Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's foil
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]
Men's foil at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Westend Tennis Hall, Espoo | ||||||||||||
Dates | 23–24 July | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 61 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics | ||
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Épée | men | |
Team épée | men | |
Foil | men | women |
Team foil | men | |
Sabre | men | |
Team sabre | men | |
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 | TS | TR | Notes |
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1 | Vasile Chelaru | 4 | 1 | 12 | Q | ||
1 | Nate Lubell | 4 | 1 | 14 | Q | ||
1 | Benito Ramos | 4 | 1 | 19 | Q | ||
4 | Mark Midler | 3 | 1 | 11 | Q | ||
5 | Karl Bach | 2 | 4 | 28 | |||
6 | Ricardo Rimini | 0 | 4 | 20 | |||
6 | Augusto Gutiérrez | 0 | 5 | 25 |
Pool 2
Paul defeated Lund in a barrage for fourth place.
Rank | Fencer | Nation | Wins | Losses | TS | TR | Notes |
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1 | Rolf Magnusson | 5 | 1 | 14 | Q | ||
2 | German Bokun | 4 | 1 | 13 | Q | ||
2 | Félix Galimi | 4 | 1 | 17 | Q | ||
4 | Raymond Paul | 3 | 3 | 23 | Q | ||
5 | Ivan Lund | 3 | 3 | 23 | |||
6 | Juan Kavanagh | 1 | 5 | 28 | |||
6 | Roland Asselin | 0 | 6 | 30 |
Pool 3
Iesi defeated Thuillier in a barrage for fourth place.
Rank | Fencer | Nation | Wins | Losses | TS | TR | Notes |
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1 | Bo Eriksson | 4 | 1 | 16 | Q | ||
2 | Nicolae Marinescu | 3 | 2 | 17 | Q | ||
3 | Norman Casmir | 3 | 2 | 21 | Q | ||
4 | Sergio Iesi | 2 | 3 | 17 | Q | ||
5 | Harry Thuillier | 2 | 3 | 18 | |||
6 | Jock Gibson | 1 | 4 | 22 |
Pool 4
Rank | Fencer | Nation | Wins | Losses | TS | TR | Notes |
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1 | André Verhalle | 5 | 1 | 16 | Q | ||
2 | Jerzy Twardokens | 4 | 1 | 16 | Q | ||
2 | René Paul | 4 | 2 | 17 | Q | ||
4 | Fulvio Galimi | 3 | 2 | 17 | Q | ||
5 | Kurt Wahl | 2 | 4 | 25 | |||
6 | Shinichi Maki | 2 | 4 | 27 | |||
7 | Rubén Soberón | 0 | 6 | 30 |
Pool 5
Rank | Fencer | Nation | Wins | Losses | TS | TR | Notes |
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1 | Luke Wendon | 5 | 1 | 16 | Q | ||
1 | John Fethers | 5 | 2 | 20 | Q | ||
1 | Leif Klette | 5 | 2 | 21 | Q | ||
1 | Nils Rydström | 5 | 2 | 26 | Q | ||
5 | Julius Eisenecker | 2 | 4 | 20 | |||
5 | Patrick Duffy | 2 | 4 | 27 | |||
5 | Ernst Rau | 2 | 5 | 28 | |||
8 | Giovanni Bertorelli | 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 |
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1 | Albie Axelrod | 5 | 0 | 25 | 10 | Q | |
1 | Gustave Ballister | 5 | 1 | 13 | Q | ||
3 | Kurt Lindeman | 3 | 3 | 21 | Q | ||
4 | Andrei Vîlcea | 3 | 3 | 22 | Q | ||
5 | José Rodríguez | 3 | 3 | 23 | |||
6 | Edward Brooke | 1 | 4 | 22 | |||
7 | Eduardo López | 0 | 6 | 30 |
Pool 7
Rank | Fencer | Nation | Wins | Losses | TS | TR | Notes |
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1 | Yulen Uralov | 4 | 1 | 12 | Q | ||
1 | Daniel Bukantz | 4 | 1 | 16 | Q | ||
1 | Paul Valcke | 4 | 2 | 18 | Q | ||
4 | Jerzy Pawłowski | 3 | 2 | 18 | Q | ||
5 | Heikki Raitio | 1 | 4 | 21 | |||
5 | Günther Knödler | 1 | 4 | 22 | |||
5 | Abelardo Menéndez | 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 |
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1 | Manlio Di Rosa | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | Q | |
2 | Bo Eriksson | 3 | 1 | 12 | Q | ||
2 | Salah Dessouki | 3 | 2 | 22 | Q | ||
