fencing
Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, s ...
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Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, seven fencing
Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through t ...
programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 3 August 1928 to 5 August 1928. 93 fencers from 18 nations competed.
Léon Tom
Léon Tom (born 25 October 1888, date of death unknown) was a Belgian épée, foil and sabre fencer and bobsledder. He won two silver medals in the team épée competition at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics. He also competed in the bobsleigh e ...
Josef Jungmann
Josef Jungmann (16 July 1773 in Hudlice, near Beroun – 14 November 1847 in Prague) was a Czech poet and linguist, and a leading figure of the Czech National Revival. Together with Josef Dobrovský, he is considered to be a creator of the moder ...
Ivan Osiier
Dr. Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier (December 16, 1888 – December 23, 1965), was a Danish Olympic medalist, and world champion, fencer who fenced foil, épée, and saber. He was given the Olympic Diploma of Merit during his career. He is also on ...
Elie Adda
Elie Adda (23 October 1892 – 11 August 1975) was an Egyptian fencing, fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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1975 deaths
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Saul Moyal
Saul Moyal (شاوؤل مويال) was an Egyptian Olympic fencer.
He competed in the individual foil (where he made it to the semi-finals), individual épée (where he came in 10th), the team foil event (where the team was eliminated in the f ...
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Salvator Cicurel
Salvator Cicurel (سليلفاتور شيكوريل3; March 1893 – 15 February 1975) was an Egyptian Olympic foil and epee fencer, and later the president of Cairo's Sephardi Jewish Community Council from 1946 until 1957.
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Georges Buchard
Georges Buchard (21 December 1893 – 22 January 1987) was a French fencer. He won medals in the épée
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Gaston Amson
Gaston Amson (17 November 1883 – 16 July 1960) was a French fencer. He won a silver and a bronze medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics and a silver at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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Émile Cornic
Émile Cornic (23 December 1894 – 20 August 1964) was a French fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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Bernard Schmetz
Bernard Schmetz (21 March 1904 – 11 June 1966) was a French fencing, fencer. He won a gold, silver and bronze medal at three different Olympic Games in the team épée.
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Theodor Fischer
Theodor Fischer (28 May 1862 – 25 December 1938) was a German architect and teacher.
Career
Fischer planned public housing projects for the city of Munich beginning in 1893. He was the joint founder and first chairman of the Deutscher Wer ...
Fritz Jack
Fritz Jack (24 December 1879 – 15 May 1966) was a German fencer. He competed at the 1908
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Charles Biscoe
Karl Heinrich Remigius Biscoe (28 June 1875 – 22 December 1948) better known as Charles Henry Biscoe was a German born British fencer, he competed mainly in the épée.
Biography
He competed at two Olympic Games.
In 1924, he was select ...
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Bertie Childs
Bertie Childs (20 October 1894 – 10 October 1960) was a British fencer. He competed at the 1928 and 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1928 and 1931, he won the épée title at the British Fencing Championships
The British Fencing Championships are h ...
József Rády
József Rády (22 September 1884 – 11 October 1957) was a Hungarian fencer. He won a silver medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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Giulio Basletta
Giulio Basletta (5 May 1890 – 5 February 1975) was an Italian fencing, fencer. He won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics and a gold at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
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Marcello Bertinetti
Marcello Bertinetti (26 April 1885 – 31 July 1967) was an Italian fencer. He competed in sabre and épée events at the 1908, 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics and won four team medals. Individually he won a silver medal in the épée at the 1929 ...
Franco Riccardi
Franco Riccardi (13 June 1905 – 24 May 1968) was one of the greatest Italian fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition.
Biography
He received a gold medal in ''épée individual'' at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin
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Arie de Jong
Arie de Jong (; October 18, 1865, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies – October 12, 1958, Putten, Netherlands) was a Dutch enthusiast and reformer of the constructed language Volapük by Johann Martin Schleyer, with whose help the Volapük movement gain ...
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Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls
Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls (26 November 1889 – 20 August 1932) was a Dutch épée, foil and sabre fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre events at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques ...
Mário de Noronha
Mário de Noronha (15 January 1885 – 9 July 1973) was a Portuguese fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics
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Jorge de Paiva
Jorge de Paiva (13 May 1887 – 12 May 1937) was a Portuguese épée fencer. He competed individually at the 1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; germ ...
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Frederico Paredes
Frederico da Cunha Paredes (31 January 1889 – 4 November 1972) was a Portuguese épée fencer. He completed individually and with the team at the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Olympics and won a team bronze medal in 1928; his teams placed fourth in 1920 ...
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João Sassetti
João Vicente de Freitas Branco Sassetti (22 January 1892 – 28 May 1946) was a Portuguese épée fencer. He competed individually at the 1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische ...
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Henrique da Silveira
Henrique de Sampaio e Castro Pereira da Cunha da Silveira (26 January 1901 – 9 April 1973) was a Portuguese épée fencer. He competed at the 1920, 1924, 1928 and 1936 Olympics and won a team bronze medal in 1928. His teams finished fourth ...
Răzvan Penescu
Răzvan Penescu was a Romanian fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen ...
Gunnar Cederschiöld
Gunnar Cederschiöld (Mathias Gunnar Cederschiöld, 30 July 1887 – 21 November 1949) was a Swedish author, image artist and fencing, fencer.
Gunnar Cederschiöld graduated in Gothenburg in 1906, after which he studied painting at Valand ...
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Bertil Uggla
Bertil Gustafsson Uggla (19 August 1890 – 29 September 1945) was a Swedish officer, track and field athlete, modern pentathlete, and fencer.
Early life
Uggla was born on 19 August 1890 at Karlberg Palace, Stockholm, Sweden, the son of General ...
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Édouard Fitting
Édouard Fitting (15 August 1898 – 7 July 1945) was a Swiss épée and foil fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games.
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Frédéric Fitting
Frédéric Fitting (12 September 1902 – 18 October 1998) was a Swiss épée and foil fencer. He competed in the Summer Olympic Games of 1920, 1924, 1928, and 1936
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Each pool was a round-robin (with matches not being held where unnecessary to the overall result). Bouts were to two touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team match (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the second round.
Round 2
Each pool was a round-robin (with matches not being held where unnecessary to the overall result). Bouts were to two touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team match (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the second round.
Semifinals
Each pool was a round-robin (with matches not being held where unnecessary to the overall result). Bouts were to two touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team match (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the second round.
Final
The final was a round-robin. Bouts were to two touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team match (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8).