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Épée, Individual, Men

Date	27 – 28 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Westendin tennishalli, Espoo
Participants	76 from 29 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

The French team were the 1951 team World Champions so it was a major shock to see all three French fencers eliminated before the final pool. The individual champion at those championships was Italy’s Edoardo Mangiarotti. Edoardo, together with brother Dario , made it easily to the final and went on to win his only individual Olympic gold of a 24-year, 13-medal career. Dario won a barrage for the silver medal to complete a rare sibling 1-2 whilst Oswald Zappelli of Switzerland repeated his bronze medal performance of 1952. The unfortunate Léon Buck placed fourth as he had done as part of the Luxembourg team.

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	74	Edoardo Mangiarotti	ITA	Gold
2	75	Dario Mangiarotti	ITA	Silver
3	232	Oswald Zappelli	SUI	Bronze
4	104	Léon Buck	LUX
5	256	József Sákovics	HUN
6	76	Carlo Pavesi	ITA
7	199	Per Carleson	SWE
8	200	Carl Forssell	SWE
9	222	Erkki Kerttula	FIN
10	241	Mogens Lüchow	DEN
6 p1 r3/4	194	Sven Fahlman	SWE
6 p2 r3/4	57	Allan Jay	GBR
7 p2 r3/4	43	Helmi Abdel Rahman	EGY
=7 p1 r3/4	106	Émile Gretsch	LUX
=7 p1 r3/4	240	René Dybkær	DEN
8 p2 r3/4	221	Rolf Wiik	FIN
9 p1 r3/4	136	Mário Mourão	POR
9 p2 r3/4	293	Ed Vebell	USA
10 p1 r3/4	24	Mathis Maquet	BEL
10 p2 r3/4	167	René Bougnol	FRA
5 p1 r2/4	109	Antonio Haro	MEX
5 p2 r2/4	107	Emilio Meraz	MEX
5 p3 r2/4	230	Paul Barth	SUI
5 p4 r2/4	22	Ghislain Delaunois	BEL
5 p5 r2/4	14	John Fethers	AUS
6 p1 r2/4	34	César Pekelman	BRA
6 p2 r2/4	168	Claude Nigon	FRA
6 p3 r2/4	135	Johan von Koss	NOR
6 p4 r2/4	257	Barnabás Berzsenyi	HUN
6 p5 r2/4	242	Raimondo Carnera	DEN
7 p1 r2/4	186	Nicolae Marinescu	ROU
7 p2 r2/4	255	Béla Rerrich	HUN
7 p3 r2/4	151	Andrzej Przeździecki	POL
7 p4 r2/4	64	Ron Parfitt	GBR
7 p5 r2/4	132	Egill Knutzen	NOR
8 p1 r2/4	153	Wojciech Rydz	POL
8 p2 r2/4	234	Paul Meister	SUI
8 p3 r2/4	13	Ivan Lund	AUS
8 p4 r2/4	155	Adam Krajewski	POL
8 p5 r2/4	105	Fernand Leischen	LUX
9 p1 r2/4	137	Álvaro Pinto	POR
9 p3 r2/4	138	Carlos Dias	POR
9 p5 r2/4	53	Tom Kearney	IRL
3 p7 r1/4	108	Benito Ramos	MEX
5 p2 r1/4	36	Darío do Amaral	BRA
5 p3 r1/4	119	Yury Deksbakh	URS
5 p4 r1/4	100	Edward Brooke	CAN
5 p5 r1/4	166	Armand Mouyal	FRA
5 p6 r1/4	48	Rubén Soberón	GUA
5 p7 r1/4	276	Jean Camous	VEN
5 p8 r1/4	290	Paul Makler, Sr.	USA
=5 p1 r1/4	133	Alfred Eriksen	NOR
=5 p1 r1/4	23	Robert Henrion	BEL
=5 p1 r1/4	275	Gustavo Gutiérrez	VEN
6 p2 r1/4	6	Vito Simonetti	ARG
6 p3 r1/4	185	Vasile Chelaru	ROU
6 p4 r1/4	5	Santiago Massini	ARG
6 p5 r1/4	8	Enrique Rettberg	ARG
6 p6 r1/4	35	Walter de Paula	BRA
6 p7 r1/4	291	Alfred Skrobisch	USA
6 p8 r1/4	58	René Paul	GBR
7 p2 r1/4	282	Tôn Thất Hải	VNM
7 p4 r1/4	187	Zoltan Uray	ROU
7 p5 r1/4	101	Abelardo Menéndez	CUB
7 p6 r1/4	117	Lev Saychuk	URS
7 p7 r1/4	213	Erwin Kroggel	GER
7 p8 r1/4	50	Antonio Chocano	GUA
=7 p3 r1/4	272	Giovanni Bertorelli	VEN
=7 p3 r1/4	51	Paddy Duffy	IRL
8 p1 r1/4	49	Eduardo López	GUA
8 p2 r1/4	54	George Carpenter	IRL
8 p4 r1/4	15	Charles Stanmore	AUS
8 p5 r1/4	120	Juozas Udras	URS
8 p6 r1/4	219	Heikki Raitio	FIN
8 p7 r1/4	98	Shinichi Maki	JPN
8 p8 r1/4	99	Roland Asselin	CAN
DNS	41	Salah Dessouki	EGY
DNS	40	Mahmoud Younes	EGY
DNS	103	Georges Arendt	LUX
DNS	134	Sverre Gillebo	NOR
DNS	152	Jan Nawrocki	POL
DNS	231	Otto Rüfenacht	SUI
DNS	118	Sergejs Habārovs	URS
DNS	292	James Strauch	USA
DNS	277	Olaf Sandner	VEN

