Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

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Men's épée
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenuePalazzo dei Congressi
Dates5–6 September
Competitors79 from 32 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Giuseppe Delfino
 Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Allan Jay
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bruno Habārovs
 Soviet Union
← 1956
1964 →

The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 5 to 6 September 1960. 79 fencers from 32 nations competed.[1] Each nation was limited to three fencers. The event was won by Giuseppe Delfino of Italy, the nation's sixth consecutive victory in the men's épée (twice as many all-time as the nation with the next most, France with three). Delfino, who had taken silver in 1956, was the seventh man to win multiple medals in the event. Silver went to Allan Jay of Great Britain and bronze to Bruno Habārovs of the Soviet Union, the first-ever medal in the event for both nations. It was the first time during Italy's gold-medal streak that the nation did not have a second medalist as well.

Background

This was the 13th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (with only foil and sabre events held) but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900.[2]

Two of the eight finalists from the 1956 Games returned: silver medalist Giuseppe Delfino of Italy and eighth-place finisher Rolf Wiik of Finland. The other two members of Italy's 1956 medal-sweeping squad (gold medalist Carlo Pavesi and bronze medalist Edoardo Mangiarotti) competed in the team event, but not the individual. The reigning (1959) World Champion was Bruno Habārovs of the Soviet Union, with Allan Jay of Great Britain second and Giuseppe Delfino third. The previous World Champions, Armand Mouyal of France (1957) and Bill Hoskyns of Great Britain (1958), were also competing in Rome.[2]

Lebanon, Monaco, Morocco, New Zealand, and Tunisia each made their debut in the event. Belgium and the United States each appeared for the 12th time, tied for most among nations.

Competition format

The competition used a pool play format, with each fencer facing the other fencers in the pool in a round robin. There were significant changes from previous tournaments, however. The competition expanded to five rounds for the first time. Bouts were to 5 touches (an innovation retained from 1956), except that now (for the first time) ties were not permitted so that double-touches for the 5th and subsequent points resulted in the match continuing until one fencer won a point. Barrages were used to break ties necessary for advancement. However, only as much fencing was done as was necessary to determine advancement, so some bouts never occurred if the fencers advancing from the pool could be determined. Byes for team event finalists were eliminated; all fencers started in the first round. The competition involved 5 rounds:[3]

  • Round 1: 12 pools, 6 or 7 fencers to a pool, top 3 advance (total 36 advancing)
  • Round 2: 6 pools, 6 fencers to a pool, top 4 advance (total 24 advancing)
  • Quarterfinals: 4 pools, 6 fencers to a pool, top 3 advance (total 12 advancing)
  • Semifinals: 2 pools, 6 fencers to a pool, top 4 advance (total 8 advancing)
  • Final: 1 pool, 8 fencers

Schedule

All times are

UTC+1
)

Date Time Round
Monday, 5 September 1960 8:30
15:00
Round 1
Round 2
Tuesday, 6 September 1960 8:30
13:00
15:00
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final

Results

Round 1

The top three fencers in each pool advanced.

Round 1 Pool A

With Gonsior and Echeverry tied for 3rd place at 3–2, the two men fenced each other again for the right to advance. Echeverry had won the initial bout between the two in pool play, but Gonsior won the rematch 5–4 and advanced to the next round along with Guittet and Pickworth.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. JG BP BG EE RB CE
1  Jack Guittet (FRA) 4 1 23 10 Q 3–5 5–3 5–1 5–1 5–0
2  Brian Pickworth (NZL) 4 1 21 14 5–3 1–5 5–2 5–3 5–1
3  Bohdan Gonsior (POL) 3 2 22 16 B 3–5 5–1 4–5 5–2 5–3
4  Emilio Echeverry (COL) 3 2 18 19 1–5 2–5 5–4 5–2 5–3
5  Raoul Barouch (TUN) 1 4 13 23 1–5 3–5 2–5 2–5 5–3
6  Charles El-Gressy (MAR) 0 5 10 25 0–5 1–5 3–5 3–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, p. 790
Barrage
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. BG EE
1  Bohdan Gonsior (POL) 1 0 5 4 Q 5–4
2  Emilio Echeverry (COL) 0 1 4 5 4–5
Source: Official Report, p. 790

