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Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

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Men's foil
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Christian d'Oriola (1948)
VenueWestend Tennis Hall, Espoo
Dates23–24 July
Competitors61 from 25 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Christian d'Oriola  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Edoardo Mangiarotti  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Manlio Di Rosa  Italy
← 1948
1956 →

The men's foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from 23 July 1952 to 24 July 1952. 61 fencers from 25 nations competed.[1] All three medallists were left-handed.[2] Nations were limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by Christian d'Oriola of France, the nation's second consecutive victory in the men's foil and sixth overall. D'Oriola was the fifth man to win multiple medals in the event. The silver and bronze medals were won by Edoardo Mangiarotti and Manlio Di Rosa of Italy.

Background

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This was the 11th 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). Six of the eight finalists from 1948 returned: gold medalist Jehan Buhan and silver medalist Christian d'Oriola of France, bronze medalist Lajos Maszlay of Hungary, fourth-place finisher John Emrys Lloyd of Great Britain (in his fourth Games), sixth-place finisher Manlio Di Rosa of Italy, and seventh-place finisher Paul Valcke of Belgium. The Italian and French teams, as usual, were strong. For the French, d'Oriola was the 1947 and 1949 world champion and Buhan had been on the podium in 1950 and 1951. For the Italians, Edoardo Mangiarotti had finished third in 1949 and second in 1951 and Manlio Di Rosa had won in 1951.[3]

Colombia, Ireland, Luxembourg, and Turkey each made their debut in the men's foil. The United States made its 10th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 competition.

Competition format

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The event used a four-round format. In each round, the fencers were divided into pools to play a round-robin within the pool. Bouts were to five touches. The 1952 tournament introduced byes for the fencers from the top 4 nations in the team foil event, who advanced directly to the quarterfinals. Ties were broken through fence-off bouts ("barrages") in early rounds if necessary for determining advancement. Ties not necessary for advancement were either not broken (if at least one fencer had not finished all bouts in the round-robin) or broken first by touches received and then by touches scored. In the final, ties were broken by barrage if necessary for medal placement but otherwise first by touches received and then by touches scored. 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.[3][4]

  • Round 1: There were 7 pools of 6–8 fencers each. The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced to the quarterfinals.
  • Quarterfinals: There were 6 pools of 6–7 fencers each. The top 3 fencers in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals.
  • Semifinals: There were 3 pools of 6 fencers each. The top 3 fencers in each semifinal advanced to the final.
  • Final: The final pool had 9 fencers.

Schedule

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All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 23 July 1952 8:00
15:00
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Thursday, 24 July 1952 8:00
15:00
Semifinals
Final

Results

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Round 1

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The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to the quarterfinals.[4] Fencers from the four teams that advanced to the final of the men's team foil event received byes through round 1:

Pool 1

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Vasile Chelaru  Romania 4 1 12 Q
Nate Lubell  United States 4 1 14 Q
Benito Ramos  Mexico 4 1 19 Q
4 Mark Midler  Soviet Union 3 1 11 Q
5 Karl Bach  Saar 2 4 28
6 Ricardo Rimini  Uruguay 0 4 20
Augusto Gutiérrez  Venezuela 0 5 25

Pool 2

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Paul defeated Lund in a barrage for fourth place.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Rolf Magnusson  Sweden 5 1 14 Q
2 German Bokun  Soviet Union 4 1 13 Q
Félix Galimi  Argentina 4 1 17 Q
4 Raymond Paul  Great Britain 3 3 23 Q
5 Ivan Lund  Australia 3 3 23
6 Juan Kavanagh  Venezuela 1 5 28
Roland Asselin  Canada 0 6 30

Pool 3

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Iesi defeated Thuillier in a barrage for fourth place.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Bo Eriksson  Sweden 4 1 16 Q
2 Nicolae Marinescu  Romania 3 2 17 Q
3 Norman Casmir  Germany 3 2 21 Q
4 Sergio Iesi  Uruguay 2 3 17 Q
5 Harry Thuillier  Ireland 2 3 18
6 Jock Gibson  Australia 1 4 22

Pool 4

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 André Verhalle  Belgium 5 1 16 Q
2 Jerzy Twardokens  Poland 4 1 16 Q
René Paul  Great Britain 4 2 17 Q
4 Fulvio Galimi  Argentina 3 2 17 Q
5 Kurt Wahl  Ireland 2 4 25
6 Shinichi Maki  Japan 2 4 27
7 Rubén Soberón  Guatemala 0 6 30

Pool 5

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Luke Wendon  Great Britain 5 1 16 Q
John Fethers  Australia 5 2 20 Q
Leif Klette  Norway 5 2 21 Q
Nils Rydström  Sweden 5 2 26 Q
5 Julius Eisenecker  Germany 2 4 20
Patrick Duffy  Ireland 2 4 27
Ernst Rau  Saar 2 5 28
8 Giovanni Bertorelli  Venezuela 0 6 30

Pool 6

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Lindeman and Vîlcea defeated Rodríguez in a three-way barrage for third and fourth places.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Albie Axelrod  United States 5 0 25 10 Q
Gustave Ballister  Belgium 5 1 13 Q
3 Kurt Lindeman  Finland 3 3 21 Q
4 Andrei Vîlcea  Great Britain 3 3 22 Q
5 José Rodríguez  Argentina 3 3 23
6 Edward Brooke  Canada 1 4 22
7 Eduardo López  Guatemala 0 6 30

