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
}}
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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.
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|1 | align=left|{{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
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|2 | align=left|{{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
3 | align=left|{{flagIOC|POL|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 2 | 6 | 19 |
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colspan=6 align=center|Pool 2 | |||||
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!width="190"|Nation !width="20"|Wins !width="20"|Losses !width="20"|Bouts Won !width="20"|Bouts Lost | |||||
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|1 | align=left|{{flagIOC|ITA|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
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|2 | align=left|{{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
3 | align=left|{{flagIOC|URS|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 2 | 12 | 16 |
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colspan=6 align=center|Pool 3 | |||||
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!width="190"|Nation !width="20"|Wins !width="20"|Losses !width="20"|Bouts Won !width="20"|Bouts Lost | |||||
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|1 | align=left|{{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
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|2 | align=left|{{flagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
3 | align=left|{{flagIOC|BRA|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 2 | 3 | 22 |
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colspan=6 align=center|Pool 4 | |||||
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!width="190"|Nation !width="20"|Wins !width="20"|Losses !width="20"|Bouts Won !width="20"|Bouts Lost | |||||
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|1 | align=left|{{flagIOC|BEL|1952 Summer}} | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10 |
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|2 | align=left|{{flagIOC|DEN|1952 Summer}} | 2 | 0 | 17 | 9 |
3 | align=left|{{flagIOC|POR|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 2 | 10 | 17 |
4 | align=left|{{flagIOC|VEN|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 2 | 9 | 20 |
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colspan=6 align=center|Pool 5 | |||||
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!width="190"|Nation !width="20"|Wins !width="20"|Losses !width="20"|Bouts Won !width="20"|Bouts Lost | |||||
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|1 | align=left|{{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
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|2 | align=left|{{flagIOC|LUX|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
3 | align=left|{{flagIOC|AUS|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 2 | 7 | 19 |
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colspan=6 align=center|Pool 6 | |||||
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!width="190"|Nation !width="20"|Wins !width="20"|Losses !width="20"|Bouts Won !width="20"|Bouts Lost | |||||
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|1 | align=left|{{flagIOC|FRA|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
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|2 | align=left|{{flagIOC|NOR|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
3 | align=left|{{flagIOC|EGY|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 2 | 11 | 16 |
=Quarter-finals=
The top two nations in each pool advanced to the semi-finals.
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colspan=6 align=center|Pool 1 | |||||
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!width="190"|Nation !width="20"|Wins !width="20"|Losses !width="20"|Bouts Won !width="20"|Bouts Lost | |||||
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|1 | align=left|{{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}} | 3 | 0 | 31 | 12 |
bgcolor=ccffcc
|2 | align=left|{{flagIOC|LUX|1952 Summer}} | 2 | 1 | 23 | 22 |
3 | align=left|{{flagIOC|FRA|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 2 | 19 | 15 |
4 | align=left|{{flagIOC|FIN|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 16 | 30 |
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colspan=6 align=center|Pool 2 | |||||
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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}} | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 |
bgcolor=ccffcc
|2 | align=left|{{flagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}} | 2 | 0 | 15 | 10 |
3 | align=left|{{flagIOC|BEL|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
4 | align=left|{{flagIOC|NOR|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 2 | 6 | 20 |
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colspan=6 align=center|Pool 3 | |||||
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width="20"|Rank
!width="190"|Nation !width="20"|Wins !width="20"|Losses !width="20"|Bouts Won !width="20"|Bouts Lost | |||||
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|1 | align=left|{{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} | 2 | 1 | 30 | 15 |
bgcolor=ccffcc
|2 | align=left|{{flagIOC|DEN|1952 Summer}} | 2 | 1 | 19 | 28 |
3 | align=left|{{flagIOC|GBR|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 2 | 23 | 24 |
4 | align=left|{{flagIOC|USA|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 2 | 20 | 25 |
=Semifinals=
The top two nations in each pool advanced to the final.
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colspan=6 align=center|Pool 1 | |||||
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width="20"|Rank
!width="190"|Nation !width="20"|Wins !width="20"|Losses !width="20"|Bouts Won !width="20"|Bouts Lost | |||||
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|1 | align=left|{{flagIOC|LUX|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
bgcolor=ccffcc
|2 | align=left|{{flagIOC|ITA|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
3 | align=left|{{flagIOC|DEN|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 2 | 12 | 18 |
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colspan=6 align=center|Pool B | |||||
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width="20"|Rank
!width="190"|Nation !width="20"|Wins !width="20"|Losses !width="20"|Bouts Won !width="20"|Bouts Lost | |||||
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|1 | align=left|{{flagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 1 | 18 | 12 |
bgcolor=ccffcc
|2 | align=left|{{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 1 | 14 | 15 |
3 | align=left|{{flagIOC|HUN|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 1 | 13 | 18 |
=Final=
The final was a round-robin.
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!width="190"|Nation !width="20"|Wins !width="20"|Losses !width="20"|Bouts Won !width="20"|Bouts Lost | |||||
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{{gold01}} | align=left|{{flagIOC|ITA|1952 Summer}} | 3 | 0 | 32 | 11 |
{{silver02}} | align=left|{{flagIOC|SWE|1952 Summer}} | 2 | 1 | 26 | 17 |
{{bronze03}} | align=left|{{flagIOC|SUI|1952 Summer}} | 1 | 2 | 18 | 24 |
4 | align=left|{{flagIOC|LUX|1952 Summer}} | 0 | 3 | 9 | 33 |
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
{{col-2-of-3}}
;Great Britain
;Hungary
;Italy
- Edoardo Mangiarotti
- Dario Mangiarotti
- Giuseppe Delfino
- Carlo Pavesi
- Franco Bertinetti
- Roberto Battaglia
;Luxembourg
;Norway
;Poland
{{col-3-of-3}}
;Portugal
;Soviet Union
;Sweden
;Switzerland
;United States
;Venezuela
{{col-end}}