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Épée, Team, Men

Date20 August 1920
StatusOlympic
LocationFloraliën, Middelheimpark, Antwerpen
Participants72 from 11 countries

Each nation was allowed one team entry of four starting competitors, plus four substitutes. Bouts were for one touch, with double touches counting as double losses. The format was two rounds of pools. In the final, the placements had already been determined by the time of the Italy-USA match. Since it would not make any difference which team won, they agreed to have Nedo Nadi fence one touch with Arthur Lyon, and have the match victory determined by that one bout.

Italy won the épée team gold medal but it was fortunate to advance to the final. In round one, Italy did not win its pool, tying for second with Portugal, barely ahead of the 4th placed Netherlands, which failed to advance. At the 1919 Inter-Allied Games, the final standings were: 1) France, 2) Portugal, and =3) Belgium and Romania. At Antwerp, the Italian team was awarded possession of the Challenge Prize that had been donated by The English Fencers.

PosCompetitorsNOC
1ItalyITAGold
Nedo Nadi • Aldo Nadi • Abelardo Olivier • Dino Urbani • Tommaso Costantino • Paolo, Conte Thaon Di Revel • Tullio Bozza • Giovanni Canova • Andrea Marrazzi • Antonio Allocchio
2BelgiumBELSilver
Ernest Gevers • Paul Anspach • Félix, Comte Goblet d'Alviella • Victor Boin • Joseph De Craecker • Léon Tom • Philippe, Vicomte Le Hardy de Beaulieu
3FranceFRABronze
Armand Massard • Alexandre Lippmann • Gustave Buchard • Georges Trombert • Georges Casanova • Louis Moreau • Gaston Amson
4PortugalPOR
António de Menezes • Jorge Paiva • Rui Mayer • João Sassetti • Henrique da Silveira • Frederico Paredes • Manuel Queiróz
5SwitzerlandSUI
Henri Jacquet • Léopold Montagnier • Franz Wilhelm • Frédéric Fitting • Eugène Empeyta • Albert de Tribolet • John Albaret • Édouard Fitting
6United StatesUSA
William Russell • Ray Dutcher • Henry Breckinridge • Arthur Lyon • Robert Sears • Harold Rayner
=7Great BritainGBR
Jack Blake • George Burt • Martin Holt • Robert Montgomerie • Barry Notley • Edgar Seligman
=7NetherlandsNED
Arie de Jong • Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh • George van Rossem • Salomon Zeldenrust • Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls • Jetze Doorman
=9CzechoslovakiaTCH
Jan Černohorský • Otakar Švorčík • Zdeněk Vávra • Josef Jungmann • Josef Javůrek
=9DenmarkDEN
O. H. Bærentzen • Ejnar Levison • Ivan Osiier • Poul Rasmussen • Aage Berntsen • Georg Hegner
11SwedenSWE
Nils Hellsten • Gustaf Lindblom • Bertil Uggla • David Warholm

Round One

Date20 August 1920 — 09:00
FormatTop 3 teams in each pool advanced to the final round.

Pool #1

PosCompetitorsNOCBoutsTouches
1FranceFRA4-029-8Q
Armand Massard • Alexandre Lippmann • Gustave Buchard • Georges Casanova • Gaston Amson • Louis Moreau
2SwitzerlandSUI3-127-29Q
Henri Jacquet • Léopold Montagnier • Franz Wilhelm • Frédéric Fitting • Eugène Empeyta • Albert de Tribolet • John Albaret • Édouard Fitting
3United StatesUSA2-227-26Q
William Russell • Ray Dutcher • Henry Breckinridge • Arthur Lyon • Robert Sears • Harold Rayner
4Great BritainGBR1-321-30
Jack Blake • George Burt • Martin Holt • Robert Montgomerie • Barry Notley • Edgar Seligman
5CzechoslovakiaTCH0-417-28
Jan Černohorský • Otakar Švorčík • Zdeněk Vávra • Josef Javůrek • Josef Jungmann
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #120 AugFranceFRA9 – 3Great BritainGBR
Match #220 AugFranceFRA13 – 3SwitzerlandSUI
Match #320 AugFranceFRA7 – 2United StatesUSA
Match #420 AugFranceFRANot supportedCzechoslovakiaTCHwalkover
Match #520 AugSwitzerlandSUI7 – 4Great BritainGBR
Match #620 AugSwitzerlandSUI10 – 6CzechoslovakiaTCH
Match #720 AugSwitzerlandSUI7 – 6United StatesUSA
Match #820 AugUnited StatesUSA8 – 7Great BritainGBR
Match #920 AugUnited StatesUSA11 – 5CzechoslovakiaTCH
Match #1020 AugGreat BritainGBR7 – 6CzechoslovakiaTCH

