Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

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Men's team foil
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueImperial Sports Field, Berlin
Dates2–4 August
Competitors99 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Manlio Di Rosa
Giulio Gaudini
Gioacchino Guaragna
Gustavo Marzi
Giorgio Bocchino
Ciro Verratti		  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) André Gardère
Edward Gardère
René Lemoine
René Bondoux
Jacques Coutrot
René Bougnol		  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Siegfried Lerdon
August Heim
Julius Eisenecker
Erwin Casmir
Stefan Rosenbauer
Otto Adam		  Germany
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1936 Summer Olympics
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The men's team foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 2 to 4 August 1936. 99 fencers from 17 nations competed.[1][2] Each team could have a maximum of six fencers, with four participating in any given match.[3]

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; this rule affected all 10 of the pools in the first two rounds, which stopped after 2 of 3 possible matches when one team lost both.[4]

Rosters[]

Results[]

Round 1[]

The top two teams in each pool advanced to round 2.[5]

Pool 1[]

Switzerland defeated Greece on touches received (64–68) after the bouts were tied at 8 apiece. Belgium also defeated Greece. This resulted in Greece being eliminated and the match between Belgium and Switzerland not being played.[5]

Rank Country Points MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Belgium 2 1 0 9 2 Q
2  Switzerland 2 1 0 8 8 Q
3  Greece 0 0 2 10 17

Pool 2[]

France and Yugoslavia each defeated Brazil. This resulted in Brazil being eliminated and the match between France and Yugoslavia not being played.[5]

Rank Country Points MW ML BW BL Notes
1  France 2 1 0 16 0 Q
2  Yugoslavia 2 1 0 9 7 Q
3  Brazil 0 0 2 7 25

Pool 3[]

Argentina and Czechoslavkia each defeated Denmark. This resulted in Denmark being eliminated and the match between Argentina and Czechoslavkia not being played.[6]

Rank Country Points MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Argentina 2 1 0 14 2 Q
2  Czechoslovakia 2 1 0 13 3 Q
3  Denmark 0 0 2 5 27

Pool 4[]

Germany and Great Britain each defeated Canada. This resulted in Canada being eliminated and the match between Germany and Great Britain not being played.[6]

Rank Country Points MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Germany 2 1 0 15 1 Q
2  Great Britain 2 1 0 14 2 Q
3  Canada 0 0 2 3 29

Pool 5[]

Italy and Austria each defeated Egypt. This resulted in Egypt being eliminated and the match between Italy and Austria not being played.[7]

Rank Country Points MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Italy 2 1 0 13 1 Q
2  Austria 2 1 0 11 5 Q
3  Egypt 0 0 2 6 24

Pool 6[]

The United States and Hungary each defeated Norway. This resulted in Norway being eliminated and the match between the United States and Hungary not being played.[7]

Rank Country Points MW ML BW BL Notes
1  United States 2 1 0 12 4 Q
2  Hungary 2 1 0 10 6 Q
3  Norway 0 0 2 10 22

Round 2[]

The top two teams in each pool advanced to the semifinals.[8]

Pool 1[]

Germany and Great Britain advanced from the same first-round group, but had not played each other yet. Great Britain was defeated after losing to both Argentina and Germany, who did not play each other. The match between Argentina and Great Britain was decided on touches received, 57–62, after being tied on individual bouts 8–8.[8]

Rank Country Points MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Germany 2 1 0 9 2 Q
2  Argentina 2 1 0 8 8 Q
3  Great Britain 0 0 2 10 17

Pool 2[]

Italy and the United States each defeated Switzerland. This resulted in Switzerland being eliminated and the match between Italy and the United States not being played.[8]

Rank Country Points MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Italy 2 1 0 15 1 Q
2  United States 2 1 0 13 3 Q
3  Switzerland 0 0 2 4 28

Pool 3[]

France and Hungary each defeated Yugoslavia. This resulted in Yugoslavia being eliminated and the match between France and Hungary not being played.[9]

Rank Country Points MW ML BW BL Notes
1  France 2 1 0 9 1 Q
2  Hungary 2 1 0 14 2 Q
3  Yugoslavia 0 0 2 3 23

Pool 4[]

Austria and Belgium each defeated Czechoslovakia. This resulted in Czechoslovakia being eliminated and the match between Austria and Belgium not being played.[9]

Rank Country Points MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Austria 2 1 0 12 4 Q
2  Belgium 2 1 0 11 5 Q
3  Czechoslovakia 0 0 2 9 23

Semifinals[]

The top two teams in each pool advanced to the final.[10]

Semifinal 1[]

Italy and the United States advanced from the same second-round group, but had not played each other yet. Italy defeated each of the three other teams. Austria had a decisive 12–4 win against the United States, but fell to Hungary on touches received 53–63 after the individual bouts were 8–8. Hungary in turn lost to the United States, 9–7, creating a three-way tie for second place. Austria had lost the fewest individual bouts and advanced.[11]

Rank Country Points MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Italy 6 3 0 25 10 Q
2  Austria 2 1 2 24 24 Q
3  Hungary 2 1 2 18 30
4  United States 2 1 0 16 32

Semifinal 2[]

Germany and Argentina advanced from the same second-round group, but had not played each other yet. France remained undefeated, beating each of the other three teams. Germany defeated Belgium and Argentina to advance as well, with Belgium finishing third in the group with a win over Argentina.[10]

Rank Country Points MW ML BW BL Notes
1  France 6 3 0 29 19 Q
2  Germany 4 2 1 28 20 Q
3  Belgium 2 1 2 25 23
4  Argentina 0 0 3 14 34

Final[]

In the first pairings, Italy beat Austria while France defeated Germany. In the second, France defeated Austria while Italy beat Germany. The third and final pairings of the round-robin became effectively a gold-medal final between Italy and France (both of whom were undefeated to that point) as well as a bronze-medal match featuring Germany and Austria. Italy reached 9 wins after 13 individual bouts, securing the gold medal while France took silver. Germany accumulated 9 wins in 14 bouts, earning bronze.[12]

Rank Country Points MW ML BW BL
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy 6 3 0 38 8
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  France 6 3 0 29 19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Germany 4 2 1 28 20
4  Austria 2 1 2 24 24

References[]

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1936 Olympic Results - Men's team foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  2. ^ Official Olympic Report, la84.org. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 755.
  4. ^ Official Report, p. 756.
  5. ^ a b c Official Report, p. 766.
  6. ^ a b Official Report, p. 767.
  7. ^ a b Official Report, p. 768.
  8. ^ a b c Official Report, p. 770.
  9. ^ a b Official Report, p. 771.
  10. ^ a b Official Report, p. 773.
  11. ^ Official Report, p. 772.
  12. ^ Official Report, p. 775.
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