Fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

Men's épée
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue 160th Regiment State Armory
Dates 8–9 August
Competitors 28 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici  Italy
2nd, silver medalist(s) Georges Buchard  France
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Carlo Agostoni  Italy

The men's épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 8 August 1932 to 9 August 1932. 28 fencers from 12 nations competed, with three others entered but not starting.[1][2] A maximum of three fencers per nation could compete.[3]

The competition format continued the pool play round-robin from prior years, but increased the number of touches to win a bout to 3. A point system was used, with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, and 0 points for a loss.[4] The total number of touches received was used as the first tie-breaker. Touches scored was used as the second in the final.[5] It also was apparently used in the earlier rounds for the most part, though the official placing for 8th and 9th in round 1 pool 1 is inconsistent.

Results

Round 1

The top 7 finishers in pools 1 and 2 and the top 6 finishers in pool 3 advanced to the semifinals.[4]

Pool 1

It is unclear why Markus is ranked ahead of Corbin; being equal on points and touches received, Corbin's touches scored should have ranked him higher.

RankFencerCountryPointsTSTRNotes
1Saverio Ragno Italy162410Q
2Georges Buchard France122113Q
3Balthazar De Beukelaer Belgium101914Q
4Sven Thofelt Sweden81715Q
5Aage Leidersdorff Denmark71820Q
6Eduardo Prieto Mexico71720Q
7Doris de Jong Netherlands41520Q
8Bertram Markus Canada41021
9Harold Corbin United States41321
–Erwin Casmir GermanyDNSDNSDNS
–Somfai HungaryDNSDNSDNS

Pool 2

5 bouts in the round-robin were skipped (Agostini-Schmetz, Agostini-Saucedo, Saucedo-de Graffenried, Poplimont-Calnan, and Poplimont-Petneházy).[4]

The Official Report lists the bout between Farrell and Delgadillo as 2–2, but Sports-Reference reports a 3–2 Farrell win. The latter is consistent with Farrell having 7 points, as reported in both sources, and Delgadillo having 4, as listed in Sports-Reference. The Official Report lists Delgadillo as having 6 points, which is inconsistent with either a tie or loss. Both sources, however, list Delgadillo as having received 26 touches; if the result of the bout was 3–2 for Farrell, this number should be 27.[4][1]

The Official Report does not explain why Lindman advanced to the semifinals rather than Farrell.

RankFencerCountryPointsTSTRNotes
1Carlo Agostoni Italy16246Q
2Bernard Schmetz France152411Q
3Raúl Saucedo Argentina132211Q
4André Poplimont Belgium132215Q
5George Calnan United States122417Q
6Paul de Graffenried Switzerland81621Q
7Patrick Farrell Canada71423
8Bo Lindman Sweden62122Q
9Erik Kofoed-Hansen Denmark61622
10Gerónimo Delgadillo Mexico41627
11Imre Petneházy Hungary0327

Pool 3

RankFencerCountryPointsTSTRNotes
1Max Janlet Belgium10189Q
2Philippe Cattiau France101814Q
3Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici Italy91812Q
4Gustave Heiss United States81511Q
5Tibor Benkő Hungary61214Q
6Stig Lindström Sweden51419Q
7Eduardo Prieto Souza Mexico41118
7Ernest Dalton Canada41118
–Ivan Osiier DenmarkDNSDNSDNS

Semifinals

The top six finishers in each semifinal advanced to the final.[6]

Semifinal 1

Two bouts were not played: De Beukelaer-de Jong and Cattiau-Saucedo.

Both the Official Report and Sports-Reference credit De Beukelaer with 10 points; however, the head-to-head data shown by each has him winning 6 bouts and losing 2, which should result in 12 points.[6][1]

RankFencerCountryPointsTSTRNotes
1Saverio Ragno Italy132416Q
2Georges Buchard France122016Q
3Sven Thofelt Sweden102012Q
4Balthazar De Beukelaer Belgium102114Q
5Philippe Cattiau France101817Q
6Raúl Saucedo Argentina92017Q
7Gustave Heiss United States82019
8Eduardo Prieto Mexico41522
9Doris de Jong Netherlands31223
10Tibor Benkő Hungary31226

Semifinal 2

RankFencerCountryPointsTSTRNotes
1Bernard Schmetz France142213Q
2Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici Italy122217Q
3George Calnan United States112417Q
4Paul de Graffenried Switzerland112019Q
5Carlo Agostoni Italy102014Q
6Stig Lindström Sweden102217Q
7Max Janlet Belgium101819
8André Poplimont Belgium61321
9Bo Lindman Sweden41524
10Aage Leidersdorff Denmark21025

Final

RankFencerCountryPointsTSTR
1st, gold medalist(s)Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici Italy183118
2nd, silver medalist(s)Georges Buchard France162717
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Carlo Agostoni Italy153017
4Saverio Ragno Italy142720
5Bernard Schmetz France142622
6Philippe Cattiau France132322
7George Calnan United States132222
8Balthazar De Beukelaer Belgium81925
9Sven Thofelt Sweden82127
10Raúl Saucedo Argentina71828
11Paul de Graffenried Switzerland41729
12Stig Lindström Sweden41529

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Fencing: 1932 Olympic Results - Men's épée". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  2. ↑ Official Olympic Report, la84.org. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Official Report, p. 492.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Official Report, p. 506
  5. ↑ Official Report, p. 508
  6. 1 2 Official Report, p. 507
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