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Foil, Team, Men

Date	29 – 30 July 1928
Status	Olympic
Location	Schermzaal, Amsterdam
Participants	88 from 16 countries

Jury President	Ludo Van Den Abeele	BEL
Jury President	Carlo Anselmi	ITA
Jury President	Paul Anspach	BEL
Jury President	Giulio Basletta	ITA
Jury President	Désiré Beaurain	BEL
Jury President	Charles Biscoe	GBR
Jury President	Giovanni Canova	ITA
Jury President	Dante Carniel	ITA
Jury President	Lionel, Marquis de Castellane-Majastres	FRA
Jury President	Luigi Cuomo	ITA
Jury President	L. Dufraissex	FRA
Jury President	Jakob Erckrath de Bary	GER
Jury President	Otto Herschmann	AUT
Jury President	Arie de Jong	NED
Jury President	Adrien Lajoux	FRA
Jury President	Henri Maezelle	BEL
Jury President	Károly Palotai-Kovács	HUN
Jury President	Adam Papée	POL
Jury President	André Poplimont	BEL
Jury President	Pietro Peverelli	ITA
Jury President	Edgar Seligman	GBR
Jury President	Rodolfo Terlizzi	ITA

France and Italy won every Olympic gold medal in team foil from 1920-1956, with both nations winning four times. In addition, the two nations went 1-2 at every Olympics in that period, save for 1924, when Italy withdrew in the final pool, protesting a decision. This was Italy’s year, as they won all three matches in the final pool, comfortably defeating France 10-6, and the French took silver. Argentina won the bronze medal in an upset over Belgium, winning their first and, through 2024, only Olympic fencing medal.

Pos	Competitors	NOC
1	Italy	ITA	Gold
	Ugo Pignotti • Giulio Gaudini • Giorgio Pessina • Gioacchino Guaragna • Oreste Puliti • Giorgio Chiavacci
2	France	FRA	Silver
	Philippe Cattiau • Roger Ducret • André Labatut • Lucien Gaudin • Raymond Flacher • André Gaboriaud
3	Argentina	ARG	Bronze
	Roberto Larraz • Raúl Anganuzzi • Luis Lucchetti • Héctor Lucchetti • Carmelo Camet
4	Belgium	BEL
	Max Janlet • Pierre Pêcher • Raymond Bru • Albert De Roocker • Jean Verbrugge • Charles Crahay
=5	Hungary	HUN
	Ödön Tersztyánszky • György Rozgonyi • György Piller • József Rády • Gusztáv Kálniczky • Péter Tóth
=5	United States	USA
	George Calnan • René Peroy • Joe Levis • Harold Rayner • Henry Breckinridge • Dernell Every
3 p1 r2/4	Austria	AUT
	Richard Brünner • Ernst Baylon • Kurt Ettinger • Hans Lion • Hans Schönbaumsfeld • Rudolf Berger
3 p2 r2/4	Netherlands	NED
	Frans Mosman • Doris de Jong • Nicolaas Nederpeld • Paul Kunze • Wouter Brouwer • Otto Schiff
3 p3 r2/4	Denmark	DEN
	Ivan Osiier • Jens Ole Berthelsen • Kim Bærentzen • Thorolf Praem
4 p1 r2/4	Switzerland	SUI
	Édouard Fitting • Frédéric Fitting • Eugène Empeyta • John Albaret • Michel Fauconnet • Alexandre de Dardel
3 p1 r1/4	Germany	GER
	Erwin Casmir • Fritz Gazzera • Julius Thomson • Wilhelm Löffler • August Heim • Heinrich Moos
3 p2 r1/4	Spain	ESP
	Diego Díez • Diego García • Juan Delgado • Félix de Pomés • Fernando García
3 p4 r1/4	Great Britain	GBR
	Thomas Wand-Tetley • Robert Montgomerie • Frederick Sherriff • Denis Pearce • Cyril Simey • Jack James
3 p5 r1/4	Egypt	EGY
	Joseph Misrahi • Abu Bakr Ratib • Mahmoud Abdin • Saul Moyal • Salvator Cicurel
4 p1 r1/4	Romania	ROU
	Nicolae Caranfil • Dan Gheorghiu • George Caranfil • Mihai Savu • Ion Rudeanu
4 p2 r1/4	Norway	NOR
	Jacob Bergsland • Johan Falkenberg • Frithjof Lorentzen • Sigurd Akre-Aas

Round One

Date	29 July 1928
Format	Top 2 teams in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool #1

