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

{{short description|Olympic fencing event}}

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{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's team épée

|games = 1952 Summer

|image =

|caption =

|venue = Westend Tennis Hall, Espoo

|dates = 25–26 July 1952

|competitors = 98

|nations = 19

|longnames =

|gold = Edoardo Mangiarotti
Dario Mangiarotti
Giuseppe Delfino
Carlo Pavesi
Franco Bertinetti
Roberto Battaglia

|goldNOC = ITA

|silver = Per Carleson
Carl Forssell
Bengt Ljungquist
Berndt-Otto Rehbinder
Sven Fahlman
Lennart Magnusson

|silverNOC = SWE

|bronze = Otto Rüfenacht
Paul Meister
Oswald Zappelli
Paul Barth
Willy Fitting
Mario Valota

|bronzeNOC = SUI

|prev = 1948

|next = 1956

}}

{{FencingAt1952SummerOlympics}}

The men's team épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the ninth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 25 July 1952, to 26 July 1952. 98 fencers from 19 nations competed.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/FEN/mens-epee-team.html |title=Fencing: 1952 Olympic Results - Men's team épée |access-date=13 September 2010 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117095706/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/FEN/mens-epee-team.html |archive-date=17 January 2012}}

Results

Source: Official results;{{cite web|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/OR1952.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411091045/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1952/OR1952.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 April 2008 |title=1952 Summer Olympics official report }} and Sports Reference{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/FEN/mens-epee-team.html |title=Fencing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Epee, Team |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117095706/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1952/FEN/mens-epee-team.html |archive-date=17 January 2012 }}

=Round 1=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=6 align=center|Pool 1
width="20"|Rank

!width="190"|Nation

!width="20"|Wins

!width="20"|Losses

!width="20"|Bouts Won

!width="20"|Bouts Lost

bgcolor=ccffcc

|1

align=left|{{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}}1090
bgcolor=ccffcc

|2

align=left|{{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer}}10106
3align=left|{{flagIOC|POL|1952 Summer}}02619

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=6 align=center|Pool 2
width="20"|Rank

!width="190"|Nation

!width="20"|Wins

!width="20"|Losses

!width="20"|Bouts Won

!width="20"|Bouts Lost

bgcolor=ccffcc

|1

align=left|{{flagIOC|ITA|1952 Summer}}1084
bgcolor=ccffcc

|2

align=left|{{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}}1088
3align=left|{{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}}021216

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=6 align=center|Pool 3
width="20"|Rank

!width="190"|Nation

!width="20"|Wins

!width="20"|Losses

!width="20"|Bouts Won

!width="20"|Bouts Lost

bgcolor=ccffcc

|1

align=left|{{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}}10141
bgcolor=ccffcc

|2

align=left|{{flagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}}1082
3align=left|{{flagIOC|BRA|1952 Summer}}02322

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=6 align=center|Pool 4
width="20"|Rank

!width="190"|Nation

!width="20"|Wins

!width="20"|Losses

!width="20"|Bouts Won

!width="20"|Bouts Lost

bgcolor=ccffcc

|1

align=left|{{flagIOC|BEL|1952 Summer}}202010
bgcolor=ccffcc

|2

align=left|{{flagIOC|DEN|1952 Summer}}20179
3align=left|{{flagIOC|POR|1952 Summer}}021017
4align=left|{{flagIOC|VEN|1952 Summer}}02920

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=6 align=center|Pool 5
width="20"|Rank

!width="190"|Nation

!width="20"|Wins

!width="20"|Losses

!width="20"|Bouts Won

!width="20"|Bouts Lost

bgcolor=ccffcc

|1

align=left|{{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}}10114
bgcolor=ccffcc

|2

align=left|{{flagIOC|LUX|1952 Summer}}1083
3align=left|{{flagIOC|AUS|1952 Summer}}02719

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=6 align=center|Pool 6
width="20"|Rank

