Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics
At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, seven fencing events were contested, six for men and one for women.
Medal summary Men's events
Women's events
Participating nations
A total of 259 fencers (232 men, 27 women) from 27 nations compete ...
programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 29 July 1928 to 30 July 1928. 88 fencers from 16 nations competed.
Raymond Bru
Raymond Bru (30 March 1906 – December 1989) was a Belgian fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as ...
Kim Bærentzen
Kim Bærentzen (8 November 1905 – 18 June 1999) was a Danish fencer. He competed at the 1928 and 1936 Summer Olympics.
He is the son of fellow fencer Otto Bærentzen and brother of fencer Margot Bærentzen
Margot Jeanne Olga Emilie Bæ ...
Salvator Cicurel
Salvator Cicurel (; ; 3 March 1893 – 15 February 1975) was an Egyptian Olympic foil and epee fencer, and later the president of Cairo's Sephardic Jewish Community Council from 1946 until 1957.
Personal life
Cicurel was born in Smyrna, in ...
György Piller-Jekelfalussy
György () is a Hungarian version of the name ''George''. Some notable people with this given name:
* György Alexits (1899–1978), Hungarian mathematician
* György Almásy (1867–1933), Hungarian asiologist, traveler, zoologist and ethnogr ...
Oreste Puliti
Oreste Puliti (18 February 1891 – 5 February 1958) was an Italian fencer. He won four gold medals and a silver at three Olympic Games.
His teammates were accused of attempting to inflate his score by losing to him in the final of the Men ...
Wouter Brouwer
Wouter Brouwer (10 August 1882 – 4 May 1961) was a Dutch fencer. He competed at three Olympic Games.
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1882 births
1961 deaths
Dutch male fencers
Olympic fencers for the Netherlands
Fencers at the 19 ...
Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to five 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 bout (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. Bouts were to five 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 bout (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the semifinals.
Semifinals
Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to five 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 bout (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the final. In the first pool, the United States lost the first two matches making the match between France and Italy unnecessary as both would advance regardless of the result. Similarly, Hungary lost both the first two matches of the second pool, so the third match (between Argentina and Belgium) was unnecessary.
Final
The final was a round-robin. Bouts were to five 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 bout (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The match between France and Belgium finished 8(62) to 8(62).