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programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 31 July 1948 to 2 August 1948. 39 fencers from 15 nations competed. The competition format was pool play round-robin, with bouts to four touches. Not all bouts were played in some pools if not necessary to determine advancement. Ties were broken through fence-off bouts ("barrages") in early rounds if necessary for determining advancement, but by touches received in final rounds (and for non-advancement-necessary placing in earlier rounds).Official Report, p. 379.

Results

Round 1

The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to round 2.

Pool 1

Pool 2

Pool 3

Minton defeated Martin and Fullone in a three-way barrage for fourth place.

Pool 4

Pool 5

Pool 6

Dow defeated Rieder in a barrage for fourth place.

Round 2

The top 3 finishers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.Official Report, p. 380.

Pool 1

Pool 2

Elek-Schacherer and Wenisch-Filz defeated Garilhe in a three-way barrage for second and third place.

Pool 3

Minton defeated Martin and Fullone in a three-way barrage for fourth place.

Pool 4

Cesari defeated York-Romary in a barrage for third place.

Semifinals

The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Wenisch-Filz defeated Camber-Corno in a barrage for fourth place.

Semifinal 2

Elek-Schacherer and Wenisch-Filz defeated Garilhe in a three-way barrage for second and third place.

Final

The final resulted in two different three-way ties in the standings: second, third, and fourth place at 5–2 and sixth, seventh, and eighth place at 1–6. Elek-Schacherer took gold with a 6–1 final record, losing only to fifth-place finished Wenisch-Filz. Lachmann took silver, with only 11 touches received compared to 16 each for Müller-Preis and Cerra. Müller-Preis then took bronze, on the strength of one more touch scored (24 to Cerra's 23). The other tie was broken similarly; Elek finished sixth with 26 touches received to Cesari and Glen-Haig's 27 apiece, while Cesari prevailed over Glen-Haig due to her 15 touches scored to the latter's 10.

References

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