Date | 30 November 1956 |
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Status | Olympic |
Location | Town Hall, St. Kilda, Victoria |
Participants | 41 from 18 countries |
At the two most recent World Championships Italian fencers swept the podium. So strong were the Italians at the discipline that the gold and silver medallists from the 1955 World Championships only contested the team event in Melbourne. In hindsight the medals were decided when the Italians announced their entrants for this event. Oddly enough the Italians did not overly impress during the preliminary rounds but only came to the fore during the final pool. All three Italians ended with 5-2 records although Giuseppe Delfino had an opportunity to win outright which was frustrated on the deciding hit by American Richard Pew. The first barrage was inconclusive with each man winning and losing one bout apiece but at the second attempt Carlo Pavesi defeated both Giuseppe Delfino and Edoardo Mangiarotti to claim the Olympic title. Delfino then beat reigning champion Mangiarotti for the silver medal. All three men would return as part of the victorious Italian team in Rome with also adding the individual gold. Mangiarotti’s 3 medals in Melbourne gave him 11 total, 2nd only to Paavo Nurmi at the time. In Rome his 2 medals would take him to a total of 13 would make him #1 on the all-time Olympic medal list to that point – though it was surpassed in 1964 by Larysa Latynina.
Top four finishers in each pool advanced to quarter-finals. Competitors from nations in the team épée finals were also advanced to quarter-finals.
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bouts Won | TD | TR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Arnold Chernushevich | ![]() | 5 | 25 | 13 | |||
2 | Skip Shurtz | ![]() | 4 | 27 | 17 | |||
3 | Ghislain Delaunois | ![]() | 4 | 28 | 22 | |||
4 | Émile Gretsch | ![]() | 3 | 18 | 16 | |||
5 | Roland Asselin | ![]() | 2 | 16 | 26 | |||
6 | Wäinö Korhonen | ![]() | 1 | 17 | 20 | |||
7 | Alfredo Yanguas | ![]() | 0 | 8 | 25 |
Pool One | Arnold Chernushevich | ![]() | 5 – 3 | Skip Shurtz | ![]() |
Pool One | Arnold Chernushevich | ![]() | 5 – 5 | Ghislain Delaunois | ![]() |
Pool One | Ghislain Delaunois | ![]() | 5 – 4 | Skip Shurtz | ![]() |
Pool One | Arnold Chernushevich | ![]() | 5 – 1 | Émile Gretsch | ![]() |
Pool One | Skip Shurtz | ![]() | 5 – 2 | Émile Gretsch | ![]() |
Pool One | Émile Gretsch | ![]() | 5 – 3 | Ghislain Delaunois | ![]() |
Pool One | Arnold Chernushevich | ![]() | 5 – 1 | Roland Asselin | ![]() |
Pool One | Skip Shurtz | ![]() | 5 – 2 | Roland Asselin | ![]() |
Pool One | Ghislain Delaunois | ![]() | 5 – 1 | Roland Asselin | ![]() |
Pool One | Émile Gretsch | ![]() | 5 – 2 | Roland Asselin | ![]() |
Pool One | Skip Shurtz | ![]() | 5 – 3 | Wäinö Korhonen | ![]() |
Pool One | Ghislain Delaunois | ![]() | 5 – 4 | Wäinö Korhonen | ![]() |
Pool One | Émile Gretsch | ![]() | 5 – 1 | Wäinö Korhonen | ![]() |
Pool One | Roland Asselin | ![]() | 5 – 4 | Wäinö Korhonen | ![]() |
Pool One | Arnold Chernushevich | ![]() | 5 – 3 | Alfredo Yanguas | ![]() |
Pool One | Skip Shurtz | ![]() | 5 – 0 | Alfredo Yanguas | ![]() |
Pool One | Wäinö Korhonen | ![]() | 5 – 0 | Alfredo Yanguas | ![]() |
Pool One | Ghislain Delaunois | ![]() | 5 – 3 | Alfredo Yanguas | ![]() |
