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Sabre, Team, Men

Date	29 – 30 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Westendin tennishalli, Espoo
Participants	95 from 19 countries
Official	Paul Anspach	👁 Image BEL
Official	Charles Debeur	👁 Image BEL
Official	Georges Heyvaert	👁 Image BEL
Official	André Poplimont	👁 Image BEL
Official	André Van De Werve De Vorsselaer	👁 Image BEL
Official	Pierre Van Houdt	👁 Image BEL
Official	Charles de Beaumont	👁 Image GBR
Official	Emrys Lloyd	👁 Image GBR
Official	Luke Wendon	👁 Image GBR
Official	Vincenzo Cuccia	👁 Image ITA
Official	Fr. Del Vecchio	👁 Image ITA
Official	Carlo Filogamo	👁 Image ITA
Official	Edoardo Mangiarotti	👁 Image ITA
Official	Rodolfo Terlizzi	👁 Image ITA
Official	V. Seryzh	👁 Image URS
Official	Raoul Heide	👁 Image NOR
Official	Jan Nawrocki	👁 Image POL
Official	Henri Dulieux	👁 Image FRA
Official	Pierre Ferri	👁 Image FRA
Official	J. Heymann	👁 Image FRA
Official	Edgar Mercier	👁 Image FRA
Official	Adrien Rommel	👁 Image FRA
Official	Erwin Casmir	👁 Image GER
Official	Nils Sjöblom	👁 Image FIN
Official	Fernand Thiébaud	👁 Image SUI
Official	Jakob Lyng	👁 Image DEN
Official	Lajos Balthazár	👁 Image HUN
Official	Imre Hennyei	👁 Image HUN
Official	György Piller	👁 Image HUN
Official	Lajos Maszlay	👁 Image HUN
Official	Endre Palócz	👁 Image HUN
Official	György Rozgonyi	👁 Image HUN
Official	Endre Tilli	👁 Image HUN
Official	Norman Cohn-Armitage	👁 Image USA
Official	Joe de Capriles	👁 Image USA
Official	Miguel de Capriles	👁 Image USA
Official	Tracy Jaeckel	👁 Image USA
Official	Tibor Nyilas	👁 Image USA
Official	Albert Wolff	👁 Image USA
Official	George Worth	👁 Image USA

Luckily, the team competition was held before the individual sabre, or everyone except the Hungarians may just have got up and gone home. Although Hungary had, to no one’s surprise, run amok against inferior opposition, there was to be a sting in the tail. The match which effectively decided the gold medal pitted Hungary against Italy, the nation that more than any other had tried to break the quarter century of Magyar superiority. With the score at 7-6 to Italy, Tibor Berczelly and finally Rudolf Kárpáti held their nerve to ensure the Hungary streak continued.

