| Date | 12 – 13 August 1936 |
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| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Sportforum, Turnhalle, Reichssportfeld, Berlin / Haus des Sports, Kuppelsaal, Reichssportfeld, Berlin |
| Participants | 107 from 21 countries |
On the middle of an era of total domination of this weapon by an overwhelming superior Hungarian team, the only question to be asked was whether Italy could mount a challenge to the mighty Magyars. The answer, perhaps unsurprisingly, was no. The Hungarians won 106 of their 122 bouts as their six-man team, which included fencers who had won or would go on to win 30 Olympic medals, convincingly retained their Olympic title.
Italy and Germany won silver and bronze, respectively.
| Date | 12 August 1936 — 9:00 |
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| Format | Top 2 teams in each pool advanced to quarter-finals. |
| Time | 09:00-10:30 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Germany |  GER | 1-0 | 10-6 | |||||
| Richard Wahl • Julius Eisenecker • Erwin Casmir • August Heim | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Uruguay |  URU | 1-0 | 8-8 | |||||
| Carmelo Bentancur • José Julián de la Fuente • Hildemaro Lista • París Rodríguez | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Romania |  ROU | 0-2 | 14-18 | |||||
| Nicolae Marinescu • Gheorghe Man • Kamilló Szathmáry • Denis Prager de Dolecsko | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 12 Aug 9:00 | Piste 1 Kuppelsaal | Germany | GER | 10 – 6 | Romania | ROU | |
| Match #2 | 12 Aug 10:30 | Piste 1 Kuppelsaal | Uruguay | URU | 8 – 8 | Romania | ROU |
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria |  AUT | |||
| Sweden |  SWE |
| Time | 09:00-10:30 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Hungary |  HUN | 1-0 | 16-0 | |||||
| Aladár Gerevich • Tibor Berczelly • Pál Kovács • Imre Rajczy | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Belgium |  BEL | 1-0 | 9-1 | |||||
| Eugène Laermans • Georges Heyvaert • Robert Van Den Neucker • Henri Brasseur | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Denmark |  DEN | 0-2 | 1-25 | |||||
| Erik Hammer Sørensen • Preben Christiansen • Aage Leidersdorff • Svend Jacobsen | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 12 Aug 9:00 | Piste 3 Kuppelsaal | Hungary | HUN | 16 – 0 | Denmark | DEN | |
| Match #2 | 12 Aug 10:30 | Piste 3 Kuppelsaal | Belgium | BEL | 9 – 1 | Denmark | DEN |
| Time | 09:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Czechoslovakia |  TCH | 1-0 | 11-5 | |||||
| Josef Jungmann • Josef Benedik • Herwarth Frass von Friedenfeldt • Bohuslav Kirchmann | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Poland |  POL | 1-0 | 9-3 | |||||
| Antoni Sobik • Władysław Dobrowolski • Adam Papée • Teodor Zaczyk | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Greece |  GRE | 0-2 | 8-20 | |||||
| Nikolaos Manolesos • Nikolaos Paparrodou • Konstantinos Botasis • Menelaos Psarrakis | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 12 Aug 9:00 | Piste 4 Kuppelsaal | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 11 – 5 | Greece | GRE | |
| Match #2 | 12 Aug | Piste 4 Kuppelsaal | Poland | POL | 9 – 3 | Greece | GRE |
| Time | 09:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Netherlands |  NED | 1-0 | 13-3 | |||||
| Ate Faber • Antonius Montfoort • Frans Mosman • Pieter van Wieringen | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Great Britain |  GBR | 1-0 | 10-6 | |||||
