Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

Men's team épée at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Vélodrome d'hiver
Dates	July 6–9
Competitors	88 from 16 nations
Medalists
Georges Buchard Roger Ducret Lucien Gaudin André Labattut Lionel Liottel Alexandre Lippmann Georges Tainturier  France Paul Anspach Joseph De Craecker Charles Delporte Fernand de Montigny Ernest Gevers Léon Tom  Belgium Giulio Basletta Marcello Bertinetti Giovanni Canova Vincenzo Cuccia V. Montegazza Oreste Moricca  Italy

The men's team épée was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event.

The competition was held from Saturday July 6, 1924, to Tuesday July 9, 1924. 16 teams, composed of 88 fencers, competed.

Rosters

Each team could have up to eight members. Four were selected for each match.

Argentina

Luis Lucchetti Pedro Nazar Wenceslao Paunero Cipriano Pons

Belgium

Paul Anspach Joseph De Craecker Fernand de Montigny Charles Delporte Ernest Gevers Léon Tom

Cuba

Eduardo Alonso Ramón Fonst Afonso López Ramíro Mañalich Osvaldo Miranda Salvador Quesada

Denmark

Jens Berthelsen Ivan Osiier Peter Ryefelt Viggo Stilling-Andersen

France

Georges Buchard Roger Ducret Lucien Gaudin André Labatut Alexandre Lippmann Georgers Tainturier

Great Britain

Charles Biscoe Archibald Craig Robert Frater Martin Holt Robert Montgomerie Charles Notley

Greece

Konstantinos Kotzias Konstantinos Nikolopoulos Evangelos Skotidas Tryfon Triantafyllakos

Italy

Giulio Basletta Marcello Bertinetti Giovanni Canova Vincenzo Cuccia Virgilio Mantegazza Oreste Moricca

Netherlands

Wouter Brouwer Jan de Beaufort Adrianus de Jong Willem Hubert Pieter van Boven Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls

Norway

Sigurd Akre Johan Falkenberg Raoul Heide Frithjof Lorentzen

Portugal

Henrique da Silveira António de Castro Mário de Lopez Paulo d'Eça Ruimondo Ferro Jorge Paiva Frederico Paredes António Leite

Spain

Félix de Pomés Juan Delgado Diego Díez Domingo García Jesús López de Lara Miguel Zabalza

Sweden

Gustaf Dyrssen Carl Gripenstedt Nils Hellsten Gustaf Lindblom Bertil Uggla

Switzerland

John Albaret Constantin Antoniades Eugène Empeyta Frédéric Fitting Henri Jacquet

United States

George Breed George Calnan Arthur Lyon Allen Milner William Russell Leon Shore Donald Waldhaus

Uruguay

Héctor Belo Herrera Santos Ferreira Domingo Mendy Conrado Rolando

Results

Round 1

The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless a match was unnecessary to determine qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to two touches.

Pool A

The Spain vs. Norway match was tied on bouts, 8 to 8, and touches, 19 to 19, so was scored as a draw.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		ESP	ITA	NOR
1	Spain	1.5	0.5	17	15	Q			9–7	8–8
2	Italy	1	1	16	16			7–9		9–7
3	Norway	0.5	1.5	15	17			8–8	7–9

Source:

Pool B

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		BEL	GBR	ARG
1	Belgium	1	0	11	5	Q				11–5
2	Great Britain	1	0	9	7					9–7
3	Argentina	0	2	12	20			5–11	7–9

Source:

Pool C

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		FRA	USA	SWE
1	France	1	0	13	3	Q				13–3
2	United States	1	0	9	7					9–7
3	Sweden	0	2	10	22			3–13	7–9

Source:

Pool D

Portugal received the top rank over the Netherlands on touches received, 56 to 60. Uruguay topped Denmark, 64 to 65.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		POR	NED	URU	DEN
1	Portugal	2	1	26	22	Q			6–10	10–6	10–6
2	Netherlands	2	1	26	22			10–6		9–7	7–9
3	Uruguay	1	2	22	26			6–10	7–9		9–7
4	Denmark	1	2	22	26			6–10	9–7	7–9

Source:

Pool E

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		SUI	CUB	GRE
1	Switzerland	1	0	12	4	Q				12–4
2	Cuba	1	0	9	7					9–7
3	Greece	0	2	11	21			4–12	7–9

Source:

Quarterfinals

The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless a match was unnecessary to determine qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to two touches.

Pool A

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		POR	ESP	CUB	GBR
1	Portugal	2	0	23	9	Q				11–5	12–4
2	Spain	2	0	20	12					9–7	11–5
3	Cuba	0	2	12	20			5–11	7–9
4	Great Britain	0	2	9	23			4–12	5–11

Source:

Pool B

The United States won the match against Switzerland on touches, 21 to 19.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		BEL	USA	SUI
1	Belgium	1	0	13	3	Q				13–3
2	United States	1	0	8	8					8–8
3	Switzerland	0	2	11	21			3–13	8–8

Source:

Pool C

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		FRA	ITA	NED
1	France	1	0	13	3	Q				13–3
2	Italy	1	0	10	6					10–6
3	Netherlands	0	2	9	23			3–13	6–10

Source:

Semifinals

The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless the match was unnecessary to decide qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to two touches.

Pool A

France was ahead of Portugal on touches received in the standings, 15 to 17.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		FRA	POR	USA
1	France	1	0	10	6	Q				10–6
2	Portugal	1	0	10	6					10–6
3	United States	0	2	12	20			6–10	6–10

Source:

Pool B

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		ITA	BEL	ESP
1	Italy	1	0	10	6	Q				10–6
2	Belgium	1	0	9	7					9–7
3	Spain	0	2	13	19			6–10	7–9

Source:

Final

Each team played each other team. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to two touches. France won its bout against Italy on touches, 21 to 20.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL		FRA	BEL	ITA	POR
	France	3	0	29	17			10–5	8–8	11–4
	Belgium	2	1	25	22		5–10		11–5	9–7
	Italy	1	2	21	26		8–8	5–11		8–7
4	Portugal	0	3	18	28		4–11	7–9	7–8

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References

• Kubatko, Justin. "Fencing at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Épée, Team". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2009-02-16.