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Épée, Team, Men

Date	28 November 1956
Status	Olympic
Location	Town Hall, St. Kilda, Victoria
Participants	55 from 11 countries

The Italian team included the three men who would sweep the medals in the individual event plus the gold and silver medallists from the 1955 World Championships in their six-man team, so they were heavy favourites to retain the title they had won in Helsinki. As expected Italy made light work of their three rivals in the final pool and defeated bronze medal winners France by the embarrassingly large margin of 15-1 in their victorious championship campaign. Hungary took silver after a close run victory over the French. Four members of the Italian team, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Giuseppe Delfino, Carlo Pavesi and Franco Bertinetti also won gold in this event in 1952.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC
1	–	Italy	ITA	Gold
		Edoardo Mangiarotti • Giuseppe Delfino • Carlo Pavesi • Franco Bertinetti • Giorgio Anglesio • Alberto Pellegrino
2	–	Hungary	HUN	Silver
		József Sákovics • Béla Rerrich • Lajos Balthazár • Ambrus Nagy • József Marosi • Barnabás Berzsenyi
3	–	France	FRA	Bronze
		Armand Mouyal • Claude Nigon • Daniel Dagallier • Yves Dreyfus • René Queyroux • Bernard Baudoux (DNS)
4	–	Great Britain	GBR
		René Paul • Raymond Paul • Michael Howard • Bill Hoskyns • Allan Jay • Charles de Beaumont (DNS)
=5	–	Belgium	BEL
		François Dehez • Roger Achten • Ghislain Delaunois • Marcel Van Der Auwera • Jacques Debeur • André Verhalle (DNS)
=5	–	Soviet Union	URS
		Arnold Chernushevich • Valentin Chernikov • Lev Saychuk • Revaz Tsirek'idze • Juozas Udras • Valentin Vdovichenko
3 p1 r1/3	–	United States	USA
		Skip Shurtz • Dick Pew • Ralph Goldstein • Abe Cohen • Kin Hoitsma • Bill Andre (DNS)
3 p2 r1/3	–	Sweden	SWE
		Berndt-Otto Rehbinder • Carl Forssell • Per Carleson • Bengt Ljungquist • John Sandwall • Lennart Magnusson (DNS)
3 p3 r1/3	–	Luxembourg	LUX
		Émile Gretsch • Fernand Leischen • Edy Schmit • Roger Theisen
4 p1 r1/3	–	Australia	AUS
		James Wolfensohn • Ivan Lund • Keith Hackshall • Hilbert Van Dijk • Laurence Harding-Smith (DNS) • Richard Stone (DNS)
4 p2 r1/3	–	Colombia	COL
		Alfredo Yanguas • Emiliano Camargo • Emilio Echeverri • Pablo Uribe • Juan Di Doménico (DNS)

Round One

Date	28 November 1956 — 8:00
Format	Top 2 teams in each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Italy	ITA	2-0	19-13	Q
		Giuseppe Delfino • Carlo Pavesi • Franco Bertinetti • Giorgio Anglesio • Alberto Pellegrino
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	2-0	18-10	Q
		René Paul • Michael Howard • Bill Hoskyns • Allan Jay
3	–	United States	USA	0-2	15-17
		Skip Shurtz • Dick Pew • Ralph Goldstein • Abe Cohen • Kin Hoitsma
4	–	Australia	AUS	0-2	8-20
		James Wolfensohn • Ivan Lund • Keith Hackshall • Hilbert Van Dijk

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	28 Nov	Italy	ITA	8 – 8	United States	USA
Match #2	28 Nov	Italy	ITA	11 – 5	Australia	AUS
Match #3	28 Nov	Great Britain	GBR	9 – 7	United States	USA
Match #4	28 Nov	Great Britain	GBR	9 – 3	Australia	AUS

