Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

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Men's team foil
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Venue Wembley Palace of Engineering, London
Dates30 – 31 July
Competitors82 from 16 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg André Bonin
Jéhan Buhan
Jacques Lataste
René Bougnol
Christian d'Oriola
Adrien Rommel
Flag of France.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg Edoardo Mangiarotti
Manlio Di Rosa
Renzo Nostini
Giuliano Nostini
Giorgio Pellini
Saverio Ragno
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Georges de Bourguignon
Henri Paternóster
Édouard Yves
Raymond Bru
André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer
Paul Valcke
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
  1936
1952  

The men's team foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from 30 July 1948 to 31 July 1948. 82 fencers from 16 nations competed. [1]

The competition format continued the pool play round-robin from prior years. Each of the four fencers from one team would face each of the four from the other, for a total of 16 bouts per match. The team that won more bouts won the match, with competition potentially stopping when one team reached 9 points out of the possible 16 (this did not always occur and matches sometimes continued). If the bouts were 8–8, touches received was used to determine the winning team. Pool matches unnecessary to the result were not played. [2]

Rosters

Results

Round 1

The top two teams in each pool advanced to round 2. [2]

Pool 1

France and Egypt each won their bouts against Ireland without losing a single bout; the two victorious teams advanced without playing each other.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of France.svg  France 10160Q
2Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt 1090Q
3Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 02025

Pool 2

Italy and Uruguay each won their bouts against Greece; the two victorious teams advanced without playing each other.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 10160Q
2Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 1092Q
3Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 02225

Pool 3

Cuba withdrew before competition, resulting in Argentina and Finland advancing without any matches played.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0000Q
1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 0000Q
3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 0000Withdrew

Pool 4

Hungary and the United States each won their bouts against Switzerland; the two victorious teams advanced without playing each other.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 10115Q
2US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 1093Q
3Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 02820

Pool 5

Austria and Brazil both withdrew before competition, leaving Belgium and Canada to advance without any matches being played..

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0000Q
1Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 0000Q
3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0000Withdrew
3Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Brazil 0000Withdrew

Pool 6

Denmark and Great Britain each beat the Netherlands; the two victorious teams advanced without playing each other. The match between Great Britain and the Netherlands was decided by hits against, with Great Britain winning 58 to 63.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1095Q
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1088Q
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 021317

Round 2

The top two teams in each pool advanced to round 2. [3]

Pool 1

France and the United States each won their bouts against Canada without losing a single bout; the two victorious teams advanced without playing each other.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of France.svg  France 10160Q
2US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 1090Q
3Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 02025

Pool 2

Italy and Argentina each won their bouts against Finland; the two victorious teams advanced without playing each other.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 10124Q
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1090Q
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 02421

Pool 3

This was the only preliminary round pool to require the full set of three matches to be played. Belgium defeated Great Britain, 12–4. Great Britain defeated Denmark, 10–6. Belgium then beat Denmark, 9–3, to eliminate the Danes and secure advancement for the Belgians and British.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 20213Q
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 111418Q
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 02919

Pool 4

Hungary and Egypt each won their bouts against Uruguay; the two victorious teams advanced without playing each other. The match between Hungary and Uruguay was decided by hits against; Hungary won, 60–66.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt 1091Q
2Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 1088Q
3Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 02917

Semifinals

The top two teams in each pool advanced to the final. [4]

Semifinal 1

In the first pairings, Italy defeated Argentina 11–5 while Belgium beat Hungary 10–6. In the second round of matches, the same teams won—this time, Italy over Hungary 9–2 while Argentina withdrew after the first bout went to Belgium.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20207Q
2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 20116Q
3Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 02819
4Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 02512

Semifinal 2

France won its two bouts, 13–3 over Egypt and 10–6 over Great Britain. Great Britain had its second 8–8 match of the tournament, this time losing on hits against to the United States, 60–64.The United States also beat Egypt, 9–5, to advance along with France.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of France.svg  France 20239Q
2US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 201713Q
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 021418
4Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt 02822

Final

France (11–5 over the United States) and Italy (11–5 over Belgium) started off with wins. They swapped opponents in the second set of bouts and each won again (France 9–5 over Belgium and Italy 9–2 over the United States). That set up the Belgium–United States match as a de facto bronze medal match and the France-Italy match as the gold medal match. The Belgians defeated the Americans 9–7 to earn bronze. The France vs. Italy match resulted in 8 bouts won apiece. France prevailed on hits against, 60–62.

RankNationMWMLBWBL
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France 302818
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 212815
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 121927
4US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 031429

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References

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