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Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

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Men's team épée
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueSchermzaal
Dates3–5 August 1928
Competitors93 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Giulio Basletta, Marcello Bertinetti, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Carlo Agostoni, Renzo Minoli, Franco Riccardi  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Georges Buchard, Gaston Amson, Émile Cornic, Bernard Schmetz, René Barbier  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paulo Leal, Mário de Noronha, Jorge de Paiva, Frederico Paredes, João Sassetti, Henrique da Silveira  Portugal
← 1924
1932 →

The men's team épée was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 3 August 1928 to 5 August 1928. 93 fencers from 18 nations competed.[1]

Rosters

Results

Source: Official results;[2] De Wael[3]

Round 1

Each pool was a round-robin (with matches not being held where unnecessary to the overall result). Bouts were to two touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team match (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the second round.

Pool A
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1  France 2 0 Q
2  Czechoslovakia 1 1 Q
3  Greece 0 2
Pool B
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1  Belgium 1 0 Q
2  Spain 1 0 Q
3  Denmark 0 2
Pool C
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1  Italy 0 0 Q
Pool D
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1  Portugal 2 0 Q
2  Netherlands 1 1 Q
3  Sweden 0 2
Pool E
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1  Switzerland 1 (20) 1 Q
2  Norway 1 (16) 1 Q
3  Great Britain 1 (10) 1
Pool F
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1  United States 2 0 Q
2  Egypt 1 1 Q
3  Hungary 0 2
Pool G
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1  Germany 1 0 Q
2  Romania 0 1 Q

Round 2

Each pool was a round-robin (with matches not being held where unnecessary to the overall result). Bouts were to two touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team match (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the second round.

Pool A
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1  Belgium 2 0 Q
2  Czechoslovakia 1 1 Q
3  Romania 0 2
Pool B
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1  Italy 3 0 Q
2  Spain 112 112 Q
3  Egypt 1 2
4  Germany 12 212
Pool C
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1  France 2 0 Q
2  Netherlands 1 1 Q
3  Switzerland 0 2
Pool D
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1  Portugal 2 0 Q
2  United States 1 1 Q
3  Norway 0 2

Semifinals

Each pool was a round-robin (with matches not being held where unnecessary to the overall result). Bouts were to two touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team match (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the second round.

Pool A
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1  France 3 0 Q
2  Belgium 2 1 Q
3  United States 1 2
4  Spain 0 3
Pool B
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1  Italy 3 0 Q
2  Portugal 2 1 Q
3  Czechoslovakia 1 2
4  Netherlands 0 3

Final

The final was a round-robin. Bouts were to two touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team match (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8).

Rank Nation Wins Losses
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy 3 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  France 2 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Portugal 1 2
4  Belgium 0 3

References

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1928 Olympic Results - Men's team épée". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  2. ^ "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2008.
  3. ^ "Fencing 1928".