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Foil, Team, Men

Date	30 – 31 July 1948
Status	Olympic
Location	Palace of Engineering, Wembley, London
Participants	82 from 16 countries

The 12-year gap between celebrations had not tipped the balance in men’s foil to any great degree. France and Italy still towered over the opposition perhaps even by a greater margin than in previous Games and the two nations made ruthless progress to their eventual gold medal showdown. The deciding match proved to be a classic and after the requisite 16 bouts the teams remained deadlocked on eight wins apiece. The tiebreaker, numbers of hits made, was almost as close but narrowly favoured the French who won the title by 62-60.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	France	FRA	Gold
	André Bonin • Jéhan de Buhan • Jacques Lataste • René Bougnol • Christian d'Oriola • Adrien Rommel
2	Italy	ITA	Silver
	Edoardo Mangiarotti • Manlio Di Rosa • Renzo Nostini • Giuliano Nostini • Giorgio Pellini • Saverio Ragno
3	Belgium	BEL	Bronze
	Georges de Bourguignon • Henri Paternóster • Édouard Yves • Raymond Bru • André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer • Paul Valcke
4	United States	USA
	Daniel Bukantz • Dean Cetrulo • Dernell Every • Silvio Giolito • Nate Lubell • Gus Prokop
=5	Argentina	ARG
	José Rodríguez • Fulvio Galimi • Manuel Torrente • Félix Galimi • Eduardo Sastre (DNS) • Raúl Saucedo (DNS)
=5	Egypt	EGY
	Osman Abdel Hafeez • Salah Dessouki • Mahmoud Younes • Mohamed Zulficar • Hassan Tawfik • Mahmoud Abdin
=5	Great Britain	GBR
	René Paul • Arthur Smith • Harry Cooke • Emrys Lloyd • Pierre Turquet • Luke Wendon
=5	Hungary	HUN
	Béla Bay • Aladár Gerevich • József Hátszeghy • Lajos Maszlay • Pál Dunay • Endre Palócz
3 p1 r2/4	Canada	CAN
	Robert Desjarlais • Georges Pouliot • Alf Horn • Roland Asselin
3 p2 r2/4	Finland	FIN
	Kauko Jalkanen • Nils Sjöblom • Erkki Kerttula • Heikki Raitio • Ilmari Vartia (DNS)
3 p3 r2/4	Denmark	DEN
	Ivan Ruben • Ole Albrechtsen • Aage Leidersdorff • Tage Jørgensen • Ivan Osiier • Flemming Vøgg
3 p4 r2/4	Uruguay	URU
	Daniel Rossi • Jaime Ucar • Sergio Iesi • Juan Paladino • César Gallardo
3 p1 r1/4	Ireland	IRL
	Owen Tuohy • Paddy Duffy • Tom Smith • Nick Thuillier • Anthony O'Connor (DNS)
3 p2 r1/4	Greece	GRE
	Athanasios Nanopoulos • Stefanos Zintzos • Ioannis Karamazakis • Konstantinos Bembis • Nikolaos Christogiannopoulos (DNS)
3 p4 r1/4	Switzerland	SUI
	Gottfried von Meiss • Roger Stirn • Walo Hörning • Corrado Schlaepfer • Jean-Maurice Rubli
3 p6 r1/4	Netherlands	NED
	Willem van den Berg • Henny ter Weer • Frans Mosman • Eddy Kuijpers • Antoon Hoevers (DNS) • Johannes Zoet (DNS)
DNS	Cuba	CUB
	Jorge Agostini • Armando Barrientos • Lucilo de la Peña • Carlos Lamar • Roberto Mañalich • Juan Antonio Martínez

Round One (30 July 1948)

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

Pool 1 (09:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	France	FRA	1	0	16	0	Q
	André Bonin • Jacques Lataste • Christian d'Oriola • Adrien Rommel
2	Egypt	EGY	1	0	9	0	Q
	Osman Abdel Hafeez • Salah Dessouki • Mahmoud Younes • Mohamed Zulficar
3	Ireland	IRL	0	2	0	25
	Owen Tuohy • Paddy Duffy • Tom Smith • Nick Thuillier

Match #1	FRA	16 – 0	IRL
Match #2	EGY	9 – 0	IRL

Pool 2 (09:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Italy	ITA	1	0	16	0	Q
	Manlio Di Rosa • Giuliano Nostini • Giorgio Pellini • Saverio Ragno
2	Uruguay	URU	1	0	9	2	Q
	Daniel Rossi • Jaime Ucar • César Gallardo • Sergio Iesi
3	Greece	GRE	0	2	2	25
	Athanasios Nanopoulos • Stefanos Zintzos • Ioannis Karamazakis • Konstantinos Bembis

Match #1	ITA	16 – 0	GRE
Match #2	URU	9 – 2	GRE

Pool 3 (10:30)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
AC	Argentina	ARG	–	–	–	–	Q

AC	Finland	FIN	–	–	–	–	Q

Pool 4 (10:30)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Hungary	HUN	1	0	11	5	Q
	Béla Bay • Aladár Gerevich • József Hátszeghy • Lajos Maszlay
2	United States	USA	1	0	9	3	Q
	Daniel Bukantz • Dean Cetrulo • Dernell Every • Gus Prokop
3	Switzerland	SUI	0	2	8	20
	Gottfried von Meiss • Roger Stirn • Walo Hörning • Corrado Schlaepfer • Jean-Maurice Rubli

Match #1	HUN	11 – 5	SUI
Match #2	USA	9 – 3	SUI

Pool 5 (12:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
AC	Belgium	BEL	–	–	–	–	Q

