Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

Men's foil; at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Westend Tennis Hall, Espoo
Dates	23–24 July
Competitors	61 from 25 nations
Medalists

The men's foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from 23 July 1952 to 24 July 1952. 61 fencers from 25 nations competed.[1] All three medallists were left-handed.[2]

Competition format

The competition format was pool play round-robin, with bouts to five touches. Not all bouts were played in some pools if not necessary to determine advancement. Ties were broken through fence-off bouts ("barrages") in early rounds if necessary for determining advancement. Ties not necessary for advancement were either not broken (if at least one fencer had not finished all bouts in the round-robin) or broken first by touches received and then by touches scored. In the final, ties were broken by barrage if necessary for medal placement but otherwise first by touches received and then by touches scored.[3]

Results

Round 1

The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to round 2.[3] Fencers from the four teams that advanced to the final of the men's team foil event received byes through round 1:

Egypt: Salah Dessouki, Mohamed Ali Riad, and Mahmoud Younes
France: Jéhan Buhan, Christian d'Oriola, and Jacques Lataste
Italy: Giancarlo Bergamini, Manlio Di Rosa, and Edoardo Mangiarotti
Hungary: Lajos Maszlay, Endre Palócz, and Endre Tilli

Pool 1

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TR	Notes
1	Vasile Chelaru	Romania	4	1	12	Q
1	Nate Lubell	United States	4	1	14	Q
1	Benito Ramos	Mexico	4	1	19	Q
4	Mark Midler	Soviet Union	3	1	11	Q
5	Karl Bach	Saar	2	4	28
6	Ricardo Rimini	Uruguay	0	4	20
6	Augusto Gutiérrez	Venezuela	0	5	25

Pool 2

Paul defeated Lund in a barrage for fourth place.

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TR	Notes
1	Rolf Magnusson	Sweden	5	1	14	Q
2	German Bokun	Soviet Union	4	1	13	Q
2	Félix Galimi	Argentina	4	1	17	Q
4	Raymond Paul	Great Britain	3	3	23	Q
5	Ivan Lund	Australia	3	3	23
6	Juan Kavanagh	Venezuela	1	5	28
6	Roland Asselin	Canada	0	6	30

Pool 3

Iesi defeated Thuillier in a barrage for fourth place.

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TR	Notes
1	Bo Eriksson	Sweden	4	1	16	Q
2	Nicolae Marinescu	Romania	3	2	17	Q
3	Norman Casmir	Germany	3	2	21	Q
4	Sergio Iesi	Uruguay	2	3	17	Q
5	Harry Thuillier	Ireland	2	3	18
6	Jock Gibson	Australia	1	4	22

Pool 4

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TR	Notes
1	André Verhalle	Belgium	5	1	16	Q
2	Jerzy Twardokens	Poland	4	1	16	Q
2	René Paul	Great Britain	4	2	17	Q
4	Fulvio Galimi	Argentina	3	2	17	Q
5	Kurt Wahl	Ireland	2	4	25
6	Shinichi Maki	Japan	2	4	27
7	Rubén Soberón	Guatemala	0	6	30

Pool 5

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TR	Notes
1	Luke Wendon	Poland	5	1	16	Q
1	John Fethers	Australia	5	2	20	Q
1	Leif Klette	Norway	5	2	21	Q
1	Nils Rydström	Sweden	5	2	26	Q
5	Julius Eisenecker	Germany	2	4	20
5	Patrick Duffy	Ireland	2	4	27
5	Ernst Rau	Saar	2	5	28
8	Giovanni Bertorelli	Venezuela	0	6	30

Pool 6

Lindeman and Vîlcea defeated Rodríguez in a three-way barrage for third and fourth places.

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TS	TR	Notes
1	Albie Axelrod	United States	5	0	25	10	Q
1	Gustave Ballister	Belgium	5	1		13	Q
3	Kurt Lindeman	Finland	3	3		21	Q
4	Andrei Vîlcea	Great Britain	3	3		22	Q
5	José Rodríguez	Argentina	3	3		23
6	Edward Brooke	Canada	1	4		22
7	Eduardo López	Guatemala	0	6		30

Pool 7

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TR	Notes
1	Yulen Uralov	Soviet Union	4	1	12	Q
1	Daniel Bukantz	United States	4	1	16	Q
1	Paul Valcke	Belgium	4	2	18	Q
4	Jerzy Pawłowski	Poland	3	2	18	Q
5	Heikki Raitio	Finland	1	4	21
5	Günther Knödler	Saar	1	4	22
5	Abelardo Menéndez	Cuba	1	4	24

Round 2

The top 3 finishers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.[4]

Pool 1

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TS	TR	Notes
1	Manlio Di Rosa	Italy	4	0	20	10	Q
2	Bo Eriksson	Sweden	3	1		12	Q
2	Salah Dessouki	Egypt	3	2		22	Q
4	Jerzy Twardokens	Poland	2	3		20
5	Raymond Paul	Great Britain	1	3		18
6	Mark Midler	Soviet Union	0	4		20