Round 1 Pool B

Vasin of Yugoslavia was entered in this pool, but did not start. The bout between Sákovics and Achten was cancelled as unnecessary.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. JS RA JF KC HL TVX
1  József Sákovics (HUN) 4 0 20 11 Q 5–4 5–2 5–4 5–1
2  Roger Achten (BEL) 4 0 20 11 5–4 5–1 5–4 5–2
3  José Ferreira (POR) 3 2 23 19 4–5 4–5 5–3 5–4 5–2
4  Kaj Czarnecki (FIN) 2 3 16 21 2–5 1–5 3–5 5–4 5–2
5  Hans Lagerwall (SWE) 1 4 21 21 4–5 4–5 4–5 4–5 5–1
6  
Trần Văn Xuan (VIE
)
0 5 8 25 1–5 2–5 2–5 2–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, p. 791

Round 1 Pool C

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. KT AP DM RM GC CP AS
1  Kazuhiko Tabuchi (JPN) 5 1 26 23 Q 5–3 1–5 5–4 5–4 5–3 5–4
2  Alberto Pellegrino (ITA) 4 2 26 17 3–5 3–5 5–1 5–0 5–3 5–3
3  David Micahnik (USA) 4 2 23 16 5–1 5–3 5–2 2–5 1–5 5–0
4  Raúl Martínez (ARG) 3 3 22 19 4–5 1–5 2–5 5–1 5–2 5–1
5  George Carpenter (IRL) 3 3 20 23 4–5 0–5 5–2 1–5 5–4 5–2
6  Claudio Polledri (SUI) 2 4 22 24 3–5 3–5 5–1 2–5 4–5 5–3
7  Abderrahman Sebti (MAR) 0 6 13 30 4–5 3–5 0–5 1–5 2–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, p. 791

Round 1 Pool D

The Kausz–Martínez and Saykali–Ramos bouts were cancelled; neither could affect qualification.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. IK GBB JP MS BR MM
1  István Kausz (HUN) 4 0 20 10 Q 5–2 5–3 5–3 5–2
2  Giovanni Battista Breda (ITA) 3 2 19 12 2–5 2–5 5–1 5–0 5–1
3  John Pelling (GBR) 3 2 20 16 3–5 5–2 5–2 5–2 2–5
4  Michel Saykali (LIB) 1 3 11 18 3–5 1–5 2–5 5–3
5  Benito Ramos (MEX) 1 3 9 18 2–5 0–5 2–5 5–3
6  Manuel Martínez (ESP) 1 3 12 17 1–5 5–2 3–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, p. 791

Round 1 Pool E

With a three-way tie for 3rd place, a barrage was conducted to assign the final advancement place. In the initial pool play, the three tied fencers had each gone 1–1 against the others (Dehez beat Spinella, who beat Pakarinen, who beat Dehez). In the barrage, Dehez again defeated Spinella, though it was a closer match the second time. Dehez then also beat Pakarinen to avenge his group loss. Because the two victories for Dehez ensured his qualification over the other two fencers, Spinella and Pakarinen did not face each other in the barrage.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. GD PG FD RS KP LK
1  Giuseppe Delfino (ITA) 5 0 25 9 Q 5–0 5–2 5–3 5–2 5–2
2  Paul Gnaier (EUA) 3 2 19 20 0–5 5–3 4–5 5–3 5–4
3  François Dehez (BEL) 2 3 16 19 B 2–5 1–5 5–1 3–5 5–3
4  Ralph Spinella (USA) 2 3 16 23 3–5 5–4 1–5 5–4 2–5
5  Kalevi Pakarinen (FIN) 2 3 19 18 2–5 3–5 5–3 4–5 5–0
6  Leif Klette (NOR) 1 4 14 22 2–5 4–5 3–5 5–2 0–5
Source: Official Report, p. 792
Barrage
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. FD RS KP
1  François Dehez (BEL) 2 0 10 6 Q 5–4 5–2
2  Ralph Spinella (USA) 0 1 4 5 4–5
3  Kalevi Pakarinen (FIN) 0 1 2 5 2–5
Source: Official Report, p. 792

Round 1 Pool F

Three bouts were cancelled as they would not affect qualification.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. BH JK JAD RS AH CB JS
1  Bruno Habārovs (URS) 5 0 26 11 Q 6–5 5–2 5–1 5–1 5–2
2  Janusz Kurczab (POL) 4 1 22 17 1–5 5–3 5–2 6–5 5–2
3  Jules Amez-Droz (SUI) 4 2 28 20 5–6 5–1 5–3 5–2 3–5 5–3
4  Robert Schiel (LUX) 2 3 18 19 2–5 3–5 3–5 5–3 5–1
5  Abbes Harchi (MAR) 2 3 15 16 1–5 2–5 2–5 5–4 5–0
6  Christopher Bland (IRL) 1 4 18 24 1–5 5–6 5–3 3–5 4–5
7  John Simpson (AUS) 0 5 8 25 2–5 2–5 3–5 1–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, p. 792

