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Sabre, Team, Men

Date	29 – 30 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Westendin tennishalli, Espoo
Participants	95 from 19 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	Edgar 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

Luckily, the team competition was held before the individual sabre, or everyone except the Hungarians may just have got up and gone home. Although Hungary had, to no one’s surprise, run amok against inferior opposition, there was to be a sting in the tail. The match which effectively decided the gold medal pitted Hungary against Italy, the nation that more than any other had tried to break the quarter century of Magyar superiority. With the score at 7-6 to Italy, Tibor Berczelly and finally Rudolf Kárpáti held their nerve to ensure the Hungary streak continued.

This was Aladár Gerevich’s fourth (of six) successive victory in the event, while his teammates Berczelly, Pál Kovács and László Rajcsányi both recorded their third straight title.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC
1	–	Hungary	HUN	Gold
		Aladár Gerevich • Tibor Berczelly • Rudolf Kárpáti • Pál Kovács • László Rajcsányi • Bertalan Papp
2	–	Italy	ITA	Silver
		Vincenzo Pinton • Renzo Nostini • Gastone Darè • Mauro Racca • Roberto Ferrari • Giorgio Pellini
3	–	France	FRA	Bronze
		Jacques Lefèvre • Jean Laroyenne • Maurice Piot • Jean Levavasseur • Bernard Morel • Jean-François Tournon
4	–	United States	USA
		Norman Cohn-Armitage • Joe de Capriles • Tibor Nyilas • Alex Treves • George Worth • Allan Kwartler
=5	–	Austria	AUT
		Werner Plattner • Heinz Putzl • Hubert Loisel • Heinz Lechner • Paul Kerb
=5	–	Belgium	BEL
		Marcel Van Der Auwera • Gustave Balister • François Heyvaert • Robert Bayot • Georges de Bourguignon • Édouard Yves
=5	–	Great Britain	GBR
		Roger Tredgold • Olgierd Porebski • Bob Anderson • William Beatley • Luke Wendon • Emrys Lloyd (DNS)
=5	–	Poland	POL
		Jerzy Twardokens • Leszek Suski • Jerzy Pawłowski • Wojciech Zabłocki • Zygmunt Pawlas • Zbigniew Czajkowski (DNS)
3 p1 r2/4	–	Argentina	ARG
		Félix Galimi • José D'Andrea • Edgardo Pomini • Daniel Sande • Fulvio Galimi • Vito Simonetti (DNS)
3 p2 r2/4	–	Denmark	DEN
		Paul Theisen • Raimondo Carnera • Ivan Ruben • Palle Frey • Jakob Lyng
3 p3 r2/4	–	Unified Team of Germany	GER
		Siegfried Rossner • Willy Fascher • Hans Esser • Richard Liebscher • Julius Eisenecker (DNS) • Kurt Wahl (DNS)
3 p4 r2/4	–	Egypt	EGY
		Mohamed Zulficar • Helmi Abdel Rahman • Salah Dessouki • Mahmoud Younes • Farid Abou-Shadi • Mohamed Riad (DNS)
3 p1 r1/4	–	Romania	ROU
		Andrei Vîlcea • Ion Santo • Ilie Tudor • Mihai Kokossy • Adalbert Gurath, Sr. (DNS) • Nicolae Marinescu (DNS)
3 p2 r1/4	–	Venezuela	VEN
		Augusto Gutiérrez • Olaf Sandner • Gustavo Gutiérrez • Edmundo López
3 p3 r1/4	–	Australia	AUS
		Charles Stanmore • Jock Gibson • John Fethers • Ivan Lund
3 p4 r1/4	–	Soviet Union	URS
		Ivan Manayenko • Mark Midler • Vladimir Vyshpolsky • Lev Kuznetsov • Boris Belyakov • I. Tarasov (DNS)
3 p5 r1/4	–	Portugal	POR
		Álvaro Silva • José Pinto Ferreira • Augusto Barreto • Jorge Franco • João Pessanha • Manuel Sardinha (DNS)
3 p6 r1/4	–	Switzerland	SUI
		Umberto Menegalli • Oswald Zappelli • Otto Greter • Jules Amez-Droz • Willy Fitting (DNS)
4 p5 r1/4	–	Saar	SAA
		Karl Bach • Willi Rößler • Ernst Rau • Günther Knödler • Walter Brödel

Round One

Date	29 July 1952 — 8:00
Format	Top 2 teams in each pool advanced to round one.

