Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

Men's team foil at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Schermzaal
Dates	29–30 July 1928
Competitors	88 from 16 nations
Medalists
Ugo Pignotti, Giulio Gaudini, Giorgio Pessina, Gioacchino Guaragna, Oreste Puliti, Giorgio Chiavacci   Italy   Philippe Cattiau, Roger Ducret, André Labatut, Lucien Gaudin, Raymond Flacher, André Gaboriaud   France   Roberto Larraz, Raúl Anganuzzi, Luis Lucchetti, Héctor Lucchetti, Carmelo Camet   Argentina

Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Épée	men
Team épée	men
Foil	men		women
Team foil	men
Sabre	men
Team sabre	men

The men's team foil was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 29 July 1928 to 30 July 1928. 88 fencers from 16 nations competed.^[1]

Rosters

Argentina Roberto Larraz Raúl Anganuzzi Luis Lucchetti Héctor Lucchetti Carmelo Camet Austria Richard Brünner Ernst Baylon Kurt Ettinger Hans Lion Hans Schönbaumsfeld Rudolf Berger Belgium Max Janlet Pierre Pêcher Raymond Bru Albert De Roocker Jean Verbrugge Charles Crahay Denmark Ivan Osiier Jens Berthelsen Kim Bærentzen Johan Praem Egypt Joseph Misrahi Abu Bakr Ratib Mahmoud Ahmed Abdin Saul Moyal Salvator Cicurel France Philippe Cattiau Roger Ducret André Labatut Lucien Gaudin Raymond Flacher André Gaboriaud

Germany Erwin Casmir Fritz Gazzera Julius Thomson Wilhelm Löffler August Heim Heinrich Moos Great Britain Thomas Wand-Tetley Robert Montgomerie Frederick Sherriff Denis Pearce Charles Simey Jack James Hungary Ödön von Tersztyánszky György Rozgonyi György Piller-Jekelfalussy József Rády Gusztáv Kálniczky Péter Tóth Italy Ugo Pignotti Giulio Gaudini Giorgio Pessina Gioacchino Guaragna Oreste Puliti Giorgio Chiavacci Netherlands Frans Mosman Doris de Jong Nicolaas Nederpeld Paul Kunze Wouter Brouwer Otto Schiff

Norway Jacob Bergsland Johan Falkenberg Frithjof Lorentzen Sigurd Akre-Aas Romania Nicolae Caranfil Dan Gheorghiu Gheorghe Caranfil Mihai Savu Ion Rudeanu Spain Diego Díez Domingo García Juan Delgado Félix de Pomés Fernando García Switzerland Édouard Fitting Frédéric Fitting Eugène Empeyta John Albaret Michel Fauconnet Jean de Bardel United States George Calnan René Peroy Joe Levis Harold Rayner Henry Breckinridge Dernell Every

Results

Source: Official results;^[2] De Wael^[3]

Round 1

Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to five touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team bout (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the second round.

Pool A
Rank	Nation	Wins	Qual.
1	France	3	Q
2	Denmark	2	Q
3	Germany	1
4	Romania	0

Pool B
Rank	Nation	Wins	Qual.
1	Argentina	3	Q
2	Belgium	2	Q
3	Spain	1
4	Norway	0

Pool C
Rank	Nation	Wins	Qual.
1	Netherlands	1	Q
2	Hungary	0	Q

Pool D
Rank	Nation	Wins	Qual.
1	Italy	2	Q
2	Austria	1	Q
3	Great Britain	0

Pool E
Rank	Nation	Wins	Qual.
1	United States	2	Q
2	Switzerland	1	Q
3	Egypt	0

Round 2

Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to five touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team bout (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the semifinals.

Pool A
Rank	Nation	Wins	Qual.
1	France	3	Q
2	Belgium	2	Q
3	Austria	1
4	Switzerland	0

Pool B
Rank	Nation	Wins	Qual.
1	United States	2	Q
2	Argentina	1	Q
3	Netherlands	0

Pool C
Rank	Nation	Wins	Qual.
1	Italy	2	Q
2	Hungary	1	Q
3	Denmark	0

Semifinals

Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to five touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team bout (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the final. In the first pool, the United States lost the first two matches making the match between France and Italy unnecessary as both would advance regardless of the result. Similarly, Hungary lost both the first two matches of the second pool, so the third match (between Argentina and Belgium) was unnecessary.

Pool A
Rank	Nation	Wins	Qual.
1	France	1	Q
	Italy	1	Q
3	United States	0

Pool B
Rank	Nation	Wins	Qual.
1	Argentina	1	Q
	Belgium	1	Q
3	Hungary	0

Final

The final was a round-robin. Bouts were to five touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team bout (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The match between France and Belgium finished 8(62) to 8(62).

Rank	Nation	Wins
	Italy	3
	France	1 ^1⁄2
	Argentina	1
4	Belgium	^1⁄2

References

1. "Fencing: 1928 Olympic Results - Men's team foil". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
2. "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF).
3. "Fencing 1928".