1936 Summer Olympics / Fencing - Foil (Men)

sport	fencing
discipline	foil
gender	Men
Attendees	62 athletes from 22 countries
Competition location	German Sports Forum
Competition phase	August 5-6, 1936
Medalist  Giulio Gaudini ( ITA )  Edward Gardère ( FRA )  Giorgio Bocchino ( ITA )
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Fencing competitions at the 1936 Olympic Games
Sword	Men
foil	Men	Women
saber	Men
Epee team	Men
Foil team	Men
Saber crew	Men

The men's foil fencing competition at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin took place from August 5th to 6th in the domed hall and in front of the House of German Sports in the German Sports Forum .

Each nation was allowed to nominate up to three fencers. Olympic champion was Giulio Gaudini from Italy. Silver went to the French Édward Gardère and bronze, Giorgio Bocchino, also an Italian.

Results

1 round

Pool 1

rank	athlete	nation	Points	S.	N.	Own Hit	opponent Hit
1	Giulio Gaudini	Italy	10	5	1	29	12
2	Bengt Ljungquist	Sweden	8th	4th	2	26th	14th
3	Paul Valcke	Belgium	8th	4th	2	26th	20th
4th	Bohuslav Kirchmann	Czechoslovakia	8th	4th	2	24	22nd
5	Ángel Gorordo	Argentina	6th	3	3	20th	18th
6th	César Barros	Chile	2	1	5	7th	29
7th	Spyridon Ferentinos	Greece	0	0	6th	13	30th

Pool 2

rank	athlete	nation	Points	S.	N.	Own Hit	opponent Hit
1	André Gardère	France	10	5	0	25th	8th
2	Roberto Larraz	Argentina	8th	4th	1	24	13
3	Konstantinos Bembis	Greece	6th	3	2	20th	15th
4th	Gottfried von Meiss	Switzerland	4th	2	3	17th	19th
5	Ricardo Vagnotti	Brazil	2	1	4th	10	22nd
6th	Mirko Koršič	Yugoslavia	0	0	5	7th	25th

Pool 3

rank	athlete	nation	Points	S.	N.	Own Hit	opponent Hit
1	Erwin Casmir	German Empire	12	6th	0	30th	10
2	Lajos Maszlay	Hungary	10	5	1	27	16
3	Aage Leidersdorff	Denmark	10	5	2	30th	26th
4th	Bill Pecora	United States	8th	4th	3	25th	24
5	Denis Pearce	Great Britain	8th	4th	3	26th	25th
6th	Hervarth Frass von Friedenfeldt	Czechoslovakia	4th	2	5	21st	28
7th	Mauris Shamil	Egypt	2	1	6th	21st	32
8th	Hubert de Bèsche	Sweden	0	0	7th	16	35

Pool 4

rank	athlete	nation	Points	S.	N.	Own Hit	opponent Hit
1	Emrys Lloyd	Great Britain	10	5	0	25th	7th
2	Josef Losert	Austria	8th	4th	1	22nd	15th
3	Ivar Tingdahl	Sweden	4th	2	3	18th	19th
4th	Jiří Jesenský	Czechoslovakia	4th	2	3	16	22nd
5	Tomás Goyoaga	Chile	4th	2	3	17th	18th
6th	Marjan Pengov	Yugoslavia	0	0	5	8th	25th

Pool 5

rank	athlete	nation	Points	S.	N.	Own Hit	opponent Hit
1	József Hátszeghy	Hungary	10	5	0	25th	10
2	René Lemoine	France	8th	4th	1	23	14th
3	August home	German Empire	6th	3	1	19th	8th
4th	Johan Falkenberg	Norway	6th	3	1	18th	10
5	Svend Jacobsen	Denmark	2	1	4th	11	21st
6th	Jean Rubli	Switzerland	0	0	4th	8th	20th
7th	Hermogenes Valdebenito	Chile	0	0	5	4th	25th

Pool 6

rank	athlete	nation	Points	S.	N.	Own Hit	opponent Hit
1	Joe Levis	United States	12	6th	0	30th	13
2	Mahmoud Ahmed Abdin	Egypt	10	5	1	26th	20th
3	Béla Bay	Hungary	6th	3	3	25th	20th
4th	Jens Frølich	Norway	6th	3	3	26th	23
5	Rodolfo Valenzuela	Argentina	6th	3	3	23	22nd
6th	Lodovico Alessandri	Brazil	2	1	5	18th	29
7th	Ernest Dalton	Canada	0	0	6th	9	30th

Pool 7

rank	athlete	nation	Points	S.	N.	Own Hit	opponent Hit
1	Georges de Bourguignon	Belgium	10	5	0	25th	15th
2	Giorgio Bocchino	Italy	8th	4th	0	20th	9
3	Michel Fauconnet	Switzerland	6th	3	1	19th	10
4th	Josef Ritz	Austria	6th	3	3	21st	24
5	Caspar Schrøder	Denmark	4th	2	4th	19th	26th
6th	Moacyr Dunham	Brazil	0	0	4th	10	20th
7th	Nils Jørgensen	Norway	0	0	5	15th	25th

