| | Event type
Foil, Team, Men
| Date | 21 – 22 July 1952 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Westendin tennishalli, Espoo |
| Participants | 77 from 15 countries |
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DENThe age old rivalry between the French and Italian teams had continued since the 1948 Olympic Games. Italy had won world titles in 1949 and 1950 but the most recent World Championships had fallen to the French and they were considered marginal favourites. Both teams were utterly ruthless against all other of their opponents so it became apparent that once more Italy-France would effectively be the gold medal decider. Christian d’Oriola, who would later go on to win the individual title, proved the decisive factor as the French won by 8-6. Four of the French team had also won this title in 1948. Hungary’s bronze medal team included the three medalists from the men’s sabre.
Round One
| Date | 21 July 1952 — 15:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top two teams in each pool advanced to quarter-finals. |
Pool #1
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Hungary |  HUN | 1-0 | 15-1 | |||||
| Endre Tilli • Aladár Gerevich • Endre Palócz • Tibor Berczelly | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Belgium |  BEL | 1-0 | 9-3 | |||||
| Pierre Van Houdt • André Verhalle • Alex Bourgeois • Paul Valcke | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Saar |  SAA | 0-2 | 4-24 | |||||
| Ernst Rau • Walter Brödel • Karl Bach • Günther Knödler | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 21 Jul | Hungary | HUN | 15 – 1 | Saar | SAA | |
| Match #2 | 21 Jul | Belgium | BEL | 9 – 3 | Saar | SAA |
Pool #2
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Egypt |  EGY | 1-0 | 9-4 | |||||
| Salah Dessouki • Osman Abdel Hafeez • Mahmoud Younes • Hassan Tawfik | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Argentina |  ARG | 1-0 | 8-8 | |||||
| Fulvio Galimi • José Rodríguez • Eduardo Sastre • Félix Galimi | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Soviet Union |  URS | 0-2 | 12-17 | |||||
| Ivan Komarov • German Bokun • Yulen Uralov • Mark Midler | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 21 Jul | Egypt | EGY | 9 – 4 | Soviet Union | URS | |
| Match #2 | 21 Jul | Argentina | ARG | 8 – 8 | Soviet Union | URS |
Pool #3
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Great Britain |  GBR | 1-0 | 14-2 | |||||
| René Paul • Luke Wendon • Emrys Lloyd • Raymond Paul | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Italy |  ITA | 1-0 | 9-0 | |||||
| Manlio Di Rosa • Giancarlo Bergamini • Antonio Spallino • Giorgio Pellini | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Venezuela |  VEN | 0-2 | 2-23 | |||||
| Giovanni Bertorelli • Nelson Nieves • Juan Kavanagh • Gustavo Gutiérrez • Augusto Gutiérrez | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 21 Jul | Great Britain | GBR | 14 – 2 | Venezuela | VEN | |
| Match #2 | 21 Jul | Italy | ITA | 9 – 0 | Venezuela | VEN |
Pool #4
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Sweden |  SWE | 1-0 | 13-3 | |||||
| Rolf Magnusson • Sven Fahlman • Nils Rydström • Bo Eriksson | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | France |  FRA | 1-0 | 9-0 | |||||
| Claude Netter • Jéhan de Buhan • Jacques Lataste • Christian d'Oriola | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Australia |  AUS | 0-2 | 3-22 | |||||
| Charles Stanmore • John Fethers • Jock Gibson • Ivan Lund | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 21 Jul | Sweden | SWE | 13 – 3 | Australia | AUS | |
| Match #2 | 21 Jul | France | FRA | 9 – 0 | Australia | AUS |
Pool #5
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Unified Team of Germany |  GER | 1-0 | 10-6 | |||||
| Willy Fascher • Kurt Wahl • Norman Casmir • Julius Eisenecker | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | United States |  USA | 1-0 | 9-7 | |||||
| Silvio Giolito • Hal Goldsmith • Albie Axelrod • Nat Lubell | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Romania |  ROU | 0-2 | 13-19 | |||||
| Andrei Vîlcea • Ilie Tudor • Nicolae Marinescu • Vasile Chelaru | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 21 Jul | Unified Team of Germany | GER | 10 – 6 | Romania | ROU | |
| Match #2 | 21 Jul | United States | USA | 9 – 7 | Romania | ROU |
Quarter-Finals
| Date | 21 July 1952 — 8:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top two teams in each pool advanced to semi-finals. |
Pool #1
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Egypt | EGY | 1-0 | 10-6 | |||||
| Salah Dessouki • Mohamed Riad • Osman Abdel Hafeez • Mahmoud Younes | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Italy | ITA | 1-0 | 9-1 | |||||
| Edoardo Mangiarotti • Giancarlo Bergamini • Antonio Spallino • Renzo Nostini | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Sweden | SWE | 0-2 | 7-19 | |||||
