Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil
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The men's team foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the ninth appearance of the event. The competition was held 23 November 1956. 50 fencers from 9 nations competed.[1]
The competition used a pool play format, with each team facing the other teams in the pool in a round robin. Each match consisted of 16 bouts, with 4 fencers on one team facing each of the 4 fencers on the other team. Bouts were to 5 touches. Total touches against were the tie-breaker if a match was tied 8 bouts to 8. However, only as much fencing was done as was necessary to determine advancement, so some matches never occurred and some matches were stopped before the full 16 bouts were fenced if the teams advancing from the pool could be determined.[2]
The top two nations in each pool advanced to the semifinal.
Pool 1edit
In the first match, Belgium defeated the Soviet Union 9–7. The Soviet Union then defeated France 9–7. The third match ended when France took a 10–4 lead over Belgium, ensuring that all teams would finish 1–1 and Belgium would necessarily lose the three-way tie based on individual bouts.
In the first match, Great Britain defeated Colombia 15–1. In the second, Italy reached 9 wins without a loss against Colombia to win the match; because this put Colombia at 0–2 and guaranteed advancement for the other two teams, the Italy–Colombia match was halted.
In the first match, the United States defeated Australia 13–3. In the second, Hungary and Australia each won 8 bouts, but Hungary prevailed on touches against (57–65). This eliminated Australia at 0–2 and advanced the other two teams, so the United States did not face Hungary.
The top two teams in each semifinal advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1edit
In the first match, the United States defeated Great Britain 9–7. In the second, Italy and Great Britain tied: not only in bouts, 8–8, but in touches, 56–56. For the third and final match, then, Italy needed only to do better against the United States than Great Britain had; as soon as Italy won its 8th bout against the United States (leading the match 8–4), the pool was finished. That the United States could still have come back to win against Italy was immaterial; those two would advance regardless, with Great Britain eliminated.
Hungary (11–5) and France (9–4) each defeated the Soviet Union, with the French–Soviet match stopped as soon as France reached 9 wins due to the certainty of the Soviet Union's elimination.
The first two pairings saw France defeat the United States (10–6) and Italy beat Hungary (8–8, 59–63). France and Italy each won again in the second pairings, this time France over Hungary (11–5) and Italy against the United States (9–7). With two 2–0 teams and two 0–2 teams, the third set of pairings in the round-robin were effectively a gold medal match and a bronze medal match. Hungary defeated the United States 9–5 to take the bronze medal, while Italy prevailed over France 9–7 for the gold.
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The men s team foil was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme It was the ninth appearance of the event The competition was held 23 November 1956 50 fencers from 9 nations competed 1 Men s team foilat the Games of the XVI OlympiadVenueSt Kilda Town HallDates23 NovemberCompetitors50 from 9 nationsMedalistsEdoardo Mangiarotti Manlio Di Rosa Giancarlo Bergamini Antonio Spallino Luigi Carpaneda Vittorio Lucarelli ItalyClaude Netter Bernard Baudoux Jacques Lataste Roger Closset Christian d Oriola Rene Coicaud FranceEndre Tilli Jozsef Sakovics Jozsef Gyuricza Mihaly Fulop Lajos Somodi Sr Jozsef Marosi Hungary 19521960 Contents 1 Competition format 2 Rosters 3 Results 3 1 Round 1 3 1 1 Pool 1 3 1 2 Pool 2 3 1 3 Pool 3 3 2 Semifinals 3 2 1 Semifinal 1 3 2 2 Semifinal 2 3 3 Final 4 ReferencesCompetition format editThe competition used a pool play format with each team facing the other teams in the pool in a round robin Each match consisted of 16 bouts with 4 fencers on one team facing each of the 4 fencers on the other team Bouts were to 5 touches Total touches against were the tie breaker if a match was tied 8 bouts to 8 However only as much fencing was done as was necessary to determine