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Épée, Team, Men

Date	5 – 6 August 1948
Status	Olympic
Location	Palace of Engineering, Wembley, London
Participants	113 from 21 countries

To the surprise of no one, France and Italy were once again the hot favorites after reaching the final of the 1947 World Championships. Whilst Italy cruised into the final pool, France lost to Belgium at the semi-final stage and came perilously close to being eliminated from the tournament.

France recovered and forced a decisive match in the final pool against the Italians. Italy started brightly against France, winning four of the first five bouts. The French team then recovered and lost only one of the remaining 11 bouts. Michel Pécheux, a former World Champion who was a last minute addition to the team, won all his bouts in the final pool.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC
1	–	France	FRA	Gold
		Henri Guérin • Henri Lepage • Marcel Desprets • Michel Pécheux • Édouard Artigas • Maurice Huet
2	–	Italy	ITA	Silver
		Edoardo Mangiarotti • Carlo Agostoni • Dario Mangiarotti • Gino Cantone • Marco Antonio Mandruzzato • Fiorenzo Marini
3	–	Sweden	SWE	Bronze
		Sven Thofelt • Per Carleson • Frank Cervell • Carl Forssell • Bengt Ljungquist • Arne Tollbom
4	–	Denmark	DEN
		Mogens Lüchow • Erik Andersen • Ib Nielsen • René Dybkær • Jakob Lyng • Kenneth Flindt
=5	–	Belgium	BEL
		Raymond Stasse • Léopold Hauben • Raymond Bru • Jean Radoux • Raoul Henkart • Charles Debeur
=5	–	Hungary	HUN
		Imre Hennyei • Pál Dunay • Béla Rerrich • Béla Mikla • Lajos Balthazár • Béla Bay
=5	–	Luxembourg	LUX
		Fernand Leischen • Paul Anen • Émile Gretsch • Gust Lamesch • Erny Putz • Léon Buck (DNS)
=5	–	Switzerland	SUI
		Fernand Thiébaud • Robert Lips • Jean Hauert • Oswald Zappelli • Otto Rüfenacht • Marc Chamay
3 p1 r2/4	–	Norway	NOR
		Johan von Koss • Egill Knutzen • Alfred Eriksen • Claus Mørch, Sr. • Sverre Gillebo
3 p2 r2/4	–	Egypt	EGY
		Salah Dessouki • Jean Asfar • Mahmoud Younes • Helmi Abdel Rahman • Osman Abdel Hafeez • Roland Steinawer (DNS)
3 p3 r2/4	–	Argentina	ARG
		Vito Simonetti • Antonio Villamil • Raúl Saucedo • Floro Díaz Arnesto • Jorge Balza • Adolfo Guido Lavalle
3 p4 r2/4	–	United States	USA
		Norman Lewis • Andrew Boyd • Joe de Capriles • Donald Thompson • Albert Wolff • Ralph Goldstein
4 p1 r2/4	–	Poland	POL
		Antoni Sobik • Rajmund Karwicki • Jan Nawrocki • Teodor Zaczyk • Bolesław Banaś • Zygmunt Fokt (DNS)
4 p2 r2/4	–	Great Britain	GBR
		Charles de Beaumont • Terry Beddard • Ron Parfitt • David Craig • Michael McCready • Bert Pelling
3 p1 r1/4	–	Cuba	CUB
		Roberto Mañalich • Carlos Lamar • Armando Barrientos • Juan Antonio Martínez • Jorge Agostini (DNS) • A. F. Ruiz (DNS)
3 p2 r1/4	–	Mexico	MEX
		Emilio Meraz • Francisco Valero • Benito Ramos • Antonio Haro • Fidel Luna (DNS) • José Martínez (DNS)
3 p3 r1/4	–	Finland	FIN
		Nils Sjöblom • Olavi Larkas • Erkki Kerttula • Ilmari Vartia • Kauko Jalkanen • Heikki Raitio (DNS)
3 p5 r1/4	–	Brazil	BRA
		Miguel Biancalana • Fortunato Camargo • Henrique de Aguiar Vallim • Walter de Paula • Salvatore Sciannamea • Ferdinando Alessandri (DNS)
3 p6 r1/4	–	Portugal	POR
		Manuel Pinheiro Chagas • José de Castro • Emílio Lino • Álvaro Pinto • João Costa • Carlos Dias
3 p7 r1/4	–	Greece	GRE
		Athanasios Nanopoulos • Andreas Skotidas • Stefanos Zintzos • Konstantinos Bembis • Ioannis Karamazakis
4 p2 r1/4	–	Canada	CAN
		Robert Desjarlais • Alf Horn • Roland Asselin • Georges Pouliot
DNS	–	Chile	CHI
		Enrique Accorsi • Serafin Cuevas • Nilo Floody • Hernán Fuentes • Ignacio Goldstein • Luis Moreno

