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Foil, Team, Men

Date	2 – 4 August 1936
Status	Olympic
Location	Haus des Sports, Kuppelsaal, Reichssportfeld, Berlin
Participants	97 from 18 countries

Since 1920 the team gold medal at foil had alternated between France and Italy. France were the reigning Olympic champions but the European Championships (later reclassified as World Championships) had been the domain of the Italians in the intervening years. The two nations also provided five of the eight finalists in the individual event.

The Italians proved their superiority by recording large victories throughout the event with only Hungary, who won lost 8-13 in the semi-final round causing even the slightest discomfort to them. Italy whitewashed bronze medallists Germany 16-0 in the final pool and beat France 9-4 in the decisive match.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Italy	ITA	Gold
	Manlio Di Rosa • Giulio Gaudini • Gioacchino Guaragna • Gustavo Marzi • Giorgio Bocchino • Ciro Verratti
2	France	FRA	Silver
	André Gardère • Edward Gardère • René Lemoine • René Bondoux • Jacques Coutrot • René Bougnol
3	Germany	GER	Bronze
	Siegfried Lerdon • August Heim • Julius Eisenecker • Erwin Casmir • Stefan Rosenbauer • Otto Adam
4	Austria	AUT
	Hans Lion • Roman Fischer • Hans Schönbaumsfeld • Ernst Baylon • Josef Losert • Karl Sudrich • Josef Ritz (DNS)
=5	Belgium	BEL
	Georges de Bourguignon • André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer • Henri Paternóster • Raymond Bru • Jean Heeremans • Paul Valcke
=5	United States	USA
	Joe Levis • Hugh Alessandroni • John Potter • John Hurd • Warren Dow • Bill Pecora
=7	Argentina	ARG
	Roberto Larraz • Héctor Lucchetti • Ángel Gorordo • Luis Lucchetti • Rodolfo Valenzuela • Manuel Torrente
=7	Hungary	HUN
	József Hátszeghy • Lajos Maszlay • Aladár Gerevich • Béla Bay • Ottó Hátszeghy • Antal Zirczy
3 p1 r2/4	Great Britain	GBR
	Denis Pearce • David Bartlett • Emrys Lloyd • Geoffrey Hett • Christopher Hammersley • Roger Tredgold
3 p2 r2/4	Switzerland	SUI
	Michel Fauconnet • Édouard Fitting • Jean-Maurice Rubli • Gottfried von Meiss • Constantin Antoniades • Eugène Empeyta (DNS)
3 p3 r2/4	Yugoslavia	YUG
	Branko Tretinjak • Edo Marion • Mirko Koršić • Marjan Pengov • Aleksandar Nikolić • Vladimir Mažuranić
3 p4 r2/4	Czechoslovakia	TCH
	Hervarth Frass von Friedenfeldt • František Vohryzek • Jiří Jesenský • Bohuslav Kirchmann • Josef Hildebrand • Jindřich Kakos (DNS)
3 p1 r1/4	Greece	GRE
	Konstantinos Botasis • Spyridon Ferentinos • Konstantinos Bembis • Nikolaos Manolesos • Menelaos Psarrakis • Tryfon Triantafyllakos (DNS)
3 p2 r1/4	Brazil	BRA
	Moacyr Dunham • Ennio de Oliveira • Ricardo Vagnotti • Ferdinando Alessandri • Henrique de Aguiar Vallim (DNS)
3 p3 r1/4	Denmark	DEN
	Erik Hammer Sørensen • Kim Bærentzen • Aage Leidersdorff • Caspar Schrøder • Svend Jacobsen • Preben Christiansen (DNS)
3 p4 r1/4	Canada	CAN
	Bertrand Boissonnault • Don Collinge • George Tully • Charles Otis • Ernest Dalton
3 p5 r1/4	Egypt	EGY
	Mahmoud Abdin • Mauris Shamil • Hassan Tawfik • Anwar Tawfik • Marcel Boulad (DNS)
3 p6 r1/4	Norway	NOR
	Nils Jørgensen • Jens Frølich • Johan Falkenberg • Thorstein Guthe • Egill Knutzen (DNS) • Trygve Opsahl (DNS)

Round One (2 August 1936 — 9:00)

