Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

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Men's épée
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Fencing pictogram.svg
Fencing pictogram
Venue British Empire Exhibition
Dates7–9 August 1948
Competitors66 from 25 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Luigi Cantone
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Oswald Zappelli
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Bronze medal icon.svg Edoardo Mangiarotti
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  1936
1952  

The men's épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme. It was the tenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 7 August 1948 to 9 August 1948. 66 fencers from 25 nations competed. [1] The event was won by Luigi Cantone of Italy, the nation's third consecutive victory in the men's épée (matching France for most all-time). Italy also earned its third consecutive bronze medal in the event, with Edoardo Mangiarotti's third-place finish. Between the two Italians was Oswald Zappelli of Switzerland, taking the silver medal.

Background

This was the 10th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (with only foil and sabre events held) but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900. [2]

One of the 10 finalists from the pre-war 1936 Games returned: fifth-place finisher Charles Debeur of Belgium. The reigning (1947) World Champion, Édouard Artigas of France, competed in the team event but not the individual event.

Colombia and Luxembourg each made their debut in the event. Belgium and the United States each appeared for the ninth time, tied for most among nations.

Competition format

The competition format was pool play round-robin, with bouts to three touches. Not all bouts were played in some pools if not necessary to determine advancement. Ties were broken through fence-off bouts ("barrages") in early rounds if necessary for determining advancement, but by touches received in final rounds (and for non-advancement-necessary placing in earlier rounds). [3] A barrage was held for the silver and bronze medals when the two fencers finished event on record, touches received, and touches scored.

The 1948 competition introduced byes for team event finalists.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 7 August 1948Round 1
Monday, 9 August 1948Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final

Results

Round 1

The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to round 2. [3] Fencers from the four teams that advanced to the final of the men's team épée event received byes through round 1:

Pool 1

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Robert Lips Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 42Q
2 Mohamed Abdel Rahman Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt 42Q
3 Raúl Saucedo Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 33Q
4 Paul Anen Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 33Q
5 Álvaro Pinto Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 24
6 Enrique Accorsi Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 24
7 Ilmari Vartia Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 15

Pool 2

Biancalana defeated Mørch and Wolff in a three-way barrage for fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Antonio Villamil Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 61Q
2 Émile Gretsch Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 43Q
3 Nils Sjöblom Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 43Q
4 Mario Biancalana Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil 34Q
5 Claus Mørch Sr. Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 34
6 Albert Wolff US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 34
7Manuel ChagasFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 25
8 Alfonso Ahumada Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 07

Pool 3

Simonetti defeated Meraz and Pouliot in a three-way barrage for fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Bert Pelling Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 50Q
2 Rodolphe Spillmann Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 51Q
3 Charles Debeur Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 32Q
4 Vito Simonetti Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 24Q
5 Emilio Meraz Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 24
6 Georges Pouliot Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 24
7 Ignacio Goldstein Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 06

Pool 4

Radoux defeated de Barros and Nawrocki in a three-way barrage for fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Pál Dunay Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 61Q
2 Alf Horn Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 61Q
3 Charles de Beaumont Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 52Q
4 Jean-Marie Radoux Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 34Q
5 Fortunato de Barros Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil 34
6 Jan Nawrocki Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 34
7 Ioannis Karamazakis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 16
8 Francisco Valero Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 07

Pool 5

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Oswald Zappelli Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 51Q
2 Antonio Haro Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 33Q
Ronald Parfitt Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 33Q
4Andreas SkotidasFlag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 33Q
5 Raoul Henkart Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 24
6 Béla Mikla Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 24
7 Rajmund Karwicki Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 15

Pool 6

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Egill Knutzen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 51Q
2 Roland Asselin Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 52Q
3 Imre Hennyei Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 43Q
4 Roberto Camargo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 43Q
5 Erkki Kerttula Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 34
6 Henrique de Aguilar Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil 34
7 Athanasios Nanopoulos Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 25
8 Jean-Fernand Leischen Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 06

Pool 7

Younes defeated Iturri in a barrage for fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Joe de Capriles US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 40Q
2 Alfred Eriksen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 22Q
3 Carlos Lamar Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 22Q
4 Mahmoud Younes Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt 13Q
5 Carlos Iturri Flag of Peru (1825-1950).svg  Peru 13

