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Épée, Team, Men

Date 9 September 1960
StatusOlympic
LocationPalazzo dei Congressi, Roma
Participants105 from 21 countries

By 1960 the core of the Italian team had been so successful for the decade was an aging one. They may have included the last three Olympic champions in Edoardo Mangiarotti, Giuseppe Delfino, and Carlo Pavesi but by now they were in their late 30s and early 40s with the best of their careers behind them. Their opponents in the final were a British team who relied on the rising stars Allan Jay and Bill Hoskyns but who were a little short in depth of talent. Although Jay avenged his defeat to Delfino from the individual final he was unable to prevent the Italian team from recording a comfortable victory.

This was an Olympic swansong for Mangiarotti who bowed out of the Olympics with a career record of six gold medals amongst a record 13 medal haul which, through 2014, remains a record for a fencer. The Soviet Union placed third.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1ItalyITAGold
Edoardo MangiarottiGiuseppe DelfinoCarlo PavesiAlberto PellegrinoFiorenzo MariniGianluigi SaccaroGiovanni Battista Breda (DNS)
2Great BritainGBRSilver
Allan JayMichael HowardJohn PellingBill HoskynsRay HarrisonMichael Alexander
3Soviet UnionURSBronze
Guram KostavaBruno HabārovsArnold ChernushevichValentin ChernikovAleksandr Pavlovsky
4HungaryHUN
József MarosiTamás GáborIstván KauszJózsef SákovicsÁrpád BárányMihály Fülöp (DNS)
=5Unified Team of GermanyGER
Paul GnaierFritz ZimmermannDieter FängerGeorg NeuberHelmut AnschützWalter KöstnerWilfried Wöhler (DNS)
=5LuxembourgLUX
Roger TheisenEdy SchmitRobert SchielRudy KugelerEddi GutenkaufGeorges Arendt (DNS)Jean Link (DNS)
=5SwedenSWE
Hans LagerwallGöran AbrahamssonUlf Ling-VannérusBerndt-Otto RehbinderCarl-Wilhelm EngdahlOrvar Lindwall
=5SwitzerlandSUI
Hans BässlerJules Amez-DrozPaul MeisterCharles RibordyClaudio PolledriMichel Steininger
=9JapanJPN
Heizaburo OkawaTsugeo OzawaSonosuke FujimakiKazuhiko TabuchiMitsuyuki Funamizu (DNS)Masayuki Sano (DNS)
=9United StatesUSA
James MargolisRoland WommackDavid MicahnikHenry Kolowrat, Jr.Ralph SpinellaMichael Dasaro (DNS)
=9FinlandFIN
Kaj CzarneckiKurt LindemanRolf WiikKalevi PakarinenBerndt Katter (DNS)Eero Lohi (DNS)
=9BelgiumBEL
Pierre FrancisseRené Van Den DriesscheJacques DebeurRoger AchtenFrançois DehezAndré Verhalle (DNS)
=9FranceFRA
Armand MouyalYves DreyfusClaude BrodinChristian d'OriolaJack GuittetGérard Lefranc
=9PolandPOL
Bogdan GonsiorJerzy StrzałkaWiesław GlosJanusz KurczabAndrzej KryńskiHenryk Nielaba (DNS)
3 p1 r1/5PortugalPOR
José FerreiraManuel BorregoJosé FernandesJosé de AlbuquerqueOrlando Azinhais (DNS)António Marquilhas (DNS)
3 p2 r1/5MexicoMEX
Benito RamosÁngel RoldánAntonio AlmadaSergio EscobedoJosé Pérez
3 p3 r1/5LebanonLBN
Ibrahim OsmanMohamed RamadanMichel SaykaliHassan El-SaidGhaleb Fahs (DNS)
3 p4 r1/5IrelandIRL
George CarpenterChristopher BlandBrian HamiltonTom KearneyHarry Thuillier (DNS)
3 p5 r1/5MoroccoMAR
Abbes HarchiAbderrahman SebtiCharles BénitahAbderraouf El-FassyMohamed Ben JoullonJacques Ben Gualid (DNS)
3 p6 r1/5AustraliaAUS
Ivan LundRichard StoneJohn HumphreysJohn SimpsonKeith HackshallMichael Sichel (DNS)
3 p7 r1/5SpainESP
Pedro CabreraManuel MartínezJesús DíezJoaquín MoyaCésar de Diego (DNS)Pablo Ordejón (DNS)

Round 1 (9 September 1960 — 8:30)

Top two teams, based on percentage on wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to quarter-finals. The other top two teams in each pool advanced to round two.