Top two teams in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool 1

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Belgium	BEL	1	0	9	2	Q
	André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer • Henri Paternóster • Jean Heeremans • Paul Valcke
2	Switzerland	SUI	1	0	8	8	Q
	Michel Fauconnet • Édouard Fitting • Jean-Maurice Rubli • Gottfried von Meiss
3	Greece	GRE	0	2	10	17
	Konstantinos Botasis • Spyridon Ferentinos • Konstantinos Bembis • Nikolaos Manolesos • Menelaos Psarrakis

Match #1	BEL	9 – 2	GRE
Match #2	SUI	8 – 8	GRE

Pool 2

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	France	FRA	1	0	16	0	Q
	André Gardère • Edward Gardère • Jacques Coutrot • René Bougnol
2	Yugoslavia	YUG	1	0	9	7	Q
	Branko Tretinjak • Edo Marion • Mirko Koršić • Marjan Pengov
3	Brazil	BRA	0	2	7	25
	Moacyr Dunham • Ennio de Oliveira • Ricardo Vagnotti • Ferdinando Alessandri

Match #1	FRA	16 – 0	BRA
Match #2	YUG	9 – 7	BRA

Pool 3

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Argentina	ARG	1	0	14	2	Q
	Roberto Larraz • Héctor Lucchetti • Ángel Gorordo • Luis Lucchetti
2	Czechoslovakia	TCH	1	0	13	3	Q
	Hervarth Frass von Friedenfeldt • František Vohryzek • Jiří Jesenský • Bohuslav Kirchmann
3	Denmark	DEN	0	2	5	27
	Erik Hammer Sørensen • Kim Bærentzen • Aage Leidersdorff • Caspar Schrøder • Svend Jacobsen

Match #1	ARG	14 – 2	DEN
Match #2	TCH	13 – 3	DEN

Pool 4

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Germany	GER	1	0	15	1	Q
	Siegfried Lerdon • August Heim • Julius Eisenecker • Erwin Casmir
2	Great Britain	GBR	1	0	14	2	Q
	Denis Pearce • Roger Tredgold • David Bartlett • Emrys Lloyd
3	Canada	CAN	0	2	3	29
	Bertrand Boissonnault • Don Collinge • George Tully • Charles Otis • Ernest Dalton

Match #1	GER	15 – 1	CAN
Match #2	GBR	14 – 2	CAN

Pool 5

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Italy	ITA	1	0	13	1	Q
	Manlio Di Rosa • Gioacchino Guaragna • Giorgio Bocchino • Ciro Verratti
2	Austria	AUT	1	0	11	5	Q
	Hans Lion • Ernst Baylon • Josef Losert • Karl Sudrich
3	Egypt	EGY	0	2	6	24
	Mahmoud Abdin • Mauris Shamil • Hassan Tawfik • Anwar Tawfik

Match #1	ITA	13 – 1	EGY
Match #2	AUT	11 – 5	EGY

Pool 6

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	United States	USA	1	0	12	4	Q
	Joe Levis • Hugh Alessandroni • John Potter • John Hurd
2	Hungary	HUN	1	0	10	6	Q
	József Hátszeghy • Lajos Maszlay • Aladár Gerevich • Béla Bay
3	Norway	NOR	0	2	10	22
	Nils Jørgensen • Jens Frølich • Johan Falkenberg • Thorstein Guthe

Match #1	USA	12 – 4	NOR
Match #2	HUN	10 – 6	NOR

Quarter-Finals (2 August 1936 — 17:20)

Top two teams in each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Pool 1

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Germany	GER	1	0	9	2	Q
	Siegfried Lerdon • August Heim • Erwin Casmir • Stefan Rosenbauer
2	Argentina	ARG	1	0	8	8	Q
	Roberto Larraz • Héctor Lucchetti • Ángel Gorordo • Luis Lucchetti
3	Great Britain	GBR	0	2	10	17
	Denis Pearce • David Bartlett • Emrys Lloyd • Geoffrey Hett • Christopher Hammersley

Match #1	GER	9 – 2	GBR
Match #2	ARG	8 – 8	GBR

Pool 2

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Italy	ITA	1	0	15	1	Q
	Manlio Di Rosa • Giulio Gaudini • Gustavo Marzi • Ciro Verratti
2	United States	USA	1	0	13	3	Q
	Joe Levis • Hugh Alessandroni • Warren Dow • Bill Pecora
3	Switzerland	SUI	0	2	4	28
	Michel Fauconnet • Édouard Fitting • Jean-Maurice Rubli • Gottfried von Meiss • Constantin Antoniades

