Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

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Men's team foil
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue St Kilda Town Hall
Dates23 November
Competitors50 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Edoardo Mangiarotti
Manlio Di Rosa
Giancarlo Bergamini
Antonio Spallino
Luigi Carpaneda
Vittorio Lucarelli
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Claude Netter
Bernard Baudoux
Jacques Lataste
Roger Closset
Christian d'Oriola
René Coicaud
Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Endre Tilli
József Sákovics
József Gyuricza
Mihály Fülöp
Lajos Somodi, Sr.
József Marosi
Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary
  1952
1960  

The men's team foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the ninth appearance of the event. The competition was held 23 November 1956. 50 fencers from 9 nations competed. [1]

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Competition format

The competition used a pool play format, with each team facing the other teams in the pool in a round robin. Each match consisted of 16 bouts, with 4 fencers on one team facing each of the 4 fencers on the other team. Bouts were to 5 touches. Total touches against were the tie-breaker if a match was tied 8 bouts to 8. However, only as much fencing was done as was necessary to determine advancement, so some matches never occurred and some matches were stopped before the full 16 bouts were fenced if the teams advancing from the pool could be determined. [2]

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Results

Round 1

The top two nations in each pool advanced to the semifinal.

Pool 1

In the first match, Belgium defeated the Soviet Union 9–7. The Soviet Union then defeated France 9–7. The third match ended when France took a 10–4 lead over Belgium, ensuring that all teams would finish 1–1 and Belgium would necessarily lose the three-way tie based on individual bouts.

RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost
1Flag of France.svg  France 111713
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 111616
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 111317

Pool 2

In the first match, Great Britain defeated Colombia 15–1. In the second, Italy reached 9 wins without a loss against Colombia to win the match; because this put Colombia at 0–2 and guaranteed advancement for the other two teams, the Italy–Colombia match was halted.

RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1090
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 10151
3Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 02124

Pool 3

In the first match, the United States defeated Australia 13–3. In the second, Hungary and Australia each won 8 bouts, but Hungary prevailed on touches against (57–65). This eliminated Australia at 0–2 and advanced the other two teams, so the United States did not face Hungary.

RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost
1US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 10133
2Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 1088
3Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 021121

Semifinals

The top two teams in each semifinal advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

In the first match, the United States defeated Great Britain 9–7. In the second, Italy and Great Britain tied: not only in bouts, 8–8, but in touches, 56–56. For the third and final match, then, Italy needed only to do better against the United States than Great Britain had; as soon as Italy won its 8th bout against the United States (leading the match 8–4), the pool was finished. That the United States could still have come back to win against Italy was immaterial; those two would advance regardless, with Great Britain eliminated.

RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1.50.51612
2US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 111315
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0.51.51517

Semifinal 2

Hungary (11–5) and France (9–4) each defeated the Soviet Union, with the French–Soviet match stopped as soon as France reached 9 wins due to the certainty of the Soviet Union's elimination.

RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost
1Flag of France.svg  France 1094
2Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 10115
3Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 02920

Final

The first two pairings saw France defeat the United States (10–6) and Italy beat Hungary (8–8, 59–63). France and Italy each won again in the second pairings, this time France over Hungary (11–5) and Italy against the United States (9–7). With two 2–0 teams and two 0–2 teams, the third set of pairings in the round-robin were effectively a gold medal match and a bronze medal match. Hungary defeated the United States 9–5 to take the bronze medal, while Italy prevailed over France 9–7 for the gold.

RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 302622
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France 212820
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 122224
4US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 031828

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References

  1. "Fencing: 1956 Olympic Results - Men's team foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
  2. Official Report, p. 436.