Round 1 Pool G

There was a three-way tie for 2nd place, so a barrage was held to determine the two fencers who would advance along with the leader, Jay. Annabi lost each of the first two bouts of the barrage, making the third bout unnecessary.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. AJ DF BOR AA AM GO JD
1  Allan Jay (GBR) 5 1 29 15 Q 5–1 6–5 3–5 5–2 5–1 5–1
2  Dieter Fänger (EUA) 4 2 25 16 B 1–5 4–5 5–4 5–0 5–2 5–0
3  Berndt-Otto Rehbinder (SWE) 4 2 24 17 5–6 5–4 5–0 1–5 3–0 5–2
4  Ali Annabi (TUN) 4 2 24 21 5–3 4–5 0–5 5–4 5–4 5–0
5  Abelardo Menéndez (CUB) 2 4 19 25 2–5 0–5 5–1 4–5 3–5 5–4
6  Gilbert Orengo (MON) 2 4 17 27 1–5 2–5 0–5 4–5 5–3 5–4
7  Jaime Duque (COL) 0 6 11 30 1–5 0–5 2–5 0–5 4–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, p. 792
Barrage
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. DF BOR AA
1  Dieter Fänger (EUA) 1 0 5 2 Q 5–2
2  Berndt-Otto Rehbinder (SWE) 1 0 5 3 5–3
3  Ali Annabi (TUN) 0 2 5 10 2–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, p. 792

Round 1 Pool H

Gruber of Venezuela was entered in this pool but withdrew before competition began. After a three-way tie for 3rd place in the round-robin, a barrage was held. Neuber defeated both Dwinger and Fujimaki to guarantee his advancement; the latter two did not fence each other.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. AC JF GN MD SF HB
1  Arnold Chernushevich (URS) 5 0 25 9 Q 5–1 5–2 5–2 5–2 5–2
2  José Fernandes (POR) 4 1 21 13 1–5 5–2 5–2 5–3 5–1
3  Georg Neuber (EUA) 2 3 19 19 B 2–5 2–5 5–6 5–1 5–2
4  
Max Dwinger (NED
)
2 3 18 21 2–5 2–5 6–5 3–5 5–1
5  Sonosuke Fujimaki (JPN) 2 3 16 19 2–5 3–5 1–5 5–3 5–1
6  Henri Bini (MON) 0 5 7 25 2–5 1–5 2–5 1–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, p. 793
Barrage
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. GN MD SF
1  Georg Neuber (EUA) 2 0 10 8 Q 5–4 5–4
2  
Max Dwinger (NED
)
0 1 4 5 4–5
3  Sonosuke Fujimaki (JPN) 0 1 4 5 4–5
Source: Official Report, p. 793

Round 1 Pool I

The Kostava–Wiik bout was cancelled as unnecessary; both fencers would advance regardless of the result. Similarly, the Ramadan–Roldán and Soeratman–Díez bouts would not have given any of those fencers enough wins to reach 3rd place and were cancelled.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. AB GK RW MR AR AS JD
1  Alberto Balestrini (ARG) 6 0 30 16 Q 5–3 5–2 5–2 5–4 5–1 5–4
2  Guram Kostava (URS) 4 1 23 14 3–5 5–3 5–2 5–0 5–4
3  Rolf Wiik (FIN) 4 1 22 13 2–5 5–2 5–3 5–0 5–3
4  Mohamed Ramadan (LIB) 2 3 17 20 2–5 3–5 2–5 5–2 5–3
5  Ángel Roldán (MEX) 1 4 16 24 4–5 2–5 3–5 2–5 5–4
6  Andreas Soeratman (INA) 1 4 8 22 1–5 0–5 0–5 2–5 5–2
7  Jesús Díez (ESP) 0 5 18 25 4–5 4–5 3–5 3–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, p. 793

Round 1 Pool J

Glos and Margolis tied for 3rd and fenced off; Margolis had won the initial bout, but Glos was the victor in the barrage and earned advancement to the next round.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. AG EG WG JM NB TO JdA
1  Adalbert Gurath Jr. (ROU) 5 1 27 15 Q 5–3 2–5 5–1 5–1 5–2 5–3
2  Eddi Gutenkauf (LUX) 5 1 28 19 3–5 5–3 5–4 5–2 5–4 5–1
3  Wiesław Glos (POL) 4 2 24 14 B 5–2 3–5 1–5 5–1 5–0 5–1
4  James Margolis (USA) 4 2 25 18 1–5 4–5 5–1 5–2 5–2 5–3
5  Norbert Brami (TUN) 1 5 13 28 1–5 2–5 1–5 2–5 2–5 5–3
6  Tsugeo Ozawa (JPN) 1 5 13 28 2–5 4–5 0–5 2–5 5–3 0–5
7  José de Albuquerque (POR) 1 5 16 25 3–5 1–5 1–5 3–5 3–5 5–0
Source: Official Report, p. 793
Barrage
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. WG JM
1  Wiesław Glos (POL) 1 0 5 3 Q 5–3
2  James Margolis (USA) 0 1 3 5 3–5
Source: Official Report, p. 793

