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Épée, Team, Men

Date	9 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Palazzo dei Congressi, Roma
Participants	105 from 21 countries

By 1960 the core of the Italian team had been so successful for the decade was an aging one. They may have included the last three Olympic champions in Edoardo Mangiarotti, Giuseppe Delfino, and Carlo Pavesi but by now they were in their late 30s and early 40s with the best of their careers behind them. Their opponents in the final were a British team who relied on the rising stars Allan Jay and Bill Hoskyns but who were a little short in depth of talent. Although Jay avenged his defeat to Delfino from the individual final he was unable to prevent the Italian team from recording a comfortable victory.

This was an Olympic swansong for Mangiarotti who bowed out of the Olympics with a career record of six gold medals amongst a record 13 medal haul which, through 2014, remains a record for a fencer. The Soviet Union placed third.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Italy	ITA	Gold
	Edoardo Mangiarotti • Giuseppe Delfino • Carlo Pavesi • Alberto Pellegrino • Fiorenzo Marini • Gianluigi Saccaro • Giovanni Battista Breda (DNS)
2	Great Britain	GBR	Silver
	Allan Jay • Michael Howard • John Pelling • Bill Hoskyns • Ray Harrison • Michael Alexander
3	Soviet Union	URS	Bronze
	Guram Kostava • Bruno Habārovs • Arnold Chernushevich • Valentin Chernikov • Aleksandr Pavlovsky
4	Hungary	HUN
	József Marosi • Tamás Gábor • István Kausz • József Sákovics • Árpád Bárány • Mihály Fülöp (DNS)
=5	Unified Team of Germany	GER
	Paul Gnaier • Fritz Zimmermann • Dieter Fänger • Georg Neuber • Helmut Anschütz • Walter Köstner • Wilfried Wöhler (DNS)
=5	Luxembourg	LUX
	Roger Theisen • Edy Schmit • Robert Schiel • Rudy Kugeler • Eddi Gutenkauf • Georges Arendt (DNS) • Jean Link (DNS)
=5	Sweden	SWE
	Hans Lagerwall • Göran Abrahamsson • Ulf Ling-Vannérus • Berndt-Otto Rehbinder • Carl-Wilhelm Engdahl • Orvar Lindwall
=5	Switzerland	SUI
	Hans Bässler • Jules Amez-Droz • Paul Meister • Charles Ribordy • Claudio Polledri • Michel Steininger
=9	Japan	JPN
	Heizaburo Okawa • Tsugeo Ozawa • Sonosuke Fujimaki • Kazuhiko Tabuchi • Mitsuyuki Funamizu (DNS) • Masayuki Sano (DNS)
=9	United States	USA
	James Margolis • Roland Wommack • David Micahnik • Henry Kolowrat, Jr. • Ralph Spinella • Michael Dasaro (DNS)
=9	Finland	FIN
	Kaj Czarnecki • Kurt Lindeman • Rolf Wiik • Kalevi Pakarinen • Berndt Katter (DNS) • Eero Lohi (DNS)
=9	Belgium	BEL
	Pierre Francisse • René Van Den Driessche • Jacques Debeur • Roger Achten • François Dehez • André Verhalle (DNS)
=9	France	FRA
	Armand Mouyal • Yves Dreyfus • Claude Brodin • Christian d'Oriola • Jack Guittet • Gérard Lefranc
=9	Poland	POL
	Bogdan Gonsior • Jerzy Strzałka • Wiesław Glos • Janusz Kurczab • Andrzej Kryński • Henryk Nielaba (DNS)
3 p1 r1/5	Portugal	POR
	José Ferreira • Manuel Borrego • José Fernandes • José de Albuquerque • Orlando Azinhais (DNS) • António Marquilhas (DNS)
3 p2 r1/5	Mexico	MEX
	Benito Ramos • Ángel Roldán • Antonio Almada • Sergio Escobedo • José Pérez
3 p3 r1/5	Lebanon	LBN
	Ibrahim Osman • Mohamed Ramadan • Michel Saykali • Hassan El-Said • Ghaleb Fahs (DNS)
3 p4 r1/5	Ireland	IRL
	George Carpenter • Christopher Bland • Brian Hamilton • Tom Kearney • Harry Thuillier (DNS)
3 p5 r1/5	Morocco	MAR
	Abbes Harchi • Abderrahman Sebti • Charles Bénitah • Abderraouf El-Fassy • Mohamed Ben Joullon • Jacques Ben Gualid (DNS)
3 p6 r1/5	Australia	AUS
	Ivan Lund • Richard Stone • John Humphreys • John Simpson • Keith Hackshall • Michael Sichel (DNS)
3 p7 r1/5	Spain	ESP
	Pedro Cabrera • Manuel Martínez • Jesús Díez • Joaquín Moya • César de Diego (DNS) • Pablo Ordejón (DNS)