Match #1	ITA	15 – 1	SUI
Match #2	USA	13 – 3	SUI

Pool 3

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	France	FRA	1	0	9	1	Q
	Edward Gardère • René Bondoux • Jacques Coutrot • René Bougnol
2	Hungary	HUN	1	0	14	2	Q
	József Hátszeghy • Aladár Gerevich • Ottó Hátszeghy • Antal Zirczy
3	Yugoslavia	YUG	0	2	3	23
	Branko Tretinjak • Edo Marion • Mirko Koršić • Marjan Pengov • Aleksandar Nikolić • Vladimir Mažuranić

Match #1	FRA	9 – 1	YUG
Match #2	HUN	14 – 2	YUG

Pool 4

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Austria	AUT	1	0	12	4	Q
	Roman Fischer • Hans Schönbaumsfeld • Josef Losert • Karl Sudrich
2	Belgium	BEL	1	0	11	5	Q
	Georges de Bourguignon • André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer • Henri Paternóster • Raymond Bru
3	Czechoslovakia	TCH	0	2	9	23
	Hervarth Frass von Friedenfeldt • František Vohryzek • Jiří Jesenský • Bohuslav Kirchmann • Josef Hildebrand

Match #1	AUT	12 – 4	TCH
Match #2	BEL	11 – 5	TCH

Semi-Finals (2 – 4 August 1936)

Top two teams in each pool advanced to final.

Pool 1 (2 – 4 August 1936 — 20:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Italy	ITA	3	0	38	15	Q
	Manlio Di Rosa • Giulio Gaudini • Gioacchino Guaragna • Gustavo Marzi • Giorgio Bocchino • Ciro Verratti
2	Austria	AUT	1	2	24	24	Q
	Hans Lion • Roman Fischer • Ernst Baylon • Josef Losert • Karl Sudrich
3	Hungary	HUN	1	2	23	30
	József Hátszeghy • Lajos Maszlay • Aladár Gerevich • Béla Bay • Ottó Hátszeghy • Antal Zirczy
4	United States	USA	1	2	16	32
	Joe Levis • Hugh Alessandroni • John Potter • John Hurd • Warren Dow • Bill Pecora

Match #1	ITA	12 – 4	AUT
Match #2	ITA	13 – 3	HUN
Match #3	ITA	13 – 3	USA
Match #4	HUN	8 – 8	AUT
Match #5	AUT	12 – 4	USA
Match #6	USA	9 – 7	HUN

Pool 2 (2 August 1936 — 20:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	France	FRA	3	0	29	19	Q
	André Gardère • Edward Gardère • René Lemoine • René Bondoux • Jacques Coutrot • René Bougnol
2	Germany	GER	2	1	28	20	Q
	Siegfried Lerdon • August Heim • Julius Eisenecker • Erwin Casmir • Stefan Rosenbauer
3	Belgium	BEL	1	2	25	23
	Georges de Bourguignon • André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer • Henri Paternóster • Raymond Bru • Jean Heeremans • Paul Valcke
4	Argentina	ARG	0	3	14	34
	Roberto Larraz • Héctor Lucchetti • Ángel Gorordo • Luis Lucchetti • Rodolfo Valenzuela • Manuel Torrente

Match #1	FRA	9 – 7	GER
Match #2	FRA	8 – 8	BEL
Match #3	FRA	12 – 4	ARG
Match #4	GER	10 – 6	BEL
Match #5	GER	11 – 5	ARG
Match #6	BEL	11 – 5	ARG

Final Pool (4 August 1936 — 18:25-23:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Italy	ITA	3	0	38	8
	Manlio Di Rosa • Giulio Gaudini • Gioacchino Guaragna • Gustavo Marzi • Giorgio Bocchino • Ciro Verratti
2	France	FRA	2	1	27	18
	André Gardère • Edward Gardère • René Lemoine • René Bondoux • Jacques Coutrot • René Bougnol
3	Germany	GER	1	2	13	33
	Siegfried Lerdon • August Heim • Julius Eisenecker • Erwin Casmir • Stefan Rosenbauer • Otto Adam
4	Austria	AUT	0	3	14	33
	Hans Lion • Roman Fischer • Hans Schönbaumsfeld • Ernst Baylon • Josef Losert • Karl Sudrich

Match #1	ITA	9 – 4	FRA
Match #2	ITA	16 – 0	GER
Match #3	ITA	13 – 3	AUT
Match #4	FRA	12 – 4	GER
Match #5	FRA	11 – 5	AUT
Match #6	GER	9 – 5	AUT