Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

Men's team épée
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Men's team épée; at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Vélodrome d'hiver
Dates	July 6–9
Competitors	88 from 16 nations
Medalists
	← 1920 1928 →

The men's team épée was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event.

The competition was held from Saturday July 6, 1924, to Tuesday July 9, 1924. 16 teams, composed of 88 fencers, competed.

Rosters

Each team could have up to eight members. Four were selected for each match.

**Argentina**
Luis Lucchetti Pedro Nazar Wenceslao Paunero Cipriano Pons

**Belgium**
Paul Anspach Joseph De Craecker Fernand de Montigny Charles Delporte Ernest Gevers Léon Tom

**Cuba**
Eduardo Alonso Ramón Fonst Afonso López Ramíro Mañalich Osvaldo Miranda Salvador Quesada

**Denmark**
Jens Berthelsen Ivan Osiier Peter Ryefelt Viggo Stilling-Andersen

**France**
Georges Buchard Roger Ducret Lucien Gaudin André Labatut Alexandre Lippmann Georgers Tainturier

**Great Britain**
Charles Biscoe Archibald Craig Robert Frater Martin Holt Robert Montgomerie Charles Notley

**Greece**
Konstantinos Kotzias Konstantinos Nikolopoulos Evangelos Skotidas Tryfon Triantafyllakos

**Italy**
Giulio Basletta Marcello Bertinetti Giovanni Canova Vincenzo Cuccia Virgilio Mantegazza Oreste Moricca

**Netherlands**
Wouter Brouwer Jan de Beaufort Adrianus de Jong Willem Hubert Pieter van Boven Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls

**Norway**
Sigurd Akre Johan Falkenberg Raoul Heide Frithjof Lorentzen

**Portugal**
Henrique da Silveira António de Castro Mário de Lopez Paulo d'Eça Ruimondo Ferro Jorge Paiva Frederico Paredes António Leite

**Spain**
Félix de Pomés Juan Delgado Diego Díez Domingo García Jesús López de Lara Miguel Zabalza

**Sweden**
Gustaf Dyrssen Carl Gripenstedt Nils Hellsten Gustaf Lindblom Bertil Uggla

**Switzerland**
John Albaret Constantin Antoniades Eugène Empeyta Frédéric Fitting Henri Jacquet

**United States**
George Breed George Calnan Arthur Lyon Allen Milner William Russell Leon Shore Donald Waldhaus

**Uruguay**
Héctor Belo Herrera Santos Ferreira Domingo Mendy Conrado Rolando

Results

Round 1

The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless a match was unnecessary to determine qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to two touches.

Pool A

The Spain vs. Norway match was tied on bouts, 8 to 8, and touches, 19 to 19, so was scored as a draw.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.	ESP	ITA	NOR
1	Spain	1.5	0.5	17	15	Q		9–7	8–8
2	Italy	1	1	16	16	Q	7–9		9–7
3	Norway	0.5	1.5	15	17		8–8	7–9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pool B

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.	BEL	GBR	ARG
1	Belgium	1	0	11	5	Q			11–5
2	Great Britain	1	0	9	7	Q			9–7
3	Argentina	0	2	12	20		5–11	7–9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pool C

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.	FRA	USA	SWE
1	France	1	0	13	3	Q			13–3
2	United States	1	0	9	7	Q			9–7
3	Sweden	0	2	10	22		3–13	7–9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pool D

Portugal received the top rank over the Netherlands on touches received, 56 to 60. Uruguay topped Denmark, 64 to 65.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.	POR	NED	URU	DEN
1	Portugal	2	1	26	22	Q		6–10	10–6	10–6
2	Netherlands	2	1	26	22	Q	10–6		9–7	7–9
3	Uruguay	1	2	22	26		6–10	7–9		9–7
4	Denmark	1	2	22	26		6–10	9–7	7–9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pool E

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.	SUI	CUB	GRE
1	Switzerland	1	0	12	4	Q			12–4
2	Cuba	1	0	9	7	Q			9–7
3	Greece	0	2	11	21		4–12	7–9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Quarterfinals

The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless a match was unnecessary to determine qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to two touches.

Pool A

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.	POR	ESP	CUB	GBR
1	Portugal	2	0	23	9	Q			11–5	12–4
2	Spain	2	0	20	12	Q			9–7	11–5
3	Cuba	0	2	12	20		5–11	7–9
4	Great Britain	0	2	9	23		4–12	5–11

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pool B

The United States won the match against Switzerland on touches, 21 to 19.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.	BEL	USA	SUI
1	Belgium	1	0	13	3	Q			13–3
2	United States	1	0	8	8	Q			8–8
3	Switzerland	0	2	11	21		3–13	8–8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pool C

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.	FRA	ITA	NED
1	France	1	0	13	3	Q			13–3
2	Italy	1	0	10	6	Q			10–6
3	Netherlands	0	2	9	23		3–13	6–10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinals

The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless the match was unnecessary to decide qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to two touches.

Pool A

France was ahead of Portugal on touches received in the standings, 15 to 17.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.	FRA	POR	USA
1	France	1	0	10	6	Q			10–6
2	Portugal	1	0	10	6	Q			10–6
3	United States	0	2	12	20		6–10	6–10

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pool B

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.	ITA	BEL	ESP
1	Italy	1	0	10	6	Q			10–6
2	Belgium	1	0	9	7	Q			9–7
3	Spain	0	2	13	19		6–10	7–9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final

Each team played each other team. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to two touches. France won its bout against Italy on touches, 21 to 20.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	FRA	BEL	ITA	POR
	France	3	0	29	17		10–5	8–8	11–4
	Belgium	2	1	25	22	5–10		11–5	9–7
	Italy	1	2	21	26	8–8	5–11		8–7
4	Portugal	0	3	18	28	4–11	7–9	7–8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

References

Kubatko, Justin. "Fencing at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Épée, Team". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2009-02-16.