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Foil, Individual, Men

Date	3 – 4 August 1948
Status	Olympic
Location	Palace of Engineering, Wembley, London
Participants	63 from 25 countries

French wine merchant Jéhan de Buhan lost arguably the best years of his career to the 12-year gap between Olympic Games caused by the Second World War. It seemed that he had been eclipsed by younger talents particularly in the shape of Christian d’Oriola who won the 1947 World title as a teenager. De Buhan had also been a World Champion in 1947 but in épée rather than foil and it was for that weapon that he was originally chosen to compete in the London Games. Circumstances within the French team meant that he switched events to foil and he made the most of his opportunity. He lost only once in his 25 bouts and defeated d’Oriola 5-2 in what was to prove the decisive match of the final pool. The bronze medal was decided by a tiebreaker with Lajos Maszlay of Hungary edging home favourite Emrys Lloyd on the ratio of hits given to those taken.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC
1	47	Jéhan de Buhan	FRA	Gold
2	49	Christian d'Oriola	FRA	Silver
3	72	Lajos Maszlay	HUN	Bronze
4	52	Emrys Lloyd	GBR
5	46	René Bougnol	FRA
6	74	Manlio Di Rosa	ITA
7	10	Paul Valcke	BEL
8	27	Ivan Ruben	DEN
5 p1 r3/4	77	Renzo Nostini	ITA
5 p2 r3/4	86	Dean Cetrulo	USA
6 p1 r3/4	9	Henri Paternóster	BEL
6 p2 r3/4	76	Giuliano Nostini	ITA
7 p1 r3/4	29	Osman Abdel Hafeez	EGY
7 p2 r3/4	5	Félix Galimi	ARG
8 p1 r3/4	88	Silvio Giolito	USA
8 p2 r3/4	115	Bo Eriksson	SWE
5 p1 r2/4	11	André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer	BEL
5 p2 r2/4	25	Aage Leidersdorff	DEN
5 p3 r2/4	53	René Paul	GBR
5 p4 r2/4	92	Sergio Iesi	URU
6 p1 r2/4	32	Hassan Tawfik	EGY
6 p2 r2/4	54	Arthur Smith	GBR
6 p3 r2/4	66	Henny ter Weer	NED
6 p4 r2/4	6	Manuel Torrente	ARG
7 p1 r2/4	73	Endre Palócz	HUN
7 p2 r2/4	4	Fulvio Galimi	ARG
7 p3 r2/4	83	Corrado Schlaepfer	SUI
7 p4 r2/4	33	Mahmoud Younes	EGY
8 p1 r2/4	94	Daniel Rossi	URU
8 p2 r2/4	80	Walo Hörning	SUI
8 p3 r2/4	96	Ferdinando Alessandri	BRA
8 p4 r2/4	116	Nils Rydström	SWE
5 p1 r1/4	108	Émile Gretsch	LUX
5 p2 r1/4	18	Armando Barrientos	CUB
5 p3 r1/4	23	Ole Albrechtsen	DEN
5 p4 r1/4	–	Léon Buck	LUX
5 p5 r1/4	89	Nat Lubell	USA
5 p6 r1/4	40	Kauko Jalkanen	FIN
5 p7 r1/4	109	Gust Lamesch	LUX
5 p8 r1/4	71	József Hátszeghy	HUN
6 p1 r1/4	22	Lucilo de la Peña	CUB
6 p2 r1/4	59	Ioannis Karamazakis	GRE
6 p3 r1/4	42	Heikki Raitio	FIN
6 p4 r1/4	57	Konstantinos Bembis	GRE
6 p5 r1/4	106	Johannes Zoet	NED
6 p6 r1/4	101	Emiliano Camargo	COL
6 p8 r1/4	61	Stefanos Zintzos	GRE
=6 p7 r1/4	264	Nihat Balkan	TUR
=6 p7 r1/4	111	Alfredo Grisi	MEX
7 p1 r1/4	114	Hugo Higueras	PER
7 p2 r1/4	95	Jaime Ucar	URU
7 p3 r1/4	99	Enrique Accorsi	CHI
7 p4 r1/4	38	Nick Thuillier	IRL
7 p5 r1/4	17	Jorge Agostini	CUB
7 p8 r1/4	15	Alf Horn	CAN
=7 p6 r1/4	82	Jean-Maurice Rubli	SUI
=7 p6 r1/4	64	Eddy Kuijpers	NED
8 p2 r1/4	16	Georges Pouliot	CAN
8 p4 r1/4	14	Roland Asselin	CAN
8 p5 r1/4	39	Owen Tuohy	IRL
8 p8 r1/4	–	Nejat Tulgar	TUR
=8 p1 r1/4	97	Salvatore Sciannamea	BRA
=8 p1 r1/4	37	Tom Smith	IRL
DNS	98		BRA		1
DNS	112	Fidel Luna	MEX
DNS	98	Béla Bay	HUN
DNS	36	Anthony O'Connor	IRL
DNS	110	Fernand Leischen	LUX
DNS	113	Benito Ramos	MEX
DNS	81	Gottfried von Meiss	SUI
DNS	100	Alfonso Ahumada	COL
DNS	43	Nils Sjöblom	FIN
DNS	102	Miguel Valderrama	COL

