1928 Summer Olympics / Fencing

Fencing at the IX. Summer Olympics
information
venue	Amsterdam
Competition venue	Schermzaal
Nations	27
Athletes	259 (27 , 232 )
date	July 29 - August 11, 1928
decisions	7th
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With the IX. At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , seven fencing competitions were held. The venue was the Schermzaal , a temporary building designed by Jan Wils next to the Olympic Stadium .

Balance sheet

Medal table

Schermzaal

space	country				total
1	France	2	3	-	5
2	Italy	2	1	2	5
3	Hungary	2	1	-	3
4th	German Empire	1	1	1	3
5	Great Britain	-	1	-	1
6th	Argentina	-	-	1	1
	Poland	-	-	1	1
	Portugal	-	-	1	1
	United States	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Epee single	Lucien Gaudin	Georges Buchard	George Calnan
Epee team	Carlo Agostoni , Marcello Bertinetti , Giulio Basletta , Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici , Renzo Minoli , Franco Riccardi	Gaston Amson , René Barbier , Georges Buchard , Émile Cornic , Armand Massard , Bernard Schmetz	Paulo d'Eça Leal , Mário de Noronha , Jorge de Paiva , Henrique da Silveira , Frederico Paredes , João Sassetti
Foil single	Lucien Gaudin	Erwin Casmir	Giulio Gaudini
Foil team	Giorgio Chiavacci , Giulio Gaudini , Gioacchino Guaragna , Giorgio Pessina , Ugo Pignotti , Oreste Puliti	Philippe Cattiau , Roger Ducret , Raymond Flacher , André Gaboriaud , Lucien Gaudin , André Labatut	Raúl Anganuzzi , Carmelo Camet , Roberto Larraz , Héctor Lucchetti , Luis Lucchetti
Saber single	Ödön Tersztyánszky	Attila Petschauer	Bino Bini
Saber crew	János Garay , Gyula Glykais , Sándor Gombos , Attila Petschauer , József Rády , Ödön Tersztyánszky	Renato Anselmi , Bino Bini , Gustavo Marzi , Oreste Puliti , Emilio Salafia , Giulio Sarrocchi	Tadeusz Friedrich , Kazimierz Laskowski , Aleksander Małecki , Adam Papée , Władysław Segda , Jerzy Zabielski

Women

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Foil single	Helene Mayer	Muriel Freeman	Olga Oelkers

Results men

Epee single

space	country	athlete	Victories
1	FRA	Lucien Gaudin	8th
2	FRA	Georges Buchard	7th
3	United States	George Calnan	6th
4th	BEL	Léon Tom	6th
5	SWE	Nils Erik Hellsten	5
6th	BEL	Charles Delporte	4th
7th	BEL	Charles Debeur	3
8th	EGY	Salvator Cicurel	3
9	United States	Allen Milner	1
10	EGY	Saul Moyal	1

Date: 6th to 7th August 1928
59 participants from 22 countries

Epee team

space	country	athlete
1	ITA	Carlo Agostoni , Marcello Bertinetti , Giulio Basletta , Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici , Renzo Minoli , Franco Riccardi
2	FRA	Gaston Amson , René Barbier , Georges Buchard , Émile Cornic , Armand Massard , Bernard Schmetz
3	POR	Paulo d'Eça Leal , Mário de Noronha , Jorge de Paiva , Henrique da Silveira , Frederico Paredes , João Sassetti
4th	BEL	Émile Barbier , Georges Dambois , Balthazar De Beukelaer , Charles Delporte , Charles Debeur , Léon Tom
5	TCH	Miroslav Beznoska , Jan Černohorský , Martin Harden , Josef Jungmann , František Kříž , Jan Tille
	United States	Edward Willis Barnett , Henry Breckinridge , George Calnan , Arthur Lyon , Allen Milner , Harold Rayner
7th	NED	Arie de Jong , Willem Driebergen , Leonard Kuypers , Alfred Labouchere , Karel John van den Brandeler , Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls
	ESP	Juan Delgado , Félix de Pomés , Diego Díez , Domingo García , Francisco González