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Poland	POL	2-0	14-9	Q
		Jerzy Twardokens • Leszek Suski • Jerzy Pawłowski • Wojciech Zabłocki • Zygmunt Pawlas
2	–	France	FRA	1-1	12-11	Q
		Jacques Lefèvre • Jean Laroyenne • Maurice Piot • Jean Levavasseur • Bernard Morel • Jean-François Tournon
3	–	Romania	ROU	0-2	13-19
		Andrei Vîlcea • Ion Santo • Ilie Tudor • Mihai Kokossy

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Poland	POL	6 – 1	France	FRA
Match #2	29 Jul	Poland	POL	8 – 8	Romania	ROU
Match #3	29 Jul	France	FRA	11 – 5	Romania	ROU

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Austria	AUT	1-0	13-3	Q
		Werner Plattner • Heinz Putzl • Hubert Loisel • Heinz Lechner
2	–	Italy	ITA	1-0	9-1	Q
		Vincenzo Pinton • Renzo Nostini • Mauro Racca • Giorgio Pellini
3	–	Venezuela	VEN	0-2	4-22
		Augusto Gutiérrez • Olaf Sandner • Gustavo Gutiérrez • Edmundo López

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Austria	AUT	13 – 3	Venezuela	VEN
Match #2	29 Jul	Italy	ITA	9 – 1	Venezuela	VEN

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
=1	–	Denmark	DEN	1-0	12-4	Q
		Paul Theisen • Raimondo Carnera • Ivan Ruben • Palle Frey
=1	–	Egypt	EGY	1-0	9-1	Q
		Mohamed Zulficar • Helmi Abdel Rahman • Salah Dessouki • Mahmoud Younes
3	–	Australia	AUS	0-2	5-21
		Charles Stanmore • Jock Gibson • John Fethers • Ivan Lund

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Denmark	DEN	12 – 4	Australia	AUS
Match #2	29 Jul	Egypt	EGY	9 – 1	Australia	AUS

Pool #4

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Belgium	BEL	1-0	9-2	Q
		Marcel Van Der Auwera • Gustave Balister • François Heyvaert • Robert Bayot
2	–	Unified Team of Germany	GER	1-0	9-7	Q
		Siegfried Rossner • Willy Fascher • Hans Esser • Richard Liebscher
3	–	Soviet Union	URS	0-2	9-18
		Ivan Manayenko • Mark Midler • Vladimir Vyshpolsky • Lev Kuznetsov • Boris Belyakov

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Belgium	BEL	9 – 2	Soviet Union	URS
Match #2	29 Jul	Unified Team of Germany	GER	9 – 7	Soviet Union	URS

Pool #5

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Hungary	HUN	2-0	30-2	Q
		Aladár Gerevich • Tibor Berczelly • Rudolf Kárpáti • Pál Kovács • László Rajcsányi • Bertalan Papp
2	–	Argentina	ARG	2-0	21-9	Q
		Félix Galimi • José D'Andrea • Edgardo Pomini • Daniel Sande • Fulvio Galimi
3	–	Portugal	POR	0-2	6-24
		Álvaro Silva • José Pinto Ferreira • Augusto Barreto • Jorge Franco • João Pessanha
4	–	Saar	SAA	0-2	5-27
		Karl Bach • Willi Rößler • Ernst Rau • Günther Knödler • Walter Brödel

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Hungary	HUN	15 – 1	Portugal	POR
Match #2	29 Jul	Hungary	HUN	15 – 1	Saar	SAA
Match #3	29 Jul	Argentina	ARG	9 – 5	Portugal	POR
Match #4	29 Jul	Argentina	ARG	12 – 4	Saar	SAA

Pool #6

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	United States	USA	1-0	9-2	Q
		Norman Cohn-Armitage • Joe de Capriles • Alex Treves • George Worth
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	1-0	11-5	Q
		Roger Tredgold • Olgierd Porebski • Bob Anderson • William Beatley
3	–	Switzerland	SUI	0-2	7-20
		Umberto Menegalli • Oswald Zappelli • Otto Greter • Jules Amez-Droz

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	United States	USA	9 – 2	Switzerland	SUI
Match #2	29 Jul	Great Britain	GBR	11 – 5	Switzerland	SUI

Quarter-Finals

Date	29 July 1952 — 15:00
Format	Top 2 teams in each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Italy	ITA	1-0	9-1	Q
		Renzo Nostini • Gastone Darè • Mauro Racca • Giorgio Pellini
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	1-0	9-7	Q
		Roger Tredgold • Olgierd Porebski • Bob Anderson • William Beatley
3	–	Argentina	ARG	0-2	8-18
		Félix Galimi • José D'Andrea • Edgardo Pomini • Daniel Sande

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Italy	ITA	9 – 1	Argentina	ARG
Match #2	29 Jul	Great Britain	GBR	9 – 7	Argentina	ARG

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Austria	AUT	1-0	13-3	Q
		Werner Plattner • Heinz Putzl • Hubert Loisel • Heinz Lechner
2	–	Hungary	HUN	1-0	9-0	Q
		Tibor Berczelly • Rudolf Kárpáti • László Rajcsányi • Bertalan Papp
3	–	Denmark	DEN	0-2	3-22
		Paul Theisen • Raimondo Carnera • Ivan Ruben • Palle Frey • Jakob Lyng

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Austria	AUT	13 – 3	Denmark	DEN
Match #2	29 Jul	Hungary	HUN	9 – 0	Denmark	DEN