This was Aladár Gerevich’s fourth (of six) successive victory in the event, while his teammates Berczelly, Pál Kovács and László Rajcsányi both recorded their third straight title.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC
1	–	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	Gold
Aladár Gerevich • Tibor Berczelly • Rudolf Kárpáti • Pál Kovács • László Rajcsányi • Bertalan Papp
2	–	Italy	👁 Image ITA	Silver
Vincenzo Pinton • Renzo Nostini • Gastone Darè • Mauro Racca • Roberto Ferrari • Giorgio Pellini
3	–	France	👁 Image FRA	Bronze
Jacques Lefèvre • Jean Laroyenne • Maurice Piot • Jean Levavasseur • Bernard Morel • Jean-François Tournon
4	–	United States	👁 Image USA
Norman Cohn-Armitage • Joe de Capriles • Tibor Nyilas • Alex Treves • George Worth • Allan Kwartler
=5	–	Austria	👁 Image AUT
Werner Plattner • Heinz Putzl • Hubert Loisel • Heinz Lechner • Paul Kerb
=5	–	Belgium	👁 Image BEL
Marcel Van Der Auwera • Gustave Balister • François Heyvaert • Robert Bayot • Georges de Bourguignon • Édouard Yves
=5	–	Great Britain	👁 Image GBR
Roger Tredgold • Olgierd Porebski • Bob Anderson • William Beatley • Luke Wendon • Emrys Lloyd (DNS)
=5	–	Poland	👁 Image POL
Jerzy Twardokens • Leszek Suski • Jerzy Pawłowski • Wojciech Zabłocki • Zygmunt Pawlas • Zbigniew Czajkowski (DNS)
3 p1 r2/4	–	Argentina	👁 Image ARG
Félix Galimi • José D'Andrea • Edgardo Pomini • Daniel Sande • Fulvio Galimi • Vito Simonetti (DNS)
3 p2 r2/4	–	Denmark	👁 Image DEN
Paul Theisen • Raimondo Carnera • Ivan Ruben • Palle Frey • Jakob Lyng
3 p3 r2/4	–	Unified Team of Germany	👁 Image GER
Siegfried Rossner • Willy Fascher • Hans Esser • Richard Liebscher • Julius Eisenecker (DNS) • Kurt Wahl (DNS)
3 p4 r2/4	–	Egypt	👁 Image EGY
Mohamed Zulficar • Helmi Abdel Rahman • Salah Dessouki • Mahmoud Younes • Farid Abou-Shadi • Mohamed Riad (DNS)
3 p1 r1/4	–	Romania	👁 Image ROU
Andrei Vîlcea • Ion Santo • Ilie Tudor • Mihai Kokossy • Adalbert Gurath, Sr. (DNS) • Nicolae Marinescu (DNS)
3 p2 r1/4	–	Venezuela	👁 Image VEN
Augusto Gutiérrez • Olaf Sandner • Gustavo Gutiérrez • Edmundo López
3 p3 r1/4	–	Australia	👁 Image AUS
Charles Stanmore • Jock Gibson • John Fethers • Ivan Lund
3 p4 r1/4	–	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS
Ivan Manayenko • Mark Midler • Vladimir Vyshpolsky • Lev Kuznetsov • Boris Belyakov • I. Tarasov (DNS)
3 p5 r1/4	–	Portugal	👁 Image POR
Álvaro Silva • José Pinto Ferreira • Augusto Barreto • Jorge Franco • João Pessanha • Manuel Sardinha (DNS)
3 p6 r1/4	–	Switzerland	👁 Image SUI
Umberto Menegalli • Oswald Zappelli • Otto Greter • Jules Amez-Droz • Willy Fitting (DNS)
4 p5 r1/4	–	Saar	👁 Image SAA
Karl Bach • Willi Rößler • Ernst Rau • Günther Knödler • Walter Brödel

Round One

Date	29 July 1952 — 8:00
Format	Top two teams in each pool advanced to round one.

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Poland	👁 Image POL	2-0	14-9
Jerzy Twardokens • Leszek Suski • Jerzy Pawłowski • Wojciech Zabłocki • Zygmunt Pawlas
2	–	France	👁 Image FRA	1-1	12-11
Jacques Lefèvre • Jean Laroyenne • Maurice Piot • Jean Levavasseur • Bernard Morel • Jean-François Tournon
3	–	Romania	👁 Image ROU	0-2	13-19
Andrei Vîlcea • Ion Santo • Ilie Tudor • Mihai Kokossy

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Poland	👁 Image POL	6 – 1	France	👁 Image FRA
Match #2	29 Jul	Poland	👁 Image POL	8 – 8	Romania	👁 Image ROU
Match #3	29 Jul	France	👁 Image FRA	11 – 5	Romania	👁 Image ROU

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Austria	👁 Image AUT	1-0	13-3
Werner Plattner • Heinz Putzl • Hubert Loisel • Heinz Lechner
2	–	Italy	👁 Image ITA	1-0	9-1
Vincenzo Pinton • Renzo Nostini • Mauro Racca • Giorgio Pellini
3	–	Venezuela	👁 Image VEN	0-2	4-22
Augusto Gutiérrez • Olaf Sandner • Gustavo Gutiérrez • Edmundo López

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Austria	👁 Image AUT	13 – 3	Venezuela	👁 Image VEN
Match #2	29 Jul	Italy	👁 Image ITA	9 – 1	Venezuela	👁 Image VEN

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
=1	–	Denmark	👁 Image DEN	1-0	12-4
Paul Theisen • Raimondo Carnera • Ivan Ruben • Palle Frey
=1	–	Egypt	👁 Image EGY	1-0	9-1
Mohamed Zulficar • Helmi Abdel Rahman • Salah Dessouki • Mahmoud Younes
3	–	Australia	👁 Image AUS	0-2	5-21
Charles Stanmore • Jock Gibson • John Fethers • Ivan Lund

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Denmark	👁 Image DEN	12 – 4	Australia	👁 Image AUS
Match #2	29 Jul	Egypt	👁 Image EGY	9 – 1	Australia	👁 Image AUS

Pool #4

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Belgium	👁 Image BEL	1-0	9-2
Marcel Van Der Auwera • Gustave Balister • François Heyvaert • Robert Bayot
2	–	Unified Team of Germany	👁 Image GER	1-0	9-7
Siegfried Rossner • Willy Fascher • Hans Esser • Richard Liebscher
3	–	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	0-2	9-18
Ivan Manayenko • Mark Midler • Vladimir Vyshpolsky • Lev Kuznetsov • Boris Belyakov