Round 1 Pool K

There was a three-way tie for 3rd, requiring a barrage. Hoskyns won the first two bouts against Theisen and Stone, making the third bout between those two fencers irrelevant.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. YD IO BH RT RS MS PC
1  Yves Dreyfus (FRA) 5 1 32 22 Q 5–3 5–3 5–2 7–6 5–6 5–2
2  Ibrahim Osman (LIB) 4 2 26 25 3–5 3–5 5–4 5–3 5–4 5–4
3  Bill Hoskyns (GBR) 3 3 23 23 B 3–5 5–3 5–3 3–5 2–5 5–2
4  Roger Theisen (LUX) 3 3 24 25 2–5 4–5 3–5 5–3 5–4 5–3
5  Richard Stone (AUS) 3 3 28 27 6–7 3–5 5–3 3–5 6–5 5–2
6  Michel Steininger (SUI) 2 4 24 28 6–5 4–5 5–2 4–5 5–6 3–5
7  Pedro Cabrera (ESP) 1 5 18 28 2–5 4–5 2–5 3–5 2–5 5–3
Source: Official Report, p. 794
Barrage
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. BH RT RS
1  Bill Hoskyns (GBR) 2 0 10 6 Q 5–3 5–3
2  Roger Theisen (LUX) 0 1 3 5 3–5
3  Richard Stone (AUS) 0 1 3 5 3–5
Source: Official Report, p. 794

Round 1 Pool L

Abrahamsson and Almada tied for 3rd and fenced off; Abrahamsson repeated his round-robin victory over Almada to advance to the next round. The bout between Mouyal and Gábor was cancelled as unnecessary.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. AM TG GA AA RVDD KH TK
1  Armand Mouyal (FRA) 5 0 26 10 Q 5–2 6–5 5–1 5–1 5–1
2  Tamás Gábor (HUN) 4 1 22 17 5–4 2–5 5–3 5–2 5–3
3  Göran Abrahamsson (SWE) 3 3 25 24 B 2–5 4–5 5–4 5–2 4–5 5–3
4  Antonio Almada (MEX) 3 3 26 23 5–6 5–2 4–5 2–5 5–4 5–1
5  René Van Den Driessche (BEL) 2 4 19 26 1–5 3–5 2–5 5–2 3–5 5–4
6  Keith Hackshall (AUS) 2 4 21 27 1–5 2–5 5–4 4–5 5–3 4–5
7  Tom Kearney (IRL) 1 5 17 29 1–5 3–5 3–5 1–5 4–5 5–4
Source: Official Report, p. 794
Barrage
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. GA AA
1  Göran Abrahamsson (SWE) 1 0 5 3 Q 5–3
2  Antonio Almada (MEX) 0 1 3 5 3–5
Source: Official Report, p. 794

Round 2

The top four fencers in each pool advanced.

Round 2 Pool A

The Guittet–Breda bout was unnecessary and not fenced.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. GN JG GBB AJ JF DM
1  Georg Neuber (EUA) 4 1 23 15 Q 5–3 3–5 5–1 5–4 5–2
2  Jack Guittet (FRA) 3 1 18 10 3–5 5–3 5–1 5–1
3  Giovanni Battista Breda (ITA) 3 1 18 11 5–3 5–1 3–5 5–2
4  Allan Jay (GBR) 2 3 15 19 1–5 3–5 1–5 5–1 5–3
5  José Ferreira (POR) 1 4 16 24 4–5 1–5 5–3 1–5 5–6
6  David Micahnik (USA) 1 4 14 25 2–5 1–5 2–5 3–5 6–5
Source: Official Report, p. 795

