The men's team foil was one of seven

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fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics At the 1952 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 286 fencers (249 men and 37 women) from 32 nations comp ...

programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 21 to 22 July 1952. 77 fencers from 15 nations competed.

Results

Source: Official results; and Sports Reference

Round 1

The top two nations in each pool advanced to the quarter-finals.

Round 2

The top two nations in each pool advanced to the semi-finals.

Semifinals

The top two nations in each pool advanced to the final.

Final

The final was a round-robin. Results * 8-6 * 12-4 * 15-1 * 13-3 * 15-1 * 9-6

Rosters

;Argentina *

Fulvio Galimi Fulvio Galimi Gherardi (11 January 1927 – 3 June 2016) was an Argentine fencer who practiced all three weapons: foil, épée and sabre. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. He earned a silver medal in the individual foil event at ...

* José Rodríguez *

Eduardo Sastre Eduardo Sastre (born 22 September 1910, date of death unknown) is an Argentine fencer. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsi ...

Félix Galimi Félix Domingo Galimi Gherardi (1 January 1921 – 2 January 2005) was an Argentine fencer. He competed at the 1948, 1952 and 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-spor ...

Santiago Massini Santiago José Massini Gochetti (20 August 1914 – 22 October 2003) was an Argentine fencer. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as M ...

;Australia *

Charles Stanmore Charles Stanmore (16 June 1924 – 25 January 2012) was an Australian fencer. He competed in four events at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly kno ...

John Fethers John Erle Fethers (4 December 1929 – 30 March 2010) was an Australian fencer. He competed in six events at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was a longstanding member and coach at the Melbourne-based VRI Fencing Club. On 10 October 2009 in r ...

Jock Gibson Jock Gibson (25 March 1921 – 4 December 1994) was an Australian épée, foil and sabre fencer. He competed in five events at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( ...

* Ivan Lund ;Belgium * Pierre Van Houdt * André Verhalle * Alex Bourgeois * Paul Valcke * Édouard Yves * Gustave Ballister ;Egypt * Salah Dessouki * Mohamed Ali Riad * Osman Abdel Hafeez * Mahmoud Younes * Mohamed Zulficar * Hassan Hosni Tawfik ;France *

Claude Netter Claude Netter (23 October 1924, in Paris, France – 13 June 2007) was a French Olympic champion foil fencer. Netter competed in three Olympiads for the French foil team, winning two medals. Netter was Jewish. Fencing career French Champions ...

* Jéhan Buhan *

Jacques Lataste Jacques Lataste (7 June 1922 – 10 November 2011) was a French fencer. He won two gold medals and a silver in the team foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mil ...

Jacques Noël Jacques Noël (6 April 1920 – 7 October 2004) was a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1951 Mediterranean Games The 1951 Mediterranean Games, officially known a ...

Christian d'Oriola Christian d'Oriola (3 October 1928 – 29 October 2007) was a French fencer. He was a cousin of the Olympic equestrian Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola. D'Oriola took part in the 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1960 Olympics, serving as the Olympic flag bea ...

Adrien Rommel Adrien Rommel (4 August 1914 – 21 June 1963) was a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil events at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the Mediterranean Games in 1951 Events January * January ...

;Germany * Willy Fascher * Kurt Wahl * Norman Casmir * Julius Eisenecker * Siegfried Rossner ;Great Britain * René Paul * Luke Wendon * Emrys Lloyd * Raymond Paul * Harry Cooke * Allan Jay ;Hungary * Endre Tilli *

Aladár Gerevich Aladár Gerevich (16 March 1910 – 14 May 1991) was a Hungarian fencer, regarded as "the greatest Olympic swordsman ever". He won seven gold medals in sabre at six different Olympic Games. Biography Gerevich was the first athlete to win t ...

* Endre Palócz *

Lajos Maszlay Lajos Maszlay (2 October 1903 – 1 December 1979) was a Hungarian fencer. He won a bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics and another at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV ...

Tibor Berczelly Tibor Berczelly (3 January 1912 – 15 October 1990) was a Hungarian sabre and foil fencer. He won three gold and two bronze medals at three Olympic Games. References External links * 1912 births 1990 deaths Hungarian male foil ...

* József Sákovics ;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 ...

Manlio Di Rosa Manlio Di Rosa (11 September 1914 – 15 March 1989) was an Italian fencing, fencer. He won two golds, two silvers and bronze at four different Olympic Games. See also *Italy national fencing team#Multiple medalists, Italy national fencing t ...

Giancarlo Bergamini Giancarlo Bergamini (2 August 1926 – 4 February 2020) was an Italian fencer. He won one gold and two silver medals at two Olympic Games. Bergamini died in February 2020 at the age of 93. References External links * 1926 births ...

Antonio Spallino Antonio Spallino (1 April 1925 – 28 September 2017) was an Italian fencer. He won a gold, silver and bronze medal at two Olympic Games. He competed at the 1951 Mediterranean Games where he won a gold medal in the team foil event. Spallino was ...

* Giorgio Pellini *

Renzo Nostini Renzo Nostini (27 May 1914 – 30 September 2005) was an Italian fencer. He won four silver medals, two at the 1948 Summer Olympics and two more at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of ...

;Romania * Andrei Vîlcea * Ilie Tudor * Nicolae Marinescu * Vasile Chelaru ;Saar * Ernst Rau * Walter Brödel * Karl Bach * Günther Knödler ;Soviet Union * Ivan Komarov * German Bokun * Yulen Uralov *

Mark Midler Mark Petrovich Midler (; 24 September 1931 – 31 May 2012) was a Soviet Russian foil fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games, at which he won two gold medals. Early and personal life Midler was born in Moscow, in the Soviet Union, and w ...

;Sweden * Rolf Magnusson * Sven Fahlman * Nils Rydström * Bo Eriksson ;United States * Silvio Giolito * Albie Axelrod * Nate Lubell *

Byron Krieger Byron Lester Krieger (July 20, 1920 – November 8, 2015) was an American Foil (fencing), foil, sabre and épée Fencing, fencer. Krieger represented the United States in the Olympics in 1952 in Helsinki and 1956 in Melbourne, and in the 1951 Pa ...

Daniel Bukantz Daniel Bukantz (December 4, 1917 – July 26, 2008) was an American four-time individual United States national foil fencing champion, Maccabiah Games individual foil champion, four-time Olympic fencer, fencing referee, and a dentist. He has bee ...

* Hal Goldsmith ;Venezuela * Giovanni Bertorelli * Nelson Nieves * Juan Kavanagh *

Gustavo Gutiérrez Gustavo Gutiérrez-Merino Díaz (8 June 1928 – 22 October 2024) was a Peruvian philosopher, Catholic theologian, and Dominican priest who was one of the founders of liberation theology in Latin America. His 1971 book '' A Theology of Lib ...

* Augusto Gutiérrez

References

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