1948 Summer Olympics / Fencing

Fencing at the XIV Summer Olympics
information
venue	London
Competition venue	Palace of Engineering
Nations	30th
Athletes	294 (39 , 255 )
date	July 30 - August 13, 1948
decisions	7th
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At the XIV Summer Olympics in London in 1948 seven competitions were held in fencing . The venue was the Palace of Engineering , an exhibition building on the site of the British Empire Exhibition in the White City district .

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	France	3	1	-	4th
2	Hungary	3	-	2	5
3	Italy	1	4th	1	6th
4th	Denmark	-	1	-	1
	Switzerland	-	1	-	1
6th	Belgium	-	-	1	1
	Austria	-	-	1	1
	Sweden	-	-	1	1
	United States	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Epee single	Luigi Cantone	Oswald Zappelli	Edoardo Mangiarotti
Epee team	Édouard Artigas , Marcel Desprets , Henri Guérin , Maurice Huet , Henri Lepage , Michel Pécheux	Carlo Agostoni , Luigi Cantone , Marco Antonio Mandruzzato , Dario Mangiarotti , Edoardo Mangiarotti , Fiorenzo Marini	Per Carleson , Frank Cervell , Carl Forssell , Bengt Ljungquist , Sven Thofelt , Arne Tollbom
Foil single	Jéhan Buhan	Christian d'Oriola	Lajos Maszlay
Foil team	André Bonin , René Bougnol , Jéhan Buhan , Christian d'Oriola , Jacques Lataste , Adrien Rommel	Manlio Di Rosa , Edoardo Mangiarotti , Giuliano Nostini , Renzo Nostini , Giorgio Pellini , Saverio Ragno	Raymond Bru , Paul Valcke , Édouard Yves , Henri Paternóster , Georges de Bourguignon André van de Werve de Vorsselaer
Saber single	Aladár Gerevich	Vincenzo Pinton	Pál Kovács
Saber crew	Tibor Berczelly , Aladár Gerevich , Rudolf Kárpáti , Pál Kovács , Bertalan Papp , László Rajcsányi	Gastone Darè , Aldo Montano , Renzo Nostini , Vincenzo Pinton , Mauro Racca , Carlo Turcato	Dean Cetrulo , Norman Cohn-Armitage , Miguel de Capriles , James Flynn , Tibor Nyilas , George Worth

Women

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Foil single	Ilona Elek	Karen Lachmann	Ellen Müller Prize

Results men

Epee single

space	country	athlete	Victories
1	ITA	Luigi Cantone	7th
2	SUI	Oswald Zappelli	5
3	ITA	Edoardo Mangiarotti	5
4th	FRA	Henri Guérin	5
5	BEL	Jean-Marie Radoux	5
6th	FRA	Henri Lepage	4th
7th	ITA	Carlo Agostoni	4th
8th	LUX	Émile Gretsch	3
9	United States	Norman Lewis	3
10	GBR	Ronald Parfitt	2

Date: 7th to 9th August 1948
66 participants from 25 countries

Epee team

space	country	athlete
1	FRA	Édouard Artigas , Marcel Desprets , Henri Guérin , Maurice Huet , Henri Lepage , Michel Pécheux
2	ITA	Carlo Agostoni , Luigi Cantone , Marco Antonio Mandruzzato , Dario Mangiarotti , Edoardo Mangiarotti , Fiorenzo Marini
3	SWE	Per Carleson , Frank Cervell , Carl Forssell , Bengt Ljungquist , Sven Thofelt , Arne Tollbom
4th	DNK	Erik Andersen , René Dybkær , Kenneth Flindt , Mogens Lüchow , Jakob Lyng , Ib Nielsen
5	BEL	Raymond Bru , Léopold Hauben , Charles Debeur , Raoul Henkart , Jean-Marie Radoux , Raymond Stasse
6th	LUX	Paul Anen , Émile Gretsch , Gust Lamesch , Jean-Fernand Leischen , Erny Putz
7th	SUI	Marc Chamay , Jean Hauert , Robert Lips , Otto Rüfenacht , Fernand Thiébaud , Oswald Zappelli
8th	HUN	Lajos Balthazár , Béla Bay , Pál Dunay , Imre Hennyei , Béla Mikla , Béla Rerrich