Round One

Date	27 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	155	Adam Krajewski	POL	5-1	8	Q
2	109	Antonio Haro	MEX	5-1	9	Q
3	222	Erkki Kerttula	FIN	4-2	10	Q
4	256	József Sákovics	HUN	4-2	12	Q
=5	133	Alfred Eriksen	NOR	2-4	14
=5	23	Robert Henrion	BEL	2-4	16
=5	275	Gustavo Gutiérrez	VEN	2-4	16
8	49	Eduardo López	GUA	0-6	18

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches
1	242	Raimondo Carnera	DEN	5-2	–-8	Q
2	43	Helmi Abdel Rahman	EGY	5-2	–-10	Q
3	136	Mário Mourão	POR	4-3	16-13	Q
4	107	Emilio Meraz	MEX	4-3	15-13	Q
5	36	Darío do Amaral	BRA	4-3	–-15
6	6	Vito Simonetti	ARG	2-5	–-16
7	282	Tôn Thất Hải	VNM	2-5	–-19
8	54	George Carpenter	IRL	1-6	–-19

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches
1	255	Béla Rerrich	HUN	5-2	–-10	Q
2	57	Allan Jay	GBR	4-3	–-9	Q
3	34	César Pekelman	BRA	4-3	–-13	Q
4	153	Wojciech Rydz	POL	4-3	–-14	Q
5	119	Yury Deksbakh	URS	3-4	–-13
6	185	Vasile Chelaru	ROU	3-4	–-14
=7	272	Giovanni Bertorelli	VEN	1-6	10-19
=7	51	Paddy Duffy	IRL	1-6	10-19

Pool #4

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
=1	241	Mogens Lüchow	DEN	5-1	7	Q
=1	24	Mathis Maquet	BEL	5-2	11	Q
3	293	Ed Vebell	USA	4-2	12	Q
4	151	Andrzej Przeździecki	POL	3-4	15	Q
5	100	Edward Brooke	CAN	3-4	14
6	5	Santiago Massini	ARG	2-5	16
7	187	Zoltan Uray	ROU	1-6	18
8	15	Charles Stanmore	AUS	1-6	19

Pool #5

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches
=1	13	Ivan Lund	AUS	5-2	–-14	Q
=1	240	René Dybkær	DEN	5-1	–-8	Q
3	135	Johan von Koss	NOR	4-3	–-12	Q
4	22	Ghislain Delaunois	BEL	4-3	–-13	Q
5	166	Armand Mouyal	FRA	3-4	–-15
6	8	Enrique Rettberg	ARG	2-4	–-13
7	101	Abelardo Menéndez	CUB	1-6	13-20
8	120	Juozas Udras	URS	1-6	10-20

Pool #6

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	137	Álvaro Pinto	POR	6-1	9	Q
2	168	Claude Nigon	FRA	6-1	11	Q
3	64	Ron Parfitt	GBR	4-3	16	Q
4	53	Tom Kearney	IRL	3-4	17	Q
5	48	Rubén Soberón	GUA	3-4	14
6	35	Walter de Paula	BRA	3-4	15
7	117	Lev Saychuk	URS	2-5	18
8	219	Heikki Raitio	FIN	1-6	19

Pool #7

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches
1	257	Barnabás Berzsenyi	HUN	4-3	19-14	Q
2	221	Rolf Wiik	FIN	4-4	18-14	Q
3	108	Benito Ramos	MEX	4-3	–-17	Q
4	167	René Bougnol	FRA	3-4	–-14	Q
5	276	Jean Camous	VEN	3-4	–-15
6	291	Alfred Skrobisch	USA	3-4	–-15
7	213	Erwin Kroggel	GER	3-4	–-15
8	98	Shinichi Maki	JPN	1-6	–-20

Pool #8

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	186	Nicolae Marinescu	ROU	5-2	13	Q
2	132	Egill Knutzen	NOR	4-3	13	Q
3	138	Carlos Dias	POR	3-4	17	Q
4	14	John Fethers	AUS	3-4	17	Q
5	290	Paul Makler, Sr.	USA	3-4	14
6	58	René Paul	GBR	2-5	18
7	50	Antonio Chocano	GUA	1-6	19
8	99	Roland Asselin	CAN	1-6	19