Pool 8

rank	athlete	nation	Points	S.	N.	Own Hit	opponent Hit
1	Edward Gardère	France	10	5	1	28	14th
2	Julius Eisenecker	German Empire	8th	4th	2	28	17th
3	Karl Sudrich	Austria	8th	4th	1	22nd	16
4th	Hugh Alessandroni	United States	6th	3	3	23	25th
5	David Bartlett	Great Britain	6th	3	3	22nd	23
6th	Dimitar Vasiliev	Bulgaria	2	1	5	6th	26th
7th	Don Collinge	Canada	0	0	5	12	25th

Pool 9

rank	athlete	nation	Points	S.	N.	Own Hit	opponent Hit
1	Gioacchino Guaragna	Italy	10	5	0	25th	7th
2	Nikolaos Manolesos	Greece	8th	4th	1	21st	17th
3	Raymond Bru	Belgium	6th	3	2	21st	16
4th	Edo Marion	Yugoslavia	6th	3	2	18th	19th
5	Charles Otis	Canada	2	1	4th	13	24
5	Paul Kunze	Netherlands	2	1	4th	9	24
7th	Anwar Tawfik	Egypt	2	1	5	20th	28

2nd round

Pool 1

rank	athlete	nation	Points	S.	N.	Own Hit	opponent Hit
1	Joe Levis	United States	8th	4th	1	24	16
2	Paul Valcke	Belgium	8th	4th	1	24	18th
3	Julius Eisenecker	German Empire	4th	2	3	19th	19th
4th	Giorgio Bocchino	Italy	4th	2	3	16	22nd
5	Michel Fauconnet	Switzerland	4th	2	3	17th	20th
6th	Karl Sudrich	Austria	2	1	4th	17th	22nd

Pool 2

rank	athlete	nation	Points	S.	N.	Own Hit	opponent Hit
1	Giulio Gaudini	Italy	6th	3	1	19th	9
2	József Hátszeghy	Hungary	6th	3	1	16	12
3	Josef Losert	Austria	6th	3	1	17th	17th
4th	Johan Falkenberg	Norway	4th	2	1	12	10
5	Ivar Tingdahl	Sweden	2	1	4th	15th	24
6th	Gottfried von Meiss	Switzerland	0	0	4th	13	20th

Pool 3

rank	athlete	nation	Points	S.	N.	Own Hit	opponent Hit
1	Edward Gardère	France	8th	4th	0	20th	8th
2	Lajos Maszlay	Hungary	6th	3	1	18th	11
3	Georges de Bourguignon	Belgium	6th	3	1	19th	13
4th	Jiří Jesenský	Czechoslovakia	4th	2	3	15th	21st
5	August home	German Empire	2	1	4th	17th	23
6th	Josef Ritz	Austria	0	0	4th	7th	20th

Pool 4

rank	athlete	nation	Points	S.	N.	Own Hit	opponent Hit
1	Emrys Lloyd	Great Britain	6th	3	0	15th	6th
2	Roberto Larraz	Argentina	6th	3	1	18th	11
3	Aage Leidersdorff	Denmark	4th	2	1	11	9
4th	Mahmoud Ahmed Abdin	Egypt	4th	2	1	11	10
5	Edo Marion	Yugoslavia	0	0	3	4th	15th
6th	Konstantinos Bembis	Greece	0	0	4th	10	20th

Pool 5

rank	athlete	nation	Points	S.	N.	Own Hit	opponent Hit
1	André Gardère	France	8th	4th	1	24	13
2	Raymond Bru	Belgium	6th	3	1	18th	12
3	Gioacchino Guaragna	Italy	6th	3	1	17th	12
4th	Jens Frølich	Norway	4th	2	3	16	23
5	Hugh Alessandroni	United States	2	1	4th	17th	22nd
5	Nikolaos Manolesos	Greece	2	1	4th	12	22nd

Pool 6

rank	athlete	nation	Points	S.	N.	Own Hit	opponent Hit
1	Erwin Casmir	German Empire	10	5	0	25th	14th
2	Béla Bay	Hungary	6th	3	2	18th	13
3	René Lemoine	France	8th	3	2	20th	21st
4th	Bengt Ljungquist	Sweden	4th	2	3	18th	19th
5	Bill Pecora	United States	4th	2	3	16	20th
6th	Bohuslav Kirchmann	Czechoslovakia	0	0	5	15th	25th

Quarter finals

Pool 1

rank	athlete	nation	Points	S.	N.	Own Hit	opponent Hit
1	Giulio Gaudini	Italy	8th	4th	0	20th	5
2	André Gardère	France	6th	3	1	17th	12
2	Julius Eisenecker	German Empire	6th	3	1	15th	12
4th	Béla Bay	Hungary	4th	2	2	13	17th
5	Johan Falkenberg	Norway	0	0	4th	6th	20th
5	Roberto Larraz	Argentina	0	0	4th	15th	20th

