Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

Men's team épée
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue Schermzaal
Dates 3–5 August 1928
Competitors 93 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Giulio Basletta, Marcello Bertinetti, Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici, Carlo Agostoni, Renzo Minoli, Franco Riccardi  Italy
2nd, silver medalist(s) Georges Buchard, Gaston Amson, Émile Cornic, Bernard Schmetz, René Barbier  France
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Paulo Leal, Mário de Noronha, Jorge de Paiva, Frederico Paredes, João Sassetti, Henrique da Silveira  Portugal

The men's team épée was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 3 August 1928 to 5 August 1928. 93 fencers from 18 nations competed.[1]

Rosters

Results

Source: Official results;[2] De Wael[3]

Round 1

Each pool was a round-robin (with matches not being held where unnecessary to the overall result). Bouts were to two touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team match (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the second round.

Pool A
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 France20Q
2 Czechoslovakia11Q
3 Greece02
Pool B
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 Belgium10Q
2 Spain10Q
3 Denmark02
Pool C
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 Italy00Q
Pool D
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 Portugal20Q
2 Netherlands11Q
3 Sweden02
Pool E
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 Switzerland1 (20)1Q
2 Norway1 (16)1Q
3 Great Britain1 (10)1
Pool F
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 United States20Q
2 Egypt11Q
3 Hungary02
Pool G
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 Germany10Q
2 Romania01Q

Round 2

Each pool was a round-robin (with matches not being held where unnecessary to the overall result). Bouts were to two touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team match (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the second round.

Pool A
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 Belgium20Q
2 Czechoslovakia11Q
3 Romania02
Pool B
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 Italy30Q
2 Spain1​1⁄21​1⁄2Q
3 Egypt12
4 Germany​1⁄22​1⁄2
Pool C
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 France20Q
2 Netherlands11Q
3 Switzerland02
Pool D
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 Portugal20Q
2 United States11Q
3 Norway02

Semifinals

Each pool was a round-robin (with matches not being held where unnecessary to the overall result). Bouts were to two touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team match (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the second round.

Pool A
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 France30Q
2 Belgium21Q
3 United States12
4 Spain03
Pool B
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 Italy30Q
2 Portugal21Q
3 Czechoslovakia12
4 Netherlands03

Final

The final was a round-robin. Bouts were to two touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team match (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8).

Rank Nation Wins Losses
1st, gold medalist(s) Italy30
2nd, silver medalist(s) France21
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Portugal12
4 Belgium03

References

  1. ↑ "Fencing: 1928 Olympic Results - Men's team épée". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2008.
  3. ↑ "Fencing 1928".
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