Quarter-Finals

Date	27 July 1952 — 15:00
Format	Top four finishers in each pool advanced to semi-finals. Competitors from nations in the épée team finals were also advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	75	Dario Mangiarotti	ITA	6-1	8	Q
2	194	Sven Fahlman	SWE	6-2	12	Q
3	24	Mathis Maquet	BEL	5-2	11	Q
4	167	René Bougnol	FRA	5-3	19	Q
5	109	Antonio Haro	MEX	4-4	18
6	34	César Pekelman	BRA	3-5	18
7	186	Nicolae Marinescu	ROU	3-5	20
8	153	Wojciech Rydz	POL	2-5	17
9	137	Álvaro Pinto	POR	0-7	21

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	74	Edoardo Mangiarotti	ITA	5-2	9	Q
2	57	Allan Jay	GBR	5-2	10	Q
3	293	Ed Vebell	USA	4-3	13	Q
4	136	Mário Mourão	POR	4-3	15	Q
5	107	Emilio Meraz	MEX	3-4	15
6	168	Claude Nigon	FRA	3-4	17
7	255	Béla Rerrich	HUN	2-5	18
8	234	Paul Meister	SUI	1-6	20

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
=1	43	Helmi Abdel Rahman	EGY	5-3	14	Q
=1	76	Carlo Pavesi	ITA	5-1	4	Q
=1	104	Léon Buck	LUX	5-1	8	Q
4	240	René Dybkær	DEN	4-4	19	Q
5	230	Paul Barth	SUI	4-4	14
6	135	Johan von Koss	NOR	2-5	17
7	151	Andrzej Przeździecki	POL	2-5	19
8	13	Ivan Lund	AUS	1-6	19
9	138	Carlos Dias	POR	1-6	20

Pool #4

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches
1	106	Émile Gretsch	LUX	5-3	–-14	Q
2	221	Rolf Wiik	FIN	5-3	20-16	Q
3	241	Mogens Lüchow	DEN	5-3	20-16	Q
4	200	Carl Forssell	SWE	4-4	–-16	Q
5	22	Ghislain Delaunois	BEL	4-4	22-17
6	257	Barnabás Berzsenyi	HUN	4-4	23-17
7	64	Ron Parfitt	GBR	3-5	–-19
8	155	Adam Krajewski	POL	3-5	–-20

Pool #5

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	222	Erkki Kerttula	FIN	6-1	7	Q
2	199	Per Carleson	SWE	5-2	12	Q
3	256	József Sákovics	HUN	4-4	15	Q
4	232	Oswald Zappelli	SUI	4-4	15	Q
5	14	John Fethers	AUS	4-4	17
6	242	Raimondo Carnera	DEN	3-5	19
7	132	Egill Knutzen	NOR	2-5	16
8	105	Fernand Leischen	LUX	2-5	17
9	53	Tom Kearney	IRL	2-6	20

Semi-Finals

Date	28 July 1952 — 8:00
Format	Top five finishers in each pool advanced to final.

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	74	Edoardo Mangiarotti	ITA	9-0	4	Q
2	222	Erkki Kerttula	FIN	6-3	12	Q
3	232	Oswald Zappelli	SUI	6-3	16	Q
4	200	Carl Forssell	SWE	5-4	16	Q
5	76	Carlo Pavesi	ITA	5-4	20	Q
6	194	Sven Fahlman	SWE	4-5	20
=7	106	Émile Gretsch	LUX	2-6	21
=7	240	René Dybkær	DEN	2-6	22
9	136	Mário Mourão	POR	2-7	25
10	24	Mathis Maquet	BEL	1-8	–

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	241	Mogens Lüchow	DEN	7-2	22	Q
2	199	Per Carleson	SWE	6-3	12	Q
3	75	Dario Mangiarotti	ITA	6-3	15	Q
4	256	József Sákovics	HUN	6-3	18	Q
5	104	Léon Buck	LUX	5-4	16	Q
6	57	Allan Jay	GBR	4-5	18
7	43	Helmi Abdel Rahman	EGY	4-5	19
8	221	Rolf Wiik	FIN	4-5	22
9	293	Ed Vebell	USA	3-6	21
10	167	René Bougnol	FRA	0-9	27

Final Pool

Date	28 July 1952 — 15:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts	Touches Received
1	74	Edoardo Mangiarotti	ITA	7-2	12
2	75	Dario Mangiarotti	ITA	6-3	16
3	232	Oswald Zappelli	SUI	6-3	18
4	104	Léon Buck	LUX	6-3	19
5	256	József Sákovics	HUN	5-4	17
6	76	Carlo Pavesi	ITA	4-5	21
7	199	Per Carleson	SWE	3-6	20
8	200	Carl Forssell	SWE	3-6	23
9	222	Erkki Kerttula	FIN	2-7	23
10	241	Mogens Lüchow	DEN	2-7	25