| Rolf Magnusson • Sven Fahlman • Nils Rydström • Bo Eriksson | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 21 Jul | Italy | ITA | 9 – 1 | Sweden | SWE | |
| Match #2 | 21 Jul | Egypt | EGY | 10 – 6 | Sweden | SWE |
Pool #2
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | France | FRA | 1-0 | 9-2 | |||||
| Claude Netter • Jéhan de Buhan • Jacques Noël • Adrien Rommel | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Belgium | BEL | 1-0 | 9-7 | |||||
| Pierre Van Houdt • André Verhalle • Paul Valcke • Édouard Yves | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Great Britain | GBR | 0-2 | 9-18 | |||||
| René Paul • Luke Wendon • Emrys Lloyd • Raymond Paul • Harry Cooke • Allan Jay | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 21 Jul | France | FRA | 9 – 2 | Great Britain | GBR | |
| Match #2 | 21 Jul | Belgium | BEL | 9 – 7 | Great Britain | GBR |
Pool #3
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Hungary | HUN | 2-1 | 31-17 | |||||
| Endre Tilli • Aladár Gerevich • Endre Palócz • Lajos Maszlay • József Sákovics | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Argentina | ARG | 2-1 | 27-21 | |||||
| Fulvio Galimi • José Rodríguez • Eduardo Sastre • Félix Galimi • Santiago Massini | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | United States | USA | 2-1 | 25-23 | |||||
| Silvio Giolito • Albie Axelrod • Nat Lubell • Byron Krieger • Daniel Bukantz | ||||||||||
| 4 | – | Unified Team of Germany | GER | 0-3 | 13-35 | |||||
| Willy Fascher • Kurt Wahl • Norman Casmir • Julius Eisenecker • Siegfried Rossner | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 21 Jul | Argentina | ARG | 9 – 7 | Hungary | HUN | |
| Match #2 | 21 Jul | Hungary | HUN | 10 – 6 | United States | USA | |
| Match #3 | 21 Jul | Hungary | HUN | 14 – 2 | Unified Team of Germany | GER | |
| Match #4 | 21 Jul | United States | USA | 9 – 7 | Argentina | ARG | |
| Match #5 | 21 Jul | Argentina | ARG | 11 – 5 | Unified Team of Germany | GER | |
| Match #6 | 21 Jul | United States | USA | 10 – 6 | Unified Team of Germany | GER |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 22 July 1952 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top two teams in each pool advanced to final. |
Pool #1
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Hungary | HUN | 1-0 | 11-5 | |||||
| Endre Tilli • Aladár Gerevich • Endre Palócz • Lajos Maszlay | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Italy | ITA | 1-0 | 9-1 | |||||
| Edoardo Mangiarotti • Giancarlo Bergamini • Giorgio Pellini • Renzo Nostini | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Belgium | BEL | 0-2 | 6-20 | |||||
| Pierre Van Houdt • André Verhalle • Alex Bourgeois • Paul Valcke • Édouard Yves • Gustave Balister | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 22 Jul | Hungary | HUN | 11 – 5 | Belgium | BEL | |
| Match #2 | 22 Jul | Italy | ITA | 9 – 1 | Belgium | BEL |
Pool #2
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | France | FRA | 1-0 | 9-2 | |||||
| Claude Netter • Jacques Lataste • Jacques Noël • Christian d'Oriola | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Egypt | EGY | 1-0 | 9-7 | |||||
| Salah Dessouki • Mohamed Riad • Osman Abdel Hafeez • Mahmoud Younes | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Argentina | ARG | 0-2 | 9-18 | |||||
| Fulvio Galimi • José Rodríguez • Eduardo Sastre • Félix Galimi • Santiago Massini | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 22 Jul | France | FRA | 9 – 2 | Argentina | ARG | |
| Match #2 | 22 Jul | Egypt | EGY | 9 – 7 | Argentina | ARG |
Final Pool
| Date | 22 July 1952 — 15:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | France | FRA | 3-0 | 35-11 | |||||
| Claude Netter • Jéhan de Buhan • Jacques Lataste • Jacques Noël • Christian d'Oriola • Adrien Rommel | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Italy | ITA | 2-1 | 34-12 | |||||
| Edoardo Mangiarotti • Manlio Di Rosa • Giancarlo Bergamini • Antonio Spallino • Giorgio Pellini • Renzo Nostini | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Hungary | HUN | 1-2 | 16-31 | |||||
| Endre Tilli • Aladár Gerevich • Endre Palócz • Lajos Maszlay • Tibor Berczelly • József Sákovics | ||||||||||
| 4 | – | Egypt | EGY | 0-3 | 8-39 | |||||
| Salah Dessouki • Mohamed Riad • Osman Abdel Hafeez • Mahmoud Younes • Mohamed Zulficar • Hassan Tawfik | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 22 Jul | France | FRA | 8 – 6 | Italy | ITA | |
| Match #2 | 22 Jul | France | FRA | 12 – 4 | Hungary | HUN | |
| Match #3 | 22 Jul | France | FRA | 15 – 1 | Egypt | EGY | |
| Match #4 | 22 Jul | Italy | ITA | 13 – 3 | Hungary | HUN | |
| Match #5 | 22 Jul | Italy | ITA | 15 – 1 | Egypt | EGY | |
| Match #6 | 22 Jul | Hungary | HUN | 9 – 6 | Egypt | EGY |