Round One

Date	3 August 1948 — 09:00
Format	Top four finishers in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool #1

Jury President	Warren Dow	USA

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	74	Manlio Di Rosa	ITA	6-1	16	Q
2	4	Fulvio Galimi	ARG	6-1	18	Q
3	25	Aage Leidersdorff	DEN	6-2	24	Q
4	80	Walo Hörning	SUI	5-3	–	Q
5	108	Émile Gretsch	LUX	5-3	–
6	22	Lucilo de la Peña	CUB	3-4	–
7	114	Hugo Higueras	PER	2-5	–
=8	97	Salvatore Sciannamea	BRA	0-7	–
=8	37	Tom Smith	IRL	0-7	–

Pool #2

Jury President	Bernard Schmetz	FRA

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts
1	76	Giuliano Nostini	ITA	7-0	Q
2	11	André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer	BEL	5-1	Q
3	33	Mahmoud Younes	EGY	4-3	Q
4	116	Nils Rydström	SWE	4-3	Q
5	18	Armando Barrientos	CUB	4-3
6	59	Ioannis Karamazakis	GRE	2-5
7	95	Jaime Ucar	URU	1-5
8	16	Georges Pouliot	CAN	0-7
DNS	98		BRA	–-–		2

Pool #3

Jury President	Charley Lion	FRA

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	52	Emrys Lloyd	GBR	5-1	–	Q
2	9	Henri Paternóster	BEL	4-2	18	Q
3	77	Renzo Nostini	ITA	4-2	20	Q
4	73	Endre Palócz	HUN	3-3	–	Q
5	23	Ole Albrechtsen	DEN	3-3	–
6	42	Heikki Raitio	FIN	2-4	–
7	99	Enrique Accorsi	CHI	0-6	–
DNS	112	Fidel Luna	MEX	–-–	–

Pool #4

Jury President	Fr. Del Vecchio	ITA

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	49	Christian d'Oriola	FRA	7-0	–	Q
2	72	Lajos Maszlay	HUN	5-2	19	Q
3	96	Ferdinando Alessandri	BRA	5-2	22	Q
4	66	Henny ter Weer	NED	4-3	–	Q
5	–	Léon Buck	LUX	3-4	27
6	57	Konstantinos Bembis	GRE	3-4	30
7	38	Nick Thuillier	IRL	1-6	–
8	14	Roland Asselin	CAN	0-7	–
DNS	98	Béla Bay	HUN	–-–	–
DNS	36	Anthony O'Connor	IRL	–-–	–
DNS	110	Fernand Leischen	LUX	–-–	–

Pool #5

Jury President	Guglielmo Grinda	ITA

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	47	Jéhan de Buhan	FRA	6-0	–	Q
2	115	Bo Eriksson	SWE	5-2	20	Q
3	94	Daniel Rossi	URU	5-2	22	Q
4	32	Hassan Tawfik	EGY	4-3	–	Q
5	89	Nat Lubell	USA	3-4	–
6	106	Johannes Zoet	NED	2-5	31
7	17	Jorge Agostini	CUB	2-4	27
8	39	Owen Tuohy	IRL	0-7	–
DNS	113	Benito Ramos	MEX	–-–	–

Pool #6

Jury President	F. Soille	FRA

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	86	Dean Cetrulo	USA	7-0	–	Q
2	46	René Bougnol	FRA	6-1	–	Q
3	6	Manuel Torrente	ARG	5-2	–	Q
4	54	Arthur Smith	GBR	4-3	–	Q
5	40	Kauko Jalkanen	FIN	2-5	30
6	101	Emiliano Camargo	COL	2-5	32
=7	82	Jean-Maurice Rubli	SUI	1-5	29
=7	64	Eddy Kuijpers	NED	1-6	34
DNS	81	Gottfried von Meiss	SUI	–-–	–