Round One (9 September 1960 — 8:30)

Top two teams, based on percentage on wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to quarter-finals. The other top two teams in each pool advanced to round two.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	MT	ML	MW%%%	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost	BWM
1	Hungary	HUN	2	0	0	1.000	23	6	17	Q

2	Italy	ITA	2	0	0	1.000	18	9	9	Q

3	Great Britain	GBR	2	0	0	1.000	23	8	15	q

4	France	FRA	2	0	0	1.000	21	6	15	q

5	Unified Team of Germany	GER	2	0	0	1.000	22	10	12	q

6	Soviet Union	URS	2	0	0	1.000	17	9	8	q

=7	Poland	POL	1	1	0	0.750	17	15	2	q

=7	Belgium	BEL	1	1	0	0.750	17	15	2	q

9	Luxembourg	LUX	1	0	1	0.500	19	12	7	q

10	Sweden	SWE	1	0	1	0.500	18	14	4	q

11	Finland	FIN	1	0	1	0.500	14	13	1	q

12	Japan	JPN	1	0	1	0.500	13	16	-3	q

13	United States	USA	1	0	1	0.500	12	15	-3	q

14	Switzerland	SUI	1	0	1	0.500	9	17	-8	q

15	Lebanon	LBN	0	0	2	0.000	16	16	0

16	Spain	ESP	0	0	2	0.000	14	18	-4

17	Portugal	POR	0	0	2	0.000	13	19	-6

18	Mexico	MEX	0	0	2	0.000	9	23	-14

=19	Ireland	IRL	0	0	2	0.000	8	24	-16

=19	Australia	AUS	0	0	2	0.000	8	24	-16

21	Morocco	MAR	0	0	2	0.000	5	27	-22

Pool 1

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Italy	ITA	2	0	18	9
	Edoardo Mangiarotti • Giuseppe Delfino • Carlo Pavesi • Fiorenzo Marini • Gianluigi Saccaro
2	United States	USA	1	1	12	15
	James Margolis • Roland Wommack • David Micahnik • Henry Kolowrat, Jr. • Ralph Spinella
3	Portugal	POR	0	2	13	19
	José Ferreira • Manuel Borrego • José Fernandes • José de Albuquerque

Match #1	ITA	9 – 2	USA
Match #2	ITA	9 – 7	POR
Match #3	USA	10 – 6	POR

Pool 2

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Hungary	HUN	2	0	23	6
	József Marosi • Tamás Gábor • István Kausz • József Sákovics • Árpád Bárány
2	Japan	JPN	1	1	13	16
	Heizaburo Okawa • Tsugeo Ozawa • Sonosuke Fujimaki • Kazuhiko Tabuchi
3	Mexico	MEX	0	2	9	23
	Benito Ramos • Ángel Roldán • Antonio Almada • Sergio Escobedo • José Pérez

Match #1	HUN	9 – 4	JPN
Match #2	HUN	14 – 2	MEX
Match #3	JPN	9 – 7	MEX

Pool 3

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Soviet Union	URS	2	0	17	9
	Guram Kostava • Bruno Habārovs • Arnold Chernushevich • Valentin Chernikov • Aleksandr Pavlovsky
2	Switzerland	SUI	1	1	9	17
	Hans Bässler • Jules Amez-Droz • Paul Meister • Charles Ribordy • Claudio Polledri • Michel Steininger
3	Lebanon	LBN	0	2	16	16
	Ibrahim Osman • Mohamed Ramadan • Michel Saykali • Hassan El-Said

