1932 Summer Olympics / Fencing

Fencing at the X Summer Olympics
information
venue	los Angeles
Competition venue	160th Regiment State Armory
Nations	16
Athletes	108 (17 , 91 )
date	July 31 - August 13, 1932
decisions	7th
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At the Xth Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 1932 , seven competitions were held in fencing . The venue was the 160th Regiment State Armory in Exposition Park, near the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum .

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Italy	2	4th	2	8th
2	France	2	1	-	3
3	Hungary	2	-	2	4th
4th	Austria	1	-	-	1
5	United States	-	1	2	3
6th	Great Britain	-	1	-	1
7th	Poland	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Epee single	Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici	Georges Buchard	Carlo Agostoni
Epee team	Georges Buchard , Philippe Cattiau , Fernand Jourdant , Jean Piot , Bernard Schmetz , Georges Tainturier	Carlo Agostoni , Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici , Renzo Minoli , Saverio Ragno , Franco Riccardi	George Calnan , Miguel de Capriles , Gustave Heiss , Tracy Jaeckel , Frank Righeimer , Curtis Shears
Foil single	Gustavo Marzi	Joseph Levis	Giulio Gaudini
Foil team	René Bondoux , René Bougnol , Philippe Cattiau , Édward Gardère , René Lemoine , Jean Piot	Giulio Gaudini , Gioacchino Guaragna , Gustavo Marzi , Giorgio Pessina , Ugo Pignotti , Rodolfo Terlizzi	Hugh Alessandroni , George Calnan , Dernell Every , Joseph Levis , Frank Righeimer , Richard Steere
Saber single	György Piller	Giulio Gaudini	Endre Kabos
Saber crew	Aladár Gerevich , Gyula Glykais , Endre Kabos , Ernő Nagy , Attila Petschauer , György Piller	Renato Anselmi , Arturo De Vecchi , Giulio Gaudini , Gustavo Marzi , Ugo Pignotti , Emilio Salafia	Władysław Dobrowolski , Tadeusz Friedrich , Leszek Lubicz-Nycz , Adam Papée , Władysław Segda , Marian Suski

Women

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Foil single	Ellen Price	Judy Guinness	Erna bow

Results men

Epee single

space	country	athlete	Points
1	ITA	Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici	18th
2	FRA	Georges Buchard	16
3	ITA	Carlo Agostoni	15th
4th	ITA	Saverio Ragno	14th
5	FRA	Bernard Schmetz	14th
6th	FRA	Philippe Cattiau	13
7th	United States	George Calnan	13
8th	BEL	Balthazar De Beukelaer	08th
9	SWE	Sven Thofelt	08th
10	ARG	Raúl Saucedo	07th

Date: August 8th to 9th, 1932
28 participants from 12 countries

Epee team

space	country	athlete
1	FRA	Georges Buchard , Philippe Cattiau , Fernand Jourdant , Jean Piot , Bernard Schmetz , Georges Tainturier
2	ITA	Carlo Agostoni , Giancarlo Cornaggia-Medici , Renzo Minoli , Saverio Ragno , Franco Riccardi
3	United States	George Calnan , Miguel de Capriles , Gustave Heiss , Tracy Jaeckel , Frank Righeimer , Curtis Shears
4th	BEL	Balthazar De Beukelaer , Raoul Henkart , Max Janlet , Werner Mund , André Poplimont
5	THE	Axel Bloch , Erik Kofoed-Hansen , Aage Leidersdorff , Ivan Osiier
6th	MEX	Gerónimo Delgadillo , Eduardo Prieto Souza , Eduardo Prieto , Francisco Valero
7th	CAN	Ernest Dalton , Henri Delcellier , Patrick Farrell , Bertram Markus

