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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, ...

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fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics At the 1948 Summer Olympics, seven fencing events were contested, six for men and one for women. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table Participating nations A total of 294 fencers (255 men and 39 women) from 30 nations com ...

programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 5 August 1948 to 6 August 1948. 113 fencers from 21 nations competed. The competition format continued the pool play round-robin from prior years. Each of the four fencers from one team would face each of the four from the other, for a total of 16 bouts per match. Bouts were to three touches. The team that won more bouts won the match, with competition potentially stopping when one team reached 9 points out of the possible 16 (this did not always occur and matches sometimes continued). If the bouts were 8–8, touches received was used to determine the winning team. (Because double-loss bouts were possible, these victory conditions were adjusted where necessary.) Pool matches unnecessary to the result were not played.Official Report, p. 360.

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;Argentina *

Vito Simonetti Vito Simonetti de Mare (born 26 March 1903, date of death unknown) was an Argentine fencer. He competed at the 1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution o ...

Antonio Villamil Antonio Wenceslao Villamil Ramognino (born 8 October 1904, date of death unknown) was an Argentine fencer. He competed at the 1928, 1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the Bri ...

Raúl Saucedo Raúl Saucedo (12 September 1904 – 21 February 1966) was an Argentine fencer. He competed at the 1932, 1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor ...

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;Belgium *

Raymond Stasse Raymond Stasse (30 April 1913 – 9 July 1987) was a Belgian Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of Indi ...

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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 also known as London ...

Jean-Marie Radoux Jean-Marie Radoux (born 3 February 1906, date of death unknown) was a Belgian fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and ...

Raoul Henkart Raoul Henkart (11 June 1907 – 13 February 1955) was a Belgian fencer. He competed at the 1932 and 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an internat ...

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 also known as London 1948) were an internationa ...

;Brazil *

Mario Biancalana Miguel Biancalana (14 September 1902 – 16 April 1990) was a Brazilian fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also k ...

Fortunato de Barros Fortunato de Barros (17 April 1916 – 7 February 1985) was a Brazilian fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and al ...

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Walter de Paula Walter de Paula (5 March 1916 – 31 May 1998) was a Brazilian épée fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known a ...

Salvatore Scianamea Salvatore Scianamea (31 May 1919 – 4 August 2002) was a Brazilian fencer. He competed in the individual foil and team épée events at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and ...

;Canada *

Robert Desjarlais Robert Desjarlais (26 August 1907 – 17 July 1987) was a Canadian fencer. He competed in the three team events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1907 births 1987 deaths Canadian male fencers Olympic fenc ...

Alf Horn Alf Horn (6 January 1913 – 5 April 1991) was a Canadian épée, foil and sabre fencer. He competed in five events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. References External links * 1913 births 1991 deaths Canadian male foil fencers Ol ...

Roland Asselin Roland George Arthur Asselin (May 18, 1917 – December 7, 2003) was a Canadian fencer. He competed at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an intern ...

Georges Pouliot Georges Pouliot (February 6, 1923 – May 8, 2019) was a Canadian fencer. He competed in five events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. References 1923 births 2019 deaths Canadian male fencers Olympic fencers for Canada Fencers at the 194 ...

;Cuba *

Roberto Mañalich Roberto Mañalich Alfonso (born 4 March 1906, date of death unknown) was a Cuban fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée and individual sabre events at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games ...

* Carlos Lamar * Armando Barrientos *

Juan Antonio Martínez Juan Antonio Martínez was interim President of Guatemala from 16 August 1848 to 28 November 1848. Martinez was elected due to the resignation of President José Rafael Carrera Turcios on August 15, 1848. The Liberal Party, expected at any tim ...

;Denmark *

Mogens Lüchow Mogens Lüchow (13 May 1918 – 20 March 1989) was a Danish fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommar ...

* Erik Andersen * Ib Nielsen *

René Dybkær René Dybkær (7 February 1926 – 29 April 2019) was a Danish scientist and fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. He was most known for his activities about introducing the SI unit The International System of Un ...

* Jakob Lyng *

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;Egypt *

Salah Dessouki Salah Asfar Shishtawai J. Dessouki (22 October 1922 – 17 August 2011) was an Egyptian fencer. He won bronze medals in three fencing disciplines across four editions of the World Championships and competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olymp ...