| Geoffrey Trinder • Arthur Pilbrow • Guy Harry • Robin Brook | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Chile |  CHI | 0-2 | 9-23 | |||||
| Efraín Díaz • Tomás Barraza • Ricardo Romero • Julio Moreno • Tomás Goyoaga | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 12 Aug 9:00 | Piste 5 Turnhalle | Netherlands | NED | 13 – 3 | Chile | CHI | |
| Match #2 | 12 Aug | Piste 5 Turnhalle | Great Britain | GBR | 10 – 6 | Chile | CHI |
| Time | 09:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Italy |  ITA | 1-0 | 15-1 | |||||
| Aldo Masciotta • Vincenzo Pinton • Aldo Montano • Athos Tanzini | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | France |  FRA | 1-0 | 13-3 | |||||
| Marcel Faure • Maurice Gramain • Edward Gardère • Jean Piot | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Canada |  CAN | 0-2 | 4-28 | |||||
| Ernest Dalton • Charles Otis • George Tully • Don Collinge | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 12 Aug 9:00 | Piste 7 Turnhalle | Italy | ITA | 15 – 1 | Canada | CAN | |
| Match #2 | 12 Aug | Piste 7 Turnhalle | France | FRA | 13 – 3 | Canada | CAN |
| Time | 09:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | United States |  USA | 2-0 | 26-6 | |||||
| Peter Bruder • Miguel de Capriles • Bela De Nagy • John Huffman • Samuel Stewart • Norman Armitage | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Turkey |  TUR | 2-1 | 19-29 | |||||
| Orhan Adaş • Enver Balkan • Cihat Teğin • Abdul Halim Tokmakçioğlu | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Switzerland |  SUI | 1-2 | 21-27 | |||||
| Karl Glasstetter • Alphonse Ruckstuhl • Walter Widemann • Adolf Stocker | ||||||||||
| 4 | – | Yugoslavia |  YUG | 0-2 | 14-18 | |||||
| Krešo Tretinjak • Milivoj Radović • Eugen Jakobčić • Edo Marion • Pavao Pintarić | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 12 Aug 9:00 | Piste 8 Turnhalle | United States | USA | 14 – 2 | Turkey | TUR | |
| Match #2 | 12 Aug 9:00 | Piste 6 Turnhalle | United States | USA | 12 – 4 | Switzerland | SUI | |
| Match #3 | 12 Aug | Piste 8 Turnhalle | Turkey | TUR | 8 – 8 | Switzerland | SUI | |
| Match #4 | 12 Aug 10:30 | Piste 6 Turnhalle | Turkey | TUR | 9 – 7 | Yugoslavia | YUG | |
| Match #5 | 12 Aug | Piste 8 Turnhalle | Switzerland | SUI | 9 – 7 | Yugoslavia | YUG |
| Date | 12 August 1936 — 15:00-17:00-20:00 |
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| Format | Top 2 teams in each pool advanced to semi-finals. |
| Time | 15:00-17:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Hungary | HUN | 1-0 | 14-2 | |||||
| Tibor Berczelly • Pál Kovács • Endre Kabos • László Rajcsányi | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Austria | AUT | 1-0 | 11-5 | |||||
| Josef Losert • Hugo Weczerek • Karl Sudrich • Hubert Loisel | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Uruguay | URU | 0-2 | 7-25 | |||||
| Carmelo Bentancur • José Julián de la Fuente • Hildemaro Lista • París Rodríguez • Jorge Rolando | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 12 Aug 15:00 | Piste 3 Kuppelsaal | Hungary | HUN | 14 – 2 | Uruguay | URU | |
| Match #2 | 12 Aug 17:00 | Piste 3 Kuppelsaal | Austria | AUT | 11 – 5 | Uruguay | URU |
| Time | 15:00-17:00-20:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Germany | GER | 2-1 | 29-19 | |||||
| Richard Wahl • Julius Eisenecker • Erwin Casmir • August Heim • Hans Esser • Hans Jörger | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | France | FRA | 2-1 | 21-27 | |||||