Match #1	URS	9 – 1	SUI
Match #2	URS	8 – 8	LBN
Match #3	SUI	8 – 8	LBN

Pool 4

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	France	FRA	2	0	21	6
	Gérard Lefranc • Jack Guittet • Claude Brodin • Christian d'Oriola
2	Finland	FIN	1	1	14	13
	Kaj Czarnecki • Kurt Lindeman • Rolf Wiik • Kalevi Pakarinen
3	Ireland	IRL	0	2	8	24
	George Carpenter • Christopher Bland • Brian Hamilton • Tom Kearney

Match #1	FRA	9 – 2	FIN
Match #2	FRA	12 – 4	IRL
Match #3	FIN	12 – 4	IRL

Pool 5

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Great Britain	GBR	2	0	23	8
	Allan Jay • Michael Howard • John Pelling • Bill Hoskyns • Ray Harrison • Michael Alexander
2	Luxembourg	LUX	1	1	19	12
	Roger Theisen • Edy Schmit • Robert Schiel • Rudy Kugeler • Eddi Gutenkauf
3	Morocco	MAR	0	2	5	27
	Abbes Harchi • Abderrahman Sebti • Charles Bénitah • Abderraouf El-Fassy • Mohamed Ben Joullon

Match #1	GBR	8 – 7	LUX
Match #2	GBR	15 – 1	MAR
Match #3	LUX	12 – 4	MAR

Pool 6

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Unified Team of Germany	GER	2	0	22	10
	Paul Gnaier • Fritz Zimmermann • Dieter Fänger • Georg Neuber • Helmut Anschütz • Walter Köstner
2	Sweden	SWE	1	1	18	14
	Hans Lagerwall • Göran Abrahamsson • Ulf Ling-Vannérus • Berndt-Otto Rehbinder • Carl-Wilhelm Engdahl
3	Australia	AUS	0	2	8	24
	Ivan Lund • Richard Stone • John Humphreys • John Simpson • Keith Hackshall

Match #1	GER	9 – 7	SWE
Match #2	GER	13 – 3	AUS
Match #3	SWE	11 – 5	AUS

Pool 7

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	MT	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
=1	Poland	POL	1	1	0	17	15
	Bogdan Gonsior • Jerzy Strzałka • Andrzej Kryński • Wiesław Glos • Janusz Kurczab
=1	Belgium	BEL	1	1	0	17	15
	Pierre Francisse • René Van Den Driessche • Jacques Debeur • François Dehez • Roger Achten
3	Spain	ESP	0	0	2	14	18
	Pedro Cabrera • Manuel Martínez • Jesús Díez • Joaquín Moya

Match #1	POL	8 – 8	BEL
Match #2	POL	9 – 7	ESP
Match #3	BEL	9 – 7	ESP

Round Two (9 September 1960 — 8:30)

Winner of each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Match #1	URS	9 – 0	JPN
Match #2	GBR	9 – 5	USA
Match #3	GER	9 – 5	FIN
Match #4	SWE	9 – 4	BEL
Match #5	SUI	8 – 8	FRA
Match #6	LUX	8 – 8	POL

Quarter-Finals (9 September 1960 — 13:00)

Winner of each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Match #1	HUN	9 – 2	LUX
Match #2	ITA	9 – 3	SWE
Match #3	GBR	9 – 5	SUI
Match #4	URS	9 – 2	GER

Semi-Finals (9 September 1960 — 15:00)

Top two teams in each pool advanced to final.

Match #1	ITA	9 – 6	URS
Match #2	GBR	8 – 7	HUN

Final Pool (9 September 1960 — 15:00)

Match 1-2	ITA	9 – 5	GBR
Match 3-4	URS	9 – 5	HUN