Date: 3rd to 5th August 1928
93 participants from 18 countries

Foil single

space	country	athlete	Victories
1	FRA	Lucien Gaudin	9 + 2
2	GER	Erwin Casmir	9 + 1
3	ITA	Giulio Gaudini	9
4th	ITA	Oreste Puliti	8th
5	FRA	Philippe Cattiau	7th
6th	BEL	Raymond Bru	7th
7th	ITA	Ugo Pignotti	4th
8th	GER	Fritz Gazzera	4th
9	FRA	Roger Ducret	3
10	HUN	György Rozgonyi	3
11	United States	Joseph Levis	2
12	SWE	Bertil Uggla	1

Date: July 31 to August 1, 1928
54 participants from 22 countries

The three medal winners were all tied with 9 wins in the final round, which is why a jump-off had to decide.

Foil team

space	country	athlete
1	ITA	Giorgio Chiavacci , Giulio Gaudini , Gioacchino Guaragna , Giorgio Pessina , Ugo Pignotti , Oreste Puliti
2	FRA	Philippe Cattiau , Roger Ducret , Raymond Flacher , André Gaboriaud , Lucien Gaudin , André Labatut
3	ARG	Raúl Anganuzzi , Carmelo Camet , Roberto Larraz , Luis Lucchetti , Héctor Lucchetti
4th	BEL	Raymond Bru , Charles Crahay , Albert De Roocker , Max Janlet , Pierre Pêcher , Jean Verbrugge
4th	HUN	Gusztáv Kálniczky , György Piller , József Rády , György Rozgonyi , Ödön Tersztyánszky , Péter Tóth
	United States	Henry Breckinridge , George Calnan , Dernell Every , Joseph Levis , René Peroy , Harold Rayner

The Argentine foil team

Date: July 29th to 30th, 1928
88 participants from 16 countries

Saber single

space	country	athlete	Victories
1	HUN	Ödön Tersztyánszky	9
2	HUN	Attila Petschauer	9
3	ITA	Bino Bini	8th
4th	ITA	Gustavo Marzi	8th
5	HUN	Sándor Gombos	8th
6th	ITA	Erwin Casmir	6th
7th	ITA	Arturo De Vecchi	5
8th	FRA	Roger Ducret	5
9	NED	Aria de Jong	4th
10	FRA	Jean Lacroix	2
11	NED	Jan van der Wiel	2
12	GER	Hans Thomson	0

Date: August 10-11, 1928
44 participants from 17 countries

Saber crew

space	country	athlete
1	HUN	János Garay , Gyula Glykais , Sándor Gombos , Attila Petschauer , József Rády , Ödön Tersztyánszky
2	ITA	Renato Anselmi , Bino Bini , Gustavo Marzi , Oreste Puliti , Emilio Salafia , Giulio Sarrocchi
3	POLE	Tadeusz Friedrich , Kazimierz Laskowski , Aleksander Małecki , Adam Papée , Władysław Segda , Jerzy Zabielski
4th	GER	Erwin Casmir , Hans Halberstadt , Heinrich Moos , Hans Thomson
5	FRA	Roger Ducret , Raoul Fristeau , Jean Lacroix , Jean Piot , Paul Oziol de Pignol , Maurice Taillandier
	NED	Arie de Jong , Cornelis Ekkart , Hendrik Hagens , Jan van der Wiel , Maarten van Dulm , Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls
7th	BEL	Marcel Cuypers , Gaston Kaanen , Jacques Kesteloot , Joseph Stordeur , Édouard Yves
	DOOR	Enver Balkan , Fuat Balkan , Muhuttin Okyavuz , Nami Yayak

Date: August 8th to 9th, 1928
65 participants from 12 countries

Results women

Foil single

space	country	sportswoman	Victories
1	GER	Helene Mayer	7th
2	GBR	Muriel Freeman	6th
3	GER	Olga Oelkers	4th
4th	GER	Erna Sondheim	3
5	GBR	Gladys Daniell	2
6th	BEL	Jenny Addams	2
	HUN	Margit Danÿ	2
8th	NED	Johanna de Boer	2

Date: July 31 to August 1, 1928
27 participants from 11 countries

Web links

Commons : Fencing at the 1928 Summer Games  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1928 Summer Olympics (PDF, 77.8 MB)