The men's team foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 21 to 22 July 1952. 77 fencers from 15 nations competed.
Results Source: Official results; and Sports Reference
Round 1 The top two nations in each pool advanced to the quarter-finals.
Pool 1RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost1 1 0 15 1 2 1 0 9 3 3 0 2 4 24
Pool 2RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost1 1 0 9 4 2 1 0 8 8 3 0 2 12 17
Pool 3RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost1 1 0 14 2 2 1 0 9 0 3 0 2 2 23
Pool 4RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost1 1 0 13 3 2 1 0 9 0 3 0 2 3 22
Pool 5RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost1 1 0 10 6 2 1 0 9 7 3 0 2 13 19
Round 2 The top two nations in each pool advanced to the semi-finals.
Pool 1RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost1 1 0 10 6 2 1 0 9 1 3 0 2 7 19
Pool 2RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost1 1 0 9 2 2 1 0 9 7 3 0 2 9 18
Pool 3RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost1 2 1 31 17 2 2 1 27 21 3 2 1 25 23 4 0 3 13 35
Semifinals The top two nations in each pool advanced to the final.
Pool 1RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost1 1 0 11 5 2 1 0 9 1 3 0 2 6 20
Pool BRankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost1 1 0 9 2 2 1 0 9 7 3 0 2 9 18
Final The final was a round-robin.
RankNationWinsLossesBouts WonBouts Lost 3 0 35 11 2 1 34 12 1 2 16 314 0 3 8 39
Results
8-6 12-4 15-1 13-3 15-1 9-6
Rosters
Argentina Fulvio Galimi José Rodríguez Eduardo Sastre Félix Galimi Santiago Massini
Australia Charles Stanmore John Fethers Jock Gibson Ivan Lund
Belgium Pierre Van Houdt André Verhalle Alex Bourgeois Paul Valcke Édouard Yves Gustave Ballister
Egypt Salah Dessouki Mohamed Ali Riad Osman Abdel Hafeez Mahmoud Younes Mohamed Zulficar Hassan Hosni Tawfik
France Claude Netter Jéhan Buhan Jacques Lataste Jacques Noël Christian d'Oriola Adrien Rommel
Germany Willy Fascher Kurt Wahl Norman Casmir Julius Eisenecker Siegfried Rossner
Great Britain René Paul Luke Wendon Emrys Lloyd Raymond Paul Harry Cooke Allan Jay
Hungary Endre Tilli Aladár Gerevich Endre Palócz Lajos Maszlay Tibor Berczelly József Sákovics
Italy Edoardo Mangiarotti Manlio Di Rosa Giancarlo Bergamini Antonio Spallino Giorgio Pellini Renzo Nostini
Romania Andrei Vîlcea Ilie Tudor Nicolae Marinescu Vasile Chelaru
Saar Ernst Rau Walter Brödel Karl Bach Günther Knödler
Soviet Union Ivan Komarov German Bokun Yulen Uralov Mark Midler
Sweden Rolf Magnusson Sven Fahlman Nils Rydström Bo Eriksson
United States Silvio Giolito Albie Axelrod Nate Lubell Byron Krieger Daniel Bukantz Hal Goldsmith
Venezuela Giovanni Bertorelli Nelson Nieves Juan Kavanagh Gustavo Gutiérrez Augusto Gutiérrez
References