Date: 5th to 6th August 1948
113 participants from 21 countries

Foil single

space	country	athlete	Victories
1	FRA	Jéhan Buhan	7th
2	FRA	Christian d'Oriola	5
3	HUN	Lajos Maszlay	4th
4th	GBR	John Emrys Lloyd	4th
5	FRA	René Bougnol	3
6th	ITA	Manlio Di Rosa	3
7th	BEL	Paul Valcke	1
8th	THE	Ivan Ruben	1

Date: 3rd to 4th August 1948
63 participants from 25 countries

Foil team

space	country	athlete
1	FRA	André Bonin , René Bougnol , Jéhan Buhan , Christian d'Oriola , Jacques Lataste , Adrien Rommel
2	ITA	Manlio Di Rosa , Edoardo Mangiarotti , Giuliano Nostini , Renzo Nostini , Giorgio Pellini , Saverio Ragno
3	BEL	Raymond Bru , Georges de Bourguignon , Henri Paternóster , Paul Valcke , André van de Werve de Vorsselaer , Édouard Yves
4th	United States	Daniel Bukantz , Dean Cetrulo , Dernell Every , Silvio Giolito , Nate Lubell , Austin Prokop
5	HUN	Béla Bay , Pál Dunay , Aladár Gerevich , József Hátszeghy , Lajos Maszlay , Endre Palócz
6th	EGY	Mahmoud Ahmed Abdin , Osman Abdel Hafeez , Salah Dessouki , Hassan Hosni Tawfik , Mahmoud Younes , Mohamed Zulficar
7th	GBR	Harold Cooke , Emrys Lloyd , René Paul , Arthur Smith , Pierre Turquet , Luke Wendon
8th	ARG	Félix Galimi , Fulvio Galimi , José Rodríguez , Manuel Torrente

Date: July 30th to 31st, 1948
82 participants from 16 countries

Saber single

space	country	athlete	Victories
1	HUN	Aladár Gerevich	7th
2	ITA	Vincenzo Pinton	5
3	HUN	Pál Kovács	5
4th	FRA	Jacques Lefèvre	4th
5	United States	George Worth	2
6th	ITA	Gastone Darè	2
7th	United States	Tibor Nyilas	2
8th	MEX	Antonio Haro	1

Date: August 12th to 13th, 1948
60 participants from 24 countries

Saber crew

space	country	athlete
1	HUN	Tibor Berczelly , Aladár Gerevich , Rudolf Kárpáti , Pál Kovács , Bertalan Papp , László Rajcsányi
2	ITA	Gastone Darè , Aldo Montano , Renzo Nostini , Vincenzo Pinton , Mauro Racca , Carlo Turcato
3	United States	Dean Cetrulo , Norman Cohn-Armitage , Miguel de Capriles , James Flynn , Tibor Nyilas , George Worth
4th	BEL	Robert Bayot , Georges de Bourguignon , Ferdinand Jassogne , Eugène Laermans , Marcel Nys , Édouard Yves
5	FRA	Maurice Gramain , Jacques Lefèvre , Jean Levavasseur , Georges Lévêcque , Jacques Parent , Jean-François Tournon
6th	POLE	Bolesław Banaś , Jan Nawrocki , Antoni Sobik , Jerzy Wójcik , Teodor Zaczyk
7th	NED	Antoon Hoevers , Eddy Kuijpers , Frans Mosman , Henny ter Weer , Willem van den Berg
8th	ARG	Manuel Agüero , Jorge Cermesoni , José D'Andrea , Fernando Huergo , Edgardo Pomini , Daniel Sande

Date: August 10-11, 1948
85 participants from 17 countries

Results women

Foil single

space	country	sportswoman	Victories
1	HUN	Ilona Elek	6th
2	THE	Karen Lachmann	5
3	AUT	Ellen Müller Prize	5
4th	United States	Maria Cerra	5
5	AUT	Friedrieke felt	4th
6th	HUN	Margit Elek	1
7th	ITA	Velleda Cesari	1
8th	GBR	Mary Glen-Haig	1

Date: July 31 to August 2, 1948
39 participants from 15 countries

Web links

• Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1948 Summer Games (PDF, 30.9 MB)