Pool One | Roland Asselin | ![]() | 5 – 2 | Alfredo Yanguas | ![]() |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bouts Won | TD | TR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Berndt-Otto Rehbinder | ![]() | 6 | 32 | 16 | |||
2 | Günter Stratmann | ![]() | 5 | 31 | 19 | |||
3 | Ivan Lund | ![]() | 5 | 28 | 20 | |||
4 | Jacques Debeur | ![]() | 4 | 31 | 23 | |||
5 | Revaz Tsirek'idze | ![]() | 4 | 31 | 23 | |||
6 | Siha Sukarno | ![]() | 2 | 19 | 25 | |||
7 | Emiliano Camargo | ![]() | 2 | 17 | 28 | |||
8 | Masayuki Sano | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 35 |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bouts Won | TD | TR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jacques Debeur | ![]() | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||
2 | Revaz Tsirek'idze | ![]() | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Pool 2 Barrage for 4/5 | Jacques Debeur | ![]() | 5 – 4 | Revaz Tsirek'idze | ![]() |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bouts Won | TD | TR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dick Pew | ![]() | 5 | 25 | 13 | |||
2 | Per Carleson | ![]() | 4 | 24 | 13 | |||
3 | Roger Achten | ![]() | 4 | 28 | 21 | |||
4 | Richard Stone | ![]() | 3 | 16 | 25 | |||
5 | Emilio Echeverry | ![]() | 2 | 18 | 27 | |||
6 | Fernand Leischen | ![]() | 1 | 21 | 21 | |||
7 | Santiago Massini | ![]() | 0 | 13 | 25 | |||
7 | Santiago Massini | ![]() | 0 | 13 | 25 | 2 |
Pool Three | Dick Pew | ![]() | 5 – 4 | Roger Achten | ![]() |
Pool Three | Roger Achten | ![]() | 5 – 4 | Per Carleson | ![]() |
Pool Three | Dick Pew | ![]() | 5 – 1 | Richard Stone | ![]() |
Pool Three | Per Carleson | ![]() | 5 – 0 | Richard Stone | ![]() |
Pool Three | Roger Achten | ![]() | 5 – 0 | Richard Stone | ![]() |
Pool Three | Dick Pew | ![]() | 5 – 1 | Emilio Echeverry | ![]() |
Pool Three | Per Carleson | ![]() | 5 – 3 | Emilio Echeverry | ![]() |
Pool Three | Emilio Echeverry | ![]() | 5 – 4 | Roger Achten | ![]() |
Pool Three | Richard Stone | ![]() | 5 – 3 | Emilio Echeverry | ![]() |
Pool Three | Dick Pew | ![]() | 5 – 3 | Fernand Leischen | ![]() |
Pool Three | Per Carleson | ![]() | 5 – 5 | Fernand Leischen | ![]() |
Pool Three | Roger Achten | ![]() | 5 – 4 | Fernand Leischen | ![]() |
Pool Three | Richard Stone | ![]() | 5 – 4 | Fernand Leischen | ![]() |
Pool Three | Fernand Leischen | ![]() | 5 – 1 | Emilio Echeverry | ![]() |
Pool Three | Dick Pew | ![]() | 5 – 4 | Santiago Massini | ![]() |
Pool Three | Per Carleson | ![]() | 5 – 0 | Santiago Massini | ![]() |
Pool Three | Roger Achten | ![]() | 5 – 3 | Santiago Massini | ![]() |
Pool Three | Richard Stone | ![]() | 5 – 3 | Santiago Massini | ![]() |
Pool Three | Emilio Echeverry | ![]() | 5 – 3 | Santiago Massini | ![]() |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bouts Won | TD | TR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Edy Schmit | ![]() | 5 | 29 | 19 | |||
2 | Rolf Wiik | ![]() | 5 | 26 | 21 | |||
3 | Carl Forssell | ![]() | 4 | 24 | 23 | |||
4 | Kin Hoitsma | ![]() | 3 | 23 | 21 | |||
5 | Juozas Udras | ![]() | 2 | 23 | 22 | |||
6 | Laurence Harding-Smith | ![]() | 2 | 19 | 25 | |||
7 | Luis Jiménez | ![]() | 0 | 17 | 30 |
Top four finishers in each pool advanced to semi-finals.
