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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 favored the French, who won the title by 62-60.

Pos	Number	Competitors	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 • Nat 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 • Antony 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

Date	30 July 1948
Format	Top 2 teams in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool #1

Time	09:00

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
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	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	France	FRA	16 – 0	Ireland	IRL
Match #2	30 Jul	Egypt	EGY	9 – 0	Ireland	IRL

Pool #2

Time	09:00

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
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	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Italy	ITA	16 – 0	Greece	GRE
Match #2	30 Jul	Uruguay	URU	9 – 2	Greece	GRE

Pool #3

Time	10:30

Pos	Competitors	NOC
AC	Argentina	ARG	Q
AC	Finland	FIN	Q

Pool #4

Time	10:30

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
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	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hungary	HUN	11 – 5	Switzerland	SUI
Match #2	30 Jul	United States	USA	9 – 3	Switzerland	SUI

Pool #5

Time	12:00

Pos	Competitors	NOC
AC	Belgium	BEL	Q
AC	Canada	CAN	Q

Pool #6

Time	12:00

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
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	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Denmark	DEN	9 – 5	Netherlands	NED
Match #2	30 Jul	Great Britain	GBR	8 – 8	Netherlands	NED

Quarter-Finals

Date	30 July 1948
Format	Top 2 teams in each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Pool #1

Time	14:00

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
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 • Nat Lubell • Gus Prokop
3	–	Canada	CAN	0-2	0-25
		Robert Desjarlais • Georges Pouliot • Alf Horn • Roland Asselin

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	France	FRA	16 – 0	Canada	CAN
Match #2	30 Jul	United States	USA	9 – 0	Canada	CAN

Pool #2

Time	15:30

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
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	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Italy	ITA	9 – 0	Finland	FIN
Match #2	30 Jul	Argentina	ARG	12 – 4	Finland	FIN

Pool #3

Time	17:00

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
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	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Belgium	BEL	12 – 4	Great Britain	GBR
Match #2	30 Jul	Belgium	BEL	9 – 3	Denmark	DEN
Match #3	30 Jul	Great Britain	GBR	10 – 6	Denmark	DEN

Pool #4

Time	17:00

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
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	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Egypt	EGY	9 – 1	Uruguay	URU
Match #2	30 Jul	Hungary	HUN	8 – 8	Uruguay	URU

Semi-Finals

Date	31 July 1948
Format	Top 2 teams in each pool advanced to the final round.

Pool #1

Time	10:30

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
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	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Italy	ITA	9 – 2	Hungary	HUN
Match #2	31 Jul	Italy	ITA	11 – 5	Argentina	ARG
Match #3	31 Jul	Belgium	BEL	10 – 6	Hungary	HUN
Match #4	31 Jul	Belgium	BEL	1 – 0	Argentina	ARG

Pool #2

Time	12:00

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
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 • Nat 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	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	France	FRA	10 – 6	Great Britain	GBR
Match #2	31 Jul	France	FRA	13 – 3	Egypt	EGY
Match #3	31 Jul	United States	USA	8 – 8	Great Britain	GBR
Match #4	31 Jul	United States	USA	9 – 5	Egypt	EGY

Final Pool

Date	31 July 1948

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
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 • Nat Lubell • Gus Prokop

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul 15:00	France	FRA	8 – 8	Italy	ITA
Match #2	31 Jul 15:00	France	FRA	9 – 5	Belgium	BEL
Match #3	31 Jul 17:00	France	FRA	11 – 5	United States	USA
Match #4	31 Jul 17:00	Italy	ITA	11 – 5	Belgium	BEL
Match #5	31 Jul 19:00	Italy	ITA	9 – 2	United States	USA
Match #6	31 Jul 19:00	Belgium	BEL	9 – 7	United States	USA