International fencing championships 1934

The 1934 World Fencing Championships (officially the 1934 European Championships ) took place in Warsaw from June 20 to 29, 1934 . Eight competitions were held, six for men and two for women. Although officially designated as European championships, the competitions were also open to non-European participants and were therefore also viewed as world championships by the international umbrella organization Fédération Internationale d'Escrime . The most successful nation was Hungary with a total of seven medals, five of which were gold. For the first time, an electrical hit display was used for the epee competitions .

organization

The competitions took place in Warsaw from June 20th to 29th and were organized by the Polish Fencing Federation. Individual and team competitions were held in men's florets, men's epee and men's saber. Only foil was fought for women. The tournament was directed by the international Technical Directorate consisting of Jean Lacroix (France), Carlo Anselmi (Italy) and Thaddeé Zubrycki (Poland).

The competitions were known as European championships, but were in principle also open to non-European participants. For this reason, the early European championships were subsequently generally recognized as world championships. Official world championships took place for the first time in 1937.

Men's

Foil, single

In the foil singles the final round was held by ten fencers. The Italian Giulio Gaudini won with eight wins and one defeat ahead of his compatriots Gustavo Marzi (seven wins) and Giorgio Bocchino (six wins). The Frenchman Gardêre did not fully fight the finals and lost three skirmishes without a fight. The preliminary rounds took place on Thursday June 21st, the final round on June 22nd.

space	country	athlete
1	ITA	Giulio Gaudini
2	ITA	Gustavo Marzi
3	ITA	Giorgio Bocchino

Further placements: 4th Gioacchino Guaragna (Italy), 5th John Emrys Lloyd (England), 6th Erwin Casmir (Germany), 8th René Lemoine (France) and Giuliano Nostini (Italy), 9th Edward Gardère (France), 10. Haydu (Hungary)

Foil, team

The final round was played by four teams. Italy won with three team wins, France with two and Germany with one team win. The competition took place on June 20th (Wednesday).

space	country	athlete
1	Italy	Giorgio Bocchino , Manlio Di Rosa , Giulio Gaudini , Gioacchino Guaragna , Gustavo Marzi , Giuliano Nostini
2	France	René Bougnol , André Gardère , Edward Gardère , Michel Godin , René Lemoine
3	German Empire	Erwin Casmir , Julius Eisenecker , August Heim , Stefan Rosenbauer

Rapier, single

48 fencers took part in the individual epee competition. Twelve of them qualified for the finals. There Pál Dunay (Hungary) prevailed with eight wins and three defeats. Gustaf Dyrssen (Sweden; seven wins) came in second ahead of his compatriot Hans Drakenberg and the Italian Saverio Ragno (also seven wins but more hits). The preliminary rounds took place on Tuesday June 26th and the final round on June 27th.

The epee competitions were fought for the first time at an international championship with an electrical signaling system. Hits were indicated by a light bulb and an acoustic signal (bell). Some of the detectors and electric swords were still prone to errors. Since there were only two systems, the sword fights dragged on for a long time. In the course of the fighting, the sword of an Italian fencer was confiscated, in which a hit could be indicated by touching two bare wires without the sword tip touching the opponent.

space	country	athlete
1	HUN	Pál Dunay
2	SWE	Gustaf Dyrssen
3	SWE	Hans Drakenberg
3	ITA	Saverio Ragno

Further placements: 5th Sven Thofelt (Sweden), 6th Georges Buchard (France), 7th Jean Piot (France), 8th Michel Godin (France), 9th René Lemoine (France), 10th Giorgio Rastelli (Italy) , 11. Borovsky (Poland), 12. Giancarlo Cornaggia Medici (Italy)

Sword, team

France, Italy, Sweden and Germany made it to the finals. Here France prevailed with three team wins. Italy finished second with two wins, Sweden third with one win. Germany came fourth. The preliminary rounds took place on Saturday, June 23rd, the final round on June 24th.

space	country	athlete
1	France	Georges Buchard , Philippe Cattiau , Michel Godin , René Lemoine , Michel Pécheux , Jean Piot
2	Italy	Roberto Battaglia , Giancarlo Brusati , Giancarlo Cornaggia Medici , Saverio Ragno , Giorgio Rastelli , Franco Riccardi
3	Sweden	Hans Drakenberg , Gustaf Dyrssen , Carl Gripenstedt , Nils Erik Hellsten , Sven Thofelt , Bertil Uggla