Round 2 Pool B

Two bouts (Sákovics–Glos and Pellegrino–Pickworth) were cancelled as unnecessary to determine advancement.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. JS AP WG RA AB BP
1  József Sákovics (HUN) 4 0 21 13 Q 5–4 6–5 5–3 5–1
2  Alberto Pellegrino (ITA) 3 1 19 12 4–5 5–3 5–3 5–1
3  Wiesław Glos (POL) 3 1 18 11 3–5 5–0 5–3 5–3
4  Roger Achten (BEL) 2 3 18 22 5–6 3–5 0–5 5–3 5–3
5  Alberto Balestrini (ARG) 1 4 15 21 3–5 1–5 3–5 3–5 5–1
6  Brian Pickworth (NZL) 0 4 8 20 1–5 3–5 3–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, p. 795

Round 2 Pool C

Two bouts (Abrahamsson–Kostava and Delfino–Dehez) were cancelled as unnecessary for determining advancement.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. DF GA GD GK KT FD
1  Dieter Fänger (EUA) 4 1 26 22 Q 3–5 5–1 7–6 6–5 5–3
2  Göran Abrahamsson (SWE) 3 1 17 12 5–3 2–5 5–3 5–1
3  Giuseppe Delfino (ITA) 3 1 16 13 1–5 5–2 5–4 5–2
4  Guram Kostava (URS) 2 2 20 19 6–7 4–5 5–3 5–4
5  Kazuhiko Tabuchi (JPN) 1 4 18 22 5–6 3–5 2–5 3–5 5–1
6  François Dehez (BEL) 0 4 9 20 3–5 1–5 4–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, p. 795

Round 2 Pool D

The Rehbinder–Fernandes bout was cancelled as unnecessary for determining advancement. Dreyfus and Wiik each finished at 2–3; the Official Report does not mention a barrage or how the tie between the two for 4th place was otherwise broken.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. BOR AC TG YD RW JF
1  Berndt-Otto Rehbinder (SWE) 4 0 20 13 Q 5–4 5–3 5–2 5–4
2  Arnold Chernushevich (URS) 3 2 22 19 4–5 5–4 5–4 3–5 5–1
3  Tamás Gábor (HUN) 3 2 24 22 3–5 4–5 5–4 7–6 5–2
4  Yves Dreyfus (FRA) 2 3 20 20 2–5 4–5 4–5 5–3 5–2
5  Rolf Wiik (FIN) 2 3 23 23 4–5 5–3 6–7 3–5 5–3
6  José Fernandes (POR) 0 4 8 20 1–5 2–5 2–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, p. 797

Round 2 Pool E

The Habārovs–Gnaier and Pelling–Gutenkauf bouts were cancelled as unnecessary for determining advancement.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. IK BH PG BG JP EG
1  István Kausz (HUN) 3 2 22 12 Q 3–5 4–5 5–1 5–1 5–0
2  Bruno Habārovs (URS) 3 1 19 15 5–3 6–5 3–5 5–2
3  Paul Gnaier (EUA) 3 1 16 14 5–4 1–5 5–2 5–3
4  Bohdan Gonsior (POL) 3 2 21 17 1–5 5–6 5–1 5–1 5–4
5  John Pelling (GBR) 1 3 9 18 1–5 5–3 2–5 1–5
6  Eddi Gutenkauf (LUX) 0 4 9 20 0–5 2–5 3–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, p. 797

Round 2 Pool F

Amez-Droz and Mouyal tied for 4th at 2–3 and fenced off in a barrage for advancement. Mouyal, who had won the round-robin bout against Amez-Droz, won again in the barrage.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. JK AG BH AM JAD IO
1  Janusz Kurczab (POL) 4 1 20 11 Q 0–5 5–0 5–1 5–2 5–3
2  Adalbert Gurath Jr. (ROU) 3 2 20 17 5–0 0–5 5–2 6–5 4–5
3  Bill Hoskyns (GBR) 3 2 20 18 0–5 5–0 6–5 4–5 5–3
4  Armand Mouyal (FRA) 2 3 18 21 B 1–5 2–5 5–6 5–3 5–2
5  Jules Amez-Droz (SUI) 2 3 20 23 2–5 5–6 5–4 3–5 5–3
6  Ibrahim Osman (LIB) 1 4 16 24 3–5 5–4 3–5 2–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, p. 797
Barrage
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. AM JAD
1  Armand Mouyal (FRA) 1 0 5 3 Q 5–3
2  Jules Amez-Droz (SUI) 0 1 3 5 3–5
Source: Official Report, p. 797

Quarterfinals

The top three fencers in each pool advanced.

