Fencing at the 1936 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 1936 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 2 to 4 August 1936. 99 fencers from 17 nations competed.[1][2] Each team could have a maximum of six fencers, with four participating in any given match.[3]
Men's team foil at the Games of the XI Olympiad | |
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Venue | Imperial Sports Field, Berlin |
Dates | 2–4 August |
Competitors | 99 from 17 nations |
Medalists | |
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. 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. Pool matches unnecessary to the result were not played; this rule affected all 10 of the pools in the first two rounds, which stopped after 2 of 3 possible matches when one team lost both.[4]