Pool 1

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1ItalyITA20189Q
Edoardo MangiarottiGiuseppe DelfinoCarlo PavesiFiorenzo MariniGianluigi Saccaro
2United StatesUSA111215q
James MargolisRoland WommackDavid MicahnikHenry Kolowrat, Jr.Ralph Spinella
3PortugalPOR021319
José FerreiraManuel BorregoJosé FernandesJosé de Albuquerque

Pool 1 ITA 9 – 2USA
Pool 1 ITA 9 – 7POR
Pool 1 USA 10 – 6POR

Pool 2

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1HungaryHUN20236Q
József MarosiTamás GáborIstván KauszJózsef SákovicsÁrpád Bárány
2JapanJPN111316q
Heizaburo OkawaTsugeo OzawaSonosuke FujimakiKazuhiko Tabuchi
3MexicoMEX02923
Benito RamosÁngel RoldánAntonio AlmadaSergio EscobedoJosé Pérez

Pool 2 HUN 9 – 4JPN
Pool 2 HUN 14 – 2MEX
Pool 2 JPN 9 – 7MEX

Pool 3

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1Soviet UnionURS20179q
Guram KostavaBruno HabārovsArnold ChernushevichValentin ChernikovAleksandr Pavlovsky
2SwitzerlandSUI11917q
Hans BässlerJules Amez-DrozPaul MeisterCharles RibordyClaudio PolledriMichel Steininger
3LebanonLBN021616
Ibrahim OsmanMohamed RamadanMichel SaykaliHassan El-Said

Pool 3 URS 9 – 1SUI
Pool 3 URS 8 – 8LBN
Pool 3 SUI 8 – 8LBN

Pool 4

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1FranceFRA20216q
Gérard LefrancJack GuittetClaude BrodinChristian d'Oriola
2FinlandFIN111413q
Kaj CzarneckiKurt LindemanRolf WiikKalevi Pakarinen
3IrelandIRL02824
George CarpenterChristopher BlandBrian HamiltonTom Kearney

Pool 4 FRA 9 – 2FIN
Pool 4 FRA 12 – 4IRL
Pool 4 FIN 12 – 4IRL

Pool 5

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1Great BritainGBR20238q
Allan JayMichael HowardJohn PellingBill HoskynsRay HarrisonMichael Alexander
2LuxembourgLUX111912q
Roger TheisenEdy SchmitRobert SchielRudy KugelerEddi Gutenkauf
3MoroccoMAR02527
Abbes HarchiAbderrahman SebtiCharles BénitahAbderraouf El-FassyMohamed Ben Joullon

Pool 5 GBR 8 – 7LUX
Pool 5 GBR 15 – 1MAR
Pool 5 LUX 12 – 4MAR

Pool 6

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1Unified Team of GermanyGER202210q
Paul GnaierFritz ZimmermannDieter FängerGeorg NeuberHelmut AnschützWalter Köstner
2SwedenSWE111814q
Hans LagerwallGöran AbrahamssonUlf Ling-VannérusBerndt-Otto RehbinderCarl-Wilhelm Engdahl
3AustraliaAUS02824
Ivan LundRichard StoneJohn HumphreysJohn SimpsonKeith Hackshall

Pool 6 GER 9 – 7SWE
Pool 6 GER 13 – 3AUS
Pool 6 SWE 11 – 5AUS

Pool 7

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMTMLBouts WonBouts Lost
=1PolandPOL1101715q
Bogdan GonsiorJerzy StrzałkaAndrzej KryńskiWiesław GlosJanusz Kurczab
=1BelgiumBEL1101715q
Pierre FrancisseRené Van Den DriesscheJacques DebeurFrançois DehezRoger Achten
3SpainESP0021418
Pedro CabreraManuel MartínezJesús DíezJoaquín Moya

Pool 7 POL 8 – 8BEL
Pool 7 POL 9 – 7ESP
Pool 7 BEL 9 – 7ESP

Round 2 (9 September 1960 — 8:30)

Winner of each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool 1

Pool 1 URS 9 – 0JPN

Pool 2

Pool 2 GBR 9 – 5USA

Pool 3

Pool 3 GER 9 – 5FIN

Pool 4

Pool 4 SWE 9 – 4BEL

Pool 5

Pool 5 SUI 8 – 8FRA

Pool 6

Pool 6 LUX 8 – 8POL

Quarter-Finals (9 September 1960 — 13:00)

Winner of each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Pool 1

Pool 1 HUN 9 – 2LUX

Pool 2

Pool 2 ITA 9 – 3SWE

Pool 3

Pool 3 GBR 9 – 5SUI

Pool 4

Pool 4 URS 9 – 2GER

Semi-Finals (9 September 1960 — 15:00)

Top two teams in each pool advanced to final.

Pool 1

Pool 1 ITA 9 – 6URS

Pool 2

Pool 2 GBR 8 – 7HUN

Final Pool (9 September 1960 — 15:00)

Match 1-2 ITA 9 – 5GBR
Match 3-4 URS 9 – 5HUN