AC	Canada	CAN	–	–	–	–	Q

Pool 6 (12:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Denmark	DEN	1	0	9	5	Q
	Ivan Ruben • Ole Albrechtsen • Aage Leidersdorff • Tage Jørgensen
2	Great Britain	GBR	1	0	8	8	Q
	René Paul • Arthur Smith • Harry Cooke • Emrys Lloyd
3	Netherlands	NED	0	2	13	17
	Willem van den Berg • Henny ter Weer • Frans Mosman • Eddy Kuijpers

Match #1	DEN	9 – 5	NED
Match #2	GBR	8 – 8	NED

Quarter-Finals (30 July 1948)

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

Pool 1 (14:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	France	FRA	1	0	16	0	Q
	André Bonin • Jéhan de Buhan • Jacques Lataste • René Bougnol
2	United States	USA	1	0	9	0	Q
	Dernell Every • Silvio Giolito • Nate Lubell • Gus Prokop
3	Canada	CAN	0	2	0	25
	Robert Desjarlais • Georges Pouliot • Alf Horn • Roland Asselin

Match #1	FRA	16 – 0	CAN
Match #2	USA	9 – 0	CAN

Pool 2 (15:30)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Italy	ITA	1	0	9	0	Q
	Edoardo Mangiarotti • Manlio Di Rosa • Renzo Nostini • Giorgio Pellini
2	Argentina	ARG	1	0	12	4	Q
	José Rodríguez • Fulvio Galimi • Manuel Torrente • Félix Galimi
3	Finland	FIN	0	2	4	21
	Kauko Jalkanen • Nils Sjöblom • Erkki Kerttula • Heikki Raitio

Match #1	ITA	9 – 0	FIN
Match #2	ARG	12 – 4	FIN

Pool 3 (17:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Belgium	BEL	2	0	21	7	Q
	Georges de Bourguignon • Henri Paternóster • Édouard Yves • Raymond Bru • André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer • Paul Valcke
2	Great Britain	GBR	1	1	14	18	Q
	René Paul • Arthur Smith • Harry Cooke • Emrys Lloyd • Pierre Turquet • Luke Wendon
3	Denmark	DEN	0	2	9	19
	Ivan Ruben • Ole Albrechtsen • Aage Leidersdorff • Tage Jørgensen • Ivan Osiier • Flemming Vøgg

Match #1	BEL	12 – 4	GBR
Match #2	BEL	9 – 3	DEN
Match #3	GBR	10 – 6	DEN

Pool 4 (17:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Egypt	EGY	1	0	9	1	Q
	Osman Abdel Hafeez • Salah Dessouki • Mahmoud Younes • Hassan Tawfik
2	Hungary	HUN	1	0	8	8	Q
	Aladár Gerevich • József Hátszeghy • Pál Dunay • Endre Palócz
3	Uruguay	URU	0	2	9	17
	Daniel Rossi • Jaime Ucar • Sergio Iesi • Juan Paladino

Match #1	EGY	9 – 1	URU
Match #2	HUN	8 – 8	URU

Semi-Finals (31 July 1948)

Top two teams in each pool advanced to final.

Pool 1 (10:30)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Italy	ITA	2	0	20	7	Q
	Edoardo Mangiarotti • Manlio Di Rosa • Renzo Nostini • Giuliano Nostini • Giorgio Pellini • Saverio Ragno
2	Belgium	BEL	2	0	11	6	Q
	Georges de Bourguignon • Édouard Yves • Raymond Bru • Paul Valcke
3	Hungary	HUN	0	2	8	19
	Béla Bay • Aladár Gerevich • József Hátszeghy • Lajos Maszlay • Pál Dunay • Endre Palócz
4	Argentina	ARG	0	2	5	12
	José Rodríguez • Fulvio Galimi • Manuel Torrente • Félix Galimi

Match #1	ITA	9 – 2	HUN
Match #2	ITA	11 – 5	ARG
Match #3	BEL	10 – 6	HUN
Match #4	BEL	1 – 0	ARG

Pool 2 (12:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	France	FRA	2	0	23	9	Q
	André Bonin • Jéhan de Buhan • Jacques Lataste • René Bougnol • Christian d'Oriola • Adrien Rommel
2	United States	USA	2	0	17	13	Q
	Daniel Bukantz • Dean Cetrulo • Dernell Every • Silvio Giolito • Nate Lubell • Gus Prokop
3	Great Britain	GBR	0	2	14	18
	René Paul • Arthur Smith • Harry Cooke • Emrys Lloyd • Pierre Turquet
4	Egypt	EGY	0	2	8	22
	Osman Abdel Hafeez • Salah Dessouki • Mahmoud Younes • Mohamed Zulficar • Hassan Tawfik • Mahmoud Abdin

Match #1	FRA	10 – 6	GBR
Match #2	FRA	13 – 3	EGY
Match #3	USA	8 – 8	GBR
Match #4	USA	9 – 5	EGY

Final Pool (31 July 1948)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	France	FRA	3	0	28	18
	André Bonin • Jéhan de Buhan • Jacques Lataste • René Bougnol • Christian d'Oriola • Adrien Rommel
2	Italy	ITA	2	1	28	15
	Edoardo Mangiarotti • Manlio Di Rosa • Renzo Nostini • Giuliano Nostini
3	Belgium	BEL	1	2	19	27
	Georges de Bourguignon • Henri Paternóster • Édouard Yves • Raymond Bru • André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer • Paul Valcke
4	United States	USA	0	3	14	29
	Daniel Bukantz • Dean Cetrulo • Dernell Every • Silvio Giolito • Nate Lubell • Gus Prokop

Match #1	FRA	8 – 8	ITA
Match #2	FRA	9 – 5	BEL
Match #3	FRA	11 – 5	USA
Match #4	ITA	11 – 5	BEL
Match #5	ITA	9 – 2	USA
Match #6	BEL	9 – 7	USA