Pool 2

rank	athlete	nation	Points	S.	N.	Own Hit	opponent Hit
1	Joe Levis	United States	10	5	0	25th	16
2	Edward Gardère	France	6th	3	1	18th	9
3	Raymond Bru	Belgium	4th	2	3	21st	22nd
4th	Josef Losert	Austria	4th	2	3	17th	18th
5	Lajos Maszlay	Hungary	4th	2	3	17th	20th
6th	Bengt Ljungquist	Sweden	0	0	4th	7th	20th

Pool 3

rank	athlete	nation	Points	S.	N.	Own Hit	opponent Hit
1	Erwin Casmir	German Empire	8th	4th	1	23	13
2	Gioacchino Guaragna	Italy	6th	3	1	18th	10
3	József Hátszeghy	Hungary	6th	3	2	20th	19th
4th	Georges de Bourguignon	Belgium	4th	2	2	18th	15th
5	Jens Frølich	Norway	2	1	4th	15th	24
5	Jiří Jesenský	Czechoslovakia	2	1	4th	11	24

Pool 4

rank	athlete	nation	Points	S.	N.	Own Hit	opponent Hit
1	Giorgio Bocchino	Italy	6th	3	1	17th	11
2	René Lemoine	France	6th	3	1	17th	12
3	Paul Valcke	Belgium	6th	3	1	16	13
4th	Emrys Lloyd	Great Britain	6th	3	2	19th	14th
5	Mahmoud Ahmed Abdin	Egypt	2	1	4th	17th	22nd
6th	Aage Leidersdorff	Denmark	0	0	4th	6th	20th

Semifinals

Pool 1

rank	athlete	nation	Points	S.	N.	Own Hit	opponent Hit
1	Giulio Gaudini	Italy	12	6th	1	34	20th
2	Giorgio Bocchino	Italy	10	5	1	28	18th
3	André Gardère	France	8th	4th	2	26th	19th
4th	Raymond Bru	Belgium	8th	4th	3	25th	26th
5	Emrys Lloyd	Great Britain	6th	3	4th	28	24
6th	Paul Valcke	Belgium	4th	2	5	19th	28
7th	József Hátszeghy	Hungary	4th	2	5	20th	31
8th	Julius Eisenecker	German Empire	2	1	6th	20th	34

Pool 2

rank	athlete	nation	Points	S.	N.	Own Hit	opponent Hit
1	Gioacchino Guaragna	Italy	12	6th	0	30th	12
2	Erwin Casmir	German Empire	10	5	1	28	18th
3	Edward Gardère	France	10	5	1	29	21st
4th	Georges de Bourguignon	Belgium	8th	4th	3	28	29
5	Béla Bay	Hungary	6th	3	4th	27	28
6th	René Lemoine	France	4th	2	5	19th	32
7th	Joe Levis	United States	2	1	5	19th	25th
8th	Josef Losert	Austria	0	0	6th	15th	30th

final

rank	athlete	nation	Points	S.	N.	Own Hit	opponent Hit
1	Giulio Gaudini	Italy	14th	7th	0	35	20th
2	Edward Gardère	France	12	6th	1	33	25th
3	Giorgio Bocchino	Italy	8th	4th	3	28	22nd
4th	Erwin Casmir	German Empire	8th	4th	3	31	29
5	Gioacchino Guaragna	Italy	6th	3	4th	30th	28
6th	Raymond Bru	Belgium	6th	3	4th	25th	31
7th	André Gardère	France	2	1	6th	23	32
8th	Georges de Bourguignon	Belgium	0	0	7th	17th	35

encounter		Result
Giulio Gaudini	Edward Gardère	5	3
Giulio Gaudini	Giorgio Bocchino	5	2
Giulio Gaudini	Erwin Casmir	5	3
Giulio Gaudini	Gioacchino Guaragna	5	4th
Giulio Gaudini	Raymond Bru	5	2
Giulio Gaudini	André Gardère	5	4th
Giulio Gaudini	Georges de Bourguignon	5	2
Edward Gardère	Giorgio Bocchino	5	2
Edward Gardère	Erwin Casmir	5	4th
Edward Gardère	Gioacchino Guaragna	5	4th
Edward Gardère	Raymond Bru	5	4th
Edward Gardère	André Gardère	5	3
Edward Gardère	Georges de Bourguignon	5	3
Giorgio Bocchino	Gioacchino Guaragna	5	3
Giorgio Bocchino	Raymond Bru	5	1
Giorgio Bocchino	André Gardère	5	1
Giorgio Bocchino	Georges de Bourguignon	5	2
Erwin Casmir	Giorgio Bocchino	5	4th
Erwin Casmir	Gioacchino Guaragna	5	4th
Erwin Casmir	André Gardère	5	4th
Erwin Casmir	Georges de Bourguignon	5	2
Gioacchino Guaragna	Raymond Bru	5	3
Gioacchino Guaragna	André Gardère	5	2
Gioacchino Guaragna	Georges de Bourguignon	5	3
Raymond Bru	Erwin Casmir	5	4th
Raymond Bru	André Gardère	5	4th
Raymond Bru	Georges de Bourguignon	5	3
André Gardère	Georges de Bourguignon	5	2

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