Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

The men's team épée was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 3 August 1928 to 5 August 1928. 93 fencers from 18 nations competed.

Rosters

Belgium Émile Barbier Balthazar De Beukelaer Charles Delporte Charles Debeur Léon Tom Georges Dambois

Czechoslovakia Martin Harden Josef Jungmann František Kříž Jan Tille Miroslav Beznoska Jan Černohorský

Denmark Ivan Osiier Jens Berthelsen Otto Bærentzen Peter Ryefelt Johan Praem

Egypt Elie Adda Joseph Misrahi Mohamed Charaoui Saul Moyal Salvator Cicurel

France Georges Buchard Gaston Amson Émile Cornic Bernard Schmetz René Barbier

Germany Theodor Fischer Fritz Gazzera Hans Halberstadt Fritz Jack

Great Britain Charles Biscoe Bertie Childs David Drury Martin Holt

Greece Konstantinos Botasis Tryfon Triantafyllakos Konstantinos Nikolopoulos Georgios Ambet Konstantinos Bembis

Hungary József Rády János Hajdú Albert Bógathy György Piller-Jekelfalussy Ottó Hátszeghy

Italy Giulio Basletta Marcello Bertinetti Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici Carlo Agostoni Renzo Minoli Franco Riccardi

Netherlands Leonard Kuypers Arie de Jong Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls Willem Driebergen Alfred Labouchere Karel, Jonkheer van den Brandeler

Norway Sigurd Akre-Aas Raoul Heide Frithjof Lorentzen Jacob Bergsland

Portugal Paulo Leal Mário de Noronha Jorge de Paiva Frederico Paredes João Sassetti Henrique da Silveira

Romania Mihai Savu Gheorghe Caranfil Răzvan Penescu Dan Gheorghiu Ion Rudeanu

Spain Juan Delgado Domingo García Diego Díez Félix de Pomés Fidel González

Sweden Nils Hellsten Sidney Stranne Gunnar Cederschiöld Bertil Uggla

Switzerland Édouard Fitting Henri Jacquet Frédéric Fitting Eugène Empeyta John Albaret Paul de Graffenried

United States Arthur Lyon George Calnan Allen Milner Harold Rayner Henry Breckinridge Edward Barnett

Results Source: Official results; De Wael

Round 1

Each pool was a round-robin (with matches not being held where unnecessary to the overall result). Bouts were to two touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team match (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the second round.

Pool ARankNationWinsLossesQual.1 2 0 Q2 1 1 Q3 0 2

Pool BRankNationWinsLossesQual.1 1 0 Q2 1 0 Q3 0 2

Pool CRankNationWinsLossesQual.1 0 0 Q

Pool DRankNationWinsLossesQual.1 2 0 Q2 1 1 Q3 0 2

Pool ERankNationWinsLossesQual.1 1 (20) 1 Q2 1 (16) 1 Q3 1 (10) 1

Pool FRankNationWinsLossesQual.1 2 0 Q2 1 1 Q3 0 2

Pool GRankNationWinsLossesQual.1 1 0 Q2 0 1 Q

Round 2

Each pool was a round-robin (with matches not being held where unnecessary to the overall result). Bouts were to two touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team match (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the second round.

Pool ARankNationWinsLossesQual.1 2 0 Q2 1 1 Q3 0 2

Pool BRankNationWinsLossesQual.1 3 0 Q2 1 1 Q3 1 2 4 2

Pool CRankNationWinsLossesQual.1 2 0 Q2 1 1 Q3 0 2

Pool DRankNationWinsLossesQual.1 2 0 Q2 1 1 Q3 0 2

Semifinals

Each pool was a round-robin (with matches not being held where unnecessary to the overall result). Bouts were to two touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team match (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the second round.

Pool ARankNationWinsLossesQual.1 3 0 Q2 2 1 Q3 1 2 4 0 3

Pool BRankNationWinsLossesQual.1 3 0 Q2 2 1 Q3 1 2 4 0 3

Final

The final was a round-robin. Bouts were to two touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team match (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8).

RankNationWinsLosses 3 0 2 1 1 24 0 3

References