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bouts Won | TD | TR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Edoardo Mangiarotti | ![]() | 5 | 28 | 20 | |||
2 | Dick Pew | ![]() | 3 | 22 | 18 | |||
3 | Carl Forssell | ![]() | 3 | 20 | 22 | |||
4 | Émile Gretsch | ![]() | 3 | 23 | 23 | |||
5 | Béla Rerrich | ![]() | 3 | 20 | 23 | |||
6 | Bill Hoskyns | ![]() | 2 | 22 | 22 | |||
7 | Jacques Debeur | ![]() | 2 | 20 | 27 |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bouts Won | TD | TR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dick Pew | ![]() | 2 | 10 | 6 | |||
2 | Carl Forssell | ![]() | 2 | 11 | 10 | |||
3 | Émile Gretsch | ![]() | 1 | 7 | 9 | |||
4 | Béla Rerrich | ![]() | 0 | 12 | 15 |
Pool 1 Barrage for 2-5 | Dick Pew | ![]() | 5 – 1 | Carl Forssell | ![]() |
Pool 1 Barrage for 2-5 | Dick Pew | ![]() | 5 – 5 | Béla Rerrich | ![]() |
Pool 1 Barrage for 2-5 | Carl Forssell | ![]() | 5 – 2 | Émile Gretsch | ![]() |
Pool 1 Barrage for 2-5 | Carl Forssell | ![]() | 5 – 3 | Béla Rerrich | ![]() |
Pool 1 Barrage for 2-5 | Émile Gretsch | ![]() | 5 – 4 | Béla Rerrich | ![]() |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bouts Won | TD | TR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Per Carleson | ![]() | 5 | 25 | 15 | |||
2 | René Queyroux | ![]() | 5 | 27 | 19 | |||
3 | Carlo Pavesi | ![]() | 3 | 22 | 24 | |||
4 | Lajos Balthazár | ![]() | 3 | 22 | 25 | |||
5 | Arnold Chernushevich | ![]() | 2 | 22 | 23 | |||
6 | Kin Hoitsma | ![]() | 2 | 22 | 28 | |||
7 | Roger Achten | ![]() | 1 | 23 | 29 |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bouts Won | TD | TR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Armand Mouyal | ![]() | 5 | 26 | 21 | |||
2 | Ghislain Delaunois | ![]() | 4 | 21 | 15 | |||
3 | Giuseppe Delfino | ![]() | 4 | 22 | 17 | |||
4 | Edy Schmit | ![]() | 3 | 24 | 24 | |||
5 | Günter Stratmann | ![]() | 2 | 25 | 25 | |||
6 | Allan Jay | ![]() | 1 | 20 | 26 | |||
7 | Richard Stone | ![]() | 1 | 20 | 28 |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bouts Won | TD | TR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Berndt-Otto Rehbinder | ![]() | 4 | 23 | 13 | |||
2 | József Sákovics | ![]() | 4 | 23 | 18 | |||
3 | Skip Shurtz | ![]() | 4 | 20 | 21 | |||
4 | Rolf Wiik | ![]() | 3 | 20 | 15 | |||
5 | Daniel Dagallier | ![]() | 2 | 22 | 25 | |||
6 | Ivan Lund | ![]() | 1 | 21 | 28 | |||
7 | Michael Howard | ![]() | 1 | 19 | 28 |
Pool Four | József Sákovics | ![]() | 5 – 3 | Berndt-Otto Rehbinder | ![]() |
Pool Four | Berndt-Otto Rehbinder | ![]() | 5 – 0 | Skip Shurtz | ![]() |
Pool Four | József Sákovics | ![]() | 5 – 2 | Rolf Wiik | ![]() |
Pool Four | Skip Shurtz | ![]() | 5 – 3 | Rolf Wiik | ![]() |
Pool Four | Berndt-Otto Rehbinder | ![]() | 5 – 3 | Daniel Dagallier | ![]() |
Pool Four | Daniel Dagallier | ![]() | 5 – 3 | József Sákovics | ![]() |
Pool Four | Skip Shurtz | ![]() | 5 – 4 | Daniel Dagallier | ![]() |
Pool Four | Rolf Wiik | ![]() | 5 – 2 | Daniel Dagallier | ![]() |
Pool Four | Berndt-Otto Rehbinder | ![]() | 5 – 3 | Ivan Lund | ![]() |
Pool Four | József Sákovics | ![]() | 5 – 4 | Ivan Lund | ![]() |
Pool Four | Skip Shurtz | ![]() | 5 – 5 | Ivan Lund | ![]() |
Pool Four | Rolf Wiik | ![]() | 5 – 1 | Ivan Lund | ![]() |
Pool Four | Daniel Dagallier | ![]() | 5 – 2 | Ivan Lund | ![]() |
Pool Four | Berndt-Otto Rehbinder | ![]() | 5 – 1 | Michael Howard | ![]() |
Pool Four | József Sákovics | ![]() | 5 – 4 | Michael Howard | ![]() |
Pool Four | Skip Shurtz | ![]() | 5 – 4 | Michael Howard | ![]() |
Pool Four | Rolf Wiik | ![]() | 5 – 2 | Michael Howard | ![]() |
Pool Four | Michael Howard | ![]() | 5 – 3 | Daniel Dagallier | ![]() |
Pool Four | Ivan Lund | ![]() | 5 – 3 | Michael Howard | ![]() |
Top four finishers in each pool advanced to final.