Further placements: 4th Germany ( Geiwitz , Lerdon , Hax, Rosenbauer )

Saber, single

10 participants qualified for the final round. The Hungarian Endre Kabos was able to win the competition with one defeat and eight wins. Giulio Gaudini (Italy; seven wins) came in second ahead of László Rajcsányi (Hungary; five wins). The best German saber fencer Erwin Casmir was unable to take part due to an injury to his thumb that he sustained in the team competition. The competition took place on June 29th.

space	country	athlete
1	HUN	Endre Kabos
2	ITA	Giulio Gaudini
3	HUN	László Rajcsányi

Further placements: 4th Jenő Erdélyi (Hungary), 5th Köszeglyi (Hungary), 6th Segda (Poland), 7th Vincenzo Pinton (Italy), 8th Dobrowolski (Poland), 9th Aldo Montano (Italy), 10th place. Ragno (Italy)

Saber, crew

In the final round of the last four teams, Hungary prevailed with three wins ahead of Italy (two wins) and Poland (one win). The team fight Hungary - Italy was won by Hungary without a fight, as Italy did not take part. The preliminary rounds took place on Wednesday June 27th and the final round on June 28th.

space	country	athlete
1	Hungary	Jenő Erdélyi , Aladár Gerevich , György Jekelfalussy , Endre Kabos , László Rajcsányi , Imre Rasztovich
2	Italy	Giulio Gaudini , Gustavo Marzi , Aldo Montano , Vincenzo Pinton , Emilio Salafia , Angelo Treves
3	Poland	Władysław Dobrowolski , Leszek Lubicz-Nycz , Władysław Segda , Antoni Sobik , Marian Suski , Tadeusz Friedrich

Further placements: 4th Germany ( Heim , Casmir , Eisenecker , Moos )

Ladies

Foil, single

A total of eight female fencers fought in the final round. There were stabbing fights between the Hungarian sisters Ilona and Margit Elek , Hedwig Haß from Germany and Gwendoline Neligan (England), who each recorded five wins and two defeats. Here Ilona Elek prevailed ahead of her sister Margit and Hedwig Haß, Neligan came fourth. The preliminary rounds took place on Friday, June 22nd, the final round on June 23rd.

space	country	sportswoman
1	HUN	Ilona Elek
2	HUN	Margit Elek
3	GER	Hedwig hatred

Further placements: 4th Gwendoline Neligan (England), 5th Bogathy (Hungary), 6th Olga Oelkers (Germany), 7th Judy Guinness (England), 8th Leni Oslob (Germany)

Foil, team

In the women's foil team matches, four teams competed in the finals. The Hungarians took first place with three wins. Germany, Great Britain and Italy shared second place with one victory each, as there was no longer enough time for a playoff between the three runners-up. The competition took place on Wednesday June 20th.

space	country	Sportswomen
1	Hungary	Erna Bogathy , Margit Danÿ , Ilona Elek , Margit Elek , Katalin Horváth , Ilona Vargha
2	German Empire	Hedwig Haß , Henni Jüngst , Olga Oelkers , Leni Oslob
2	United Kingdom	Mary Geddes , Heather Judy Guinness , Gwendoline Neligan , Kathleen Stanbury-Statbourg
2	Italy	Ada Biagini , Marisa Cerani , Letizia Meneghelli , Germana Schwaiger

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Hungary	5	1	1	7th
2	Italy	2	5	2	9
3	France	1	1	-	2
4th	Sweden	-	1	2	3
4th	German Empire	-	1	2	3
5	United Kingdom	-	1	-	1
6th	Poland	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Medal winner foil
• Medalist sword
• Medalist saber
• Medal winners foil

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Les Championnats d'Europe. In: L'Escrime et le Tir No. 140, May / June 1934 p. 19th
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Wilhelm Löffler: European Championships in Warsaw from June 20 to 29, 1934 . In: Fechter-Zeitung year 1934 No. 13, July 1934, p. 151ff.
3. ^ According to Fechter-Zeitung (Wilhelm Löffler: European Championships in Warsaw from June 20 to 29, 1934. In: Fechter-Zeitung, year 1934, No. 13, July 1934, p. 151ff.) Monthano , probably a misprint.