Men's épée
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Fencing pictogram
VenueBritish Empire Exhibition
Dates7–9 August
Competitors66 from 25 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Luigi Cantone
 Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Oswald Zappelli
 Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Edoardo Mangiarotti
 Italy

The men's épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme. It was the tenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 7 August 1948 to 9 August 1948. 66 fencers from 25 nations competed.[1] The event was won by Luigi Cantone of Italy, the nation's third consecutive victory in the men's épée (matching France for most all-time). Italy also earned its third consecutive bronze medal in the event, with Edoardo Mangiarotti's third-place finish. Between the two Italians was Oswald Zappelli of Switzerland, taking the silver medal.

Background

This was the 10th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (with only foil and sabre events held) but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900.[2]

One of the 10 finalists from the pre-war 1936 Games returned: fifth-place finisher Charles Debeur of Belgium. The reigning (1947) World Champion, Édouard Artigas of France, competed in the team event but not the individual event.

Colombia and Luxembourg each made their debut in the event. Belgium and the United States each appeared for the ninth time, tied for most among nations.

Competition format

The competition format was pool play round-robin, with bouts to three touches. Not all bouts were played in some pools if not necessary to determine advancement. Ties were broken through fence-off bouts ("barrages") in early rounds if necessary for determining advancement, but by touches received in final rounds (and for non-advancement-necessary placing in earlier rounds).[3] A barrage was held for the silver and bronze medals when the two fencers finished event on record, touches received, and touches scored.

The 1948 competition introduced byes for team event finalists.

  • Round 1: 8 pools of between 5 and 8 fencers each. The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced to the quarterfinals.
  • Quarterfinals: 6 pools between 6 and 7 fencers each. The top 3 fencers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.
  • Semifinals: 2 pools of 9 fencers each. The top 5 fencers in each pool advanced to the final.
  • Final: 1 pool of 10 fencers.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 7 August 1948Round 1
Monday, 9 August 1948Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final

Results

Round 1

The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to round 2.[3] Fencers from the four teams that advanced to the final of the men's team épée event received byes through round 1:

Pool 1

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Robert Lips Switzerland42Q
2Mohamed Abdel Rahman Egypt42Q
3Raúl Saucedo Argentina33Q
4Paul Anen Luxembourg33Q
5Álvaro Pinto Portugal24
6Enrique Accorsi Chile24
7Ilmari Vartia Finland15

Pool 2

Biancalana defeated Mørch and Wolff in a three-way barrage for fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Antonio Villamil Argentina61Q
2Émile Gretsch Luxembourg43Q
3Nils Sjöblom Finland43Q
4Mario Biancalana Brazil34Q
5Claus Mørch Sr. Norway34
6Albert Wolff United States34
7Manuel Chagas Portugal25
8Alfonso Ahumada Colombia07

Pool 3

Simonetti defeated Meraz and Pouliot in a three-way barrage for fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Bert Pelling Great Britain50Q
2Rodolphe Spillmann Switzerland51Q
3Charles Debeur Belgium32Q
4Vito Simonetti Argentina24Q
5Emilio Meraz Mexico24
6Georges Pouliot Canada24
7Ignacio Goldstein Chile06

Pool 4

Radoux defeated de Barros and Nawrocki in a three-way barrage for fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Pál Dunay Hungary61Q
2Alf Horn Canada61Q
3Charles de Beaumont Great Britain52Q
4Jean-Marie Radoux Belgium34Q
5Fortunato de Barros Brazil34
6Jan Nawrocki Poland34
7Ioannis Karamazakis Greece16
8Francisco Valero Mexico07

Pool 5

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Oswald Zappelli Switzerland51Q
2Antonio Haro Mexico33Q
Ronald Parfitt Great Britain33Q
4Andreas Skotidas Greece33Q
5Raoul Henkart Belgium24
6Béla Mikla Hungary24
7Rajmund Karwicki Poland15

Pool 6

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Egill Knutzen Norway51Q
2Roland Asselin Canada52Q
3Imre Hennyei Hungary43Q
4Roberto Camargo Colombia43Q
5Erkki Kerttula Finland34
6Henrique de Aguilar Brazil34
7Athanasios Nanopoulos Greece25
8Jean-Fernand Leischen Luxembourg06