Jean Asfar Jean-Gabriel Asfar (16 November 1917 – 19 October 2010) was an Egyptian fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1955 Mediterranean Games The 1955 Mediterranean G ...

* Mahmoud Younes * Mohamed Abdel Rahman * Osman Abdel Hafeez ;Finland *

Nils Sjöblom Nils Sjöblom (29 January 1910 – 11 May 1993) was a Finnish épée, foil and sabre fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), offi ...

* Olavi Larkas *

Erkki Kerttula Erkki Kerttula (5 November 1909 – 4 November 1989) was a Finnish fencer. He competed at the 1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey ( ...

Ilmari Vartia Ilmari Vartia (25 August 1914 – 25 May 1951) was a Finnish fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of f ...

* Kauko Jalkanen ;France * Henri Guérin * Henri Lepage *

Marcel Desprets Marcel Desprets (19 August 1906 – 12 March 1973) was a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as Londo ...

* Michel Pécheux *

Édouard Artigas Édouard Artigas (26 February 1906 – 25 February 2001) was a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as ...

Maurice Huet Maurice Huet (1 December 1918 – 8 June 1991) was a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 19 ...

;Great Britain *

Charles de Beaumont Charles de Beaumont (5 May 1902 – 7 July 1972) was a British fencing, fencer. Fencing career He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics, 1936, 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. He represented England at the 1950 British ...

* Terry Beddard *

Ronald Parfitt Ronald Parfitt (3 June 1913 – 4 January 2011) was a British fencer and radiotherapist. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. Biography Parfitt was born in a dentist family in Reading. ...

* Archibald Craig * Michael McCready *

Bert Pelling Albert Edward "Bert" Pelling (18 October 1903 – 1977) was a British fencer. He competed at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics. He was a three times British fencing champion, winning the épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in Engli ...

;Greece *

Athanasios Nanopoulos Athanasios Nanopoulos ( el, Αθανάσιος Νανόπουλος ) (1911 – March 1992) was a Greek fencer. He competed in five events at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad ...

Andreas Skotidas Andreas Skotidas ( el, Ανδρέας Σκοτίδας) was a Greek fencing, fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée and team sabre (fencing), sabre events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. References External links

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Stefanos Zintzos Stefanos Zintzos ( el, Στέφανος Ζιντζος, 1917 – 1992) was a Greek fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil and team épée events at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games o ...

Konstantinos Bembis Konstantinos Bembis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Μπέμπης, born 1903, date of death unknown) was a Greek Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1928, 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the ...

* Ioannis Karamazakis ;Hungary *

Imre Hennyei Imre Hennyei (14 July 1913 – 6 September 1989) was a Hungarian épée fencing, fencer. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1913 births 1989 deaths Hungarian male ép ...

Pál Dunay Pál Dunay (12 June 1909 – 17 July 1993) was a Hungarian epee and foil fencer. He competed at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were a ...

* Béla Rerrich * Béla Mikla * Lajos Balthazár *

Béla Bay Béla Bay (8 February 1907 – 26 July 1999) was a Hungarian épée and foil fencer. He competed at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) we ...

;Italy *

Edoardo Mangiarotti Edoardo Mangiarotti (; 7 April 1919 – 25 May 2012) was an Italian fencer. He won a total of 39 Olympic titles and World championships, more than any other fencer in the history of the sport. His Olympic medals include one individual go ...

Carlo Agostoni Carlo Agostoni (23 March 1909 – 25 June 1972) was an Italian fencer. He won a gold medal, two silvers and a bronze at three Olympic Games. References 1909 births 1972 deaths Italian male fencers Olympic fencers for Italy Fence ...

Dario Mangiarotti Dario Mangiarotti (18 December 1915 – 9 April 2010) was an Italian fencer who competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics and medaled in seven World Championships. He was born in Milan, the son of Giuseppe Mangiarotti, a fencer at the 1 ...

Gino Cantone Luigi Cantone (July 21, 1917 – November 6, 1997) was an Italian fencing, fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition. He received a gold medal in ''épée individual'' at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

Marco Antonio Mandruzzato Marco Antonio Mandruzzato (16 May 1923 – 31 October 1969) was an Italian fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also ...