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	France	FRA	3-0	37-11	Q
	Philippe Cattiau • Roger Ducret • André Labatut • Lucien Gaudin • Raymond Flacher • André Gaboriaud
2	Denmark	DEN	2-1	24-24	Q
	Ivan Osiier • Jens Ole Berthelsen • Kim Bærentzen • Thorolf Praem
3	Germany	GER	1-2	21-27
	Erwin Casmir • Fritz Gazzera • Julius Thomson • Wilhelm Löffler • August Heim • Heinrich Moos
4	Romania	ROU	0-3	14-34
	Nicolae Caranfil • Dan Gheorghiu • George Caranfil • Mihai Savu • Ion Rudeanu

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	France	FRA	12 – 4	Denmark	DEN
Match #2	29 Jul	France	FRA	10 – 6	Germany	GER
Match #3	29 Jul	France	FRA	15 – 1	Romania	ROU
Match #4	29 Jul	Denmark	DEN	9 – 7	Germany	GER
Match #5	29 Jul	Denmark	DEN	11 – 5	Romania	ROU
Match #6	29 Jul	Germany	GER	8 – 8	Romania	ROU

Pool #2

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	Argentina	ARG	3-0	35-13	Q
	Roberto Larraz • Raúl Anganuzzi • Luis Lucchetti • Héctor Lucchetti • Carmelo Camet
2	Belgium	BEL	2-1	29-19	Q
	Max Janlet • Pierre Pêcher • Raymond Bru • Albert De Roocker • Jean Verbrugge • Charles Crahay
3	Spain	ESP	1-2	19-29
	Diego Díez • Diego García • Juan Delgado • Félix de Pomés • Fernando García
4	Norway	NOR	0-3	13-35
	Jacob Bergsland • Johan Falkenberg • Frithjof Lorentzen • Sigurd Akre-Aas

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Argentina	ARG	10 – 6	Belgium	BEL
Match #2	29 Jul	Argentina	ARG	12 – 4	Spain	ESP
Match #3	29 Jul	Argentina	ARG	13 – 3	Norway	NOR
Match #4	29 Jul	Belgium	BEL	10 – 6	Spain	ESP
Match #5	29 Jul	Belgium	BEL	13 – 3	Norway	NOR
Match #6	29 Jul	Spain	ESP	9 – 7	Norway	NOR

Pool #3

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	Hungary	HUN	1-0	8-8	Q
	György Rozgonyi • György Piller • Gusztáv Kálniczky • Péter Tóth
2	Netherlands	NED	0-1	8-8	Q
	Frans Mosman • Otto Schiff • Doris de Jong • Nicolaas Nederpeld

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Hungary	HUN	8 – 8	Netherlands	NED

Pool #4

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	Italy	ITA	2-0	31-1	Q
	Ugo Pignotti • Giulio Gaudini • Giorgio Pessina • Gioacchino Guaragna • Giorgio Chiavacci
2	Austria	AUT	1-1	14-18	Q
	Richard Brünner • Ernst Baylon • Kurt Ettinger • Hans Lion • Hans Schönbaumsfeld • Rudolf Berger
3	Great Britain	GBR	0-2	3-29
	Thomas Wand-Tetley • Robert Montgomerie • Frederick Sherriff • Denis Pearce • Cyril Simey • Jack James

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Italy	ITA	15 – 1	Austria	AUT
Match #2	29 Jul	Italy	ITA	16 – 0	Great Britain	GBR
Match #3	29 Jul	Austria	AUT	13 – 3	Great Britain	GBR

Pool #5

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	United States	USA	2-0	25-7	Q
	George Calnan • René Peroy • Joe Levis • Harold Rayner • Henry Breckinridge
2	Switzerland	SUI	1-1	11-21	Q
	Édouard Fitting • Frédéric Fitting • Eugène Empeyta • John Albaret • Michel Fauconnet • Alexandre de Dardel
3	Egypt	EGY	0-2	12-20
	Joseph Misrahi • Abu Bakr Ratib • Mahmoud Abdin • Saul Moyal • Salvator Cicurel

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	United States	USA	14 – 2	Switzerland	SUI
Match #2	29 Jul	United States	USA	11 – 5	Egypt	EGY
Match #3	29 Jul	Switzerland	SUI	9 – 7	Egypt	EGY

Quarter-Finals

Date	29 July 1928
Format	Top 2 teams in each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Pool #1

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	France	FRA	3-0	35-13	Q
	Philippe Cattiau • Roger Ducret • André Labatut • Lucien Gaudin • Raymond Flacher • André Gaboriaud
2	Belgium	BEL	2-1	29-19	Q
	Max Janlet • Pierre Pêcher • Raymond Bru • Albert De Roocker • Jean Verbrugge • Charles Crahay
3	Austria	AUT	1-2	19-29
	Richard Brünner • Ernst Baylon • Kurt Ettinger • Hans Lion • Hans Schönbaumsfeld • Rudolf Berger
4	Switzerland	SUI	0-3	13-35
	Édouard Fitting • Frédéric Fitting • Eugène Empeyta • John Albaret • Michel Fauconnet