advancement so some matches never occurred and some matches were stopped before the full 16 bouts were fenced if the teams advancing from the pool could be determined 2 Rosters editAustraliaRay Buckingham Brian McCowage Rod Steel David McKenzie Michael Sichel Tom CrossBelgiumJacques Debeur Ghislain Delaunois Marcel Van Der Auwera Andre VerhalleColombiaPablo Uribe Emilio Echeverry Gabriel Blando Emiliano Camargo FranceClaude Netter Bernard Baudoux Jacques Lataste Roger Closset Christian d Oriola Rene CoicaudGreat BritainRene Paul Bill Hoskyns Raymond Paul Allan Jay Ralph CoopermanHungaryEndre Tilli Jozsef Sakovics Jozsef Gyuricza Mihaly Fulop Lajos Somodi Sr Jozsef Marosi ItalyEdoardo Mangiarotti Manlio Di Rosa Giancarlo Bergamini Antonio Spallino Luigi Carpaneda Vittorio LucarelliSoviet UnionYury Rudov Iuri Osip ovi Mark Midler Aleksandr Ovsyankin Viktor Zhdanovich Yury IvanovUnited StatesAlbie Axelrod Daniel Bukantz Hal Goldsmith Byron Krieger Nate Lubell Skip ShurtzResults editRound 1 edit The top two nations in each pool advanced to the semifinal Pool 1 edit In the first match Belgium defeated the Soviet Union 9 7 The Soviet Union then defeated France 9 7 The third match ended when France took a 10 4 lead over Belgium ensuring that all teams would finish 1 1 and Belgium would necessarily lose the three way tie based on individual bouts Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost1 nbsp France 1 1 17 132 nbsp Soviet Union 1 1 16 163 nbsp Belgium 1 1 13 17Pool 2 edit In the first match Great Britain defeated Colombia 15 1 In the second Italy reached 9 wins without a loss against Colombia to win the match because this put Colombia at 0 2 and guaranteed advancement for the other two teams the Italy Colombia match was halted Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost1 nbsp Italy 1 0 9 02 nbsp Great Britain 1 0 15 13 nbsp Colombia 0 2 1 24Pool 3 edit In the first match the United States defeated Australia 13 3 In the second Hungary and Australia each won 8 bouts but Hungary prevailed on touches against 57 65 This eliminated Australia at 0 2 and advanced the other two teams so the United States did not face Hungary Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost1 nbsp United States 1 0 13 32 nbsp Hungary 1 0 8 83 nbsp Australia 0 2 11 21Semifinals edit The top two teams in each semifinal advanced to the final Semifinal 1 edit In the first match the United States defeated Great Britain 9 7 In the second Italy and Great Britain tied not only in bouts 8 8 but in touches 56 56 For the third and final match then Italy needed only to do better against the United States than Great Britain had as soon as Italy won its 8th bout against the United States leading the match 8 4 the pool was finished That the United States could still have come back to win against Italy was immaterial those two would advance regardless with Great Britain eliminated Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost1 nbsp Italy 1 5 0 5 16 122 nbsp United States 1 1 13 153 nbsp Great Britain 0 5 1 5 15 17Semifinal 2 edit Hungary 11 5 and France 9 4 each defeated the Soviet Union with the French Soviet match stopped as soon as France reached 9 wins due to the certainty of the Soviet Union s elimination Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost1 nbsp France 1 0 9 42 nbsp Hungary 1 0 11 53 nbsp Soviet Union 0 2 9 20Final edit The first two pairings saw France defeat the United States 10 6 and Italy beat Hungary 8 8 59 63 France and Italy each won again in the second pairings this time France over Hungary 11 5 and Italy against the United States 9 7 With two 2 0 teams and two 0 2 teams the third set of pairings in the round robin were effectively a gold medal match and a bronze medal match Hungary defeated the United States 9 5 to take the bronze medal while Italy prevailed over France 9 7 for the gold Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost nbsp nbsp Italy 3 0 26 22 nbsp nbsp France 2 1 28 20 nbsp nbsp Hungary 1 2 22 244 nbsp United States 0 3 18 28References edit Fencing 1956 Olympic Results Men s team foil sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 13 October 2010 Official Report p 436 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics Men 27s team foil amp oldid 1055181232, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
