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 fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 3 August 1928 to 5 August 1928. 93 fencers from 18 nations competed.
Balthazar De Beukelaer
Balthazar Philippe Fran̤ois Xavier De Beukelaer (27 September 1902 Р1 December 1944) was a Belgian fencer. He competed in three Olympic Games.
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1902 births
1944 deaths
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Charles Debeur
Charles Debeur (24 March 1906 – 1981) was a Belgian fencer who competed at the 1928, 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an int ...
Josef Jungmann
Josef Jungmann (16 July 1773 – 14 November 1847) was a Czech linguist and poet, and a leading figure of the Czech National Revival. Together with Josef Dobrovský, he is considered to be a creator of the modern Czech language. The literary aw ...
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František KřÞ
FrantiÅ¡ek KřÞ (18 May 1884 – 30 July 1966) was a fencer who competed for Bohemia in 1912 and Czechoslovakia in 1928
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Otto Bærentzen
Otto Henri Bærentzen (31 May 1868 – 20 May 1943) was a Danish fencer. He competed at the 1920 and 1928 Summer Olympics.
He is the father of fellow fencers Margot Bærentzen
Margot Jeanne Olga Emilie Bærentzen (12 May 1907 – 16 Oct ...
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 ...
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 W ...
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 ...
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 ...
Karel, Jonkheer van den Brandeler
Karel John van den Brandeler (13 March 1888 – 11 December 1948) was a Dutch modern pentathlete and fencer. He competed at the 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was a ...
Dan Gheorghiu
Dan Gheorghiu was a Romanian fencer. He competed in three events at the 1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 Jul ...
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 Genera ...
Paul de Graffenried
Paul de Graffenried (10 June 1900 – 17 November 1945) was a Swiss fencer. He competed at the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics.
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1900 births
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Harold Rayner
Harold Marvin Rayner (July 27, 1888 – December 8, 1954) was an American fencer and modern pentathlete. He won a bronze medal in the team foil event at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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Henry Breckinridge
Henry Skillman Breckinridge (May 25, 1886 – May 2, 1960) was an American lawyer and politician who was a member of the prominent Breckinridge family and served as the United States Assistant Secretary of War from 1913 to 1916. During the Lind ...
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).