| Marcel Faure • Maurice Gramain • Edward Gardère • Jean Piot • Roger Barisien | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Great Britain | GBR | 1-2 | 24-24 | |||||
| Geoffrey Trinder • Arthur Pilbrow • Guy Harry • Robin Brook • Roger Tredgold | ||||||||||
| 4 | – | Belgium | BEL | 1-2 | 22-26 | |||||
| Eugène Laermans • Georges Heyvaert • Robert Van Den Neucker • Henri Brasseur • Hubert Van Nerom | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 12 Aug 15:00 | Piste 6 Turnhalle | Germany | GER | 11 – 5 | France | FRA | |
| Match #2 | 12 Aug 15:00 | Piste 8 Turnhalle | Germany | GER | 11 – 5 | Great Britain | GBR | |
| Match #3 | 12 Aug 17:00 | Piste 6 Turnhalle | Belgium | BEL | 9 – 7 | Germany | GER | |
| Match #4 | 12 Aug 17:00 | Piste 8 Turnhalle | France | FRA | 8 – 8 | Great Britain | GBR | |
| Match #5 | 12 Aug 20:00 | Piste 1 Kuppelsaal | France | FRA | 8 – 8 | Belgium | BEL | |
| Match #6 | 12 Aug 20:00 | Piste 3 Kuppelsaal | Great Britain | GBR | 11 – 5 | Belgium | BEL |
| Time | 15:00-17:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Netherlands | NED | 1-0 | 12-4 | |||||
| Ate Faber • Antonius Montfoort • Frans Mosman • Pieter van Wieringen | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Italy | ITA | 1-0 | 9-5 | |||||
| Gustavo Marzi • Aldo Masciotta • Aldo Montano • Athos Tanzini | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 0-2 | 9-21 | |||||
| Josef Jungmann • Josef Benedik • Herwarth Frass von Friedenfeldt • Bohuslav Kirchmann • Josef Hildebrand | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 12 Aug 15:00 | Piste 1 Kuppelsaal | Netherlands | NED | 12 – 4 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | |
| Match #2 | 12 Aug 17:00 | Piste 1 Kuppelsaal | Italy | ITA | 9 – 5 | Czechoslovakia | TCH |
| Time | 15:00-17:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Poland | POL | 2-0 | 24-3 | |||||
| Antoni Sobik • Władysław Segda • Władysław Dobrowolski • Adam Papée • Marian Suski • Teodor Zaczyk | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | United States | USA | 2-0 | 9-1 | |||||
| Peter Bruder • Miguel de Capriles • John Huffman • Norman Armitage | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Sweden | SWE | 0-2 | 2-24 | |||||
| Bengt Ljungquist • Knut Nordholm • Hubert de Bèsche • Ivar Tingdahl • Carl Johan Wachtmeister | ||||||||||
| 4 | – | Turkey | TUR | 0-2 | 2-9 | |||||
| Ilhami Çene • Enver Balkan • Cihat Teğin • Abdul Halim Tokmakçioğlu | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 12 Aug 15:00 | Piste 5 Turnhalle | Poland | POL | 15 – 1 | Sweden | SWE | |
| Match #2 | 12 Aug 17:00 | Piste 7 Turnhalle | Poland | POL | 9 – 2 | Turkey | TUR | |
| Match #3 | 12 Aug 17:00 | Piste 5 Turnhalle | United States | USA | 9 – 1 | Sweden | SWE | |
| Match #4 | 12 Aug | United States | USA | Not supported | Turkey | TUR | walkover |
| Date | 13 August 1936 — 09:00-1:00 |
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| Format | Top 2 teams in each pool advanced to the final round. |
| Time | 09:00-1:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Italy | ITA | 2-0 | 18-9 | |||||
| Giulio Gaudini • Gustavo Marzi • Aldo Masciotta • Vincenzo Pinton • Aldo Montano • Athos Tanzini | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Poland | POL | 2-0 | 18-14 | |||||
| Antoni Sobik • Władysław Segda • Władysław Dobrowolski • Adam Papée • Marian Suski • Teodor Zaczyk | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Austria | AUT | 0-2 | 15-17 | |||||