Quarterfinal A

There was a three-way tie for 2nd place, resulting in a barrage for the 2 available advancement spots. Kurczab lost both of the first two bouts, rendering the third bout (between Habārovs and Jay) unnecessary.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. GBB BH AJ JK TG GA
1  Giovanni Battista Breda (ITA) 4 1 25 20 Q 6–5 4–5 5–2 5–4 5–4
2  Bruno Habārovs (URS) 3 2 24 24 B 5–6 6–5 2–5 6–5 5–3
3  Allan Jay (GBR) 3 2 21 21 5–4 5–6 5–3 5–3 1–5
4  Janusz Kurczab (POL) 3 2 20 18 2–5 5–2 3–5 5–2 5–4
5  Tamás Gábor (HUN) 1 4 19 23 4–5 5–6 3–5 2–5 5–2
6  Göran Abrahamsson (SWE) 1 4 18 21 4–5 3–5 5–1 4–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, p. 799
Barrage
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. BH AJ JK
1  Bruno Habārovs (URS) 1 0 5 1 Q 5–1
2  Allan Jay (GBR) 1 0 5 0 5–0
3  Janusz Kurczab (POL) 0 2 1 10 1–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, p. 799

Quarterfinal B

The Dreyfus–Kostava bout was cancelled as unnecessary to determining advancement.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. AP YD GK BG GN BH
1  Alberto Pellegrino (ITA) 4 1 24 14 Q 5–3 5–1 5–2 4–5 5–3
2  Yves Dreyfus (FRA) 3 1 18 10 3–5 5–1 5–3 5–1
3  Guram Kostava (URS) 3 1 16 16 1–5 5–3 5–4 5–4
4  Bohdan Gonsior (POL) 2 3 16 19 2–5 1–5 3–5 5–2 5–2
5  Georg Neuber (EUA) 2 3 19 22 5–4 3–5 4–5 2–5 5–3
6  Bill Hoskyns (GBR) 0 5 13 25 3–5 1–5 4–5 2–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, p. 799

Quarterfinal C

The Glos–Guittet bout was cancelled as unnecessary to determining advancement.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. GD IK BOR PG WG JG
1  Giuseppe Delfino (ITA) 5 0 25 13 Q 5–1 5–4 5–1 5–4 5–3
2  István Kausz (HUN) 3 2 19 20 1–5 5–3 3–5 5–4 5–3
3  Berndt-Otto Rehbinder (SWE) 3 2 23 20 4–5 3–5 5–1 6–5 5–4
4  Paul Gnaier (EUA) 2 3 16 20 1–5 5–3 1–5 4–5 5–2
5  Wiesław Glos (POL) 1 3 18 20 4–5 4–5 5–6 5–4
6  Jack Guittet (FRA) 0 4 12 20 3–5 3–5 4–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, p. 799

Quarterfinal D

There was a four-way tie for 1st place, so a barrage was needed between those four fencers to determine the three who would advance. Chernushevich lost to all three of the other fencers, making him the one from the barrage not to advance.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. AM RA JS AC AG DF
1  Armand Mouyal (FRA) 3 2 24 22 B 6–5 5–3 5–6 5–3 3–5
2  Roger Achten (BEL) 3 2 23 21 5–6 3–5 5–3 5–3 5–4
3  József Sákovics (HUN) 3 2 22 20 3–5 5–3 5–4 4–5 5–3
4  Arnold Chernushevich (URS) 3 2 25 25 6–5 3–5 4–5 6–5 6–5
5  Adalbert Gurath Jr. (ROU) 2 3 21 23 3–5 3–5 5–4 5–6 5–3
6  Dieter Fänger (EUA) 1 4 20 24 5–3 4–5 3–5 5–6 3–5
Source: Official Report, p. 800
Barrage
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. AM RA JS AC
1  Armand Mouyal (FRA) 2 1 15 10 Q 5–6 5–4 5–0
2  Roger Achten (BEL) 2 0 11 8 6–5 5–3
3  József Sákovics (HUN) 1 1 9 9 4–5 5–4
4  Arnold Chernushevich (URS) 0 3 7 15 0–5 3–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, p. 800

Semifinals

The top four fencers in each pool advanced.

Semifinal A

Achten and Pellegrino tied at 2–3 and had to fence-off. Pellegrino had won the round-robin bout, but Achten won the barrage.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. AJ BH AM RA AP IK
1  Allan Jay (GBR) 4 1 23 12 Q 3–5 5–1 5–1 5–4 5–1
2  Bruno Habārovs (URS) 3 2 18 21 5–3 5–4 2–5 1–5 5–4
3  Armand Mouyal (FRA) 3 2 21 21 1–5 4–5 6–5 5–3 5–3
4  Roger Achten (BEL) 2 3 19 21 B 1–5 5–2 5–6 3–5 5–3
5  Alberto Pellegrino (ITA) 2 3 21 19 4–5 5–1 3–5 5–3 4–5
6  István Kausz (HUN) 1 4 16 24 1–5 4–5 3–5 3–5 5–4
Source: Official Report, p. 801
Barrage
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. RA AP
1  Roger Achten (BEL) 1 0 5 4 Q 5–4
2  Alberto Pellegrino (ITA) 0 1 4 5 4–5
Source: Official Report, p. 801

