Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

Men's épée
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue St Kilda Town Hall
Dates 30 November
Competitors 41 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Carlo Pavesi  Italy
2nd, silver medalist(s) Giuseppe Delfino  Italy
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Edoardo Mangiarotti  Italy

The men's épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 30 November 1956. 41 fencers from 18 nations competed.[1]

Results

FencerCountry
Carlo Pavesi Italy
Giuseppe Delfino Italy
Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy
Richard Pew United States
Lajos Balthazár Hungary
René Queyroux France
Per Carleson Sweden
Rolf Wiik Finland
Ghislain Delaunois Belgium
Armand Mouyal France
Carl Forssell Sweden
Émile Gretsch Luxembourg
Skip Shurtz United States
Berndt-Otto Rehbinder Sweden
Édouard Schmit Luxembourg
József Sákovics Hungary
Béla Rerrich Hungary
Arnold Chernushevich Soviet Union
Günter Stratmann United Team of Germany
Daniel Dagallier France
Bill Hoskyns Great Britain
Kinmont Hoitsma United States
Allan Jay Great Britain
Ivan Lund Australia
Jacques Debeur Belgium
Roger Achten Belgium
Richard Stone Australia
Michael Howard Great Britain
Roland Asselin Canada
Revaz Tsirek'idze Soviet Union
Emilio Echeverry Colombia
Juozas Ūdras Soviet Union
Wäinö Korhonen Finland
Siha Sukarno Indonesia
Jean-Fernand Leischen Luxembourg
Laurence Harding-Smith Australia
Alfredo Yanguas Colombia
Emiliano Camargo Colombia
Santiago Massini Argentina
Luis Jiménez Mexico
Masayuki Sano Japan

References

  1. "Fencing: 1956 Olympic Results - Men's épée". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
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