Round One

Date	5 August 1948
Format	Top 2 teams in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool #1

Time	09:00

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Argentina	ARG	2-0	19-11	Q
		Vito Simonetti • Antonio Villamil • Raúl Saucedo • Floro Díaz Arnesto • Jorge Balza
2	–	Poland	POL	1-1	14-16	Q
		Antoni Sobik • Rajmund Karwicki • Jan Nawrocki • Teodor Zaczyk
3	–	Cuba	CUB	0-2	11-17
		Roberto Mañalich • Carlos Lamar • Armando Barrientos • Juan Antonio Martínez

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	05 Aug	Argentina	ARG	10 – 6	Poland	POL
Match #2	05 Aug	Argentina	ARG	9 – 5	Cuba	CUB
Match #3	05 Aug	Poland	POL	8 – 6	Cuba	CUB

Pool #2

Time	09:00

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Denmark	DEN	2-0	22-4	Q
		Mogens Lüchow • Erik Andersen • Ib Nielsen • René Dybkær
2	–	Belgium	BEL	2-0	22-7	Q
		Raymond Stasse • Léopold Hauben • Raymond Bru • Jean Radoux • Raoul Henkart • Charles Debeur
3	–	Mexico	MEX	0-2	8-19
		Emilio Meraz • Francisco Valero • Benito Ramos • Antonio Haro
4	–	Canada	CAN	0-2	3-25
		Robert Desjarlais • Alf Horn • Roland Asselin • Georges Pouliot

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	05 Aug	Denmark	DEN	9 – 2	Mexico	MEX
Match #2	05 Aug	Denmark	DEN	13 – 2	Canada	CAN
Match #3	05 Aug	Belgium	BEL	10 – 6	Mexico	MEX
Match #4	05 Aug	Belgium	BEL	12 – 1	Canada	CAN

Pool #3

Time	10:30

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	United States	USA	1-0	9-5	Q
		Norman Lewis • Andrew Boyd • Joe de Capriles • Donald Thompson
2	–	Luxembourg	LUX	1-0	8-6	Q
		Fernand Leischen • Paul Anen • Émile Gretsch • Gust Lamesch
3	–	Finland	FIN	0-2	11-17
		Nils Sjöblom • Olavi Larkas • Erkki Kerttula • Ilmari Vartia • Kauko Jalkanen

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	05 Aug	United States	USA	9 – 5	Finland	FIN
Match #2	05 Aug	Luxembourg	LUX	8 – 6	Finland	FIN

Pool #4

Time	10:30

Pos	Competitors	NOC
AC	France	FRA	Q
AC	Norway	NOR	Q

Pool #5

Time	12:00

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Italy	ITA	1-0	14-2	Q
		Edoardo Mangiarotti • Carlo Agostoni • Gino Cantone • Marco Antonio Mandruzzato
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	1-0	8-6	Q
		Charles de Beaumont • Terry Beddard • Ron Parfitt • Bert Pelling
3	–	Brazil	BRA	0-2	8-22
		Miguel Biancalana • Fortunato Camargo • Henrique de Aguiar Vallim • Walter de Paula • Salvatore Sciannamea

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	05 Aug	Italy	ITA	14 – 2	Brazil	BRA
Match #2	05 Aug	Great Britain	GBR	8 – 6	Brazil	BRA

Pool #6

Time	12:00

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Egypt	EGY	1-0	10-5	Q
		Salah Dessouki • Jean Asfar • Mahmoud Younes • Helmi Abdel Rahman
2	–	Switzerland	SUI	1-0	8-6	Q
		Fernand Thiébaud • Robert Lips • Jean Hauert • Oswald Zappelli
3	–	Portugal	POR	0-2	11-18
		Manuel Pinheiro Chagas • José de Castro • Emílio Lino • Álvaro Pinto • João Costa • Carlos Dias

