Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

Men's team foil
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueWestend Tennis Hall
Dates21 – 22 July
Competitors77 from 15 nations
Medalists
   France
   Italy
   Hungary
Fencing at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Épée men  
Team épée men
Foil men women
Team foil men
Sabre men
Team sabre men

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.[1]

Results

Source: Official results;[2] and Sports Reference[3]

Round 1

The top two nations in each pool advanced to the quarter finals.

Pool 1
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1 Hungary 1 0 15 1
2 Belgium 1 0 9 3
3 Saar 0 2 4 24
Pool 2
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1 Egypt 1 0 9 4
2 Argentina 1 0 8 8
3 Soviet Union 0 2 12 17
Pool 3
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1 Great Britain 1 0 14 2
2 Italy 1 0 9 0
3 Venezuela 0 2 2 23
Pool 4
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1 Sweden 1 0 13 3
2 France 1 0 9 0
3 Australia 0 2 3 22
Pool 5
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1 Germany 1 0 10 6
2 United States 1 0 9 7
3 Romania 0 2 13 19

Round 2

The top two nations in each pool advanced to the semi-finals.

Pool 1
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1 Egypt 1 0 10 6
2 Italy 1 0 9 1
3 Sweden 0 2 7 19
Pool 2
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1 France 1 0 9 2
2 Belgium 1 0 9 7
3 Great Britain 0 2 9 18
Pool 3
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1 Hungary 2 1 31 17
2 Argentina 2 1 27 21
3 United States 2 1 25 23
4 Germany 0 3 13 35

Semifinals

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

Pool 1
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1 Hungary 1 0 11 5
2 Italy 1 0 9 1
3 Belgium 0 2 6 20
Pool B
Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1 France 1 0 9 2
2 Egypt 1 0 9 7
3 Argentina 0 2 9 18

Final

The final was a round-robin.

Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost
1st France 3 0 35 11
2nd Italy 2 1 34 12
3rd Hungary 1 2 16 31
4 Egypt 0 3 8 39

Results

Rosters

Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Egypt
France

Germany
Great Britain
Hungary
Italy
Romania

Saar
Soviet Union
Sweden
United States
Venezuela

References

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