| Josef Losert • Hugo Weczerek • Hubert Loisel • Karl Hanisch • Karl Kaschka | ||||||||||
| 4 | – | France | FRA | 0-2 | 8-19 | |||||
| Marcel Faure • Maurice Gramain • Edward Gardère • Jean Piot • André Gardère | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 13 Aug 9:00 | Piste 2 Kuppelsaal | Italy | ITA | 9 – 7 | Austria | AUT | |
| Match #2 | 13 Aug 9:00 | Piste 1 Kuppelsaal | Italy | ITA | 9 – 2 | France | FRA | |
| Match #3 | 13 Aug 11:00 | Piste 2 Kuppelsaal | Poland | POL | 8 – 8 | Austria | AUT | |
| Match #4 | 13 Aug 11:00 | Piste 1 Kuppelsaal | Poland | POL | 10 – 6 | France | FRA |
| Time | 09:00-10:30-1:20 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Hungary | HUN | 3-0 | 44-4 | |||||
| Aladár Gerevich • Tibor Berczelly • Pál Kovács • Endre Kabos • László Rajcsányi • Imre Rajczy | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Germany | GER | 2-1 | 19-29 | |||||
| Richard Wahl • Julius Eisenecker • Erwin Casmir • August Heim • Hans Esser • Hans Jörger | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | United States | USA | 1-2 | 18-30 | |||||
| Peter Bruder • Miguel de Capriles • Bela De Nagy • John Huffman • Samuel Stewart • Norman Armitage | ||||||||||
| 4 | – | Netherlands | NED | 0-3 | 15-33 | |||||
| Ate Faber • Antonius Montfoort • Frans Mosman • Pieter van Wieringen • Jacob Schriever | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 13 Aug 9:00 | Piste 2 Kuppelsaal | Hungary | HUN | 15 – 1 | Germany | GER | |
| Match #2 | 13 Aug 9:00 | Piste 4 Kuppelsaal | Hungary | HUN | 14 – 2 | United States | USA | |
| Match #3 | 13 Aug 10:30 | Piste 3 Kuppelsaal | Hungary | HUN | 15 – 1 | Netherlands | NED | |
| Match #4 | 13 Aug 10:30 | Piste 4 Kuppelsaal | Germany | GER | 9 – 7 | United States | USA | |
| Match #5 | 13 Aug 12:30 | Piste 3 Kuppelsaal | Germany | GER | 9 – 3 | Netherlands | NED | |
| Match #6 | 13 Aug 12:30 | Piste 4 Kuppelsaal | United States | USA | 9 – 7 | Netherlands | NED |
| Date | 13 August 1936 — 18:00-19:50-21:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Bouts | Touches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Hungary | HUN | 3-0 | 32-10 | |||||
| Aladár Gerevich • Tibor Berczelly • Pál Kovács • Endre Kabos • László Rajcsányi • Imre Rajczy | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Italy | ITA | 2-1 | 25-17 | |||||
| Giulio Gaudini • Gustavo Marzi • Aldo Masciotta • Vincenzo Pinton • Aldo Montano | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Germany | GER | 1-2 | 14-25 | |||||
| Richard Wahl • Julius Eisenecker • Erwin Casmir • August Heim • Hans Esser • Hans Jörger | ||||||||||
| 4 | – | Poland | POL | 0-3 | 10-29 | |||||
| Antoni Sobik • Władysław Segda • Władysław Dobrowolski • Adam Papée • Marian Suski • Teodor Zaczyk | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 13 Aug 18:00 | Piste 3 Kuppelsaal | Hungary | HUN | 9 – 6 | Italy | ITA | |
| Match #2 | 13 Aug 18:00 | Piste 1 Kuppelsaal | Hungary | HUN | 13 – 3 | Germany | GER | |
| Match #3 | 13 Aug 19:50 | Piste 3 Kuppelsaal | Hungary | HUN | 10 – 1 | Poland | POL | |
| Match #4 | 13 Aug 19:50 | Piste 1 Kuppelsaal | Italy | ITA | 9 – 2 | Germany | GER | |
| Match #5 | 13 Aug 21:00 | Piste 1 Kuppelsaal | Italy | ITA | 10 – 6 | Poland | POL | |
| Match #6 | 13 Aug 21:00 | Piste 2 Kuppelsaal | Germany | GER | 9 – 3 | Poland | POL |
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