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Foil, Individual, Men

Date	23 – 24 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Westendin tennishalli, Espoo
Participants	61 from 25 countries

Official	Paul Anspach	BEL
Official	Charles Debeur	BEL
Official	Georges Heyvaert	BEL
Official	André Poplimont	BEL
Official	André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer	BEL
Official	Pierre Van Houdt	BEL
Official	Charles de Beaumont	GBR
Official	Emrys Lloyd	GBR
Official	Luke Wendon	GBR
Official	Vincenzo Cuccia	ITA
Official	Fr. Del Vecchio	ITA
Official	Carlo Filogamo	ITA
Official	Edoardo Mangiarotti	ITA
Official	Rodolfo Terlizzi	ITA
Official	V. Seryzh	URS
Official	Raoul Heide	NOR
Official	Jan Nawrocki	POL
Official	Henri Dulieux	FRA
Official	Pierre Ferri	FRA
Official	J. Heymann	FRA
Official	Edgard Mercier	FRA
Official	Adrien Rommel	FRA
Official	Erwin Casmir	GER
Official	Nils Sjöblom	FIN
Official	Fernand Thiébaud	SUI
Official	Jakob Lyng	DEN
Official	Lajos Balthazár	HUN
Official	Imre Hennyei	HUN
Official	György Piller	HUN
Official	Lajos Maszlay	HUN
Official	Endre Palócz	HUN
Official	György Rozgonyi	HUN
Official	Endre Tilli	HUN
Official	Norman Cohn-Armitage	USA
Official	Joe de Capriles	USA
Official	Miguel de Capriles	USA
Official	Tracy Jaeckel	USA
Official	Tibor Nyilas	USA
Official	Albert Wolff	USA
Official	George Worth	USA

Christian d’Oriola had won Olympic silver in 1948 whilst still a teenager. Four years on and he was a four-time World Champion and was established as one of the finest fencers in the world. He struggled at the quarter-final phase and had to survive a barrage to progress but went on to compile a perfect 8-0 record in the final pool to win the Olympic title. Italian fencers claimed the other medals with soon to be crowned épée champion Edoardo Mangiarotti taking the silver and Manlio Di Rosa winning bronze. Coincidentally all three medal winners were left handed. D’Oriola would retain the title in Melbourne.

In the pools, if two or more fencers had the same number of victories and the tie had to be broken to determine which fencer(s) qualified for the next round or to determine the gold medalist in the final round, then barrage bouts were fenced to resolve the tie. In all other cases, ties were resolved by whichever fencers had the fewest number of touches received or, if there was a tie in touches received, then by the greatest number of touches given. The number of touches scored in the barrage bouts is not known.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC
1	165	Christian d'Oriola	FRA	Gold
2	74	Edoardo Mangiarotti	ITA	Silver
3	72	Manlio Di Rosa	ITA	Bronze
4	164	Jacques Lataste	FRA
5	163	Jéhan de Buhan	FRA
6	40	Mahmoud Younes	EGY
7	41	Salah Dessouki	EGY
8	79	Giancarlo Bergamini	ITA
9	254	Endre Tilli	HUN
4 p1 r3/4	21	André Verhalle	BEL
4 p2 r3/4	253	Lajos Maszlay	HUN
4 p3 r3/4	242	Endre Palócz	HUN
5 p1 r3/4	288	Nat Lubell	USA
5 p2 r3/4	283	Albie Axelrod	USA
5 p3 r3/4	193	Bo Eriksson	SWE
6 p1 r3/4	46	Mohamed Riad	EGY
6 p2 r3/4	198	Nils Rydström	SWE
6 p3 r3/4	58	René Paul	GBR
4 p1 r2/4	148	Jerzy Twardokens	POL
4 p2 r2/4	150	Jerzy Pawłowski	POL
4 p4 r2/4	112	Yulen Uralov	URS
4 p5 r2/4	284	Daniel Bukantz	USA
4 p6 r2/4	196	Rolf Magnusson	SWE
=4 p3 r2/4	2	Fulvio Galimi	ARG
=4 p3 r2/4	60	Luke Wendon	GBR
=4 p3 r2/4	20	Paul Valcke	BEL
5 p1 r2/4	59	Raymond Paul	GBR
5 p2 r2/4	220	Kurt Lindeman	FIN
5 p4 r2/4	27	Gustave Balister	BEL
5 p5 r2/4	115	German Bokun	URS
5 p6 r2/4	185	Vasile Chelaru	ROU
6 p1 r2/4	111	Mark Midler	URS
6 p2 r2/4	1	Félix Galimi	ARG
6 p4 r2/4	211	Norman Casmir	GER
6 p5 r2/4	131	Leif Klette	NOR
6 p6 r2/4	14	John Fethers	AUS
7 p2 r2/4	270	Sergio Iesi	URU
7 p3 r2/4	186	Nicolae Marinescu	ROU
7 p4 r2/4	108	Benito Ramos	MEX
7 p5 r2/4	184	Andrei Vîlcea	ROU
5 p1 r1/4	209	Karl Bach	SAA
5 p2 r1/4	13	Ivan Lund	AUS
5 p3 r1/4	52	Harry Thuillier	IRL
5 p4 r1/4	210	Kurt Wahl	GER
5 p6 r1/4	3	José Rodríguez	ARG
5 p7 r1/4	219	Heikki Raitio	FIN
=5 p5 r1/4	212	Julius Eisenecker	GER
=5 p5 r1/4	51	Paddy Duffy	IRL
=5 p5 r1/4	205	Ernst Rau	SAA
6 p2 r1/4	279	Juan Kavanagh	VEN
6 p3 r1/4	16	Jock Gibson	AUS
6 p4 r1/4	98	Shinichi Maki	JPN
6 p6 r1/4	100	Edward Brooke	CAN
6 p7 r1/4	208	Günther Knödler	SAA
=6 p1 r1/4	271	Ricardo Rimini	URU
=6 p1 r1/4	273	Augusto Gutiérrez	VEN
7 p2 r1/4	99	Roland Asselin	CAN
7 p4 r1/4	48	Rubén Soberón	GUA
7 p6 r1/4	49	Eduardo López	GUA
7 p7 r1/4	101	Abelardo Menéndez	CUB
8 p5 r1/4	272	Giovanni Bertorelli	VEN
DNS	4	Eduardo Sastre	ARG
DNS	90	Hubert Loisel	AUT
DNS	19	Pierre Van Houdt	BEL
DNS	42	Osman Abdel Hafeez	EGY
DNS	73	Renzo Nostini	ITA
DNS	109	Antonio Haro	MEX
DNS	107	Emilio Meraz	MEX
DNS	149	Zbigniew Czajkowski	POL
DNS	207	Walter Brödel	SAA
DNS	206	Willi Rößler	SAA
DNS	113	Konstantin Tumanov	URS
DNS	285	Silvio Giolito	USA
DNS	274	Nelson Nieves	VEN

