Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from 31 July 1928 to 1 August 1928. 54 fencers from 22 nations competed.[1] For the third straight Games, the limit of fencers per nation was reduced (from 12 to 8 in 1920, from 8 to 4 in 1924, and from 4 to 3 in 1928). The event was won by Lucien Gaudin of France, the nation's second consecutive and fourth overall victory in the men's foil. Erwin Casmir earned silver to give Germany its first medal in the event. Giulio Gaudini of Italy took bronze.

Men's foil
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Lucien Gaudin (1922)
VenueSchermzaal
Dates31 July–1 August 1928
Competitors54 from 22 nations
Medalists
Lucien Gaudin
 France
Erwin Casmir
 Germany
Giulio Gaudini
 Italy
Fencing at the
1928 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Foilmenwomen
Team foilmen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

Background

This was the seventh appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1908 (when there was a foil display only rather than a medal event). Three of the 1924 finalists returned: gold medalist (and 1920 bronze medalist) Roger Ducret and two-time silver medalist Philippe Cattiau of France, along with sixth-place finisher Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier of Denmark. Osiier was competing in the Games for the fifth time of his eventual seven. The favorite was 1927 world champion Oreste Puliti of Italy, whose Olympic ban resulting from his withdrawal in the 1924 sabre competition had been lifted.[2]

Chile, Finland, Romania, and Yugoslavia each made their debut in the men's foil. The United States made its sixth appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 competition.

Competition format

The event used a three-round format. In each round, the fencers were divided into pools to play a round-robin within the pool. Bouts were to five touches. Standard foil rules were used, including that touches had to be made with the tip of the foil, the target area was limited to the torso, and priority determined the winner of double touches.[2]

  • Quarterfinals: There were 6 pools of 6–8 fencers each. The top 3 fencers in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals.
  • Semifinals: There were 3 pools of 8 fencers each. The top 4 fencers in each semifinal advanced to the final.
  • Final: The final pool had 12 fencers.

Schedule
Date Time Round
Tuesday, 31 July 1928Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 1 August 1928Semifinals
Final

Results

Source: Official results;[3] De Wael[4]

Round 1

Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to five touches. The top three fencers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.

Pool A
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Albert De Roocker Belgium4Q
2Zoltán Schenker Hungary4Q
3George Calnan United States3Q
4Frans Mosman Netherlands3
5Jens Berthelsen Denmark1
6Mahmoud Ahmed Abdin Egypt0

Pool B
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Ivan Osiier Denmark5Q
2Erwin Casmir Germany4Q
3Giulio Gaudini Italy3Q
4Johan Falkenberg Norway2
5Gusztáv Kálniczky Hungary1
6Fernando García Spain0

Pool C
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Lucien Gaudin France5Q
2Fritz Gazzera Germany3Q
3Joe Levis United States3Q
4Eugène Empeyta Switzerland2
5Denis Pearce Great Britain1
6Konstantinos Botasis Greece1

Pool D
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Ugo Pignotti Italy7Q
2Oscar Viñas Argentina5Q
3Pierre Pêcher Belgium5Q
4Paul Kunze Netherlands3
5Sebastião Herédia Portugal3
6Robert Montgomerie Great Britain3
7John Albaret Switzerland1
8Konstantinos Nikolopoulos Greece1

Pool E
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Oreste Puliti Italy6Q
2Saul Moyal Egypt4Q
3Nicolaas Nederpeld Netherlands4Q
4Thomas Wand-Tetley Great Britain3
5Frithjof Lorentzen Norway2
6Frédéric Fitting Switzerland1
7Tomás Goyoaga Chile1

Pool F
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1György Rozgonyi Hungary5Q
2Hans Lion Austria4Q
3Bertil Uggla Sweden3Q
4Domingo García Spain2
5Władysław Segda Poland1
6Ðuro Freund Yugoslavia0

Pool G
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Philippe Cattiau France6Q
2Kurt Ettinger Austria5Q
3Raymond Bru Belgium4Q
4Kim Bærentzen Denmark3
5Jacob Bergsland Norway2
6Torvald Appelroth Finland1
7Gheorghe Caranfil Romania0

Pool H
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Roger Ducret France7Q
2Dernell Every United States5Q
3Mihai Savu Romania4Q
4Ivar Tingdahl Sweden4
5Richard Brünner Austria3
6Joseph Misrahi Egypt3
7Julius Thomson Germany2
8Armando Alemán Spain0

Semifinals

Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to five touches. The top four fencers in each pool advanced to the final.

Semifinal A
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Erwin Casmir Germany6Q
2Ugo Pignotti Italy5Q
3Philippe Cattiau France4Q
4Joe Levis United States3Q
5Hans Lion Austria2
6Zoltán Schenker Hungary1
7Nicolaas Nederpeld Netherlands0
–Albert De Roocker BelgiumDNF

Semifinal B
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Oreste Puliti Italy7Q
2Roger Ducret France5Q
3György Rozgonyi Hungary5Q
4Bertil Uggla Sweden3Q
5Mihai Savu Romania3
6Saul Moyal Egypt2
7Pierre Pêcher Belgium2
8Dernell Every United States1

Semifinal C
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Lucien Gaudin France7Q
2Giulio Gaudini Italy5Q
3Raymond Bru Belgium5Q
4Fritz Gazzera Germany4Q
5Ivan Osiier Denmark3
6Kurt Ettinger Austria2
7George Calnan United States1
8Oscar Viñas Argentina1

Final

The final was a round-robin. Bouts were to five touches. The top three finishers all ended with nine wins, and the tie was broken with a barrage.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Lucien Gaudin France9B
Giulio Gaudini Italy9B
Erwin Casmir Germany9B
4Oreste Puliti Italy8
5Philippe Cattiau France7
6Raymond Bru Belgium7
7Ugo Pignotti Italy4
8Fritz Gazzera Germany4
9Roger Ducret France3
10György Rozgonyi Hungary3
11Joe Levis United States2
12Bertil Uggla Sweden1

Barrage

The barrage was a round-robin among the three top finalists. Each of three had lost twice in the final round-robin, once to another of the three finalists and once to a fencer who did not place as well. Gaudin, who had lost to Casmir in the final, beat him in the barrage and notched his second head-to-head victory against Gaudini to win gold.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins
Lucien Gaudin France2
Erwin Casmir Germany1
Giulio Gaudini Italy0

References
  1. "Fencing: 1928 Olympic Results - Men's foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  2. "Foil, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  3. "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2008.
  4. "Fencing 1928".
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