Semifinal B

There was a three-way tie for 4th place, necessitating a barrage for the last advancement place. When the three fencers again tied at 1–1, they were ranked by fewest touches received, giving Breda the victory within the barrage.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. JS YD GD GBB GK BOR
1  József Sákovics (HUN) 3 2 23 18 Q 4–5 5–2 5–3 4–5 5–3
2  Yves Dreyfus (FRA) 3 2 21 23 5–4 6–5 0–5 5–3 5–6
3  Giuseppe Delfino (ITA) 3 2 24 25 2–5 5–6 5–4 6–5 6–5
4  Giovanni Battista Breda (ITA) 2 3 19 18 B 3–5 5–0 4–5 5–3 2–5
5  Guram Kostava (URS) 2 3 21 23 5–4 3–5 5–6 3–5 5–3
6  Berndt-Otto Rehbinder (SWE) 2 3 22 23 3–5 6–5 5–6 5–2 3–5
Source: Official Report, p. 801
Barrage
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. GBB GK BOR
1  Giovanni Battista Breda (ITA) 1 1 9 6 Q 5–1 4–5
2  Guram Kostava (URS) 1 1 6 7 1–5 5–2
3  Berndt-Otto Rehbinder (SWE) 1 1 7 9 5–4 2–5
Source: Official Report, p. 801

Final

The final pool resulted in 3 sets of ties: Delfino and Jay at 5–2 for gold and silver, Habārovs and Sákovics at 4–3 for bronze and 4th place, and Achten, Dreyfus, and Mouyal at 3–4 for 5th through 7th place. The medal ties were broken via barrage. Delfino, who had defeated Jay 6–5 in the round-robin, defeated him again 5–2 in the barrage to take the gold medal. Both bouts between Habārovs and Sákovics went past five touches due to double-hits; Sákovics won in the round-robin 7–6, but Habārovs prevailed in the barrage 8–7.

The three-way tie for 5th, 6th, and 7th places was broken not by a barrage, but by tie-breakers within the round-robin results. The fencer with the fewest touches received in victories was ranked best; this was Achten (to take 5th place), whose wins had been 5–1, 5–3, and 5–4 (8 touches received). Dreyfus and Mouyal each had received 9 touches in their victories (Dreyfus won by 6–5, 5–1, and 5–3 scores; all three of Mouyal's victories were 5–3). The next tie-breaker was touches given in losses. Dreyfus here prevailed, taking 6th place; he had scored 2, 5, 4, and 3 touches (14 total) in his losses, while Mouyal had given 5, 2, 2, and 1 (10 total) in his.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. GD AJ BH JS RA YD AM GBB
1  Giuseppe Delfino (ITA) 5 2 39 32 GB 6–5 5–2 5–6 7–6 5–6 6–5 5–2
2  Allan Jay (GBR) 5 2 32 23 5–6 2–5 5–2 5–4 5–2 5–2 5–2
3  Bruno Habārovs (URS) 4 3 32 31 BB 2–5 5–2 6–7 5–4 6–5 3–5 5–3
4  József Sákovics (HUN) 4 3 32 30 6–5 2–5 7–6 5–2 3–5 5–2 4–5
5  Roger Achten (BEL) 3 4 31 30 6–7 4–5 4–5 2–5 5–4 5–1 5–3
6  Yves Dreyfus (FRA) 3 4 30 30 6–5 2–5 5–6 5–3 4–5 3–5 5–1
7  Armand Mouyal (FRA) 3 4 25 30 5–6 2–5 5–3 2–5 1–5 5–3 5–3
8  Giovanni Battista Breda (ITA) 1 6 19 34 2–5 2–5 3–5 5–4 3–5 1–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, p. 803
Barrages for gold and bronze
Pos Fencer W L TF TA GD AJ BH JS
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Giuseppe Delfino (ITA) 1 0 5 2 5–2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Allan Jay (GBR) 0 1 2 5 2–5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Bruno Habārovs (URS) 1 0 8 7 8–7
4  József Sákovics (HUN) 0 1 7 8 7–8
Source: Official Report, p. 803