Pool #2

PosCompetitorsNOCBoutsBouts Tied
1BelgiumBEL4-10Q
Ernest Gevers • Paul Anspach • Félix, Comte Goblet d'Alviella • Victor Boin • Joseph De Craecker • Léon Tom • Philippe, Vicomte Le Hardy de Beaulieu
=2PortugalPOR3-11Q
António de Menezes • Jorge Paiva • Rui Mayer • João Sassetti • Henrique da Silveira • Frederico Paredes • Manuel Queiróz
=2ItalyITA3-11Q
Nedo Nadi • Aldo Nadi • Abelardo Olivier • Tullio Bozza • Giovanni Canova • Andrea Marrazzi • Antonio Allocchio • Tommaso Costantino • Paolo, Conte Thaon Di Revel
4NetherlandsNED2-12
Arie de Jong • Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh • George van Rossem • Salomon Zeldenrust • Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls • Jetze Doorman
5DenmarkDEN1-40
O. H. Bærentzen • Ejnar Levison • Ivan Osiier • Poul Rasmussen • Aage Berntsen • Georg Hegner
6SwedenSWE0-50
Nils Hellsten • Gustaf Lindblom • Bertil Uggla • David Warholm
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #120 AugBelgiumBELNot supportedPortugalPOR
Match #220 AugBelgiumBELNot supportedNetherlandsNED
Match #320 AugBelgiumBELNot supportedDenmarkDEN
Match #420 AugBelgiumBEL10 – 6SwedenSWE
Match #520 AugPortugalPORNot supportedItalyITA
Match #620 AugPortugalPOR8 – 5DenmarkDEN
Match #720 AugPortugalPORNot supportedSwedenSWE
Match #820 AugPortugalPORNot supportedNetherlandsNED
Match #920 AugItalyITANot supportedBelgiumBEL
Match #1020 AugItalyITANot supportedNetherlandsNED
Match #1120 AugItalyITANot supportedDenmarkDEN
Match #1220 AugItalyITANot supportedSwedenSWE
Match #1320 AugNetherlandsNEDNot supportedDenmarkDEN
Match #1420 AugNetherlandsNED9 – 5SwedenSWE
Match #1520 AugDenmarkDENNot supportedSwedenSWE

Final Pool

Date20 August 1920
PosCompetitorsNOCBoutsBouts TiedTouches
1ItalyITA5-0041-22
Nedo Nadi • Aldo Nadi • Abelardo Olivier • Dino Urbani • Tommaso Costantino • Paolo, Conte Thaon Di Revel
2BelgiumBEL4-1039-34
Ernest Gevers • Paul Anspach • Félix, Comte Goblet d'Alviella • Victor Boin • Joseph De Craecker • Léon Tom
3FranceFRA2-2139-31
Armand Massard • Alexandre Lippmann • Gustave Buchard • Georges Trombert • Georges Casanova • Louis Moreau
4PortugalPOR2-2130-35
António de Menezes • Jorge Paiva • Rui Mayer • João Sassetti • Henrique da Silveira • Frederico Paredes
5SwitzerlandSUI1-4033-41
Henri Jacquet • Léopold Montagnier • Franz Wilhelm • Frédéric Fitting • Eugène Empeyta • Albert de Tribolet • John Albaret • Édouard Fitting
6United StatesUSA0-5019-38
William Russell • Henry Breckinridge • Arthur Lyon • Robert Sears • Harold Rayner
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #120 AugItalyITA8 – 7SwitzerlandSUI
Match #220 AugItalyITA12 – 3PortugalPOR
Match #320 AugItalyITA10 – 6FranceFRA
Match #420 AugItalyITA10 – 6BelgiumBEL
Match #520 AugItalyITA1 – 0United StatesUSA
Match #620 AugBelgiumBEL8 – 6United StatesUSA
Match #720 AugBelgiumBEL9 – 7SwitzerlandSUI
Match #820 AugBelgiumBEL8 – 5PortugalPOR
Match #920 AugBelgiumBEL8 – 6FranceFRA
Match #1020 AugFranceFRA12 – 2United StatesUSA
Match #1120 AugFranceFRA6 – 6PortugalPOR
Match #1220 AugFranceFRA9 – 5SwitzerlandSUI
Match #1320 AugPortugalPOR8 – 5SwitzerlandSUI
Match #1420 AugPortugalPOR8 – 4United StatesUSA
Match #1520 AugSwitzerlandSUI9 – 7United StatesUSA