Date: 5th to 7th August 1932
32 participants from 7 countries

Foil single

space	country	athlete	Victories
1	ITA	Gustavo Marzi	9-0
2	United States	Joseph Levis	6: 3
3	ITA	Giulio Gaudini	5: 4
4th	ITA	Gioacchino Guaragna	5: 4
5	GER	Erwin Casmir	5: 4
6th	GBR	Emrys Lloyd	5: 4
7th	ARG	Roberto Larraz	3: 6
8th	FRA	René Bougnol	3: 6
9	FRA	Philippe Cattiau	2: 7
10	ARG	Ángel Gorordo	2: 7

Date: 2nd to 4th August 1932
26 participants from 12 countries

Foil team

space	country	athlete
1	FRA	René Bondoux , René Bougnol , Philippe Cattiau , Édward Gardère , René Lemoine , Jean Piot
2	ITA	Giulio Gaudini , Gioacchino Guaragna , Gustavo Marzi , Giorgio Pessina , Ugo Pignotti , Rodolfo Terlizzi
3	United States	Hugh Alessandroni , George Calnan , Dernell Every , Joseph Levis , Frank Righeimer , Richard Steere
4th	THE	Axel Bloch , Erik Kofoed-Hansen , Aage Leidersdorff , Ivan Osiier
5	ARG	Ángel Gorordo , Roberto Larraz , Raúl Saucedo , Rodolfo Valenzuela
6th	MEX	Leobardo Candiani , Raymundo Izcoa , Eduardo Prieto , Jesús Sánchez

Date: July 31 to August 1, 1932
30 participants from 6 countries

Saber single

space	country	athlete	Victories
1	HUN	György Piller	8: 1
2	ITA	Giulio Gaudini	7: 2
3	HUN	Endre Kabos	5: 4
4th	GER	Erwin Casmir	5: 4
5	HUN	Attila Petschauer	5: 4
6th	United States	John Huffman	5: 4
7th	THE	Ivan Osiier	4: 5
8th	ITA	Arturo De Vecchi	3: 6
9	United States	Norman Cohn-Armitage	3: 6
10	ITA	Emilio Salafia	0: 9

Date: August 12th to 13th, 1932
25 participants from 12 countries

Saber crew

space	country	athlete
1	HUN	Aladár Gerevich , Gyula Glykais , Endre Kabos , Ernő Nagy , Attila Petschauer , György Piller
2	ITA	Renato Anselmi , Arturo De Vecchi , Giulio Gaudini , Gustavo Marzi , Ugo Pignotti , Emilio Salafia
3	POLE	Władysław Dobrowolski , Tadeusz Friedrich , Leszek Lubicz-Nycz , Adam Papée , Władysław Segda , Marian Suski
4th	United States	Peter Bruder , Norman Cohn-Armitage , Ralph Faulkner , John Huffman , Nickolas Muray , Harold Van Buskirk
5	THE	Axel Bloch , Erik Kofoed-Hansen , Aage Leidersdorff , Ivan Osiier
6th	MEX	Gerónimo Delgadillo , Antonio Haro , Nicolás Reyero , Francisco Valero

Date: 10-11 August 1932
32 participants from 6 countries

Results women

Foil single

space	country	sportswoman	Victories
1	AUT	Ellen Price	8: 1
2	GBR	Judy Guinness	8: 1
3	HUN	Erna bow	7: 2
4th	BEL	Jenny Addams	6: 3
5	GER	Helene Mayer	5: 4
6th	NED	Johanna de Boer	5: 4
7th	THE	Gerda Munck	2: 7
8th	THE	Grete Olsen	2: 7
9	United States	Marion Lloyd	2: 7
10	GBR	Peggy Butler	0: 9

Date: 2nd to 4th August 1932
17 participants from 11 countries

Ellen Preis owed her victory in the final to the fairness of her opponent. Judy Guinness was ahead on points when she corrected two wrong decisions by the referees to their disadvantage.

Web links

• Fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1932 Summer Olympics (PDF, 73.4 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The 10 most sporting gestures. The Guardian , March 29, 2009, accessed April 26, 2014 .