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bouts Won | TD | TR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | René Queyroux | ![]() | 5 | 33 | 23 | |||
2 | Lajos Balthazár | ![]() | 5 | 32 | 23 | |||
3 | Edoardo Mangiarotti | ![]() | 5 | 28 | 25 | |||
4 | Giuseppe Delfino | ![]() | 4 | 31 | 27 | |||
5 | Ghislain Delaunois | ![]() | 4 | 30 | 24 | |||
6 | Carl Forssell | ![]() | 2 | 25 | 30 | |||
7 | Skip Shurtz | ![]() | 2 | 18 | 32 | |||
8 | Edy Schmit | ![]() | 1 | 24 | 35 |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | TD | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Giuseppe Delfino | ![]() | 5 | |||
2 | Ghislain Delaunois | ![]() | 2 |
Pool 1 Barrage for 4/5 | Giuseppe Delfino | ![]() | 5 – 2 | Ghislain Delaunois | ![]() |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bouts Won | TD | TR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dick Pew | ![]() | 6 | 27 | 22 | |||
2 | Per Carleson | ![]() | 5 | 28 | 26 | |||
3 | Carlo Pavesi | ![]() | 4 | 25 | 27 | |||
4 | Rolf Wiik | ![]() | 4 | 31 | 28 | |||
5 | Armand Mouyal | ![]() | 3 | 25 | 25 | |||
6 | Émile Gretsch | ![]() | 3 | 20 | 26 | |||
7 | Berndt-Otto Rehbinder | ![]() | 2 | 16 | 28 | |||
8 | József Sákovics | ![]() | 0 | 15 | 30 |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bouts Won | Bouts Lost | TD | TR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Carlo Pavesi | ![]() | 5 | 29 | 20 | – | |||
2 | Giuseppe Delfino | ![]() | 5 | 30 | 27 | – | |||
3 | Edoardo Mangiarotti | ![]() | 5 | 30 | 17 | – | |||
=4 | Dick Pew | ![]() | 4 | 25 | 28 | – | |||
=4 | Lajos Balthazár | ![]() | 4 | 30 | 29 | – | |||
6 | René Queyroux | ![]() | 3 | 29 | 25 | – | |||
7 | Per Carleson | ![]() | 2 | 22 | 29 | – | |||
8 | Rolf Wiik | ![]() | 0 | 15 | 35 | – |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bouts Won | Bouts Lost | TD | TR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
=1 | Carlo Pavesi | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |||
=1 | Giuseppe Delfino | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | |||
=1 | Edoardo Mangiarotti | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
Barrage 1-2 | Carlo Pavesi | ![]() | 5 – 3 | Giuseppe Delfino | ![]() |
Barrage 1-2 | Giuseppe Delfino | ![]() | 5 – 2 | Edoardo Mangiarotti | ![]() |
Barrage 1-2 | Carlo Pavesi | ![]() | 5 – 4 | Edoardo Mangiarotti | ![]() |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Bouts Won | Bouts Lost | TD | TR | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
=1 | Carlo Pavesi | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | |||
=1 | Giuseppe Delfino | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | |||
=1 | Edoardo Mangiarotti | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
Barrage #2 1-2 | Carlo Pavesi | ![]() | 5 – 0 | Edoardo Mangiarotti | ![]() |
Barrage #2 1-2 | Carlo Pavesi | ![]() | 5+ – 5- | Giuseppe Delfino | ![]() |
Barrage #2 1-2 | Giuseppe Delfino | ![]() | 5 – 3 | Edoardo Mangiarotti | ![]() |