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Belgium	👁 Image BEL	9 – 2	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS
Match #2	29 Jul	Unified Team of Germany	👁 Image GER	9 – 7	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS

Pool #5

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	2-0	30-2
Aladár Gerevich • Tibor Berczelly • Rudolf Kárpáti • Pál Kovács • László Rajcsányi • Bertalan Papp
2	–	Argentina	👁 Image ARG	2-0	21-9
Félix Galimi • José D'Andrea • Edgardo Pomini • Daniel Sande • Fulvio Galimi
3	–	Portugal	👁 Image POR	0-2	6-24
Álvaro Silva • José Pinto Ferreira • Augusto Barreto • Jorge Franco • João Pessanha
4	–	Saar	👁 Image SAA	0-2	5-27
Karl Bach • Willi Rößler • Ernst Rau • Günther Knödler • Walter Brödel

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	15 – 1	Portugal	👁 Image POR
Match #2	29 Jul	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	15 – 1	Saar	👁 Image SAA
Match #3	29 Jul	Argentina	👁 Image ARG	9 – 5	Portugal	👁 Image POR
Match #4	29 Jul	Argentina	👁 Image ARG	12 – 4	Saar	👁 Image SAA

Pool #6

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	United States	👁 Image USA	1-0	9-2
Norman Cohn-Armitage • Joe de Capriles • Alex Treves • George Worth
2	–	Great Britain	👁 Image GBR	1-0	11-5
Roger Tredgold • Olgierd Porebski • Bob Anderson • William Beatley
3	–	Switzerland	👁 Image SUI	0-2	7-20
Umberto Menegalli • Oswald Zappelli • Otto Greter • Jules Amez-Droz

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	United States	👁 Image USA	9 – 2	Switzerland	👁 Image SUI
Match #2	29 Jul	Great Britain	👁 Image GBR	11 – 5	Switzerland	👁 Image SUI

Quarter-Finals

Date	29 July 1952 — 15:00
Format	Top two teams in each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Italy	👁 Image ITA	1-0	9-1
Renzo Nostini • Gastone Darè • Mauro Racca • Giorgio Pellini
2	–	Great Britain	👁 Image GBR	1-0	9-7
Roger Tredgold • Olgierd Porebski • Bob Anderson • William Beatley
3	–	Argentina	👁 Image ARG	0-2	8-18
Félix Galimi • José D'Andrea • Edgardo Pomini • Daniel Sande

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Italy	👁 Image ITA	9 – 1	Argentina	👁 Image ARG
Match #2	29 Jul	Great Britain	👁 Image GBR	9 – 7	Argentina	👁 Image ARG

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Austria	👁 Image AUT	1-0	13-3
Werner Plattner • Heinz Putzl • Hubert Loisel • Heinz Lechner
2	–	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	1-0	9-0
Tibor Berczelly • Rudolf Kárpáti • László Rajcsányi • Bertalan Papp
3	–	Denmark	👁 Image DEN	0-2	3-22
Paul Theisen • Raimondo Carnera • Ivan Ruben • Palle Frey • Jakob Lyng

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Austria	👁 Image AUT	13 – 3	Denmark	👁 Image DEN
Match #2	29 Jul	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	9 – 0	Denmark	👁 Image DEN

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	United States	👁 Image USA	1-0	11-5
Norman Cohn-Armitage • Joe de Capriles • Tibor Nyilas • Alex Treves • George Worth • Allan Kwartler
2	–	France	👁 Image FRA	1-0	9-5
Jacques Lefèvre • Maurice Piot • Jean Levavasseur • Jean-François Tournon
3	–	Unified Team of Germany	👁 Image GER	0-2	10-20
Siegfried Rossner • Willy Fascher • Hans Esser • Richard Liebscher

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	United States	👁 Image USA	11 – 5	Unified Team of Germany	👁 Image GER
Match #2	29 Jul	France	👁 Image FRA	9 – 3	Unified Team of Germany 1	👁 Image GER

Pool #4

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
=1	–	Poland	👁 Image POL	1-0	10-6
Jerzy Twardokens • Leszek Suski • Jerzy Pawłowski • Wojciech Zabłocki
=1	–	Belgium	👁 Image BEL	1-0	9-5
Marcel Van Der Auwera • Gustave Balister • Robert Bayot • Georges de Bourguignon
3	–	Egypt	👁 Image EGY	0-2	11-19
Mohamed Zulficar • Helmi Abdel Rahman • Salah Dessouki • Mahmoud Younes • Farid Abou-Shadi

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Poland	👁 Image POL	10 – 6	Egypt	👁 Image EGY
Match #2	29 Jul	Belgium	👁 Image BEL	9 – 5	Egypt	👁 Image EGY

Semi-Finals

Date	30 July 1952 — 8:00
Format	Top two teams in each pool advanced to final.