Overall standings

Rank Fencer Nation Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1st place, gold medalist(s) Giuseppe Delfino  Italy 1 3 1 3 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Allan Jay  Great Britain 1 4 3 1 2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bruno Habārovs  Soviet Union 1 2 2 2 3
4 József Sákovics  Hungary 1 1 3 1 4
5 Roger Achten  Belgium 2 4 2 4 5
6 Yves Dreyfus  France 1 4 2 2 6
7 Armand Mouyal  France 1 4 1 3 7
8 Giovanni Battista Breda  Italy 2 3 1 4 8
9 Alberto Pellegrino  Italy 2 2 1 5 Did not advance
Guram Kostava  Soviet Union 2 4 3 5 Did not advance
11 István Kausz  Hungary 1 1 2 6 Did not advance
Berndt-Otto Rehbinder  Sweden 3 1 3 6 Did not advance
13 Janusz Kurczab  Poland 2 1 4 did not advance
Bohdan Gonsior  Poland 3 4 4 did not advance
Paul Gnaier  United Team of Germany 2 3 4 did not advance
Arnold Chernushevich  Soviet Union 1 2 4 did not advance
17 Tamás Gábor  Hungary 2 3 5 did not advance
Georg Neuber  United Team of Germany 3 1 5 did not advance
Wiesław Glos  Poland 3 3 5 did not advance
Adalbert Gurath Jr.  Romania 1 2 5 did not advance
21 Göran Abrahamsson  Sweden 3 2 6 did not advance
Bill Hoskyns  Great Britain 3 3 6 did not advance
Jack Guittet  France 1 2 6 did not advance
Dieter Fänger  United Team of Germany 2 1 6 did not advance
25 José Ferreira  Portugal 3 5 did not advance
Alberto Balestrini  Argentina 1 5 did not advance
Kazuhiko Tabuchi  Japan 1 5 did not advance
Rolf Wiik  Finland 3 5 did not advance
John Pelling  Great Britain 3 5 did not advance
Jules Amez-Droz  Switzerland 3 5 did not advance
31 David Micahnik  United States 3 6 did not advance
Brian Pickworth  New Zealand 2 6 did not advance
François Dehez  Belgium 3 6 did not advance
José Fernandes  Portugal 2 6 did not advance
Eddi Gutenkauf  Luxembourg 2 6 did not advance
Ibrahim Osman  Lebanon 2 6 did not advance
37 Emilio Echeverry  Colombia 4 did not advance
Kaj Czarnecki  Finland 4 did not advance
Raúl Martínez  Argentina 4 did not advance
Michel Saykali  Lebanon 4 did not advance
Ralph Spinella  United States 4 did not advance
Robert Schiel  Luxembourg 4 did not advance
Ali Annabi  Tunisia 4 did not advance
Max Dwinger
 Netherlands 4 did not advance
Mohamed Ramadan  Lebanon 4 did not advance
James Margolis  United States 4 did not advance
Roger Theisen  Luxembourg 4 did not advance
Antonio Almada  Mexico 4 did not advance
49 Raoul Barouch  Tunisia 5 did not advance
Hans Lagerwall  Sweden 5 did not advance
George Carpenter  Ireland 5 did not advance
Benito Ramos  Mexico 5 did not advance
Kalevi Pakarinen  Finland 5 did not advance
Abbes Harchi  Morocco 5 did not advance
Abelardo Menéndez  Cuba 5 did not advance
Sonosuke Fujimaki  Japan 5 did not advance
Ángel Roldán  Mexico 5 did not advance
Norbert Brami  Tunisia 5 did not advance
Richard Stone  Australia 5 did not advance
René Van Den Driessche  Belgium 5 did not advance
61 Charles El-Gressy  Morocco 6 did not advance
Trần Văn Xuan
 Vietnam 6 did not advance
Claudio Polledri  Switzerland 6 did not advance
Manuel Martínez  Spain 6 did not advance
Leif Klette  Norway 6 did not advance
Christopher Bland  Ireland 6 did not advance
Gilbert Orengo  Monaco 6 did not advance
Henri Bini  Monaco 6 did not advance
Andreas Soeratman  Indonesia 6 did not advance
Tsugeo Ozawa  Japan 6 did not advance
Michel Steininger  Switzerland 6 did not advance
Keith Hackshall  Australia 6 did not advance
73 Abderrahman Sebti  Morocco 7 did not advance
John Simpson  Australia 7 did not advance
Jaime Duque  Colombia 7 did not advance
Jesús Díez  Spain 7 did not advance
José de Albuquerque  Portugal 7 did not advance
Pedro Cabrera  Spain 7 did not advance
Tom Kearney  Ireland 7 did not advance

References

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  2. ^ a b "Épée, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 790.