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Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

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Men's épée
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Gold medalist Carlo Pavesi (left), silver medalist Giuseppe Delfino (second from left), and bronze medalist Edoardo Mangiarotti (right) shown in 1960
VenueSt Kilda Town Hall
Dates30 November
Competitors41 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Carlo Pavesi
 Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Giuseppe Delfino
 Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Edoardo Mangiarotti
 Italy
← 1952
1960 →

The men's épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 30 November 1956. 41 fencers from 18 nations competed.[1] Nations were limited to three fencers each. The event was won by Carlo Pavesi of Italy, the nation's fifth consecutive victory in the men's épée (most among all nations, above France with three). In all five of those Games, Italy earned at least two medals in the event; this was the second sweep during that period for Italy (and fifth overall, with Cuba achieving that once and France twice). Giuseppe Delfino was the silver medalist while Edoardo Mangiarotti took bronze. It was Mangiarotti's third medal in the event, along with gold in 1952 and another bronze in 1948; he was the first man to win three medals in the individual épée.

Background

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This was the 12th 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]

Five of the 10 finalists from the 1952 Games returned: gold medalist (and 1948 bronze medalist) Edoardo Mangiarotti of Italy, fifth-place finisher József Sákovics of Hungary, sixth-place finisher Carlo Pavesi of Italy, seventh-place finisher Per Carleson of Sweden, and eighth-place finisher Carl Forssell of Sweden. The reigning (1955) World Champion, Giorgio Anglesio of Italy, was on the Italian team for the team event but did not compete in the individual event, with Mangiarotti (a two-time World Champion as well as two-time Olympic medalist), Pavesi, and Giuseppe Delfino making up the nation's heavily favored three-man squad for the individual competition.[2]

Indonesia made its debut in the event. East and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany for the first time. Belgium and the United States each appeared for the 11th time, tied for most among nations.

Competition format

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The competition used a pool play format, with each fencer facing the other fencers in the pool in a round robin. For the first time, bouts were to 5 touches. Barrages were used to break ties necessary for advancement (touches against were the first tie-breaker used to give ranks when the rank did not matter). However, only as much fencing was done as was necessary to determine advancement, so some bouts never occurred if the fencers advancing from the pool could be determined.[3] The smaller field resulted in fewer pools and smaller pools (the final was only 8 fencers for the first time since 1912, after decades at 10 or 12 fencers).

Fencers from the four nations that reached the team event final received byes to the quarterfinals.

  • Round 1: 4 pools of 7 or 8 fencers each. The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced to the quarterfinals.
  • Quarterfinals: 4 pools of 7 fencers each. The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.
  • Semifinals: 2 pools of 8 fencers each. The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced to the final.
  • Final: 1 pool of 8 fencers.

Schedule

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All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Friday, 30 November 1956 8:00
15:00
 
 
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final

Results

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Round 1

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

Pool 1

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TF TA Notes
1 Arnold Chernushevich  Soviet Union 5 0 25 13 Qualified for quarterfinals
2 Skip Shurtz  United States 4 2 27 17 Qualified for quarterfinals
3 Ghislain Delaunois  Belgium 4 2 28 22 Qualified for quarterfinals
4 Émile Gretsch  Luxembourg 3 2 18 16 Qualified for quarterfinals
5 Roland Asselin  Canada 2 4 16 26
6 Wäinö Korhonen  Finland 1 4 17 20
7 Alfredo Yanguas  Colombia 0 5 8 25

Pool 2

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TF TA Notes
1 Berndt-Otto Rehbinder  Sweden 6 1 32 16 Qualified for quarterfinals
2 Günter Stratmann  United Team of Germany 5 2 31 19 Qualified for quarterfinals
3 Ivan Lund  Australia 5 2 28 20 Qualified for quarterfinals
4 Jacques Debeur  Belgium 4 3 31 23 Qualified for quarterfinals
Won barrage vs. Tsirek'idze 5–4
5 Revaz Tsirek'idze  Soviet Union 4 3 31 23 Lost barrage vs. Debeur 4–5
6 Siha Sukarno  Indonesia 2 5 19 25
7 Emiliano Camargo  Colombia 2 5 17 28
8 Masayuki Sano  Japan 0 7 0 35

Pool 3

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TF TA Notes
1 Richard Pew  United States 5 0 25 13 Qualified for quarterfinals
2 Per Carleson  Sweden 4 1 24 13 Qualified for quarterfinals
3 Roger Achten  Belgium 4 2 28 21 Qualified for quarterfinals
4 Richard Stone  Australia 3 3 16 25 Qualified for quarterfinals
5 Emilio Echeverry  Colombia 2 4 18 27
6 Jean-Fernand Leischen  Luxembourg 1 4 21 21
7 Santiago Massini  Argentina 0 5 13 25

Pool 4

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TF TA Notes
1 Édouard Schmit  Luxembourg 5 1 29 19 Qualified for quarterfinals
2 Rolf Wiik  Finland 5 1 26 21 Qualified for quarterfinals
3 Carl Forssell  Sweden 4 2 24 23 Qualified for quarterfinals
4 Kinmont Hoitsma  United States 3 3 23 21 Qualified for quarterfinals
5 Juozas Ūdras  Soviet Union 2 4 23 22
6 Laurence Harding-Smith  Australia 2 4 19 25
7 Luis Jiménez  Mexico 0 6 17 30

