Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. The competition was held on 9 September 1960. 105 fencers from 21 nations competed.^[1]

Men's team épée at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Carlo Pavesi, Giuseppe Delfino, Alberto Pellegrino and Edoardo Mangiarotti
Venue	Palazzo dei Congressi
Dates	9 September
Competitors	105 from 21 nations
Medalists
Edoardo Mangiarotti Giuseppe Delfino Carlo Pavesi Alberto Pellegrino Fiorenzo Marini Gianluigi Saccaro  Italy Allan Jay Michael Howard John Pelling Bill Hoskyns Raymond Harrison Michael Alexander  Great Britain Guram Kostava Bruno Habārovs Arnold Chernushevich Valentin Chernikov Aleksandr Pavlovsky  Soviet Union
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Competition format

The competition combined pool play with knockout rounds, a change from prior tournaments which used pool play all the way through. The first round consisted of pools, with the 21 teams entered in the competition divided into 7 pools of 3 teams. The top 2 teams in each pool after a round-robin advanced. The 14 teams remaining after the pool play competed in a four-round single-elimination bracket, with a bronze medal match between the semifinal losers. The winners of the first 2 pools received byes in the round of 16.

Each team match consisted of each of the four fencers on one team facing each fencer on the other team, for a maximum of 16 total bouts. An 8–8 tie would be resolved by touches received in victories. Bouts were to 5 touches (except that bouts would continue until there was a winner and would not end on a double-touch). Only as much fencing was done as was necessary to determine pool placement (in the first round) or the winning team (in the knockout rounds), so not all matches went to the full 16 bouts but instead stopped early (typically when one team had 9 bouts won).^[2]

Rosters

Australia Ivan Lund Richard Stone John Humphreys John Simpson Keith Hackshall Belgium Pierre Francisse René Van Den Driessche Jacques Debeur Roger Achten François Dehez Finland Kaj Czarnecki Kurt Lindeman Rolf Wiik Kalevi Pakarinen France Armand Mouyal Yves Dreyfus Claude Brodin Christian d'Oriola Jack Guittet Gérard Lefranc Germany Paul Gnaier Fritz Zimmermann Dieter Fänger Georg Neuber Helmut Anschütz Walter Köstner Great Britain Allan Jay Michael Howard John Pelling Bill Hoskyns Raymond Harrison Michael Alexander Hungary József Marosi Tamás Gábor István Kausz József Sákovics Árpád Bárány

Ireland George Carpenter Christopher Bland Brian Hamilton Tom Kearney Italy Edoardo Mangiarotti Giuseppe Delfino Carlo Pavesi Alberto Pellegrino Fiorenzo Marini Gianluigi Saccaro Japan Heizaburo Okawa Tsugeo Ozawa Sonosuke Fujimaki Kazuhiko Tabuchi Lebanon Ibrahim Osman Mohamed Ramadan Michel Saykali Hassan El-Said Luxembourg Roger Theisen Edy Schmit Robert Schiel Rudy Kugeler Eddi Gutenkauf Mexico Benito Ramos Ángel Roldán Antonio Almada Sergio Escobedo José Pérez Morocco Abbes Harchi Abderrahman Sebti Charles Ben Itah Abderraouf El-Fassy Mohamed Ben Joullon

Poland Bohdan Gonsior Jerzy Strzałka Wiesław Glos Janusz Kurczab Andrzej Kryński Portugal José Ferreira Manuel Borrego José Fernandes José de Albuquerque Soviet Union Guram Kostava Bruno Habārovs Arnold Chernushevich Valentin Chernikov Aleksandr Pavlovsky Spain Pedro Cabrera Manuel Martínez Jesús Díez Joaquín Moya Sweden Hans Lagerwall Göran Abrahamsson Ulf Ling-Vannérus Berndt-Otto Rehbinder Carl-Wilhelm Engdahl Orvar Lindwall Switzerland Hans Bässler Jules Amez-Droz Paul Meister Charles Ribordy Claudio Polledri Michel Steininger United States James Margolis Roland Wommack David Micahnik Henry Kolowrat Jr. Ralph Spinella