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	United States	USA	1-0	11-5	Q
		Norman Cohn-Armitage • Joe de Capriles • Tibor Nyilas • Alex Treves • George Worth • Allan Kwartler
2	–	France	FRA	1-0	9-5	Q
		Jacques Lefèvre • Maurice Piot • Jean Levavasseur • Jean-François Tournon
3	–	Unified Team of Germany	GER	0-2	10-20
		Siegfried Rossner • Willy Fascher • Hans Esser • Richard Liebscher

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	United States	USA	11 – 5	Unified Team of Germany	GER
Match #2	29 Jul	France	FRA	9 – 3	Unified Team of Germany 1	GER

Pool #4

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
=1	–	Poland	POL	1-0	10-6	Q
		Jerzy Twardokens • Leszek Suski • Jerzy Pawłowski • Wojciech Zabłocki
=1	–	Belgium	BEL	1-0	9-5	Q
		Marcel Van Der Auwera • Gustave Balister • Robert Bayot • Georges de Bourguignon
3	–	Egypt	EGY	0-2	11-19
		Mohamed Zulficar • Helmi Abdel Rahman • Salah Dessouki • Mahmoud Younes • Farid Abou-Shadi

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Poland	POL	10 – 6	Egypt	EGY
Match #2	29 Jul	Belgium	BEL	9 – 5	Egypt	EGY

Semi-Finals

Date	30 July 1952 — 8:00
Format	Top 2 teams in each pool advanced to the final round.

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Hungary	HUN	3-0	38-10	Q
		Aladár Gerevich • Tibor Berczelly • Rudolf Kárpáti • Pál Kovács • László Rajcsányi • Bertalan Papp
2	–	France	FRA	2-1	20-25	Q
		Jacques Lefèvre • Jean Laroyenne • Maurice Piot • Jean Levavasseur • Bernard Morel • Jean-François Tournon
3	–	Austria	AUT	1-2	19-29
		Werner Plattner • Heinz Putzl • Hubert Loisel • Heinz Lechner • Paul Kerb
4	–	Belgium	BEL	0-3	16-29
		Marcel Van Der Auwera • Gustave Balister • François Heyvaert • Robert Bayot • Georges de Bourguignon • Édouard Yves

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hungary	HUN	13 – 3	France	FRA
Match #2	30 Jul	Hungary	HUN	12 – 4	Austria	AUT
Match #3	30 Jul	Hungary	HUN	13 – 3	Belgium	BEL
Match #4	30 Jul	France	FRA	10 – 6	Austria	AUT
Match #5	30 Jul	France	FRA	7 – 6	Belgium	BEL
Match #6	30 Jul	Austria	AUT	9 – 7	Belgium	BEL

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Italy	ITA	2-0	22-9	Q
		Vincenzo Pinton • Renzo Nostini • Gastone Darè • Mauro Racca • Roberto Ferrari • Giorgio Pellini
2	–	United States	USA	2-0	19-11	Q
		Norman Cohn-Armitage • Tibor Nyilas • Alex Treves • George Worth • Allan Kwartler
3	–	Great Britain	GBR	0-2	10-20
		Roger Tredgold • Olgierd Porebski • Bob Anderson • William Beatley • Luke Wendon
4	–	Poland	POL	0-2	10-21
		Jerzy Twardokens • Leszek Suski • Jerzy Pawłowski • Wojciech Zabłocki • Zygmunt Pawlas

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Italy	ITA	11 – 5	Great Britain	GBR
Match #2	30 Jul	Italy	ITA	11 – 4	Poland	POL
Match #3	30 Jul	United States	USA	9 – 5	Great Britain	GBR
Match #4	30 Jul	United States	USA	10 – 6	Poland	POL

Final Pool

Date	30 July 1952 — 15:00

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Hungary	HUN	3-0	34-13
		Aladár Gerevich • Tibor Berczelly • Rudolf Kárpáti • Pál Kovács • László Rajcsányi • Bertalan Papp
2	–	Italy	ITA	2-1	32-15
		Vincenzo Pinton • Renzo Nostini • Gastone Darè • Mauro Racca • Roberto Ferrari
3	–	France	FRA	1-2	14-32
		Jacques Lefèvre • Jean Laroyenne • Maurice Piot • Jean Levavasseur • Bernard Morel • Jean-François Tournon
4	–	United States	USA	0-3	13-33
		Norman Cohn-Armitage • Joe de Capriles • Alex Treves • George Worth • Allan Kwartler

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hungary	HUN	8 – 7	Italy	ITA
Match #2	30 Jul	Hungary	HUN	13 – 3	France	FRA
Match #3	30 Jul	Hungary	HUN	13 – 3	United States	USA
Match #4	30 Jul	Italy	ITA	13 – 3	France	FRA
Match #5	30 Jul	Italy	ITA	12 – 4	United States	USA
Match #6	30 Jul	France	FRA	8 – 6	United States	USA