Pool 8

Younes defeated Iturri in a barrage for fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Norman Lewis US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 40Q
2 Roelof Hordijk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 12Q
3 Roberto Mañalich Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 12Q
4 Jean Asfar Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt 13Q
5 Emílio Lino Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 04

Quarterfinals

The top 3 finishers in each pool advanced to the semifinals. [4]

Quarterfinal 1

Camargo defeated de Capriles and Horn in a three-way barrage for third place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Oswald Zappelli Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 60Q
2 Luigi Cantone Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 42Q
3 Roberto Camargo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 33Q
4 Joe de Capriles US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 33
5 Alf Horn Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 33
6 Nils Sjöblom Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 15
7 Andreas Skotidas Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 15

Quarterfinal 2

Biancalana and Saucedo defeated de Beaumont in a three-way barrage for second and third place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Carlo Agostoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 52Q
2 Mario Biancalana Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil 43Q
3 Raúl Saucedo Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 43Q
4 Charles de Beaumont Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 43
5 Frank Cervell Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 34
6 Mohamed Abdel Rahman Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt 34
7 Roelof Hordijk Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24
8 Carlos Lamar Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 15

Quarterfinal 3

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Émile Gretsch Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 51Q
2 Edoardo Mangiarotti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 42Q
3 Bengt Ljungquist Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 42Q
4 Antonio Villamil Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 33
5 Bert Pelling Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 24
6 Alfred Eriksen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 24
7 Antonio Haro Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico 15

Quarterfinal 4

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Norman Lewis US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 41Q
2 Marcel Desprets Flag of France.svg  France 42Q
3 Charles Debeur Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 42Q
4 Mogens Lüchow Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 23
5 Robert Lips Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 12
6 Vito Simonetti Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 13
7 Imre Hennyei Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 05

Quarterfinal 5

Lepage defeated Anen and Nielsen in a three-way barrage for third place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Mahmoud Younes Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt 42Q
2 Jean-Marie Radoux Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 42Q
3 Henri Lepage Flag of France.svg  France 33Q
4 Paul Anen Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 33
5 Ib Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 33
6 Rodolphe Spillmann Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 15
Pál Dunay Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 15

Quarterfinal 6

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Henri Guérin Flag of France.svg  France 41Q
2 Ronald Parfitt Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 41Q
3 Egill Knutzen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 42Q
4 Roberto Mañalich Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 33
5 Jean Asfar Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt 23
6 Carl Forssell Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 24
7 Roland Asselin Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 05

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

Agostoni defeated Ljungquist in a barrage for fifth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Norman Lewis US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 61Q
2 Jean-Marie Radoux Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 53Q
3 Luigi Cantone Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 42Q
4 Henri Lepage Flag of France.svg  France 42Q
5 Carlo Agostoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 34Q
6 Bengt Ljungquist Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 34
7 Egill Knutzen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 15
Raúl Saucedo Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 16
9 Roberto Camargo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 02DNF

Semifinal 2

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Ronald Parfitt Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 62Q
2 Henri Guérin Flag of France.svg  France 53Q
3 Émile Gretsch Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 43Q
Edoardo Mangiarotti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 43Q
Oswald Zappelli Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 44Q
6 Marcel Desprets Flag of France.svg  France 35
7 Mario Biancalana Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil 35
8 Charles Debeur Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 35
9 Mahmoud Younes Flag of Egypt (1922-1953).svg  Egypt 17

Final

Zappelli and Mangiarotti finished tied on win–loss record, touches received, and touches scored. Rather than use the head-to-head results from the round-robin (Zappelli had defeated Mangiarotti 3–0 in their bout), they faced each other in a barrage for silver and bronze medals. Zappelli won, 3–0 again.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTR
Gold medal icon.svg Luigi Cantone Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 722415
Silver medal icon.svg Oswald Zappelli Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 542017
Bronze medal icon.svg Edoardo Mangiarotti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 542017
4 Henri Guérin Flag of France.svg  France 542019
5 Jean-Marie Radoux Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 541920
6 Henri Lepage Flag of France.svg  France 451920
7 Carlo Agostoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 452221
8 Émile Gretsch Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 361622
9 Norman Lewis US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 362024
10 Ronald Parfitt Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 271823

References

  1. "Fencing: 1948 Olympic Results - Men's épée". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  2. "Épée, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. 1 2 Official Report, p. 367.
  4. 1 2 Official Report, p. 368.