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

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Men's team foil
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
VenueVélodrome d'hiver
DatesJune 27–30
Competitors67 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Philippe Cattiau
Jacques Coutrot
Guy De Luget
Roger Ducret
Lucien Gaudin
Henri Jobier
André Labattut
Josef Peroteaux
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marcel Berre
Désiré Beurain
Charles Crahay
Albert De Roocker
Fernand de Montigny
Maurice Van Damme
 Belgium
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) László Berti
István Lichteneckert
Sándor Pósta
Zoltán Schenker
Ödön Tersztyanszky
 Hungary
← 1920
1928 →

The men's team foil was one of seven fencing events on the programme for fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics. It was the third appearance of the event.

The competition was held from Thursday June 27, 1924, to Sunday June 30, 1924. 12 teams, composed of 67 fencers, competed.

Rosters

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

Results

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Round 1

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The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless a match was unnecessary as it would not alter qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to five touches.

Pool A

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Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. GBR ITA
1  Great Britain w/o w/o Q
1  Italy w/o w/o
Source: [citation needed]

Pool B

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Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. FRA HUN ESP
1  France 1 0 12 4 Q 12–4
2  Hungary 1 0 9 7 9–7
3  Spain 0 2 11 21 4–12 7–9
Source: [citation needed]

Pool C

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Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. ARG USA NED
1  Argentina 1 0 12 4 Q 12–4
2  United States 1 0 10 6 10–6
3  Netherlands 0 2 10 22 4–12 6–10
Source: [citation needed]

Pool D

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Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. AUT BEL
1  Austria w/o w/o Q
1  Belgium w/o w/o
Source: [citation needed]

Pool E

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Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. DEN SUI
1  Denmark w/o w/o Q
1  Switzerland w/o w/o
Source: [citation needed]

Quarterfinals

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

Pool A

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Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. ITA HUN SUI AUT
1  Italy 3 0 41 7 Q 16–0 12–4 13–3
2  Hungary 2 1 22 26 0–16 9–7 13–3
3  Switzerland 1 2 21 27 4–12 7–9 10–6
4  Austria 0 3 12 36 3–13 3–13 6–10
Source: [citation needed]

Pool B

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Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. FRA DEN USA
1  France 2 0 27 5 Q 14–2 13–3
2  Denmark 1 1 11 21 2–14 9–7
3  United States 0 2 10 22 3–13 7–9
Source: [citation needed]

Pool C

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Belgium won its match against Argentina on touches, 61–56.

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. BEL ARG GBR
1  Belgium 2 0 20 12 Q 8–8 12–4
2  Argentina 1 1 19 13 8–8 11–5
3  Great Britain 0 2 9 23 4–12 5–11
Source: [citation needed]

Semifinals

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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 five touches.

Pool A

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Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. ITA BEL DEN
1  Italy 1 0 12 4 Q 12–4
2  Belgium 1 0 9 7 9–7
3  Denmark 0 2 11 21 4–12 7–9
Source: [citation needed]

Pool B

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Hungary won its match against Argentina on touches, 58–57.

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. FRA HUN ARG
1  France 2 0 27 5 Q 14–2 13–3
2  Hungary 1 1 10 22 2–14 8–8
3  Argentina 0 2 11 21 3–13 8–8
Source: [citation needed]

Final

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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 five touches.

Pos Team W L BW BL FRA BEL HUN ITA
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France 2 0 27 5 13–3 14–2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Belgium 1 1 12 20 3–13 9–7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Hungary 0 2 9 23 2–14 7–9
 Italy DNF DNF
Source: [citation needed]

References

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  • Kubatko, Justin. "Fencing at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Foil, 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.