Pool 7

Younes defeated Iturri in a barrage for fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Joe de Capriles United States40Q
2Alfred Eriksen Norway22Q
3Carlos Lamar Cuba22Q
4Mahmoud Younes Egypt13Q
5Carlos Iturri Peru13

Pool 8

Younes defeated Iturri in a barrage for fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Norman Lewis United States40Q
2Roelof Hordijk Netherlands12Q
3Roberto Mañalich Cuba12Q
4Jean Asfar Egypt13Q
5Emílio Lino Portugal04

Quarterfinals

The top 3 finishers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.[4]

Quarterfinal 1

Camargo defeated de Capriles and Horn in a three-way barrage for third place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Oswald Zappelli Switzerland60Q
2Luigi Cantone Italy42Q
3Roberto Camargo Colombia33Q
4Joe de Capriles United States33
5Alf Horn Canada33
6Nils Sjöblom Finland15
7Andreas Skotidas Greece15

Quarterfinal 2

Biancalana and Saucedo defeated de Beaumont in a three-way barrage for second and third place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Carlo Agostoni Italy52Q
2Mario Biancalana Brazil43Q
3Raúl Saucedo Argentina43Q
4Charles de Beaumont Great Britain43
5Frank Cervell Sweden34
6Mohamed Abdel Rahman Egypt34
7Roelof Hordijk Netherlands24
8Carlos Lamar Cuba15

Quarterfinal 3

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Émile Gretsch Luxembourg51Q
2Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy42Q
3Bengt Ljungquist Sweden42Q
4Antonio Villamil Argentina33
5Bert Pelling Great Britain24
6Alfred Eriksen Norway24
7Antonio Haro Mexico15

Quarterfinal 4

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Norman Lewis United States41Q
2Marcel Desprets France42Q
3Charles Debeur Belgium42Q
4Mogens Lüchow Denmark23
5Robert Lips Switzerland12
6Vito Simonetti Argentina13
7Imre Hennyei Hungary05

Quarterfinal 5

Lepage defeated Anen and Nielsen in a three-way barrage for third place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Mahmoud Younes Egypt42Q
2Jean-Marie Radoux Belgium42Q
3Henri Lepage France33Q
4Paul Anen Luxembourg33
5Ib Nielsen Denmark33
6Rodolphe Spillmann Switzerland15
Pál Dunay Hungary15

Quarterfinal 6

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Henri Guérin France41Q
2Ronald Parfitt Great Britain41Q
3Egill Knutzen Norway42Q
4Roberto Mañalich Cuba33
5Jean Asfar Egypt23
6Carl Forssell Sweden24
7Roland Asselin Canada05

Semifinals

The top 5 finishers in each pool advanced to the final.[4]

Semifinal 1

Agostoni defeated Ljungquist in a barrage for fifth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Norman Lewis United States61Q
2Jean-Marie Radoux Belgium53Q
3Luigi Cantone Italy42Q
4Henri Lepage France42Q
5Carlo Agostoni Italy34Q
6Bengt Ljungquist Sweden34
7Egill Knutzen Norway15
Raúl Saucedo Argentina16
9Roberto Camargo Colombia02DNF

Semifinal 2

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Ronald Parfitt Great Britain62Q
2Henri Guérin France53Q
3Émile Gretsch Luxembourg43Q
Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy43Q
Oswald Zappelli Switzerland44Q
6Marcel Desprets France35
7Mario Biancalana Brazil35
8Charles Debeur Belgium35
9Mahmoud Younes Egypt17

Final

Zappelli and Mangiarotti finished tied on win–loss record, touches received, and touches scored. Rather than use the head-to-head results from the round-robin (Zappelli had defeated Mangiarotti 3–0 in their bout), they faced each other in a barrage for silver and bronze medals. Zappelli won, 3–0 again.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTR
1st place, gold medalist(s)Luigi Cantone Italy722415
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Oswald Zappelli Switzerland542017
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Edoardo Mangiarotti Italy542017
4Henri Guérin France542019
5Jean-Marie Radoux Belgium541920
6Henri Lepage France451920
7Carlo Agostoni Italy452221
8Émile Gretsch Luxembourg361622
9Norman Lewis United States362024
10Ronald Parfitt Great Britain271823

References

  1. ↑ "Fencing: 1948 Olympic Results - Men's épée". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "Épée, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. 1 2 Official Report, p. 367.
  4. 1 2 Official Report, p. 368.
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