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

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]

Men's team foil
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueImperial Sports Field, Berlin
Dates2–4 August
Competitors99 from 17 nations
Medalists
Manlio Di Rosa, Giulio Gaudini, Gioacchino Guaragna, Gustavo Marzi, Giorgio Bocchino, Ciro Verratti  Italy
André Gardère, Edward Gardère, René Lemoine, René Bondoux, Jacques Coutrot, René Bougnol  France
Siegfried Lerdon, August Heim, Julius Eisenecker, Erwin Casmir, Stefan Rosenbauer, Otto Adam  Germany
Fencing at the
1936 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Foilmenwomen
Team foilmen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

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]

RankCountryPointsMWMLBWBLNotes
1 Belgium21092Q
2 Switzerland21088Q
3 Greece0021017

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]

RankCountryPointsMWMLBWBLNotes
1 France210160Q
2 Yugoslavia21097Q
3 Brazil002725

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]

RankCountryPointsMWMLBWBLNotes
1 Argentina210142Q
2 Czechoslovakia210133Q
3 Denmark002527

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]

RankCountryPointsMWMLBWBLNotes
1 Germany210151Q
2 Great Britain210142Q
3 Canada002329

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]

RankCountryPointsMWMLBWBLNotes
1 Italy210131Q
2 Austria210115Q
3 Egypt002624

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]

RankCountryPointsMWMLBWBLNotes
1 United States210124Q
2 Hungary210106Q
3 Norway0021022

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]

RankCountryPointsMWMLBWBLNotes
1 Germany21092Q
2 Argentina21088Q
3 Great Britain0021017

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]

RankCountryPointsMWMLBWBLNotes
1 Italy210151Q
2 United States210133Q
3 Switzerland002428

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]

RankCountryPointsMWMLBWBLNotes
1 France21091Q
2 Hungary210142Q
3 Yugoslavia002323

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]

RankCountryPointsMWMLBWBLNotes
1 Austria210124Q
2 Belgium210115Q
3 Czechoslovakia002923

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]

RankCountryPointsMWMLBWBLNotes
1 Italy6302510Q
2 Austria2122424Q
3 Hungary2121830
4 United States2101632

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]

RankCountryPointsMWMLBWBLNotes
1 France6302919Q
2 Germany4212820Q
3 Belgium2122523
4 Argentina0031434

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]

RankCountryPointsMWMLBWBL
 Italy630388
 France6302919
 Germany4212820
4 Austria2122424

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. Official Report, p. 766.
  6. Official Report, p. 767.
  7. Official Report, p. 768.
  8. Official Report, p. 770.
  9. Official Report, p. 771.
  10. Official Report, p. 773.
  11. Official Report, p. 772.
  12. Official Report, p. 775.
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