Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

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Men's team épée
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueWembley Palace of Engineering, London
Dates5–6 August
Competitors113 from 21 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Henri Guérin
Henri Lepage
Marcel Desprets
Michel Pécheux
Édouard Artigas
Maurice Huet		  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gino Cantone
Marco Antonio Mandruzzato
Fiorenzo Marini
  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sven Thofelt
Per Carleson
Frank Cervell
Carl Forssell
Bengt Ljungquist
Arne Tollbom		  Sweden
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Fencing at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Foilmenwomen
Team foilmen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

The men's team épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 5 August 1948 to 6 August 1948. 113 fencers from 21 nations competed.[1]

The competition format continued the pool play round-robin from prior years. Each of the four fencers from one team would face each of the four from the other, for a total of 16 bouts per match. Bouts were to three touches. The team that won more bouts won the match, with competition potentially stopping when one team reached 9 points out of the possible 16 (this did not always occur and matches sometimes continued). If the bouts were 8–8, touches received was used to determine the winning team. (Because double-loss bouts were possible, these victory conditions were adjusted where necessary.) Pool matches unnecessary to the result were not played.[2]

Rosters

Results

Round 1

The top two teams in each pool advanced to round 2.[2]

Pool 1

Argentina beat Poland 10–6, Poland beat Cuba 8–6, and Argentina beat Cuba 9–5.

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Argentina 2 0 19 11 Q
2  Poland 1 1 14 16 Q
3  Cuba 0 2 11 17

Pool 2

Belgium defeated Mexico 10–6, Denmark beat Canada 13–2, Belgium beat Canada 12–1, and Denmark defeated Mexico 9–2.

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Denmark 2 0 22 4 Q
2  Belgium 2 0 22 7 Q
3  Mexico 0 2 8 17
4  Canada 0 2 3 25

Pool 3

The United States (9–5) and Luxembourg (8–6) each defeated Finland.

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  United States 1 0 9 5 Q
2  Luxembourg 1 0 8 6 Q
3  Finland 0 2 11 17

Pool 4

Chile withdrew before competition, leaving France and Norway to advance.

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  France 0 0 0 0 Q
1  Norway 0 0 0 0 Q
3  Chile 0 0 0 0 Withdrew

Pool 5

Italy (14–2) and Great Britain (8–6) each defeated Brazil.

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Italy 1 0 14 2 Q
2  Great Britain 1 0 8 6 Q
3  Brazil 0 2 8 22

Pool 6

Egypt (10–5) and Switzerland (8–6) each defeated Portugal.

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Egypt 1 0 10 5 Q
2  Switzerland 1 0 8 6 Q
3  Portugal 0 2 11 18

Pool 7

Sweden (16–0) and Hungary (9–1) each defeated Greece.

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Sweden 1 0 16 0 Q
2  Hungary 1 0 9 1 Q
3  Greece 0 2 1 25

Round 2

The top two teams in each pool advanced to the semifinals.[3]

Pool 1

Italy beat Poland 14–1, Hungary beat Norway 7–7 (34–35 touches against), Italy beat Norway 12–2, and Hungary beat Poland 10–6.

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Italy 2 0 26 3 Q
2  Hungary 2 0 17 13 Q
3  Norway 0 2 9 19
4  Poland 0 2 7 24

Pool 2

France defeated Denmark 12–4, Egypt beat Great Britain 11–5, France beat Great Britain 12–3, Denmark beat Egypt 8–6, France defeated Egypt 8–5, and Denmark defeated Great Britain 8–4.

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  France 3 0 32 12 Q
2  Denmark 2 1 20 22 Q
3  Egypt 1 2 22 21
4  Great Britain 0 3 12 31

Pool 3

Switzerland (11–3) and Sweden (9–3) each defeated Argentina.

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Switzerland 1 0 11 3 Q
2  Sweden 1 0 9 3 Q
3  Argentina 0 2 6 20

Pool 4

Belgium (9–5) and Luxembourg (8–6) each defeated the United States.

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Belgium 1 0 9 5 Q
2  Luxembourg 1 0 8 6 Q
3  United States 0 2 11 17

Semifinals

The top two teams in each pool advanced to the final.[4]

Semifinal 1

This semifinal was one of the more chaotic of the tournament, as Belgium defeated the heavy favorite France but also lost to the last-place Switzerland.

Denmark beat Poland 7–6, France beat Switzerland 12–3, Belgium defeated France 10–5, Denmark beat Switzerland 12–3, Switzerland beat Belgium 7–7 (33–39 touches against), and France beat Denmark 7–5.

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Denmark 2 1 24 16 Q
2  France 2 1 25 18 Q
3  Belgium 1 2 23 19
4  Switzerland 1 2 13 33

Semifinal 2

Sweden defeated Hungary 15–0, Italy beat Luxembourg 11–4, Sweden beat Luxembourg 11–3, and Italy defeated Hungary 8–1.

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Sweden 2 0 26 3 Q
2  Italy 2 0 19 5 Q
3  Luxembourg 0 2 7 22
4  Hungary 0 2 1 23

Final

In the first pairings, France defeated Sweden 11–4 and Italy beat Denmark 12–4. The second pairings saw the favorites again win, with France 9–1 over Denmark and Italy 8–6 over Sweden. The Sweden-Denmark match was thus a de facto bronze medal match, with Sweden winning 8–7. France defeated Italy 11–5 to take the gold medal.

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France 3 0 31 10
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy 2 1 25 21
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sweden 1 2 18 26
4  Denmark 0 3 12 29

References

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1948 Olympic Results - Men's team épée". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  2. ^ a b Official Report, p. 360.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 362.
  4. ^ Official Report, p. 363.
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