4 | Jerzy Twardokens | 2 | 3 | 20 | |||
5 | Raymond Paul | 1 | 3 | 18 | |||
6 | Mark Midler | 0 | 4 | 20 |
Pool 2
Rank | Fencer | Nation | Wins | Losses | TS | TR | Notes |
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1 | Giancarlo Bergamini | 4 | 2 | 15 | Q | ||
2 | Mahmoud Younes | 4 | 2 | 20 | Q | ||
3 | Albie Axelrod | 4 | 2 | 21 | Q | ||
4 | Jerzy Pawłowski | 3 | 3 | 22 | 26 | ||
5 | Kurt Lindeman | 3 | 3 | 21 | 26 | ||
6 | Félix Galimi | 2 | 4 | 28 | |||
7 | Sergio Iesi | 1 | 5 | 25 |
Pool 3
Rank | Fencer | Nation | Wins | Losses | TS | TR | Notes |
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1 | Edoardo Mangiarotti | 6 | 0 | 30 | 7 | Q | |
2 | Mohamed Ali Riad | 4 | 2 | 21 | Q | ||
3 | Nils Rydström | 4 | 2 | 25 | Q | ||
4 | Luke Wendon | 2 | 3 | 18 | |||
4 | Fulvio Galimi | 2 | 3 | 21 | |||
4 | Paul Valcke | 2 | 4 | 24 | |||
7 | Nicolae Marinescu | 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 | TS | TR | Notes |
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1 | René Paul | 5 | 1 | 17 | Q | ||
2 | Christian d'Oriola | 4 | 2 | 16 | Q | ||
3 | Endre Tilli | 4 | 2 | 23 | Q | ||
4 | Yulen Uralov | 4 | 2 | 19 | |||
5 | Gustave Ballister | 2 | 4 | 26 | |||
6 | Norman Casmir | 1 | 5 | 28 | |||
7 | Benito Ramos | 1 | 5 | 29 |
Pool 5
Rank | Fencer | Nation | Wins | Losses | TS | TR | Notes |
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1 | Jacques Lataste | 6 | 0 | 30 | 10 | Q | |
2 | Endre Palócz | 4 | 2 | 14 | Q | ||
3 | André Verhalle | 4 | 2 | 23 | Q | ||
4 | Daniel Bukantz | 3 | 3 | 23 | |||
5 | German Bokun | 2 | 4 | 25 | |||
6 | Leif Klette | 1 | 5 | 29 | |||
7 | Andrei Vîlcea | 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 | TS | TR | Notes |
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1 | Jéhan Buhan | 4 | 1 | 12 | Q | ||
2 | Lajos Maszlay | 3 | 2 | 17 | Q | ||
3 | Nate Lubell | 2 | 3 | 20 | Q | ||
4 | Rolf Magnusson | 2 | 3 | 23 | |||
5 | Vasile Chelaru | 2 | 3 | 23 | |||
6 | John Fethers | 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 | TS | TR | Notes |
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1 | Giancarlo Bergamini | 4 | 1 | 14 | Q | ||
1 | Jéhan Buhan | 4 | 1 | 14 | Q | ||
3 | Endre Tilli | 3 | 2 | 19 | Q | ||
4 | André Verhalle | 3 | 2 | 18 | |||
5 | Nate Lubell | 1 | 4 | 24 | |||
6 | Mohamed Ali Riad | 0 | 5 | 25 |
Semifinal 2
Dessouki defeated Maszlay in a barrage for third place.
Rank | Fencer | Nation | Wins | Losses | TS | TR | Notes |
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1 | Edoardo Mangiarotti | 5 | 0 | 25 | 11 | Q | |
2 | Jacques Lataste | 4 | 1 | 13 | Q | ||
3 | Salah Dessouki | 2 | 3 | 17 | Q | ||
4 | Lajos Maszlay | 2 | 3 | 19 | |||
5 | Albie Axelrod | 1 | 4 | 22 | |||
6 | Nils Rydström | 1 | 4 | 23 |
Semifinal 3
Rank | Fencer | Nation | Wins | Losses | TS | TR | Notes |
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1 | Christian d'Oriola | 4 | 1 | 13 | Q | ||
2 | Manlio Di Rosa | 4 | 1 | 16 | Q | ||
3 | Mahmoud Younes | 3 | 2 | 18 | Q | ||
4 | Endre Palócz | 2 | 3 | 20 | |||
5 | Bo Eriksson | 1 | 4 | 22 | |||
6 | René Paul | 1 | 4 | 23 |
Final
Rank | Fencer | Nation | Wins | Losses | TS | TR |
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Christian d'Oriola | 8 | 0 | 40 | 12 | ||
Edoardo Mangiarotti | 6 | 2 | 21 | |||
Manlio Di Rosa | 5 | 3 | 22 | |||
4 | Jacques Lataste | 4 | 4 | 31 | ||
5 | Jéhan Buhan | 4 | 4 | 29 | 33 | |
6 | Mahmoud Younes | 4 | 4 | 27 | 33 | |
7 | Salah Dessouki | 2 | 6 | 35 | ||
8 | Giancarlo Bergamini | 2 | 6 | 36 | ||
9 | Endre Tilli | 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