Quarterfinals

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The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TF TA Notes
1 Edoardo Mangiarotti  Italy 5 1 28 20 Qualified for semifinals
2 Richard Pew  United States 3 3 22 18 Qualified for semifinals
2–0 in barrage
3 Carl Forssell  Sweden 3 3 20 22 Qualified for semifinals
2–1 in barrage
4 Émile Gretsch  Luxembourg 3 3 23 23 Qualified for semifinals
1–1 in barrage
5 Béla Rerrich  Hungary 3 3 20 23 0–3 in barrage
6 Bill Hoskyns  Great Britain 2 4 22 22
7 Jacques Debeur  Belgium 2 4 20 27

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TF TA Notes
1 Per Carleson  Sweden 5 1 25 15 Qualified for semifinals
2 René Queyroux  France 5 1 27 19 Qualified for semifinals
3 Carlo Pavesi  Italy 3 3 22 24 Qualified for semifinals
4 Lajos Balthazár  Hungary 3 3 22 25 Qualified for semifinals
5 Arnold Chernushevich  Soviet Union 2 4 22 23
6 Kinmont Hoitsma  United States 2 4 22 28
7 Roger Achten  Belgium 1 5 23 29

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TF TA Notes
1 Armand Mouyal  France 5 1 26 21 Qualified for semifinals
2 Ghislain Delaunois  Belgium 4 1 21 15 Qualified for semifinals
3 Giuseppe Delfino  Italy 4 1 22 17 Qualified for semifinals
4 Édouard Schmit  Luxembourg 3 3 24 24 Qualified for semifinals
5 Günter Stratmann  United Team of Germany 2 4 25 25
6 Allan Jay  Great Britain 1 5 20 27
7 Richard Stone  Australia 1 5 20 28

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TF TA Notes
1 Berndt-Otto Rehbinder  Sweden 4 1 23 13 Qualified for semifinals
2 József Sákovics  Hungary 4 1 23 18 Qualified for semifinals
3 Skip Shurtz  United States 4 1 20 21 Qualified for semifinals
4 Rolf Wiik  Finland 3 2 20 15 Qualified for semifinals
5 Daniel Dagallier  France 2 4 22 25
6 Ivan Lund  Australia 1 5 21 28
7 Michael Howard  Great Britain 1 5 19 28

Semifinals

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The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TF TA Notes
1 René Queyroux  France 5 2 33 23 Qualified for final
2 Lajos Balthazár  Hungary 5 2 32 23 Qualified for final
3 Edoardo Mangiarotti  Italy 5 2 28 25 Qualified for final
4 Giuseppe Delfino  Italy 4 3 31 27 Qualified for final
Won barrage vs. Delaunois 5–2
5 Ghislain Delaunois  Belgium 4 3 30 24 Lost barrage vs. Delfino 2–5
6 Carl Forssell  Sweden 2 5 25 30
7 Skip Shurtz  United States 2 5 18 32
8 Édouard Schmit  Luxembourg 1 6 24 35

Semifinal 2

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Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TF TA Notes
1 Richard Pew  United States 6 1 32 22 Qualified for final
2 Per Carleson  Sweden 5 2 28 26 Qualified for final
3 Carlo Pavesi  Italy 4 3 25 27 Qualified for final
1–0 in barrage
4 Rolf Wiik  Finland 4 3 31 28 Qualified for final
1–0 in barrage
5 Émile Gretsch  Luxembourg 4 3 20 26 0–2 in barrage
6 Armand Mouyal  France 3 4 25 25
7 Berndt-Otto Rehbinder  Sweden 2 5 16 28
8 József Sákovics  Hungary 0 7 18 30

Final

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The three-way tie among the Italian fencers for the medals at 5–2 required a barrage to settle. The first barrage resulted in another three-way tie at 1–1 (Pavesi defeated Delfino; Delfino defeated Mangiarotti; Mangiarotti defeated Pavesi). In the second barrage, the results were the same except Pavesi defeated Mangiarotti to win the gold medal. Delfino took silver and Mangiarotti bronze. In all, Mangiarotti had faced Delfino 4 times (Mangiarotti winning in the semifinal pool, Delfino winning three times: the final pool and both barrages), Delfino had faced Pavesi 3 times (Pavesi winning all 3 in the final pool and both barrages), and Pavesi had faced Mangiarotti 3 times (Mangiarotti winning in the final pool and first barrage, Pavesi winning in the second barrage).

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TF TA Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Carlo Pavesi  Italy 5 2 29 20 1–1, 2–0 in barrages
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Giuseppe Delfino  Italy 5 2 30 27 1–1, 1–1 in barrages
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Edoardo Mangiarotti  Italy 5 2 28 25 1–1, 0–2 in barrages
4 Richard Pew  United States 4 3 25 28
5 Lajos Balthazár  Hungary 4 3 30 29
6 René Queyroux  France 3 4 29 25
7 Per Carleson  Sweden 2 5 22 29
8 Rolf Wiik  Finland 0 7 15 35

References

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  1. ^ "Fencing: 1956 Olympic Results - Men's épée". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Épée, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 444.