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	3-0	38-10
Aladár Gerevich • Tibor Berczelly • Rudolf Kárpáti • Pál Kovács • László Rajcsányi • Bertalan Papp
2	–	France	👁 Image FRA	2-1	20-25
Jacques Lefèvre • Jean Laroyenne • Maurice Piot • Jean Levavasseur • Bernard Morel • Jean-François Tournon
3	–	Austria	👁 Image AUT	1-2	19-29
Werner Plattner • Heinz Putzl • Hubert Loisel • Heinz Lechner • Paul Kerb
4	–	Belgium	👁 Image BEL	0-3	16-29
Marcel Van Der Auwera • Gustave Balister • François Heyvaert • Robert Bayot • Georges de Bourguignon • Édouard Yves

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	13 – 3	France	👁 Image FRA
Match #2	30 Jul	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	12 – 4	Austria	👁 Image AUT
Match #3	30 Jul	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	13 – 3	Belgium	👁 Image BEL
Match #4	30 Jul	France	👁 Image FRA	10 – 6	Austria	👁 Image AUT
Match #5	30 Jul	France	👁 Image FRA	7 – 6	Belgium	👁 Image BEL
Match #6	30 Jul	Austria	👁 Image AUT	9 – 7	Belgium	👁 Image BEL

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Italy	👁 Image ITA	2-0	22-9
Vincenzo Pinton • Renzo Nostini • Gastone Darè • Mauro Racca • Roberto Ferrari • Giorgio Pellini
2	–	United States	👁 Image USA	2-0	19-11
Norman Cohn-Armitage • Tibor Nyilas • Alex Treves • George Worth • Allan Kwartler
3	–	Great Britain	👁 Image GBR	0-2	10-20
Roger Tredgold • Olgierd Porebski • Bob Anderson • William Beatley • Luke Wendon
4	–	Poland	👁 Image POL	0-2	10-21
Jerzy Twardokens • Leszek Suski • Jerzy Pawłowski • Wojciech Zabłocki • Zygmunt Pawlas

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Italy	👁 Image ITA	11 – 5	Great Britain	👁 Image GBR
Match #2	30 Jul	Italy	👁 Image ITA	11 – 4	Poland	👁 Image POL
Match #3	30 Jul	United States	👁 Image USA	9 – 5	Great Britain	👁 Image GBR
Match #4	30 Jul	United States	👁 Image USA	10 – 6	Poland	👁 Image POL

Final Pool

Date	30 July 1952 — 15:00

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	3-0	34-13
Aladár Gerevich • Tibor Berczelly • Rudolf Kárpáti • Pál Kovács • László Rajcsányi • Bertalan Papp
2	–	Italy	👁 Image ITA	2-1	32-15
Vincenzo Pinton • Renzo Nostini • Gastone Darè • Mauro Racca • Roberto Ferrari
3	–	France	👁 Image FRA	1-2	14-32
Jacques Lefèvre • Jean Laroyenne • Maurice Piot • Jean Levavasseur • Bernard Morel • Jean-François Tournon
4	–	United States	👁 Image USA	0-3	13-33
Norman Cohn-Armitage • Joe de Capriles • Alex Treves • George Worth • Allan Kwartler

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	8 – 7	Italy	👁 Image ITA
Match #2	30 Jul	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	13 – 3	France	👁 Image FRA
Match #3	30 Jul	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	13 – 3	United States	👁 Image USA
Match #4	30 Jul	Italy	👁 Image ITA	13 – 3	France	👁 Image FRA
Match #5	30 Jul	Italy	👁 Image ITA	12 – 4	United States	👁 Image USA
Match #6	30 Jul	France	👁 Image FRA	8 – 6	United States	👁 Image USA

URL: https://www.olympedia.org/results/86675

⇱ Olympedia – Sabre, Team, Men

Sabre, Team, Men

Round One

Pool #1

Pool #2

Pool #3

Pool #4

Pool #5

Pool #6

Quarter-Finals

Pool #1

Pool #2

Pool #3

Pool #4

Semi-Finals

Pool #1

Pool #2

Final Pool