Results

Round 1

Pool A

The United States defeated Portugal, as did Italy. This eliminated Portugal; the United States and Italy faced off to determine their placing within the group. Italy took first in the group with a win over the United States.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		ITA	USA	POR
1	Italy	2	0	18	9	Q			9–2	9–7
2	United States	1	1	12	15			2–9		10–6
3	Portugal	0	2	13	19			7–9	6–10

Source: Official Report, p. 804

Pool B

Japan and Hungary each defeated Mexico, then faced off for place within the group. Hungary won to take first place and a bye in the round of 16.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		HUN	JPN	MEX
1	Hungary	2	0	18	9	Q			9–4	14–2
2	Japan	1	1	12	15			4–9		9–7
3	Mexico	0	2	13	19			2–14	7–9

Source: Official Report, p. 805

Pool C

Switzerland and the Soviet Union each defeated Lebanon, though in both cases the bouts were tied at 8–8 and touches received (in victories) were necessary to determine the match winner (Switzerland won 23 touches received to 26; the Soviet Union won 18 to 25). Switzerland and the Soviet Union then faced off for place within the group, with the Soviets winning.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		URS	SUI	LIB
1	Soviet Union	2	0	17	9	Q			9–1	8.25–8.18
2	Switzerland	1	1	9	17			1–9		8.26–8.23
3	Lebanon	0	2	16	16			8.18–8.25	8.23–8.26

Source: Official Report, p. 806

Pool D

Finland and France each defeated Ireland, then faced off for place within the group. France won to take first place.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		FRA	FIN	IRL
1	France	2	0	21	6	Q			9–2	12–4
2	Finland	1	1	14	13			2–9		12–4
3	Ireland	0	2	8	24			4–12	4–12

Source: Official Report, p. 807

Pool E

Luxembourg and Great Britain each defeated Morocco, then faced off for place within the group. Great Britain won to take first place (Great Britain's touches-received lead was great enough that the match was stopped at 8–7; even had Luxembourg won the 16th bout, Great Britain would have the tied-breaker).

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		GBR	LUX	MAR
1	Great Britain	2	0	23	8	Q			8–7	15–1
2	Luxembourg	1	1	19	12			7–8		12–4
3	Morocco	0	2	5	27			1–15	4–12

Source: Official Report, p. 808

Pool F

Sweden and Germany each defeated Australia, then faced off for place within the group. Germany won to take first place.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		EUA	SWE	AUS
1	United Team of Germany	2	0	22	10	Q			9–7	13–3
2	Sweden	1	1	18	14			7–9		11–5
3	Australia	0	2	8	24			3–13	5–11

Source: Official Report, p. 809

Pool G

Belgium and Poland each defeated Spain, then faced off for place within the group. They tied, 8–8 with 61 touches received each.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		BEL	POL	ESP
1	Belgium	1.5	0.5	17	15	Q			8–8	9–7
1	Poland	1.5	0.5	17	15			8–8		9–7
3	Spain	0	2	14	18			7–9	7–9

Source: Official Report, p. 810

Elimination rounds

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

F2

Sweden

9

G1

Belgium

4

Sweden

3

A1

Italy

9

Italy

9

D2

Finland

5

Soviet Union

6

F1

United Team of Germany

9

United Team of Germany

2

B2

Japan

0

Soviet Union

9

C1

Soviet Union

9

Italy

9

E2

Poland

8 (62)

Great Britain

5

G2

Luxembourg

8 (61)

Luxembourg

2

B1

Hungary

9

Hungary

7

Third place

A2

United States

5

Great Britain

8

E1

Great Britain

9

Great Britain

9

Soviet Union

9

C2

Switzerland

8 (64)

Switzerland

5

Hungary

5

D1

France

8 (66)

Final classification

Rank	Nation
	Italy
	Great Britain
	Soviet Union
4	Hungary
5	United Team of Germany
	Luxembourg
	Sweden
	Switzerland
9	Belgium
	Finland
	France
	Japan
	Poland
	United States
15	Australia
	Ireland
	Lebanon
	Mexico
	Morocco
	Portugal
	Spain