Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

Men's team foil at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Vélodrome d'hiver
Dates	June 27–30, 1924
Competitors	67 from 12 nations
Medalists
Philippe Cattiau Jacques Coutrot Guy De Luget Roger Ducret Lucien Gaudin Henri Jobier André Labattut Josef Peroteaux   France Marcel Berre Désiré Beurain Charles Crahay Albert De Roocker Fernand de Montigny Maurice Van Damme   Belgium László Berti István Lichteneckert Sándor Pósta Zoltán Schenker Ödön Tersztyanszky   Hungary
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The men's team foil was one of seven fencing events on the programme for fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics. It was the third appearance of the event.

The competition was held from Thursday June 27, 1924, to Sunday June 30, 1924. 12 teams, composed of 67 fencers, competed.

Rosters

Each team could have up to eight members. Four were selected for each match.

Argentina

Horacio Casco Roberto Larraz Luis Lucchetti Ángel Santamarina

Austria

Richard Brünner Kurt Ettinger Alois Gottfried Ernst Huber Hugo Philipp

Belgium

Marcel Berre Désiré Beurain Charles Crahay Albert De Roocker Fernand de Montigny Maurice Van Damme

Denmark

Jens Berthelsen Svend Munck Ivan Osiier Erik Sjøqvist

France

Philippe Cattiau Jacques Coutrot Guy De Luget Roger Ducret Lucien Gaudin Henri Jobier André Labattut Josef Peroteaux

Great Britain

Philip Doyne Robert Montgomerie Edgar Seligman Frederick Sherriff Roland Willoughby

Hungary

László Berti István Lichteneckert Sándor Pósta Zoltán Schenker Ödön Tersztyanszky

Italy

Valentino Argento Aldo Boni Dante Carniel Giorgio Chiavacci Luigi Cuomo Giulio Gaudini Giorgio Pessina Oreste Puliti

Netherlands

Adrianus de Jong Paul Kunze Nicolaas Nederpeld Félix Vigeveno Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls

Spain

Félix de Pomés Juan Delgado Diego Díez Diego García Santiago García

Switzerland

John Albaret Constantin Antoniades Eugène Empeyta Édouard Fitting Frédéric Fitting Charles Rochat

United States

Philip Allison Burke Boyce George Breed George Calnan Thomas Jeter Alfred Walker

Results

Round 1

The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless a match was unnecessary as it would not alter qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to five touches.

Pool A

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		GBR	ITA
1	Great Britain	w/o	w/o	–	–	Q
1	Italy	w/o	w/o	–	–

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Pool B

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		FRA	HUN	ESP
1	France	1	0	12	4	Q				12–4
2	Hungary	1	0	9	7					9–7
3	Spain	0	2	11	21			4–12	7–9

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Pool C

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		ARG	USA	NED
1	Argentina	1	0	12	4	Q				12–4
2	United States	1	0	10	6					10–6
3	Netherlands	0	2	10	22			4–12	6–10

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Pool D

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		AUT	BEL
1	Austria	w/o	w/o	–	–	Q
1	Belgium	w/o	w/o	–	–

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Pool E

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		DEN	SUI
1	Denmark	w/o	w/o	–	–	Q
1	Switzerland	w/o	w/o	–	–

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Quarterfinals

The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to five touches.

Pool A

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		ITA	HUN	SUI	AUT
1	Italy	3	0	41	7	Q			16–0	12–4	13–3
2	Hungary	2	1	22	26			0–16		9–7	13–3
3	Switzerland	1	2	21	27			4–12	7–9		10–6
4	Austria	0	3	12	36			3–13	3–13	6–10

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Pool B

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		FRA	DEN	USA
1	France	2	0	27	5	Q			14–2	13–3
2	Denmark	1	1	11	21			2–14		9–7
3	United States	0	2	10	22			3–13	7–9

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Pool C

Belgium won its match against Argentina on touches, 61–56.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		BEL	ARG	GBR
1	Belgium	2	0	20	12	Q			8–8	12–4
2	Argentina	1	1	19	13			8–8		11–5
3	Great Britain	0	2	9	23			4–12	5–11

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Semifinals

The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless the match was unnecessary to decide qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to five touches.

Pool A

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		ITA	BEL	DEN
1	Italy	1	0	12	4	Q				12–4
2	Belgium	1	0	9	7					9–7
3	Denmark	0	2	11	21			4–12	7–9

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Pool B

Hungary won its match against Argentina on touches, 58–57.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		FRA	HUN	ARG
1	France	2	0	27	5	Q			14–2	13–3
2	Hungary	1	1	10	22			2–14		8–8
3	Argentina	0	2	11	21			3–13	8–8

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Final

Each team played each other team. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to five touches.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL		FRA	BEL	HUN	ITA
	France	2	0	27	5			13–3	14–2
	Belgium	1	1	12	20		3–13		9–7
	Hungary	0	2	9	23		2–14	7–9
–	Italy	DNF	DNF	–	–

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References

• Kubatko, Justin. "Fencing at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Foil, Team". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2009-02-16.