1952 Summer Olympics / Fencing
| Fencing at the XV. Summer Olympics |
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| venue |
 Espoo
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| Competition venue | Westend tennis hall |
| Nations | 32 |
| Athletes | 286 (37  , 249  )
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| date | July 21 - August 1, 1952 |
| decisions | 7th |
| ← London 1948 | |
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki , seven competitions were held in fencing . The venue was the Westend tennis hall (Westendin tennishalli) in the suburb of Espoo .
Balance sheet
Medal table
| space | country |
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total |
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| 1 |
 Italy
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3 | 4th | 1 | 8th |
| 2 |
.svg){kind=small} Hungary
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2 | 2 | 2 | 6th |
| 3 |
 France
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2 | - | 1 | 3 |
| 4th |
 Sweden
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- | 1 | - | 1 |
| 5 |
 Switzerland
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- | - | 2 | 2 |
| 6th |
 Denmark
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
| competitor | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foil single |
Irene Camber
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Ilona Elek
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Karen Lachmann
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Results men
Epee single
| space | country | athlete | Victories |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ITA
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Edoardo Mangiarotti | 7: 2 |
| 2 |
ITA
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Dario Mangiarotti | 6: 3 |
| 3 |
SUI
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Oswald Zappelli | 6: 3 |
| 4th |
 LUX
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Leon Buck | 6: 3 |
| 5 |
HUN
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József Sákovics | 5: 4 |
| 6th |
ITA
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Carlo Pavesi | 4: 5 |
| 7th |
SWE
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Per Carleson | 3: 6 |
| 8th |
SWE
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Carl Forssell | 3: 6 |
| 9 |
FIN
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Erkki Kerttula | 2: 7 |
| 10 |
THE
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Mogens Lüchow | 2: 7 |
Date: July 27-28, 1952
76 participants from 29 countries
Epee team
| space | country | athlete |
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| 1 |
ITA
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Roberto Battaglia , Franco Bertinetti , Giuseppe Delfino , Dario Mangiarotti , Edoardo Mangiarotti , Carlo Pavesi |
| 2 |
SWE
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Per Carleson , Sven Fahlman , Carl Forssell , Bengt Ljungquist , Lennart Magnusson , Berndt-Otto Rehbinder |
| 3 |
SUI
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Paul Barth , Willy Fitting , Paul Meister , Otto Rüfenacht , Mario Valota , Oswald Zappelli |
| 4th |
LUX
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Paul Anen , Léon Buck , Émile Gretsch , Jean-Fernand Leischen |
| 5 |
HUN
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Lajos Balthazár , Barnabás Berzsenyi , Imre Hennyei , Béla Rerrich , József Sákovics |
| 6th |
THE
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Raimondo Carnera , René Dybkær , Mogens Lüchow , Erik Swane Lund , Jakob Lyng , Ib Nielsen |
Date: July 25-26, 1952
98 participants from 19 countries
Foil single
| space | country | athlete | Victories |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
FRA
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Christian d'Oriola | 8-0 |
| 2 |
ITA
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Edoardo Mangiarotti | 6: 2 |
| 3 |
ITA
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Manlio Di Rosa | 5: 3 |
| 4th |
FRA
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Jacques Lataste | 4: 4 |
| 5 |
FRA
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Jéhan Buhan | 4: 4 |
| 6th |
.svg){kind=small} EGY
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Mahmoud Younes | 4: 4 |
| 7th |
EGY
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Salah Dessouki | 2: 6 |
| 8th |
ITA
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Giancarlo Bergamini | 2: 6 |
| 9 |
HUN
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Endre Tilli | 1: 7 |
Date: July 23rd to 24th, 1952
61 participants from 25 countries
Foil team
