Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

Men's team épée at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Vélodrome d'hiver
Dates	July 6–9
Competitors	88 from 16 nations
Medalists
Georges Buchard, Roger Ducret, Lucien Gaudin, André Labattut, Lionel Liottel, Alexandre Lippmann, Georges Tainturier France   Paul Anspach, Joseph De Craecker, Charles Delporte, Fernand de Montigny, Ernest Gevers, Léon Tom Belgium   Giulio Basletta, Marcello Bertinetti, Giovanni Canova, Vincenzo Cuccia, V. Montegazza, Oreste Moricca Italy

Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Épée	men
Team épée	men
Foil	men		women
Team foil	men
Sabre	men
Team sabre	men

The men's team épée was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event.

The competition was held from Saturday July 6, 1924, to Tuesday July 9, 1924. 16 teams, composed of 88 fencers, competed.

Rosters

Each team could have up to eight members. Four were selected for each match.

Results

Round 1

The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless a match was unnecessary to determine qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to two touches.

Pool A

The Spain vs. Norway match was tied on bouts, 8 to 8, and touches, 19 to 19, so was scored as a draw.

Rank	Team	ESP	ITA	NOR		Match wins	Match losses	Bout wins	Bout losses	Qual.
1	Spain		9–7	8–8		1.5	0.5	17	15	Q
2	Italy	7–9		9–7		1	1	16	16	Q
3	Norway	8–8	7–9			0.5	1.5	15	17

Pool B

Rank	Team	BEL	GBR	ARG		Match wins	Match losses	Bout wins	Bout losses	Qual.
1	Belgium			11–5		1	0	11	5	Q
2	Great Britain			9–7		1	0	9	7	Q
3	Argentina	5–11	7–9			0	2	12	20

Pool C

Rank	Team	FRA	USA	SWE		Match wins	Match losses	Bout wins	Bout losses	Qual.
1	France			13–3		1	0	13	3	Q
2	United States			9–7		1	0	9	7	Q
3	Sweden	3–13	7–9			0	2	10	22

Pool D

Portugal received the top rank over the Netherlands on touches received, 56 to 60. Uruguay topped Denmark, 64 to 65.

Rank	Team	POR	NED	URU	DEN		Match wins	Match losses	Bout wins	Bout losses	Qual.
1	Portugal		6–10	10–6	10–6		2	1	26	22	Q
2	Netherlands	10–6		9–7	7–9		2	1	26	22	Q
3	Uruguay	6–10	7–9		9–7		1	2	22	26
4	Denmark	6–10	9–7	7–9			1	2	22	26

Pool E

Rank	Team	SUI	CUB	GRE		Match wins	Match losses	Bout wins	Bout losses	Qual.
1	Switzerland			12–4		1	0	12	4	Q
2	Cuba			9–7		1	0	9	7	Q
3	Greece	4–12	7–9			0	2	11	21

Quarterfinals

The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless a match was unnecessary to determine qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to two touches.

Pool A

Rank	Team	POR	ESP	CUB	GBR		Match wins	Match losses	Bout wins	Bout losses	Qual.
1	Portugal			11–5	12–4		2	0	23	9	Q
2	Spain			9–7	11–5		2	0	20	12	Q
3	Cuba	5–11	7–9				0	2	12	20
4	Great Britain	4–12	5–11				0	2	9	23

Pool B

The United States won the match against Switzerland on touches, 21 to 19.

Rank	Team	BEL	USA	SUI		Match wins	Match losses	Bout wins	Bout losses	Qual.
1	Belgium			13–3		1	0	13	3	Q
2	United States			8–8		1	0	8	8	Q
3	Switzerland	3–13	8–8			0	2	11	21

Pool C

Rank	Team	FRA	ITA	NED		Match wins	Match losses	Bout wins	Bout losses	Qual.
1	France			13–3		1	0	13	3	Q
2	Italy			10–6		1	0	10	6	Q
3	Netherlands	3–13	6–10			0	2	9	23

Semifinals

The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless the match was unnecessary to decide qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to two touches.

Pool A

France was ahead of Portugal on touches received in the standings, 15 to 17.

Rank	Team	FRA	POR	USA		Match wins	Match losses	Bout wins	Bout losses	Qual.
1	France			10–6		1	0	10	6	Q
2	Portugal			10–6		1	0	10	6	Q
3	United States	6–10	6–10			0	2	12	20

Pool B

Rank	Team	ITA	BEL	ESP		Match wins	Match losses	Bout wins	Bout losses	Qual.
1	Italy			10–6		1	0	10	6	Q
2	Belgium			9–7		1	0	9	7	Q
3	Spain	6–10	7–9			0	2	13	19

Final

Each team played each other team. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to two touches. France won its bout against Italy on touches, 21 to 20.

Rank	Team	FRA	BEL	ITA	POR		Match wins	Match losses	Bout wins	Bout losses
01 !	France		10–5	8–8	11–4		3	0	29	17
02 !	Belgium	5–10		11–5	9–7		2	1	25	22
03 !	Italy	8–8	5–11		8–7		1	2	21	26
4	Portugal	4–11	7–9	7–8			0	3	18	28

References

• Kubatko, Justin. "Fencing at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Épée, Team". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 27, 2009. 
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish).