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Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

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Men's foil
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Lucien Gaudin (1922)
VenueSchermzaal
Dates31 July–1 August 1928
Competitors54 from 22 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lucien Gaudin  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Erwin Casmir  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giulio Gaudini  Italy
← 1924
1932 →

The men's foil was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from 31 July 1928 to 1 August 1928. 54 fencers from 22 nations competed.[1] For the third straight Games, the limit of fencers per nation was reduced (from 12 to 8 in 1920, from 8 to 4 in 1924, and from 4 to 3 in 1928). The event was won by Lucien Gaudin of France, the nation's second consecutive and fourth overall victory in the men's foil. Erwin Casmir earned silver to give Germany its first medal in the event. Giulio Gaudini of Italy took bronze.

Background

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This was the seventh appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1908 (when there was a foil display only rather than a medal event). Three of the 1924 finalists returned: gold medalist (and 1920 bronze medalist) Roger Ducret and two-time silver medalist Philippe Cattiau of France, along with sixth-place finisher Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier of Denmark. Osiier was competing in the Games for the fifth time of his eventual seven. The favorite was 1927 world champion Oreste Puliti of Italy, whose Olympic ban resulting from his withdrawal in the 1924 sabre competition had been lifted.[2]

Chile, Finland, Romania, and Yugoslavia each made their debut in the men's foil. The United States made its sixth appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 competition.

Competition format

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The event used a three-round format. In each round, the fencers were divided into pools to play a round-robin within the pool. Bouts were to five touches. Standard foil rules were used, including that touches had to be made with the tip of the foil, the target area was limited to the torso, and priority determined the winner of double touches.[2]

  • Quarterfinals: There were 6 pools of 6–8 fencers each. The top 3 fencers in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals.
  • Semifinals: There were 3 pools of 8 fencers each. The top 4 fencers in each semifinal advanced to the final.
  • Final: The final pool had 12 fencers.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Tuesday, 31 July 1928 Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 1 August 1928 Semifinals
Final

Results

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Source: Official results;[3] De Wael[4]

Round 1

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Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to five touches. The top three fencers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.

Pool A

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1 Albert De Roocker  Belgium 4 Q
2 Zoltán Schenker  Hungary 4 Q
3 George Calnan  United States 3 Q
4 Frans Mosman  Netherlands 3
5 Jens Berthelsen  Denmark 1
6 Mahmoud Abdin  Egypt 0

Pool B

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1 Ivan Osiier  Denmark 5 Q
2 Erwin Casmir  Germany 4 Q
3 Giulio Gaudini  Italy 3 Q
4 Johan Falkenberg  Norway 2
5 Gusztáv Kálniczky  Hungary 1
6 Fernando García  Spain 0

Pool C

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1 Lucien Gaudin  France 5 Q
2 Fritz Gazzera  Germany 3 Q
3 Joe Levis  United States 3 Q
4 Eugène Empeyta  Switzerland 2
5 Denis Pearce  Great Britain 1
6 Konstantinos Botasis  Greece 1

Pool D

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1 Ugo Pignotti  Italy 7 Q
2 Oscar Viñas  Argentina 5 Q
3 Pierre Pêcher  Belgium 5 Q
4 Paul Kunze  Netherlands 3
5 Sebastião Herédia  Portugal 3
6 Robert Montgomerie  Great Britain 3
7 John Albaret  Switzerland 1
8 Konstantinos Nikolopoulos  Greece 1

Pool E

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1 Oreste Puliti  Italy 6 Q
2 Saul Moyal  Egypt 4 Q
3 Nicolaas Nederpeld  Netherlands 4 Q
4 Thomas Wand-Tetley  Great Britain 3
5 Frithjof Lorentzen  Norway 2
6 Frédéric Fitting  Switzerland 1
7 Tomás Goyoaga  Chile 1

Pool F

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1 György Rozgonyi  Hungary 5 Q
2 Hans Lion  Austria 4 Q
3 Bertil Uggla  Sweden 3 Q
4 Domingo García  Spain 2
5 Władysław Segda  Poland 1
6 Ðuro Freund  Yugoslavia 0

Pool G

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1 Philippe Cattiau  France 6 Q
2 Kurt Ettinger  Austria 5 Q
3 Raymond Bru  Belgium 4 Q
4 Kim Bærentzen  Denmark 3
5 Jacob Bergsland  Norway 2
6 Torvald Appelroth  Finland 1
7 Gheorghe Caranfil  Romania 0

Pool H

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1 Roger Ducret  France 7 Q
2 Dernell Every  United States 5 Q
3 Mihai Savu  Romania 4 Q
4 Ivar Tingdahl  Sweden 4
5 Richard Brünner  Austria 3
6 Joseph Misrahi  Egypt 3
7 Julius Thomson  Germany 2
8 Armando Alemán  Spain 0

Semifinals

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Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to five touches. The top four fencers in each pool advanced to the final.

Semifinal A

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1 Erwin Casmir  Germany 6 Q
2 Ugo Pignotti  Italy 5 Q
3 Philippe Cattiau  France 4 Q
4 Joe Levis  United States 3 Q
5 Hans Lion  Austria 2
6 Zoltán Schenker  Hungary 1
7 Nicolaas Nederpeld  Netherlands 0
Albert De Roocker  Belgium DNF

Semifinal B

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1 Oreste Puliti  Italy 7 Q
2 Roger Ducret  France 5 Q
3 György Rozgonyi  Hungary 5 Q
4 Bertil Uggla  Sweden 3 Q
5 Mihai Savu  Romania 3
6 Saul Moyal  Egypt 2
7 Pierre Pêcher  Belgium 2
8 Dernell Every  United States 1

Semifinal C

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1 Lucien Gaudin  France 7 Q
2 Giulio Gaudini  Italy 5 Q
3 Raymond Bru  Belgium 5 Q
4 Fritz Gazzera  Germany 4 Q
5 Ivan Osiier  Denmark 3
6 Kurt Ettinger  Austria 2
7 George Calnan  United States 1
8 Oscar Viñas  Argentina 1

Final

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The final was a round-robin. Bouts were to five touches. The top three finishers all ended with nine wins, and the tie was broken with a barrage.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1 Lucien Gaudin  France 9 B
Giulio Gaudini  Italy 9 B
Erwin Casmir  Germany 9 B
4 Oreste Puliti  Italy 8
5 Philippe Cattiau  France 7
6 Raymond Bru  Belgium 7
7 Ugo Pignotti  Italy 4
8 Fritz Gazzera  Germany 4
9 Roger Ducret  France 3
10 György Rozgonyi  Hungary 3
11 Joe Levis  United States 2
12 Bertil Uggla  Sweden 1

Barrage

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The barrage was a round-robin among the three top finalists. Each of three had lost twice in the final round-robin, once to another of the three finalists and once to a fencer who did not place as well. Gaudin, who had lost to Casmir in the final, beat him in the barrage and notched his second head-to-head victory against Gaudini to win gold.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lucien Gaudin  France 2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Erwin Casmir  Germany 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giulio Gaudini  Italy 0

References

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  1. ^ "Fencing: 1928 Olympic Results - Men's foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Foil, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  3. ^ "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2008.
  4. ^ "Fencing 1928".