Fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

Men's foil
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue 160th Regiment State Armory
Dates August 2–4
Competitors 26 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Gustavo Marzi  Italy
2nd, silver medalist(s) Joe Levis  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Giulio Gaudini  Italy

The men's foil 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 2 to 4 August 1932. 26 fencers from 12 nations competed, with one other entered but not starting. Each nation was limited to three fencers.[1][2]

The competition format was pool play round-robin, with bouts to five touches. Not all bouts were played in some pools if not necessary to determine advancement. Bout wins were used for placement, regardless of losses if fencers had competed in a different number of bouts (e.g., 3–3 Gorordo and 3–2 Every were tied in the first round). Touches against was used as the tie-breaker.[2]

Results

Round 1

The top 6 finishers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.[3]

Pool 1

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Emrys Lloyd Great Britain50258Q
2Gioacchino Guaragna Italy50259Q
3René Bougnol France322113Q
4Ángel Gorordo Argentina332621Q
4Dernell Every United States322021Q
6Axel Bloch Denmark331723Q
7Ernest Dalton Canada061430
7Leobardo Candiani Mexico06730
Barbier BelgiumDNSDNSDNSDNS

Pool 2

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Gustavo Marzi Italy703518Q
2Philippe Cattiau France613414Q
3Joe Levis United States523323Q
4Ivan Osiier Denmark412211Q
5Paul de Graffenried Switzerland341927Q
6Werner Mund Belgium352532Q
7Eduardo Prieto Mexico262436
8Rodolfo Valenzuela Argentina162331
9Bertram Markus Canada171437

Pool 3

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Giulio Gaudini Italy703516Q
2Roberto Larraz Argentina523221Q
3Edward Gardère France533527Q
4Erwin Casmir Germany422814Q
5Georges de Bourguignon Belgium432321Q
6Doris de Jong Netherlands342328Q
7Theodore Lorber United States262435
8Raymundo Izcoa Mexico261936
9Erik Kofoed-Hansen Denmark171738

Semifinals

The top 5 finishers in each semifinal advanced to the final.[4]

Semifinal 1

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Erwin Casmir Germany713716Q
2Roberto Larraz Argentina623616Q
3Philippe Cattiau France623424Q
4Giulio Gaudini Italy523219Q
5Joe Levis United States432318Q
6Edward Gardère France442924
7Axel Bloch Denmark261837
8Werner Mund Belgium171238
9Doris de Jong Netherlands081140

Semifinal 2

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Emrys Lloyd Great Britain713719Q
2Gioacchino Guaragna Italy613323Q
3Gustavo Marzi Italy523021Q
4Ángel Gorordo Argentina422519Q
5René Bougnol France443026Q
6Georges de Bourguignon Belgium352927
7Ivan Osiier Denmark352733
8Dernell Every United States262736
9Paul de Graffenried Switzerland08640

Final

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTR
1st, gold medalist(s)Gustavo Marzi Italy904517
2nd, silver medalist(s)Joe Levis United States633835
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Giulio Gaudini Italy543327
4Gioacchino Guaragna Italy543733
5Erwin Casmir Germany543634
6Emrys Lloyd Great Britain543534
7Roberto Larraz Argentina363331
8René Bougnol France362841
9Philippe Cattiau France272741
10Ángel Gorordo Argentina272642

References

  1. "Fencing: 1932 Olympic Results - Men's foil". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  2. 1 2 Official Olympic Report, la84.org. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  3. Official Report, p. 496.
  4. Official Report, p. 498.
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