Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

Olympic fencing event

Men's team foil
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueWestend Tennis Hall, Espoo
Dates21–22 July
Competitors77 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Claude Netter
Jéhan Buhan
Jacques Lataste
Jacques Noël
Christian d'Oriola
Adrien Rommel
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Edoardo Mangiarotti
Manlio Di Rosa
Giancarlo Bergamini
Antonio Spallino
Giorgio Pellini
Renzo Nostini
 Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Endre Tilli
Aladár Gerevich
Endre Palócz
Lajos Maszlay
Tibor Berczelly
József Sákovics
 Hungary
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The men's team foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 21 to 22 July 1952. 77 fencers from 15 nations competed.[1]

Results

Source: Official results;[2] and Sports Reference[3]

Round 1

The top two nations in each pool advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pool 1
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1  Hungary 1 0 15 1
2  Belgium 1 0 9 3
3  Saar 0 2 4 24
Pool 2
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1  Egypt 1 0 9 4
2  Argentina 1 0 8 8
3  Soviet Union 0 2 12 17
Pool 3
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1  Great Britain 1 0 14 2
2  Italy 1 0 9 0
3  Venezuela 0 2 2 23
Pool 4
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1  Sweden 1 0 13 3
2  France 1 0 9 0
3  Australia 0 2 3 22
Pool 5
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1  Germany 1 0 10 6
2  United States 1 0 9 7
3  Romania 0 2 13 19

Round 2

The top two nations in each pool advanced to the semi-finals.

Pool 1
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1  Egypt 1 0 10 6
2  Italy 1 0 9 1
3  Sweden 0 2 7 19
Pool 2
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1  France 1 0 9 2
2  Belgium 1 0 9 7
3  Great Britain 0 2 9 18
Pool 3
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1  Hungary 2 1 31 17
2  Argentina 2 1 27 21
3  United States 2 1 25 23
4  Germany 0 3 13 35

Semifinals

The top two nations in each pool advanced to the final.

Pool 1
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1  Hungary 1 0 11 5
2  Italy 1 0 9 1
3  Belgium 0 2 6 20
Pool B
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1  France 1 0 9 2
2  Egypt 1 0 9 7
3  Argentina 0 2 9 18

Final

The final was a round-robin.

Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France 3 0 35 11
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy 2 1 34 12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Hungary 1 2 16 31
4  Egypt 0 3 8 39

Results

Rosters

Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Egypt
France
Germany
Great Britain
Hungary
Italy
Romania
Saar
Soviet Union
Sweden
United States
Venezuela

References

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1952 Olympic Results - Men's team foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  2. ^ "1952 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008.
  3. ^ "Fencing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games:Men's Foil". Archived from the original on 17 January 2013.
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Olympic Fencing Champions in Men's Team Foil