!width="190"|Nation

!width="20"|Wins

!width="20"|Losses

!width="20"|Bouts Won

!width="20"|Bouts Lost

bgcolor=ccffcc

|1

align=left|{{flagIOC|FRA|1952 Summer}}1083
bgcolor=ccffcc

|2

align=left|{{flagIOC|NOR|1952 Summer}}1086
3align=left|{{flagIOC|EGY|1952 Summer}}021116

=Quarter-finals=

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

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colspan=6 align=center|Pool 1
width="20"|Rank

!width="190"|Nation

!width="20"|Wins

!width="20"|Losses

!width="20"|Bouts Won

!width="20"|Bouts Lost

bgcolor=ccffcc

|1

align=left|{{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}}303112
bgcolor=ccffcc

|2

align=left|{{flagIOC|LUX|1952 Summer}}212322
3align=left|{{flagIOC|FRA|1952 Summer}}121915
4align=left|{{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}}031630

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=6 align=center|Pool 2
width="20"|Rank

!width="190"|Nation

!width="20"|Wins

!width="20"|Losses

!width="20"|Bouts Won

!width="20"|Bouts Lost

bgcolor=ccffcc

|1

align=left|{{flagIOC|ITA|1952 Summer}}20204
bgcolor=ccffcc

|2

align=left|{{flagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}}201510
3align=left|{{flagIOC|BEL|1952 Summer}}02815
4align=left|{{flagIOC|NOR|1952 Summer}}02620

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=6 align=center|Pool 3
width="20"|Rank

!width="190"|Nation

!width="20"|Wins

!width="20"|Losses

!width="20"|Bouts Won

!width="20"|Bouts Lost

bgcolor=ccffcc

|1

align=left|{{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}}213015
bgcolor=ccffcc

|2

align=left|{{flagIOC|DEN|1952 Summer}}211928
3align=left|{{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer}}122324
4align=left|{{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}}122025

=Semifinals=

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=6 align=center|Pool 1
width="20"|Rank

!width="190"|Nation

!width="20"|Wins

!width="20"|Losses

!width="20"|Bouts Won

!width="20"|Bouts Lost

bgcolor=ccffcc

|1

align=left|{{flagIOC|LUX|1952 Summer}}10105
bgcolor=ccffcc

|2

align=left|{{flagIOC|ITA|1952 Summer}}1087
3align=left|{{flagIOC|DEN|1952 Summer}}021218

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=6 align=center|Pool B
width="20"|Rank

!width="190"|Nation

!width="20"|Wins

!width="20"|Losses

!width="20"|Bouts Won

!width="20"|Bouts Lost

bgcolor=ccffcc

|1

align=left|{{flagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}}111812
bgcolor=ccffcc

|2

align=left|{{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}}111415
3align=left|{{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}}111318

=Final=

The final was a round-robin.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
width="20"|Rank

!width="190"|Nation

!width="20"|Wins

!width="20"|Losses

!width="20"|Bouts Won

!width="20"|Bouts Lost

{{gold01}}align=left|{{flagIOC|ITA|1952 Summer}}303211
{{silver02}}align=left|{{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}}212617
{{bronze03}}align=left|{{flagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}}121824
4align=left|{{flagIOC|LUX|1952 Summer}}03933

Results

  • {{flagIOC|ITA|1952 Summer}} 8-5 {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}}
  • {{flagIOC|ITA|1952 Summer}} 12-4 {{flagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}}
  • {{flagIOC|ITA|1952 Summer}} 12-2 {{flagIOC|LUX|1952 Summer}}
  • {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} 8-6 {{flagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}}
  • {{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} 13-3 {{flagIOC|LUX|1952 Summer}}
  • {{flagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}} 8-4 {{flagIOC|LUX|1952 Summer}}

Rosters

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{{col-1-of-3}}

;Australia

;Belgium

;Brazil

;Denmark

;Egypt

;Finland

;France

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;Great Britain

;Hungary

;Italy

;Luxembourg

;Norway

;Poland

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;Portugal

;Soviet Union

;Sweden

;Switzerland

;United States

;Venezuela

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References