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	05 Aug	Egypt	EGY	10 – 5	Portugal	POR
Match #2	05 Aug	Switzerland	SUI	8 – 6	Portugal	POR

Pool #7

Time	12:00

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Sweden	SWE	1-0	16-0	Q
		Frank Cervell • Carl Forssell • Bengt Ljungquist • Arne Tollbom
2	–	Hungary	HUN	1-0	9-1	Q
		Imre Hennyei • Pál Dunay • Béla Rerrich • Béla Mikla
3	–	Greece	GRE	0-2	1-25
		Athanasios Nanopoulos • Andreas Skotidas • Stefanos Zintzos • Konstantinos Bembis • Ioannis Karamazakis

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	05 Aug	Sweden	SWE	16 – 0	Greece	GRE
Match #2	05 Aug	Hungary	HUN	9 – 1	Greece	GRE

Quarter-Finals

Date	5 August 1948
Format	Top 2 teams in each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Pool #1

Time	15:00

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Italy	ITA	2-0	26-3	Q
		Edoardo Mangiarotti • Carlo Agostoni • Dario Mangiarotti • Gino Cantone • Marco Antonio Mandruzzato • Fiorenzo Marini
2	–	Hungary	HUN	2-0	17-13	Q
		Imre Hennyei • Pál Dunay • Béla Rerrich • Béla Mikla • Lajos Balthazár
3	–	Norway	NOR	0-2	9-19
		Johan von Koss • Egill Knutzen • Alfred Eriksen • Claus Mørch, Sr. • Sverre Gillebo
4	–	Poland	POL	0-2	7-24
		Antoni Sobik • Rajmund Karwicki • Jan Nawrocki • Teodor Zaczyk • Bolesław Banaś

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	05 Aug	Italy	ITA	12 – 2	Norway	NOR
Match #2	05 Aug	Italy	ITA	14 – 1	Poland	POL
Match #3	05 Aug	Hungary	HUN	7 – 7	Norway	NOR
Match #4	05 Aug	Hungary	HUN	10 – 6	Poland	POL

Pool #2

Time	16:30

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	France	FRA	3-0	32-12	Q
		Henri Guérin • Henri Lepage • Marcel Desprets • Michel Pécheux • Édouard Artigas • Maurice Huet
2	–	Denmark	DEN	2-1	20-22	Q
		Mogens Lüchow • Erik Andersen • Ib Nielsen • René Dybkær • Jakob Lyng • Kenneth Flindt
3	–	Egypt	EGY	1-2	22-21
		Salah Dessouki • Jean Asfar • Mahmoud Younes • Helmi Abdel Rahman • Osman Abdel Hafeez
4	–	Great Britain	GBR	0-3	12-31
		Charles de Beaumont • Terry Beddard • Ron Parfitt • David Craig • Michael McCready

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	05 Aug	France	FRA	12 – 4	Denmark	DEN
Match #2	05 Aug	France	FRA	8 – 5	Egypt	EGY
Match #3	05 Aug	France	FRA	12 – 3	Great Britain	GBR
Match #4	05 Aug	Denmark	DEN	8 – 6	Egypt	EGY
Match #5	05 Aug	Denmark	DEN	8 – 4	Great Britain	GBR
Match #6	05 Aug	Egypt	EGY	11 – 5	Great Britain	GBR

Pool #3

Time	18:00

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Switzerland	SUI	1-0	11-3	Q
		Robert Lips • Oswald Zappelli • Otto Rüfenacht • Marc Chamay
2	–	Sweden	SWE	1-0	9-3	Q
		Sven Thofelt • Frank Cervell • Carl Forssell • Bengt Ljungquist
3	–	Argentina	ARG	0-2	6-20
		Vito Simonetti • Antonio Villamil • Raúl Saucedo • Floro Díaz Arnesto • Jorge Balza • Adolfo Guido Lavalle

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	05 Aug	Switzerland	SUI	11 – 3	Argentina	ARG
Match #2	05 Aug	Sweden	SWE	9 – 3	Argentina	ARG