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Soviet Union	URS	2-0	24-8	Q
		Arnold Chernushevich • Valentin Chernikov • Lev Saychuk • Revaz Tsirek'idze • Juozas Udras
2	–	Hungary	HUN	2-0	23-7	Q
		József Sákovics • Béla Rerrich • Lajos Balthazár • Ambrus Nagy • József Marosi • Barnabás Berzsenyi
3	–	Sweden	SWE	0-2	12-18
		Berndt-Otto Rehbinder • Carl Forssell • Per Carleson • Bengt Ljungquist • John Sandwall
4	–	Colombia	COL	0-2	3-29
		Alfredo Yanguas • Emiliano Camargo • Emilio Echeverri • Pablo Uribe

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	28 Nov	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 7	Sweden	SWE
Match #2	28 Nov	Soviet Union	URS	15 – 1	Colombia	COL
Match #3	28 Nov	Hungary	HUN	9 – 5	Sweden	SWE
Match #4	28 Nov	Hungary	HUN	14 – 2	Colombia	COL

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Belgium	BEL	1-0	11-5	Q
		François Dehez • Roger Achten • Ghislain Delaunois • Marcel Van Der Auwera
2	–	France	FRA	1-0	9-6	Q
		Claude Nigon • Daniel Dagallier • Yves Dreyfus • René Queyroux
3	–	Luxembourg	LUX	0-2	11-20
		Émile Gretsch • Fernand Leischen • Edy Schmit • Roger Theisen

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	28 Nov	Belgium	BEL	11 – 5	Luxembourg	LUX
Match #2	28 Nov	France	FRA	9 – 6	Luxembourg	LUX

Semi-Finals

Date	28 November 1956 — 15:00
Format	Top 2 teams in each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Italy	ITA	1-1	17-11	Q
		Edoardo Mangiarotti • Giuseppe Delfino • Carlo Pavesi • Franco Bertinetti • Alberto Pellegrino
2	–	Hungary	HUN	1-1	14-14	Q
		József Sákovics • Béla Rerrich • Lajos Balthazár • Ambrus Nagy • Barnabás Berzsenyi
3	–	Belgium	BEL	1-1	13-19
		François Dehez • Roger Achten • Ghislain Delaunois • Marcel Van Der Auwera • Jacques Debeur

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	28 Nov	Italy	ITA	9 – 3	Hungary	HUN
Match #2	28 Nov	Belgium	BEL	8 – 8	Italy	ITA
Match #3	28 Nov	Hungary	HUN	11 – 5	Belgium	BEL

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Great Britain	GBR	1-0	10-6	Q
		René Paul • Michael Howard • Bill Hoskyns • Allan Jay
2	–	France	FRA	1-0	9-7	Q
		Armand Mouyal • Daniel Dagallier • Yves Dreyfus • René Queyroux
3	–	Soviet Union	URS	0-2	13-19
		Arnold Chernushevich • Valentin Chernikov • Lev Saychuk • Revaz Tsirek'idze • Juozas Udras • Valentin Vdovichenko

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	28 Nov	Great Britain	GBR	10 – 6	Soviet Union	URS
Match #2	28 Nov	France	FRA	9 – 7	Soviet Union	URS

Final Pool

Date	28 November 1956

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Italy	ITA	3-0	34-10
		Edoardo Mangiarotti • Giuseppe Delfino • Carlo Pavesi • Alberto Pellegrino
2	–	Hungary	HUN	2-1	22-22
		József Sákovics • Béla Rerrich • Lajos Balthazár • József Marosi • Barnabás Berzsenyi
3	–	France	FRA	1-2	17-27
		Armand Mouyal • Claude Nigon • Daniel Dagallier • Yves Dreyfus • René Queyroux
4	–	Great Britain	GBR	0-3	15-29
		René Paul • Raymond Paul • Michael Howard • Bill Hoskyns • Allan Jay

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	28 Nov	Italy	ITA	9 – 3	Hungary	HUN
Match #2	28 Nov	Italy	ITA	15 – 1	France	FRA
Match #3	28 Nov	Italy	ITA	10 – 6	Great Britain	GBR
Match #4	28 Nov	Hungary	HUN	9 – 7	France	FRA
Match #5	28 Nov	Hungary	HUN	10 – 6	Great Britain	GBR
Match #6	28 Nov	France	FRA	9 – 3	Great Britain	GBR