Round One

Date	23 July 1952 — 8:00
Format	Top four finishers in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	185	Vasile Chelaru	ROU	4-1	12	Q
2	288	Nat Lubell	USA	4-1	14	Q
3	108	Benito Ramos	MEX	4-1	19	Q
4	111	Mark Midler	URS	3-1	11	Q
5	209	Karl Bach	SAA	2-4	28
=6	271	Ricardo Rimini	URU	0-4	20
=6	273	Augusto Gutiérrez	VEN	0-5	25

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	196	Rolf Magnusson	SWE	5-1	14	Q
=2	115	German Bokun	URS	4-1	13	Q
=2	1	Félix Galimi	ARG	4-1	17	Q
4	59	Raymond Paul	GBR	3-3	23	Q
5	13	Ivan Lund	AUS	3-3	23
6	279	Juan Kavanagh	VEN	1-5	28
7	99	Roland Asselin	CAN	0-6	30

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	193	Bo Eriksson	SWE	4-1	16	Q
2	186	Nicolae Marinescu	ROU	3-2	17	Q
3	211	Norman Casmir	GER	3-2	21	Q
4	270	Sergio Iesi	URU	2-3	17	Q
5	52	Harry Thuillier	IRL	2-3	18
6	16	Jock Gibson	AUS	1-4	22

Pool #4

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	21	André Verhalle	BEL	5-1	16	Q
=2	58	René Paul	GBR	4-2	17	Q
=2	148	Jerzy Twardokens	POL	4-1	16	Q
4	2	Fulvio Galimi	ARG	3-2	17	Q
5	210	Kurt Wahl	GER	2-4	25
6	98	Shinichi Maki	JPN	2-4	27
7	48	Rubén Soberón	GUA	0-6	30

Pool #5

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
=1	131	Leif Klette	NOR	5-2	21	Q
=1	198	Nils Rydström	SWE	5-2	26	Q
=1	60	Luke Wendon	GBR	5-1	16	Q
=1	14	John Fethers	AUS	5-2	20	Q
=5	212	Julius Eisenecker	GER	2-4	20
=5	51	Paddy Duffy	IRL	2-4	27
=5	205	Ernst Rau	SAA	2-5	28
8	272	Giovanni Bertorelli	VEN	0-6	30

Pool #6

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
=1	27	Gustave Balister	BEL	5-1	13	Q
=1	283	Albie Axelrod	USA	5-0	10	Q
3	220	Kurt Lindeman	FIN	3-3	21	Q
4	184	Andrei Vîlcea	ROU	3-3	22	Q
5	3	José Rodríguez	ARG	3-3	23
6	100	Edward Brooke	CAN	1-4	22
7	49	Eduardo López	GUA	0-6	30