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	France	FRA	9 – 7	Belgium	BEL
Match #2	29 Jul	France	FRA	12 – 4	Austria	AUT
Match #3	29 Jul	France	FRA	14 – 2	Switzerland	SUI
Match #4	29 Jul	Belgium	BEL	10 – 6	Austria	AUT
Match #5	29 Jul	Belgium	BEL	12 – 4	Switzerland	SUI
Match #6	29 Jul	Austria	AUT	9 – 7	Switzerland	SUI

Pool #2

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	Argentina	ARG	2-0	18-10	Q
	Roberto Larraz • Raúl Anganuzzi • Luis Lucchetti • Héctor Lucchetti
2	United States	USA	1-1	20-12	Q
	George Calnan • René Peroy • Joe Levis • Harold Rayner • Henry Breckinridge
3	Netherlands	NED	0-2	6-22
	Frans Mosman • Doris de Jong • Nicolaas Nederpeld • Paul Kunze • Wouter Brouwer

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Argentina	ARG	8 – 8	United States	USA
Match #2	29 Jul	Argentina	ARG	10 – 2	Netherlands	NED
Match #3	29 Jul	United States	USA	12 – 4	Netherlands	NED

Pool #3

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	Italy	ITA	2-0	28-4	Q
	Ugo Pignotti • Giulio Gaudini • Giorgio Pessina • Gioacchino Guaragna • Oreste Puliti • Giorgio Chiavacci
2	Hungary	HUN	1-1	10-22	Q
	Ödön Tersztyánszky • György Rozgonyi • György Piller • József Rády • Gusztáv Kálniczky • Péter Tóth
3	Denmark	DEN	0-2	10-22
	Ivan Osiier • Jens Ole Berthelsen • Kim Bærentzen • Thorolf Praem

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Italy	ITA	16 – 0	Hungary	HUN
Match #2	29 Jul	Italy	ITA	12 – 4	Denmark	DEN
Match #3	29 Jul	Hungary	HUN	10 – 6	Denmark	DEN

Semi-Finals

Date	29 July 1928
Format	Top 2 teams in each pool advanced to final.

Pool #1

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
=1	France	FRA	1-0	11-5	Q
	Philippe Cattiau • Roger Ducret • André Labatut • Lucien Gaudin
=1	Italy	ITA	1-0	14-2	Q
	Giulio Gaudini • Gioacchino Guaragna • Oreste Puliti • Giorgio Chiavacci
3	United States	USA	0-2	7-25
	George Calnan • René Peroy • Joe Levis • Henry Breckinridge • Dernell Every

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	France	FRA	11 – 5	United States	USA
Match #2	29 Jul	Italy	ITA	14 – 2	United States	USA

Pool #2

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
=1	Argentina	ARG	1-0	11-5	Q
	Roberto Larraz • Raúl Anganuzzi • Luis Lucchetti • Héctor Lucchetti
=1	Belgium	BEL	1-0	9-3	Q
	Max Janlet • Pierre Pêcher • Raymond Bru • Albert De Roocker
3	Hungary	HUN	0-2	8-20
	Ödön Tersztyánszky • György Rozgonyi • György Piller • József Rády • Gusztáv Kálniczky

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Argentina	ARG	11 – 5	Hungary	HUN
Match #2	29 Jul	Belgium	BEL	9 – 3	Hungary	HUN

Final Pool

Date	30 July 1928

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Matches Tied	Bouts
1	Italy	ITA	3-0	0	34-14
	Ugo Pignotti • Giulio Gaudini • Giorgio Pessina • Gioacchino Guaragna • Oreste Puliti • Giorgio Chiavacci
2	France	FRA	1-1	1	23-25
	Philippe Cattiau • Roger Ducret • André Labatut • Lucien Gaudin • Raymond Flacher • André Gaboriaud
3	Argentina	ARG	1-2	0	23-25
	Roberto Larraz • Raúl Anganuzzi • Luis Lucchetti • Héctor Lucchetti
4	Belgium	BEL	0-2	1	16-32
	Max Janlet • Pierre Pêcher • Raymond Bru • Albert De Roocker • Jean Verbrugge • Charles Crahay

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Italy	ITA	10 – 6	France	FRA
Match #2	30 Jul	Italy	ITA	11 – 5	Argentina	ARG
Match #3	30 Jul	Italy	ITA	13 – 3	Belgium	BEL
Match #4	30 Jul	France	FRA	9 – 7	Argentina	ARG
Match #5	30 Jul	France	FRA	8 – 8	Belgium	BEL	Draw
Match #6	30 Jul	Argentina	ARG	11 – 5	Belgium	BEL