Pool #4

Time	18:00

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Belgium	BEL	1-0	9-5	Q
		Raymond Bru • Jean Radoux • Raoul Henkart • Charles Debeur
2	–	Luxembourg	LUX	1-0	8-6	Q
		Fernand Leischen • Paul Anen • Émile Gretsch • Gust Lamesch
3	–	United States	USA	0-2	11-17
		Norman Lewis • Andrew Boyd • Joe de Capriles • Donald Thompson • Albert Wolff • Ralph Goldstein

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	05 Aug	Belgium	BEL	9 – 5	United States	USA
Match #2	05 Aug	Luxembourg	LUX	8 – 6	United States	USA

Semi-Finals

Date	6 August 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	–	Denmark	DEN	2-1	24-16	Q
		Mogens Lüchow • Erik Andersen • Ib Nielsen • René Dybkær
2	–	France	FRA	2-1	24-18	Q
		Henri Guérin • Henri Lepage • Marcel Desprets • Michel Pécheux • Édouard Artigas • Maurice Huet
3	–	Belgium	BEL	1-2	23-19
		Raymond Stasse • Léopold Hauben • Raymond Bru • Jean Radoux • Raoul Henkart • Charles Debeur
4	–	Switzerland	SUI	1-2	13-31
		Fernand Thiébaud • Robert Lips • Jean Hauert • Oswald Zappelli • Otto Rüfenacht • Marc Chamay

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	06 Aug	France	FRA	7 – 5	Denmark	DEN
Match #2	06 Aug	Denmark	DEN	7 – 6	Belgium	BEL
Match #3	06 Aug	Denmark	DEN	12 – 3	Switzerland	SUI
Match #4	06 Aug	Belgium	BEL	10 – 5	France	FRA
Match #5	06 Aug	France	FRA	12 – 3	Switzerland	SUI
Match #6	06 Aug	Switzerland	SUI	7 – 7	Belgium	BEL

Pool #2

Time	12:00

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Sweden	SWE	2-0	26-3	Q
		Sven Thofelt • Per Carleson • Frank Cervell • Carl Forssell • Bengt Ljungquist
2	–	Italy	ITA	2-0	19-5	Q
		Edoardo Mangiarotti • Carlo Agostoni • Dario Mangiarotti • Gino Cantone • Marco Antonio Mandruzzato • Fiorenzo Marini
3	–	Luxembourg	LUX	0-2	7-22
		Fernand Leischen • Émile Gretsch • Gust Lamesch • Erny Putz
4	–	Hungary	HUN	0-2	1-23
		Imre Hennyei • Pál Dunay • Béla Rerrich • Béla Mikla • Béla Bay

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	06 Aug	Sweden	SWE	11 – 3	Luxembourg	LUX
Match #2	06 Aug	Sweden	SWE	15 – 0	Hungary	HUN
Match #3	06 Aug	Italy	ITA	11 – 4	Luxembourg	LUX
Match #4	06 Aug	Italy	ITA	8 – 1	Hungary	HUN

Final Pool

Date	6 August 1948

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	France	FRA	3-0	31-10
		Henri Guérin • Henri Lepage • Marcel Desprets • Michel Pécheux
2	–	Italy	ITA	2-1	25-21
		Edoardo Mangiarotti • Carlo Agostoni • Dario Mangiarotti • Gino Cantone • Marco Antonio Mandruzzato • Fiorenzo Marini
3	–	Sweden	SWE	1-2	18-26
		Sven Thofelt • Frank Cervell • Carl Forssell • Bengt Ljungquist • Arne Tollbom
4	–	Denmark	DEN	0-3	12-29
		Mogens Lüchow • Erik Andersen • Ib Nielsen • René Dybkær • Jakob Lyng • Kenneth Flindt

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	06 Aug 15:00	France	FRA	11 – 5	Italy	ITA
Match #2	06 Aug 15:00	France	FRA	11 – 4	Sweden	SWE
Match #3	06 Aug 17:00	France	FRA	9 – 1	Denmark	DEN
Match #4	06 Aug 17:00	Italy	ITA	8 – 6	Sweden	SWE
Match #5	06 Aug 19:00	Italy	ITA	12 – 4	Denmark	DEN
Match #6	06 Aug 19:00	Sweden	SWE	8 – 7	Denmark	DEN