Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

Men's team foil at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Schermzaal
Dates	29–30 July 1928
Competitors	88 from 16 nations
Medalists
Ugo Pignotti Giulio Gaudini Giorgio Pessina Gioacchino Guaragna Oreste Puliti Giorgio Chiavacci  Italy Philippe Cattiau Roger Ducret André Labatut Lucien Gaudin Raymond Flacher André Gaboriaud  France Roberto Larraz Raúl Anganuzzi Luis Lucchetti Héctor Lucchetti Carmelo Camet  Argentina
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The men's team foil was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics 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.^[1]

Rosters

Results

Source: Official results;^[2] De Wael^[3]

Round 1

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.

Pool A
Rank	Nation	Wins	Qual.
1	France	3	Q
2	Denmark	2	Q
3	Germany	1
4	Romania	0

Pool B
Rank	Nation	Wins	Qual.
1	Argentina	3	Q
2	Belgium	2	Q
3	Spain	1
4	Norway	0

Pool C
Rank	Nation	Wins	Qual.
1	Netherlands	1	Q
2	Hungary	0	Q

Pool D
Rank	Nation	Wins	Qual.
1	Italy	2	Q
2	Austria	1	Q
3	Great Britain	0

Pool E
Rank	Nation	Wins	Qual.
1	United States	2	Q
2	Switzerland	1	Q
3	Egypt	0

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.

Pool A
Rank	Nation	Wins	Qual.
1	France	3	Q
2	Belgium	2	Q
3	Austria	1
4	Switzerland	0

Pool B
Rank	Nation	Wins	Qual.
1	United States	2	Q
2	Argentina	1	Q
3	Netherlands	0

Pool C
Rank	Nation	Wins	Qual.
1	Italy	2	Q
2	Hungary	1	Q
3	Denmark	0

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.

Pool A
Rank	Nation	Wins	Qual.
1	France	1	Q
	Italy	1	Q
3	United States	0

Pool B
Rank	Nation	Wins	Qual.
1	Argentina	1	Q
	Belgium	1	Q
3	Hungary	0

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).

Rank	Nation	Wins
	Italy	3
	France	11⁄2
	Argentina	1
4	Belgium	1⁄2

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