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Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

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Men's team épée
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueWestend Tennis Hall, Espoo
Dates25–26 July
Competitors98 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Edoardo Mangiarotti
Dario Mangiarotti
Giuseppe Delfino
Carlo Pavesi
Franco Bertinetti
Roberto Battaglia
 Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Per Carleson
Carl Forssell
Bengt Ljungquist
Berndt-Otto Rehbinder
Sven Fahlman
Lennart Magnusson
 Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Otto Rüfenacht
Paul Meister
Oswald Zappelli
Paul Barth
Willy Fitting
Mario Valota
 Switzerland
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The men's team épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the ninth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 25 July 1952, to 26 July 1952. 98 fencers from 19 nations competed.[1]

Results

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Source: Official results;[2] and Sports Reference[3]

Round 1

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The top two nations in each pool advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pool 1
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1  Sweden 1 0 9 0
2  Great Britain 1 0 10 6
3  Poland 0 2 6 19
Pool 2
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1  Italy 1 0 8 4
2  United States 1 0 8 8
3  Soviet Union 0 2 12 16
Pool 3
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1  Hungary 1 0 14 1
2  Switzerland 1 0 8 2
3  Brazil 0 2 3 22
Pool 4
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1  Belgium 2 0 20 10
2  Denmark 2 0 17 9
3  Portugal 0 2 10 17
4  Venezuela 0 2 9 20
Pool 5
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1  Finland 1 0 11 4
2  Luxembourg 1 0 8 3
3  Australia 0 2 7 19
Pool 6
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1  France 1 0 8 3
2  Norway 1 0 8 6
3  Egypt 0 2 11 16

Quarter-finals

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The top two nations in each pool advanced to the semi-finals.

Pool 1
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1  Hungary 3 0 31 12
2  Luxembourg 2 1 23 22
3  France 1 2 19 15
4  Finland 0 3 16 30
Pool 2
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1  Italy 2 0 20 4
2  Switzerland 2 0 15 10
3  Belgium 0 2 8 15
4  Norway 0 2 6 20
Pool 3
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1  Sweden 2 1 30 15
2  Denmark 2 1 19 28
3  Great Britain 1 2 23 24
4  United States 1 2 20 25

Semifinals

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The top two nations in each pool advanced to the final.

Pool 1
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1  Luxembourg 1 0 10 5
2  Italy 1 0 8 7
3  Denmark 0 2 12 18
Pool B
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1  Switzerland 1 1 18 12
2  Sweden 1 1 14 15
3  Hungary 1 1 13 18

Final

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The final was a round-robin.

Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy 3 0 32 11
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden 2 1 26 17
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Switzerland 1 2 18 24
4  Luxembourg 0 3 9 33

Results

Rosters

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References

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  1. ^ "Fencing: 1952 Olympic Results - Men's team épée". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  2. ^ "1952 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008.
  3. ^ "Fencing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Epee, Team". Archived from the original on 17 January 2012.