Pool #7

Jury President	Renato Anselmi	ITA

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	53	René Paul	GBR	5-1	17	Q
2	5	Félix Galimi	ARG	5-1	20	Q
3	88	Silvio Giolito	USA	4-2	–	Q
4	29	Osman Abdel Hafeez	EGY	3-3	–	Q
5	109	Gust Lamesch	LUX	3-3	–
=6	264	Nihat Balkan	TUR	0-5	–
=6	111	Alfredo Grisi	MEX	0-5	–
DNS	100	Alfonso Ahumada	COL	–-–	–
DNS	43	Nils Sjöblom	FIN	–-–	–

Pool #8

Jury President	Vincenzo Cuccia	ITA

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	92	Sergio Iesi	URU	6-1	16	Q
2	10	Paul Valcke	BEL	6-1	18	Q
3	27	Ivan Ruben	DEN	5-2	–	Q
4	83	Corrado Schlaepfer	SUI	4-3	–	Q
5	71	József Hátszeghy	HUN	4-3	–
6	61	Stefanos Zintzos	GRE	2-5	–
7	15	Alf Horn	CAN	1-6	–
8	–	Nejat Tulgar	TUR	0-7	–
DNS	102	Miguel Valderrama	COL	–-–	–

Quarter-Finals

Date	3 August 1948 — 15:00
Format	Top four finishers in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool #1

Jury President	Guglielmo Grinda	ITA

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	76	Giuliano Nostini	ITA	6-0	–	Q
2	46	René Bougnol	FRA	5-1	–	Q
3	27	Ivan Ruben	DEN	4-3	23	Q
4	86	Dean Cetrulo	USA	4-3	26	Q
5	11	André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer	BEL	3-4	–
6	32	Hassan Tawfik	EGY	2-5	–
7	73	Endre Palócz	HUN	1-5	–
8	94	Daniel Rossi	URU	1-5	–

Pool #2

Jury President	R. Mercier	FRA

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	74	Manlio Di Rosa	ITA	6-0	–	Q
2	47	Jéhan de Buhan	FRA	5-1	–	Q
3	88	Silvio Giolito	USA	4-2	22	Q
4	115	Bo Eriksson	SWE	4-2	23	Q
5	25	Aage Leidersdorff	DEN	2-4	22
6	54	Arthur Smith	GBR	2-4	27
7	4	Fulvio Galimi	ARG	1-5	–
8	80	Walo Hörning	SUI	0-6	–

Pool #3

Jury President	Hubert Van Nerom	BEL

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches
=1	49	Christian d'Oriola	FRA	6-1	33-18	Q
=1	5	Félix Galimi	ARG	6-1	33-18	Q
3	9	Henri Paternóster	BEL	4-3	–-21	Q
4	29	Osman Abdel Hafeez	EGY	4-2	–-22	Q
5	53	René Paul	GBR	3-4	–-–
6	66	Henny ter Weer	NED	2-4	–-–
7	83	Corrado Schlaepfer	SUI	1-5	–-–
8	96	Ferdinando Alessandri	BRA	0-6	–-–

Pool #4

Jury President	György Rozgonyi	HUN

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches
1	77	Renzo Nostini	ITA	5-1	–-12	Q
2	52	Emrys Lloyd	GBR	5-1	28-16	Q
3	72	Lajos Maszlay	HUN	5-1	27-16	Q
4	10	Paul Valcke	BEL	5-2	–-20	Q
5	92	Sergio Iesi	URU	3-4	–-–
6	6	Manuel Torrente	ARG	1-5	–-26
7	33	Mahmoud Younes	EGY	1-5	–-27
8	116	Nils Rydström	SWE	0-6	–-–

Semi-Finals

Date	4 August 1948 — 09:00
Format	Top four finishers in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool #1

Jury President	Fr. Del Vecchio	ITA

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches
1	47	Jéhan de Buhan	FRA	6-0	–-–	Q
2	49	Christian d'Oriola	FRA	5-1	–-–	Q
3	27	Ivan Ruben	DEN	4-2	–-18	Q
4	52	Emrys Lloyd	GBR	4-2	–-22	Q
5	77	Renzo Nostini	ITA	2-4	–-–
6	9	Henri Paternóster	BEL	1-5	–-28
7	29	Osman Abdel Hafeez	EGY	1-5	18-29
8	88	Silvio Giolito	USA	1-5	17-29