Pool 2

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TS	TR	Notes
1	Giancarlo Bergamini	Italy	4	2		15	Q
2	Mahmoud Younes	Egypt	4	2		20	Q
3	Albie Axelrod	United States	4	2		21	Q
4	Jerzy Pawłowski	Poland	3	3	22	26
5	Kurt Lindeman	Finland	3	3	21	26
6	Félix Galimi	Argentina	2	4		28
7	Sergio Iesi	Uruguay	1	5		25

Pool 3

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TS	TR	Notes
1	Edoardo Mangiarotti	Italy	6	0	30	7	Q
2	Mohamed Ali Riad	Egypt	4	2		21	Q
3	Nils Rydström	Sweden	4	2		25	Q
4	Luke Wendon	Poland	2	3		18
4	Fulvio Galimi	Argentina	2	3		21
4	Paul Valcke	Belgium	2	4		24
7	Nicolae Marinescu	Romania	0	6		30

Pool 4

d'Oriola and Tilli defeated Uralov in a three-way barrage for second and third place.

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TR	Notes
1	René Paul	Great Britain	5	1	17	Q
2	Christian d'Oriola	France	4	2	16	Q
3	Endre Tilli	Hungary	4	2	23	Q
4	Yulen Uralov	Soviet Union	4	2	19
5	Gustave Ballister	Belgium	2	4	26
6	Norman Casmir	Germany	1	5	28
7	Benito Ramos	Mexico	1	5	29

Pool 5

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TS	TR	Notes
1	Jacques Lataste	France	6	0	30	10	Q
2	Endre Palócz	Hungary	4	2		14	Q
3	André Verhalle	Belgium	4	2		23	Q
4	Daniel Bukantz	United States	3	3		23
5	German Bokun	Soviet Union	2	4		25
6	Leif Klette	Norway	1	5		29
7	Andrei Vîlcea	Great Britain	1	5		29

Pool 6

Lubell prevailed over Magnusson, Chelaru, and Fethers in a four-way barrage for third place.

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TR	Notes
1	Jéhan Buhan	France	4	1	12	Q
2	Lajos Maszlay	Hungary	3	2	17	Q
3	Nate Lubell	United States	2	3	20	Q
4	Rolf Magnusson	Sweden	2	3	23
5	Vasile Chelaru	Romania	2	3	23
6	John Fethers	Australia	2	3	21

Semifinals

The top 3 finishers in each pool advanced to the final.[4]

Semifinal 1

Tilli defeated Verhalle in a barrage for third place.

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TR	Notes
1	Giancarlo Bergamini	Italy	4	1	14	Q
1	Jéhan Buhan	France	4	1	14	Q
3	Endre Tilli	Hungary	3	2	19	Q
4	André Verhalle	Belgium	3	2	18
5	Nate Lubell	United States	1	4	24
6	Mohamed Ali Riad	Egypt	0	5	25

Semifinal 2

Dessouki defeated Maszlay in a barrage for third place.

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TS	TR	Notes
1	Edoardo Mangiarotti	Italy	5	0	25	11	Q
2	Jacques Lataste	France	4	1		13	Q
3	Salah Dessouki	Egypt	2	3		17	Q
4	Lajos Maszlay	Hungary	2	3		19
5	Albie Axelrod	United States	1	4		22
6	Nils Rydström	Sweden	1	4		23

Semifinal 3

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TR	Notes
1	Christian d'Oriola	France	4	1	13	Q
2	Manlio Di Rosa	Italy	4	1	16	Q
3	Mahmoud Younes	Egypt	3	2	18	Q
4	Endre Palócz	Hungary	2	3	20
5	Bo Eriksson	Sweden	1	4	22
6	René Paul	Great Britain	1	4	23

Final

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TS	TR
	Christian d'Oriola	France	8	0	40	12
	Edoardo Mangiarotti	Italy	6	2		21
	Manlio Di Rosa	Italy	5	3		22
4	Jacques Lataste	France	4	4		31
5	Jéhan Buhan	France	4	4	29	33
6	Mahmoud Younes	Egypt	4	4	27	33
7	Salah Dessouki	Egypt	2	6		35
8	Giancarlo Bergamini	Italy	2	6		36
9	Endre Tilli	Hungary	1	7		39

References

"Fencing: 1952 Olympic Results - Men's foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 246. ISBN 0140066322.
Official Report, p. 480.
Official Report, p. 481

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[sports-reference-1] "Fencing: 1952 Olympic Results - Men's foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2010.

[Wallechinsky-2] Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 246. ISBN 0140066322.

[OR480-3] Official Report, p. 480.

[OR481-4] Official Report, p. 481

Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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Team épée	men
Foil	men	women
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Sabre	men
Team sabre	men