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Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from 23 July 1952 to 24 July 1952. 61 fencers from 25 nations competed.[1] All three medallists were left-handed.[2] Nations were limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by Christian d'Oriola of France, the nation's second consecutive victory in the men's foil and sixth overall. D'Oriola was the fifth man to win multiple medals in the event. The silver and bronze medals were won by Edoardo Mangiarotti and Manlio Di Rosa of Italy.

Men's foil
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Christian d'Oriola (1948)
VenueWestend Tennis Hall, Espoo
Dates23–24 July 1952
Competitors61 from 25 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Christian d'Oriola  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Edoardo Mangiarotti  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Manlio Di Rosa  Italy
← 1948
1956 →

Background

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This was the 11th 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). Six of the eight finalists from 1948 returned: gold medalist Jehan Buhan and silver medalist Christian d'Oriola of France, bronze medalist Lajos Maszlay of Hungary, fourth-place finisher John Emrys Lloyd of Great Britain (in his fourth Games), sixth-place finisher Manlio Di Rosa of Italy, and seventh-place finisher Paul Valcke of Belgium. The Italian and French teams, as usual, were strong. For the French, d'Oriola was the 1947 and 1949 world champion and Buhan had been on the podium in 1950 and 1951. For the Italians, Edoardo Mangiarotti had finished third in 1949 and second in 1951 and Manlio Di Rosa had won in 1951.[3]

Colombia, Ireland, Luxembourg, and Turkey each made their debut in the men's foil. The United States made its 10th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 competition.

Competition format

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The event used a four-round format. In each round, the fencers were divided into pools to play a round-robin within the pool. Bouts were to five touches. The 1952 tournament introduced byes for the fencers from the top 4 nations in the team foil event, who advanced directly to the quarterfinals. Ties were broken through fence-off bouts ("barrages") in early rounds if necessary for determining advancement. Ties not necessary for advancement were either not broken (if at least one fencer had not finished all bouts in the round-robin) or broken first by touches received and then by touches scored. In the final, ties were broken by barrage if necessary for medal placement but otherwise first by touches received and then by touches scored. 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.[3][4]

  • Round 1: There were 7 pools of 6–8 fencers each. The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced to the quarterfinals.
  • Quarterfinals: There were 6 pools of 6–7 fencers each. The top 3 fencers in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals.
  • Semifinals: There were 3 pools of 6 fencers each. The top 3 fencers in each semifinal advanced to the final.
  • Final: The final pool had 9 fencers.

Schedule

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All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 23 July 19528:00
15:00		Round 1
Quarterfinals
Thursday, 24 July 19528:00
15:00		Semifinals
Final

Results

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Round 1

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The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to the quarterfinals.[4] Fencers from the four teams that advanced to the final of the men's team foil event received byes through round 1:

Pool 1

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Pool 2

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Paul defeated Lund in a barrage for fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Rolf Magnusson Sweden5114Q
2German Bokun Soviet Union4113Q
Félix Galimi Argentina4117Q
4Raymond Paul Great Britain3323Q
5Ivan Lund Australia3323
6Juan Kavanagh Venezuela1528
Roland Asselin Canada0630

Pool 3

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Iesi defeated Thuillier in a barrage for fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Bo Eriksson Sweden4116Q
2Nicolae Marinescu Romania3217Q
3Norman Casmir Germany3221Q
4Sergio Iesi Uruguay2317Q
5Harry Thuillier Ireland2318
6Jock Gibson Australia1422

Pool 4

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Pool 5

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Pool 6

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Lindeman and Vîlcea defeated Rodríguez in a three-way barrage for third and fourth places.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Albie Axelrod United States502510Q
Gustave Ballister Belgium5113Q
3Kurt Lindeman Finland3321Q
4Andrei Vîlcea Great Britain3322Q
5José Rodríguez Argentina3323
6Edward Brooke Canada1422
7Eduardo López Guatemala0630

Pool 7

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Quarterfinals

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The top 3 finishers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.[5]

Quarterfinal 1

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RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Manlio Di Rosa Italy402010Q
2Bo Eriksson Sweden3112Q
Salah Dessouki Egypt3222Q
4Jerzy Twardokens Poland2320
5Raymond Paul Great Britain1318
6Mark Midler Soviet Union0420

Quarterfinal 2

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Quarterfinal 3

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Quarterfinal 4

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d'Oriola and Tilli defeated Uralov in a three-way barrage for second and third place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1René Paul Great Britain5117Q
2Christian d'Oriola France4216Q
3Endre Tilli Hungary4223Q
4Yulen Uralov Soviet Union4219
5Gustave Ballister Belgium2426
6Norman Casmir Germany1528
7Benito Ramos Mexico1529

Quarterfinal 5

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Quarterfinal 6

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Lubell prevailed over Magnusson, Chelaru, and Fethers in a four-way barrage for third place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Jéhan Buhan France4112Q
2Lajos Maszlay Hungary3217Q
3Nate Lubell United States2320Q
4Rolf Magnusson Sweden2323
5Vasile Chelaru Romania2323
6John Fethers Australia2321

Semifinals

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The top 3 finishers in each pool advanced to the final.[5]

Semifinal 1

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Tilli defeated Verhalle in a barrage for third place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Giancarlo Bergamini Italy4114Q
Jéhan Buhan France4114Q
3Endre Tilli Hungary3219Q
4André Verhalle Belgium3218
5Nate Lubell United States1424
6Mohamed Ali Riad Egypt0525

Semifinal 2

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Dessouki defeated Maszlay in a barrage for third place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy502511Q
2Jacques Lataste France4113Q
3Salah Dessouki Egypt2317Q
4Lajos Maszlay Hungary2319
5Albie Axelrod United States1422
6Nils Rydström Sweden1423

Semifinal 3

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RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Christian d'Oriola France4113Q
2Manlio Di Rosa Italy4116Q
3Mahmoud Younes Egypt3218Q
4Endre Palócz Hungary2320
5Bo Eriksson Sweden1422
6René Paul Great Britain1423

Final

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References

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  1. ↑ "Fencing: 1952 Olympic Results - Men's foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  2. ↑ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 246. ISBN 0140066322.
  3. 1 2 "Foil, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  4. 1 2 Official Report, p. 480.
  5. 1 2 Official Report, p. 481
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