| space | country | athlete |
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| 1 |
FRA
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Jéhan Buhan , Christian d'Oriola , Jacques Lataste , Claude Netter , Jacques Noël , Adrien Rommel |
| 2 |
ITA
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Giancarlo Bergamini , Manlio Di Rosa , Edoardo Mangiarotti , Renzo Nostini , Giorgio Pellini , Antonio Spallino |
| 3 |
HUN
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Tibor Berczelly , Aladár Gerevich , Lajos Maszlay , Endre Palócz , József Sákovics , Endre Tilli |
| 4th |
EGY
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Salah Dessouki , Osman Abdel Hafeez , Mohamed Ali Riad , Hassan Hosni Tawfik , Mahmoud Younes , Mohamed Zulficar |
| 5 |
 ARG
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Félix Galimi , Fulvio Galimi , Santiago Massini , José Rodríguez , Eduardo Sastre |
| 6th |
 BEL
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Gustave Ballister , Alex Bourgeois , Paul Valcke , Pierre Van Houdt , André Verhalle , Édouard Yves |
Date: July 21-22, 1952
77 participants from 15 countries
Saber single
| space | country | athlete | Victories |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
HUN
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Pál Kovács | 8-0 |
| 2 |
HUN
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Aladár Gerevich | 7: 1 |
| 3 |
HUN
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Tibor Berczelly | 5: 3 |
| 4th |
ITA
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Gastone Darè | 5: 3 |
| 5 |
 AUT
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Werner Plattner | 4: 4 |
| 6th |
FRA
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Jacques Lefèvre | 3: 5 |
| 7th |
ITA
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Vincenzo Pinton | 2: 6 |
| 8th |
AUT
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Heinz Lechner | 2: 6 |
| 9 |
BEL
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Gustave Ballister | 0: 8 |
Date: July 31 to August 1, 1952
66 participants from 26 countries
Saber crew
| space | country | athlete |
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| 1 |
HUN
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Tibor Berczelly , Aladár Gerevich , Rudolf Kárpáti , Pál Kovács , Bertalan Papp , László Rajcsányi |
| 2 |
ITA
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Gastone Darè , Roberto Ferrari , Renzo Nostini , Giorgio Pellini , Vincenzo Pinton , Mauro Racca |
| 3 |
FRA
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Jean Laroyenne , Jacques Lefèvre , Jean Levavasseur , Bernard Morel , Maurice Piot , Jean-François Tournon |
| 4th |
 United States
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Norman Cohn-Armitage , José de Capriles , Allan Kwartler , Tibor Nyilas , Alex Treves , George Worth |
| 5 |
AUT
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Hubert Loisel , Heinz Lechner , Paul Kerb , Werner Plattner , Heinz Putzl |
| 6th |
 GBR
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Bob Anderson , William Beatley , Olgierd Porebski , Roger Tredgold , Luke Wendon |
| 7th |
.svg){kind=small} POLE
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Zygmunt Pawlas , Jerzy Pawłowski , Leszek Suski , Jerzy Twardokens , Wojciech Zabłocki |
| 8th |
BEL
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Gustave Ballister , Robert Bayot , Georges de Bourguignon , François Heywaert , Marcel Van Der Auwera , Édouard Yves |
Date: July 29th to 30th, 1952
85 participants from 19 countries
Results women
Foil single
| space | country | sportswoman | Victories |
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| 1 |
ITA
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Irene Camber | 5: 2 |
| 2 |
HUN
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Ilona Elek | 5: 2 |
| 3 |
THE
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Karen Lachmann | 4: 3 |
| 4th |
United States
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Janice Romary | 4: 3 |
| 5 |
United States
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Maxine Mitchell | 4: 3 |
| 6th |
FRA
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Renée Garilhe | 4: 3 |
| 7th |
FRA
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Lylian Guyonneau | 1: 6 |
| 8th |
HUN
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Magda Nyári-Kovács | 1: 6 |
Date: July 26 to 27, 1952
37 participants from 15 countries
Web links
- Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official report of the 1952 Summer Games (PDF, 29.7 MB)
Sports at the 1952 Summer Olympics
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