Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

The men's team épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the ninth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 25 July 1952, to 26 July 1952. 98 fencers from 19 nations competed.[1]

Men's team épée
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueWestend Tennis Hall, Espoo
Dates25–26 July
Competitors98 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Edoardo Mangiarotti
Dario Mangiarotti
Giuseppe Delfino
Carlo Pavesi
Franco Bertinetti
Roberto Battaglia
 Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Per Carleson
Carl Forssell
Bengt Ljungquist
Berndt-Otto Rehbinder
Sven Fahlman
Lennart Magnusson
 Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Otto Rüfenacht
Paul Meister
Oswald Zappelli
Paul Barth
Willy Fitting
Mario Valota
 Switzerland
← 1948
1956 →

Results

Source: Official results;[2] and Sports Reference[3]

Round 1

The top two nations in each pool advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pool 1
RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost
1  Sweden1090
2  Great Britain10106
3  Poland02619
Pool 2
RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost
1  Italy1084
2  United States1088
3  Soviet Union021216
Pool 3
RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost
1  Hungary10141
2  Switzerland1082
3  Brazil02322
Pool 4
RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost
1  Belgium202010
2  Denmark20179
3  Portugal021017
4  Venezuela02920
Pool 5
RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost
1  Finland10114
2  Luxembourg1083
3  Australia02719
Pool 6
RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost
1  France1083
2  Norway1086
3  Egypt021116

Quarter-finals

The top two nations in each pool advanced to the semi-finals.

Pool 1
RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost
1  Hungary303112
2  Luxembourg212322
3  France121915
4  Finland031630
Pool 2
RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost
1  Italy20204
2  Switzerland201510
3  Belgium02815
4  Norway02620
Pool 3
RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost
1  Sweden213015
2  Denmark211928
3  Great Britain122324
4  United States122025

Semifinals

The top two nations in each pool advanced to the final.

Pool 1
RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost
1  Luxembourg10105
2  Italy1087
3  Denmark021218
Pool B
RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost
1  Switzerland111812
2  Sweden111415
3  Hungary111318

Final

The final was a round-robin.

RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost
 Italy303211
 Sweden212617
 Switzerland121824
4  Luxembourg03933

Results

Rosters

References