* Fiorenzo Marini ;Luxembourg * Jean-Fernand Leischen * Paul Anen * Émile Gretsch *

Gust Lamesch Gust Lamesch (born 23 June 1911, date of death unknown) was a Luxembourgian fencer. He competed in the individual foil and team épée events at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad an ...

* Erny Putz ;Mexico *

Emilio Meraz Emilio Meraz (born 22 May 1909, date of death unknown) was a Mexican épée fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known ...

Francisco Valero Francisco Valero (29 May 1906 – 15 September 1982) was a Mexican épée and sabre fencer. He competed at the 1932 and 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 19 ...

* Benito Ramos *

Antonio Haro Antonio Haro (26 October 1910 – 22 September 2002) was a Mexican épée and sabre fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games. References External links * 1910 births 2002 deaths Mexican male épée fencers Olympic fencers for Me ...

;Norway *

Johan von Koss Johan von Koss (16 November 1921 – 30 October 2005) was a Norwegian épée fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially k ...

Egill Knutzen Egill Knutzen (28 April 1914 – 6 March 1990) was a Norwegian épée fencer. He competed at the 1936, 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially k ...

* Alfred Eriksen *

Claus Mørch Sr. Claus Mørch Sr. (16 April 1912 – 14 March 2004) was a Norwegian fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. His son Claus Mørch Jr. fenced for Norway at the 1972 Summer Olympics and his gran ...

Sverre Gillebo Sverre Gillebo (9 December 1912 – 24 May 1971) was a Norwegian épée fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known ...

;Poland *

Antoni Sobik Antoni Sobik (17 January 1905 – 23 June 1994) was a Polish fencer. He competed at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an internatio ...

Rajmund Karwicki Rajmund Karwicki (15 August 1906 – 9 February 1979) was a Polish fencer. He competed at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an inte ...

Jan Nawrocki Jan Nawrocki (6 September 1913 – 19 June 2000) was a Polish fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. Family His sister, Irena Nawrocka, was also an Olympic fencer. She and their first cousin, Halina Dobrowolska (during t ...

Teodor Zaczyk Teodor Zaczyk (20 April 1900 – 23 April 1990) was a Polish fencing, fencer. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics, 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics. References

1900 births 1990 deaths Polish male fencers Olympic fencers for Poland ...

Bolesław Banaś Bolesław Banaś (17 March 1912 – 24 September 1991) was a Polish fencing, fencer. He competed in the team épée and individual and team sabre (fencing), sabre events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. References

1912 births 1991 death ...

;Portugal *

Manuel Chagas Manuel Chagas was a Portuguese Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an inter ...

José de Castro José Augusto Soares Ribeiro de Castro (Valhelhas, 7 April 1868 – 31 July 1929; , was a Portuguese lawyer, journalist and politician. He graduated in law at the University of Coimbra, and was a lawyer in Lisbon and Guarda. A member of freema ...

Emílio Lino Emílio Lino (8 June 1916 – 3 March 1958) was a Portuguese fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as ...

Álvaro Pinto Álvaro Pinto (4 April 1907 – 1956) was a Portuguese épée fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Gam ...

* João Costa * Carlos Dias ;Sweden * Sven Thofelt *

Per Carleson Senior Colonel Per Hjalmar Ludvig Carleson (11 July 1917 – 8 June 2004) was a Swedish officer and épée fencer. Carleson was one of the founders of the Swedish Coastal Rangers. Early life Carleson was born on 11 July 1917 in Stockholm ...

Frank Cervell Colonel Frank Rutger Cervell (22 February 1907 – 3 September 1970) was an officer in the Swedish Air Force and a fencer. He won bronze medals in the team épée event at the 1948 Summer Olympics and 1937 World Championships, as well as a ...

* Carl Forssell * Bengt Ljungquist * Arne Tollbom ;Switzerland *

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* Robert Lips *

Jean Hauert Jean Hauert (30 October 1911 – March 1988) was a Swiss épée fencer. He competed at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an interna ...

* Oswald Zappelli * Otto Rüfenacht *

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;United States * Norman Lewis * Andrew Boyd *

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* Donald Thompson * Albert Wolff *

Ralph Goldstein Ralph Myer Goldstein (October 6, 1913 – July 25, 1997) was an American Olympic épée fencer. Early and personal life Goldstein was born in Malden, Massachusetts, and was Jewish.Epee team Men's events at the 1948 Summer Olympics