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

The men's team épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the ninth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 25 July 1952, to 26 July 1952. 98 fencers from 19 nations competed.[1]

Men's team épée
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueWestend Tennis Hall, Espoo
Dates25–26 July
Competitors98 from 19 nations
Medalists
Edoardo Mangiarotti, Dario Mangiarotti, Giuseppe Delfino, Carlo Pavesi, Franco Bertinetti, Roberto Battaglia  Italy
Per Carleson, Carl Forssell, Bengt Ljungquist, Berndt-Otto Rehbinder, Sven Fahlman, Lennart Magnusson  Sweden
Otto Rüfenacht, Paul Meister, Oswald Zappelli, Paul Barth, Willy Fitting, Mario Valota  Switzerland

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 Sweden1090
2 Great Britain10106
3 Poland02619
Pool 2
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1 Italy1084
2 United States1088
3 Soviet Union021216
Pool 3
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1 Hungary10141
2 Switzerland1082
3 Brazil02322
Pool 4
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1 Belgium202010
2 Denmark20179
3 Portugal021017
4 Venezuela02920
Pool 5
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1 Finland10114
2 Luxembourg1083
3 Australia02719
Pool 6
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1 France1083
2 Norway1086
3 Egypt021116

Quarter Finals

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

Pool 1
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1 Hungary303112
2 Luxembourg212322
3 France121915
4 Finland031630
Pool 2
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1 Italy20204
2 Switzerland201510
3 Belgium02815
4 Norway02620
Pool 3
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1 Sweden213015
2 Denmark211928
3 Great Britain122324
4 United States122025

Semifinals

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

Pool 1
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1 Luxembourg10105
2 Italy1087
3 Denmark021218
Pool B
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1 Switzerland111812
2 Sweden111415
3 Hungary111318

Final

The final was a round-robin.

Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
 Italy303211
 Sweden212617
 Switzerland121824
4 Luxembourg03933

Results

Rosters

References

  1. "Fencing: 1952 Olympic Results - Men's team épée". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 13 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 Epee, Team". Archived from the original on 17 January 2012.
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