Pool 7

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Yulen Uralov  Soviet Union 4 1 12 Q
Daniel Bukantz  United States 4 1 16 Q
Paul Valcke  Belgium 4 2 18 Q
4 Jerzy Pawłowski  Poland 3 2 18 Q
5 Heikki Raitio  Finland 1 4 21
5 Günther Knödler  Saar 1 4 22
5 Abelardo Menéndez  Cuba 1 4 24

Quarterfinals

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The top 3 finishers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.[5]

Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Manlio Di Rosa  Italy 4 0 20 10 Q
2 Bo Eriksson  Sweden 3 1 12 Q
Salah Dessouki  Egypt 3 2 22 Q
4 Jerzy Twardokens  Poland 2 3 20
5 Raymond Paul  Great Britain 1 3 18
6 Mark Midler  Soviet Union 0 4 20

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Giancarlo Bergamini  Italy 4 2 15 Q
2 Mahmoud Younes  Egypt 4 2 20 Q
3 Albie Axelrod  United States 4 2 21 Q
4 Jerzy Pawłowski  Poland 3 3 22 26
5 Kurt Lindeman  Finland 3 3 21 26
6 Félix Galimi  Argentina 2 4 28
7 Sergio Iesi  Uruguay 1 5 25

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Edoardo Mangiarotti  Italy 6 0 30 7 Q
2 Mohamed Ali Riad  Egypt 4 2 21 Q
3 Nils Rydström  Sweden 4 2 25 Q
4 Luke Wendon  Great Britain 2 3 18
Fulvio Galimi  Argentina 2 3 21
Paul Valcke  Belgium 2 4 24
7 Nicolae Marinescu  Romania 0 6 30

Quarterfinal 4

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d'Oriola and Tilli defeated Uralov in a three-way barrage for second and third place.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 René Paul  Great Britain 5 1 17 Q
2 Christian d'Oriola  France 4 2 16 Q
3 Endre Tilli  Hungary 4 2 23 Q
4 Yulen Uralov  Soviet Union 4 2 19
5 Gustave Ballister  Belgium 2 4 26
6 Norman Casmir  Germany 1 5 28
7 Benito Ramos  Mexico 1 5 29

Quarterfinal 5

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Jacques Lataste  France 6 0 30 10 Q
2 Endre Palócz  Hungary 4 2 14 Q
3 André Verhalle  Belgium 4 2 23 Q
4 Daniel Bukantz  United States 3 3 23
5 German Bokun  Soviet Union 2 4 25
6 Leif Klette  Norway 1 5 29
7 Andrei Vîlcea  Great Britain 1 5 29

Quarterfinal 6

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Lubell prevailed over Magnusson, Chelaru, and Fethers in a four-way barrage for third place.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Jéhan Buhan  France 4 1 12 Q
2 Lajos Maszlay  Hungary 3 2 17 Q
3 Nate Lubell  United States 2 3 20 Q
4 Rolf Magnusson  Sweden 2 3 23
5 Vasile Chelaru  Romania 2 3 23
6 John Fethers  Australia 2 3 21

Semifinals

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The top 3 finishers in each pool advanced to the final.[5]

Semifinal 1

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Tilli defeated Verhalle in a barrage for third place.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Giancarlo Bergamini  Italy 4 1 14 Q
Jéhan Buhan  France 4 1 14 Q
3 Endre Tilli  Hungary 3 2 19 Q
4 André Verhalle  Belgium 3 2 18
5 Nate Lubell  United States 1 4 24
6 Mohamed Ali Riad  Egypt 0 5 25

Semifinal 2

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Dessouki defeated Maszlay in a barrage for third place.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Edoardo Mangiarotti  Italy 5 0 25 11 Q
2 Jacques Lataste  France 4 1 13 Q
3 Salah Dessouki  Egypt 2 3 17 Q
4 Lajos Maszlay  Hungary 2 3 19
5 Albie Axelrod  United States 1 4 22
6 Nils Rydström  Sweden 1 4 23

Semifinal 3

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR Notes
1 Christian d'Oriola  France 4 1 13 Q
2 Manlio Di Rosa  Italy 4 1 16 Q
3 Mahmoud Younes  Egypt 3 2 18 Q
4 Endre Palócz  Hungary 2 3 20
5 Bo Eriksson  Sweden 1 4 22
6 René Paul  Great Britain 1 4 23

Final

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR
1st place, gold medalist(s) Christian d'Oriola  France 8 0 40 12
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Edoardo Mangiarotti  Italy 6 2 21
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Manlio Di Rosa  Italy 5 3 22
4 Jacques Lataste  France 4 4 31
5 Jéhan Buhan  France 4 4 29 33
6 Mahmoud Younes  Egypt 4 4 27 33
7 Salah Dessouki  Egypt 2 6 35
8 Giancarlo Bergamini  Italy 2 6 36
9 Endre Tilli  Hungary 1 7 39

References

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  1. ^ "Fencing: 1952 Olympic Results - Men's foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  2. ^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 246. ISBN 0140066322.
  3. ^ a b "Foil, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b Official Report, p. 480.
  5. ^ a b Official Report, p. 481