Pool #7

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	20	Paul Valcke	BEL	4-2	18	Q
2	112	Yulen Uralov	URS	4-1	12	Q
3	284	Daniel Bukantz	USA	4-1	16	Q
4	150	Jerzy Pawłowski	POL	3-2	18	Q
5	219	Heikki Raitio	FIN	1-4	21
6	208	Günther Knödler	SAA	1-4	22
7	101	Abelardo Menéndez	CUB	1-4	24

Quarter-Finals

Date	23 July 1952 — 15:00
Format	Top three finishers in each pool advanced to semi-finals. Competitors from nations in the foil team finals were also advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	72	Manlio Di Rosa	ITA	4-0	10	Q
=2	41	Salah Dessouki	EGY	3-2	22	Q
=2	193	Bo Eriksson	SWE	3-1	12	Q
4	148	Jerzy Twardokens	POL	2-3	20
5	59	Raymond Paul	GBR	1-3	18
6	111	Mark Midler	URS	0-4	20

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches
1	79	Giancarlo Bergamini	ITA	4-2	–-15	Q
2	40	Mahmoud Younes	EGY	4-2	–-20	Q
3	283	Albie Axelrod	USA	4-2	–-21	Q
4	150	Jerzy Pawłowski	POL	3-3	20-26
5	220	Kurt Lindeman	FIN	3-3	19-26
6	1	Félix Galimi	ARG	2-4	–-28
7	270	Sergio Iesi	URU	1-5	–-25

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	74	Edoardo Mangiarotti	ITA	6-0	7	Q
2	46	Mohamed Riad	EGY	4-2	21	Q
3	198	Nils Rydström	SWE	4-2	25	Q
=4	2	Fulvio Galimi	ARG	2-4	24
=4	60	Luke Wendon	GBR	2-3	18
=4	20	Paul Valcke	BEL	2-3	21
7	186	Nicolae Marinescu	ROU	0-6	30

Pool #4

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	58	René Paul	GBR	5-1	17	Q
2	165	Christian d'Oriola	FRA	4-2	16	Q
3	254	Endre Tilli	HUN	4-2	23	Q
4	112	Yulen Uralov	URS	4-2	19
5	27	Gustave Balister	BEL	2-4	26
6	211	Norman Casmir	GER	1-5	28
7	108	Benito Ramos	MEX	1-5	29

Pool #5

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	164	Jacques Lataste	FRA	6-0	10	Q
2	242	Endre Palócz	HUN	4-2	14	Q
3	21	André Verhalle	BEL	4-2	23	Q
4	284	Daniel Bukantz	USA	3-3	23
5	115	German Bokun	URS	2-4	25
6	131	Leif Klette	NOR	1-5	29
7	184	Andrei Vîlcea	ROU	1-5	29

Pool #6

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	163	Jéhan de Buhan	FRA	4-1	12	Q
2	253	Lajos Maszlay	HUN	3-2	17	Q
3	288	Nat Lubell	USA	2-3	20	Q
4	196	Rolf Magnusson	SWE	2-3	23
5	185	Vasile Chelaru	ROU	2-3	23
6	14	John Fethers	AUS	2-3	21

Semi-Finals

Date	24 July 1952 — 8:00
Format	Top three finishers in each pool advanced to final.

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	163	Jéhan de Buhan	FRA	4-1	14	Q
2	79	Giancarlo Bergamini	ITA	4-1	14	Q
3	254	Endre Tilli	HUN	3-2	19	Q
4	21	André Verhalle	BEL	3-2	18
5	288	Nat Lubell	USA	1-4	24
6	46	Mohamed Riad	EGY	0-5	25

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	74	Edoardo Mangiarotti	ITA	5-0	11	Q
2	164	Jacques Lataste	FRA	4-1	13	Q
3	41	Salah Dessouki	EGY	2-3	17	Q
4	253	Lajos Maszlay	HUN	2-3	19
5	283	Albie Axelrod	USA	1-4	22
6	198	Nils Rydström	SWE	1-4	23

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	165	Christian d'Oriola	FRA	4-1	13	Q
2	72	Manlio Di Rosa	ITA	4-1	16	Q
3	40	Mahmoud Younes	EGY	3-2	18	Q
4	242	Endre Palócz	HUN	2-3	20
5	193	Bo Eriksson	SWE	1-4	22
6	58	René Paul	GBR	1-4	23

Final Pool

Date	24 July 1952 — 15:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches
1	165	Christian d'Oriola	FRA	8-0	–-12
2	74	Edoardo Mangiarotti	ITA	6-2	–-21
3	72	Manlio Di Rosa	ITA	5-3	–-22
4	164	Jacques Lataste	FRA	4-4	–-31
5	163	Jéhan de Buhan	FRA	4-4	29-33
6	40	Mahmoud Younes	EGY	4-4	27-33
7	41	Salah Dessouki	EGY	2-6	–-35
8	79	Giancarlo Bergamini	ITA	2-6	–-36
9	254	Endre Tilli	HUN	1-7	–-39