Pool #2

Jury President	Bernard Schmetz	FRA

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
=1	72	Lajos Maszlay	HUN	5-1	18	Q
=1	10	Paul Valcke	BEL	5-2	22	Q
=1	46	René Bougnol	FRA	5-2	23	Q
4	74	Manlio Di Rosa	ITA	4-3	–	Q
5	86	Dean Cetrulo	USA	4-3	–
6	76	Giuliano Nostini	ITA	2-4	–
7	5	Félix Galimi	ARG	1-5	–
8	115	Bo Eriksson	SWE	0-6	–

Final Pool

Date	4 August 1948 — 15:00
Jury President (1st half)	György Rozgonyi	HUN
Jury President (2nd half)	Georges Heyvaert	BEL

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches
1	47	Jéhan de Buhan	FRA	7-0	35-14
2	49	Christian d'Oriola	FRA	5-2	29-18
3	72	Lajos Maszlay	HUN	4-3	25-22
4	52	Emrys Lloyd	GBR	4-3	23-29
5	46	René Bougnol	FRA	3-4	28-26
6	74	Manlio Di Rosa	ITA	3-4	22-27
7	10	Paul Valcke	BEL	1-6	23-31
8	27	Ivan Ruben	DEN	1-6	15-33

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Bout #1	04 Aug	Jéhan de Buhan	FRA	5 – 2	Christian d'Oriola	FRA
Bout #2	04 Aug	Jéhan de Buhan	FRA	5 – 0	Lajos Maszlay	HUN
Bout #3	04 Aug	Jéhan de Buhan	FRA	5 – 1	Emrys Lloyd	GBR
Bout #4	04 Aug	Jéhan de Buhan	FRA	5 – 4	René Bougnol	FRA
Bout #5	04 Aug	Jéhan de Buhan	FRA	5 – 4	Manlio Di Rosa	ITA
Bout #6	04 Aug	Jéhan de Buhan	FRA	5 – 3	Paul Valcke	BEL
Bout #7	04 Aug	Jéhan de Buhan	FRA	5 – 0	Ivan Ruben	DEN
Bout #8	04 Aug	Christian d'Oriola	FRA	5 – 2	Lajos Maszlay	HUN
Bout #9	04 Aug	Christian d'Oriola	FRA	5 – 1	René Bougnol	FRA
Bout #10	04 Aug	Christian d'Oriola	FRA	5 – 0	Manlio Di Rosa	ITA
Bout #11	04 Aug	Christian d'Oriola	FRA	5 – 3	Paul Valcke	BEL
Bout #12	04 Aug	Christian d'Oriola	FRA	5 – 2	Ivan Ruben	DEN
Bout #13	04 Aug	Lajos Maszlay	HUN	5 – 0	Emrys Lloyd	GBR
Bout #14	04 Aug	Lajos Maszlay	HUN	5 – 2	Manlio Di Rosa	ITA
Bout #15	04 Aug	Lajos Maszlay	HUN	5 – 2	Paul Valcke	BEL
Bout #16	04 Aug	Lajos Maszlay	HUN	5 – 3	Ivan Ruben	DEN
Bout #17	04 Aug	Emrys Lloyd	GBR	5 – 2	Christian d'Oriola	FRA
Bout #18	04 Aug	Emrys Lloyd	GBR	5 – 4	René Bougnol	FRA
Bout #19	04 Aug	Emrys Lloyd	GBR	5 – 4	Paul Valcke	BEL
Bout #20	04 Aug	Emrys Lloyd	GBR	5 – 4	Ivan Ruben	DEN
Bout #21	04 Aug	René Bougnol	FRA	5 – 3	Lajos Maszlay	HUN
Bout #22	04 Aug	René Bougnol	FRA	5 – 3	Paul Valcke	BEL
Bout #23	04 Aug	René Bougnol	FRA	5 – 0	Ivan Ruben	DEN
Bout #24	04 Aug	Manlio Di Rosa	ITA	5 – 2	Emrys Lloyd	GBR
Bout #25	04 Aug	Manlio Di Rosa	ITA	5 – 4	René Bougnol	FRA
Bout #26	04 Aug	Manlio Di Rosa	ITA	5 – 1	Ivan Ruben	DEN
Bout #27	04 Aug	Paul Valcke	BEL	5 – 1	Manlio Di Rosa	ITA
Bout #28	04 Aug	Ivan Ruben	DEN	5 – 3	Paul Valcke	BEL