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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	Edgard 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 ain 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	Competitor(s)	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
	Manuel Agüero • Félix Galimi • Santiago Massini • Enrique Rettberg • Eduardo Sastre • Vito Simonetti

Round One (25 July 1952 — 8:00)

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

Pool 1

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
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 #1	SWE	9 – 0	POL
Match #2	GBR	10 – 6	POL

Pool 2

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
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 #1	ITA	8 – 4	URS
Match #2	USA	8 – 8	URS

Pool 3

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
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 #1	HUN	14 – 1	BRA
Match #2	SUI	8 – 2	BRA

Pool 4

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
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 #1	BEL	9 – 6	POR
Match #2	BEL	11 – 4	VEN
Match #3	DEN	8 – 4	POR
Match #4	DEN	9 – 5	VEN

Pool 5

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
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 #1	FIN	11 – 4	AUS
Match #2	LUX	8 – 3	AUS

Pool 6

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
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 #1	FRA	8 – 3	EGY
Match #2	NOR	8 – 6	EGY

Quarter-Finals (25 July 1952 — 15:00)

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

Pool 1

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
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 #1	HUN	10 – 4	LUX
Match #2	HUN	9 – 5	FRA
Match #3	HUN	12 – 3	FIN
Match #4	LUX	9 – 6	FRA
Match #5	LUX	10 – 6	FIN
Match #6	FRA	8 – 7	FIN

Pool 2

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
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 #1	ITA	8 – 1	BEL
Match #2	ITA	12 – 3	NOR
Match #3	SUI	7 – 7	BEL
Match #4	SUI	8 – 3	NOR

Pool 3

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
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 #1	SWE	14 – 2	DEN
Match #2	GBR	8 – 7	SWE
Match #3	SWE	9 – 5	USA
Match #4	DEN	8 – 8	GBR
Match #5	DEN	9 – 6	USA
Match #6	USA	9 – 7	GBR

Semi-Finals (26 July 1952 — 8:00)

Top two teams in each pool advanced to final.

Pool 1

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
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 #1	LUX	10 – 5	DEN
Match #2	ITA	8 – 7	DEN

Pool 2

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
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 #1	SWE	8 – 6	SUI
Match #2	SUI	12 – 4	HUN
Match #3	HUN	9 – 6	SWE

Final Pool (26 July 1952 — 15:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
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 #1	ITA	8 – 5	SWE
Match #2	ITA	12 – 4	SUI
Match #3	ITA	12 – 2	LUX
Match #4	SWE	8 – 6	SUI
Match #5	SWE	13 – 3	LUX
Match #6	SUI	8 – 4	LUX