain	ESP
Match #4	04 Aug	Belgium	BEL	7 – 2	United States	USA
Match #5	04 Aug	Belgium	BEL	10 – 6	Spain	ESP
Match #6	04 Aug	United States	USA	9 – 7	Spain	ESP

Pool #2

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	Italy	ITA	3-0	33-14	Q
	Giulio Basletta • Marcello Bertinetti • Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici • Carlo Agostoni • Renzo Minoli • Franco Riccardi
2	Portugal	POR	2-1	24-17	Q
	Paulo d'Eça Leal • Mário de Noronha • Jorge Paiva • Frederico Paredes • João Sassetti • Henrique da Silveira
3	Czechoslovakia	TCH	1-2	10-30
	Martin Harden • Josef Jungmann • František Kříž • Jan Tille • Miroslav Beznoska • Jan Černohorský
4	Netherlands	NED	0-3	20-26
	Leonard Kuypers • Arie de Jong • Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls • Willem Driebergen • Alfred Labouchere • Karel, Jonkheer van den Brandeler

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	04 Aug	Italy	ITA	10 – 6	Portugal	POR
Match #2	04 Aug	Italy	ITA	13 – 2	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #3	04 Aug	Italy	ITA	10 – 6	Netherlands	NED
Match #4	04 Aug	Portugal	POR	10 – 0	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #5	04 Aug	Portugal	POR	8 – 7	Netherlands	NED
Match #6	04 Aug	Czechoslovakia	TCH	8 – 7	Netherlands	NED

Final Pool

Date	5 August 1928 — 13:00

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	Italy	ITA	3-0	28-19
	Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici • Carlo Agostoni • Renzo Minoli • Franco Riccardi
2	France	FRA	2-1	24-22
	Géo Buchard • Armand Massard • Gaston Amson • Émile Cornic • Bernard Schmetz • René Barbier
3	Portugal	POR	1-2	21-26
	Paulo d'Eça Leal • Mário de Noronha • Jorge Paiva • Frederico Paredes • João Sassetti • Henrique da Silveira
4	Belgium	BEL	0-3	20-26
	Émile Barbier • Xavier De Beukelaer • Charles Delporte • Charles Debeur • Léon Tom

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	05 Aug	Italy	ITA	9 – 7	France	FRA
Match #2	05 Aug	Italy	ITA	9 – 6	Portugal	POR
Match #3	05 Aug	Italy	ITA	10 – 6	Belgium	BEL
Match #4	05 Aug	France	FRA	9 – 7	Portugal	POR
Match #5	05 Aug	France	FRA	8 – 6	Belgium	BEL
Match #6	05 Aug	Portugal	POR	8 – 8	Belgium	BEL