Fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

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Men's épée
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue160th Regiment State Armory
Dates8–9 August
Competitors28 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Georges Buchard  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Carlo Agostoni  Italy
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Fencing at the
1932 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Foilmenwomen
Team foilmen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

The men's épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 8 August 1932 to 9 August 1932. 28 fencers from 12 nations competed, with three others entered but not starting.[1][2] A maximum of three fencers per nation could compete.[3]

The competition format continued the pool play round-robin from prior years, but increased the number of touches to win a bout to 3. A point system was used, with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss.[4] The total number of touches received was used as the first tie-breaker. Touches scored was used as the second in the final.[5] It also was apparently used in the earlier rounds for the most part, though the official placing for 8th and 9th in round 1 pool 1 is inconsistent.

Results

Round 1

The top 7 finishers in pools 1 and 2 and the top 6 finishers in pool 3 advanced to the semifinals.[4]

Pool 1

It is unclear why Markus is ranked ahead of Corbin; being equal on points and touches received, Corbin's touches scored should have ranked him higher.

Rank Fencer Country Points TS TR Notes
1 Saverio Ragno  Italy 16 24 10 Q
2 Georges Buchard  France 12 21 13 Q
3 Balthazar De Beukelaer  Belgium 10 19 14 Q
4 Sven Thofelt  Sweden 8 17 15 Q
5 Aage Leidersdorff  Denmark 7 18 20 Q
6 Eduardo Prieto  Mexico 7 17 20 Q
7 Doris de Jong  Netherlands 4 15 20 Q
8 Bertram Markus  Canada 4 10 21
9 Harold Corbin  United States 4 13 21
– Erwin Casmir  Germany DNS DNS DNS
– Somfai  Hungary DNS DNS DNS

Pool 2

5 bouts in the round-robin were skipped (Agostini-Schmetz, Agostini-Saucedo, Saucedo-de Graffenried, Poplimont-Calnan, and Poplimont-Petneházy).[4]

The Official Report lists the bout between Farrell and Delgadillo as 2–2, but Sports-Reference reports a 3–2 Farrell win. The latter is consistent with Farrell having 7 points, as reported in both sources, and Delgadillo having 4, as listed in Sports-Reference. The Official Report lists Delgadillo as having 6 points, which is inconsistent with either a tie or loss. Both sources, however, list Delgadillo as having received 26 touches; if the result of the bout was 3–2 for Farrell, this number should be 27.[4][1]

The Official Report does not explain why Lindman advanced to the semifinals rather than Farrell.

Rank Fencer Country Points TS TR Notes
1 Carlo Agostoni  Italy 16 24 6 Q
2 Bernard Schmetz  France 15 24 11 Q
3 Raúl Saucedo  Argentina 13 22 11 Q
4 André Poplimont  Belgium 13 22 15 Q
5 George Calnan  United States 12 24 17 Q
6 Paul de Graffenried  Switzerland 8 16 21 Q
7 Patrick Farrell  Canada 7 14 23
8 Bo Lindman  Sweden 6 21 22 Q
9 Erik Kofoed-Hansen  Denmark 6 16 22
10 Gerónimo Delgadillo  Mexico 4 16 27
11 Imre Petneházy  Hungary 0 3 27

Pool 3

Rank Fencer Country Points TS TR Notes
1 Max Janlet  Belgium 10 18 9 Q
2 Philippe Cattiau  France 10 18 14 Q
3 Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici  Italy 9 18 12 Q
4 Gustave Heiss  United States 8 15 11 Q
5 Tibor Benkő  Hungary 6 12 14 Q
6 Stig Lindström  Sweden 5 14 19 Q
7 Eduardo Prieto Souza  Mexico 4 11 18
7 Ernest Dalton  Canada 4 11 18
– Ivan Osiier  Denmark DNS DNS DNS

Semifinals

The top six finishers in each semifinal advanced to the final.[6]

Semifinal 1

Two bouts were not played: De Beukelaer-de Jong and Cattiau-Saucedo.

Both the Official Report and Sports-Reference credit De Beukelaer with 10 points; however, the head-to-head data shown by each has him winning 6 bouts and losing 2, which should result in 12 points.[6][1]

Rank Fencer Country Points TS TR Notes
1 Saverio Ragno  Italy 13 24 16 Q
2 Georges Buchard  France 12 20 16 Q
3 Sven Thofelt  Sweden 10 20 12 Q
4 Balthazar De Beukelaer  Belgium 10 21 14 Q
5 Philippe Cattiau  France 10 18 17 Q
6 Raúl Saucedo  Argentina 9 20 17 Q
7 Gustave Heiss  United States 8 20 19
8 Eduardo Prieto  Mexico 4 15 22
9 Doris de Jong  Netherlands 3 12 23
10 Tibor Benkő  Hungary 3 12 26

Semifinal 2

Rank Fencer Country Points TS TR Notes
1 Bernard Schmetz  France 14 22 13 Q
2 Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici  Italy 12 22 17 Q
3 George Calnan  United States 11 24 17 Q
4 Paul de Graffenried  Switzerland 11 20 19 Q
5 Carlo Agostoni  Italy 10 20 14 Q
6 Stig Lindström  Sweden 10 22 17 Q
7 Max Janlet  Belgium 10 18 19
8 André Poplimont  Belgium 6 13 21
9 Bo Lindman  Sweden 4 15 24
10 Aage Leidersdorff  Denmark 2 10 25

Final

Rank Fencer Country Points TS TR
1st place, gold medalist(s) Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici  Italy 18 31 18
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Georges Buchard  France 16 27 17
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Carlo Agostoni  Italy 15 30 17
4 Saverio Ragno  Italy 14 27 20
5 Bernard Schmetz  France 14 26 22
6 Philippe Cattiau  France 13 23 22
7 George Calnan  United States 13 22 22
8 Balthazar De Beukelaer  Belgium 8 19 25
9 Sven Thofelt  Sweden 8 21 27
10 Raúl Saucedo  Argentina 7 18 28
11 Paul de Graffenried  Switzerland 4 17 29
12 Stig Lindström  Sweden 4 15 29

References

  1. ^ a b c "Fencing: 1932 Olympic Results - Men's épée". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  2. ^ Official Olympic Report, la84.org. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 492.
  4. ^ a b c d Official Report, p. 506
  5. ^ Official Report, p. 508
  6. ^ a b Official Report, p. 507
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