The men's épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme. It was the tenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 7 August 1948 to 9 August 1948. 66 fencers from 25 nations competed. The competition format was pool play round-robin, with bouts to three touches. Not all bouts were played in some pools if not necessary to determine advancement. Ties were broken through fence-off bouts in early rounds if necessary for determining advancement, but by touches received in final rounds.
Results
Round 1
The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to round 2. Fencers from the four teams that advanced to the final of the men's team épée event received byes through round 1:
Younes defeated Iturri in a barrage for fourth place.
Rank
Fencer
Nation
Wins
Losses
Notes
1
Norman Lewis
4
0
2
Roelof Hordijk
1
2
3
Roberto Mañalich
1
2
4
Jean Asfar
1
3
5
Emílio Lino
0
4
Round 2
The top 3 finishers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.
Pool 1
Camargo defeated de Capriles and Horn in a three-way barrage for third place.
Rank
Fencer
Nation
Wins
Losses
Notes
1
Oswald Zappelli
6
0
2
Gino Cantone
4
2
3
Roberto Camargo
3
3
4
Joe de Capriles
3
3
5
Alf Horn
3
3
6
Nils Sjöblom
1
5
7
Andreas Skotidas
1
5
Pool 2
Biancalana and Saucedo defeated de Beaumont in a three-way barrage for second and third place.
Rank
Fencer
Nation
Wins
Losses
Notes
1
Carlo Agostoni
5
2
2
Mario Biancalana
4
3
3
Raúl Saucedo
4
3
4
Charles de Beaumont
4
3
5
Frank Cervell
3
4
6
Mohamed Abdel Rahman
3
4
7
Roelof Hordijk
2
4
8
Carlos Lamar
1
5
Pool 3
Rank
Fencer
Nation
Wins
Losses
Notes
1
Émile Gretsch
5
1
2
Edoardo Mangiarotti
4
2
3
Bengt Ljungquist
4
2
4
Antonio Villamil
3
3
5
Bert Pelling
2
4
6
Alfred Eriksen
2
4
7
Antonio Haro
1
5
Pool 4
Rank
Fencer
Nation
Wins
Losses
Notes
1
Norman Lewis
4
1
2
Marcel Desprets
4
2
3
Charles Debeur
4
2
4
Mogens Lüchow
2
3
5
Robert Lips
1
2
6
Vito Simonetti
1
3
7
Imre Hennyei
0
5
Pool 5
Lepage defeated Anen and Nielsen in a three-way barrage for third place.
Rank
Fencer
Nation
Wins
Losses
Notes
1
Mahmoud Younes
4
2
2
Jean-Marie Radoux
4
2
3
Henri Lepage
3
3
4
Paul Anen
3
3
5
Ib Nielsen
3
3
6
Rodolphe Spillmann
1
5
6
Pál Dunay
1
5
Pool 6
Rank
Fencer
Nation
Wins
Losses
Notes
1
Henri Guérin
4
1
2
Ronald Parfitt
4
1
3
Egill Knutzen
4
2
4
Roberto Mañalich
3
3
5
Jean Asfar
2
3
6
Carl Forssell
2
4
7
Roland Asselin
0
5
Semifinals
The top 5 finishers in each pool advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
Agostoni defeated Ljungquist in a barrage for fifth place.
Rank
Fencer
Nation
Wins
Losses
Notes
1
Norman Lewis
6
1
2
Jean-Marie Radoux
5
3
3
Gino Cantone
4
2
4
Henri Lepage
4
2
5
Carlo Agostoni
3
4
6
Bengt Ljungquist
3
4
7
Egill Knutzen
1
5
7
Raúl Saucedo
1
6
9
Roberto Camargo
0
2
Semifinal 2
Rank
Fencer
Nation
Wins
Losses
Notes
1
Ronald Parfitt
6
2
2
Henri Guérin
5
3
3
Émile Gretsch
4
3
3
Edoardo Mangiarotti
4
3
3
Oswald Zappelli
4
4
6
Marcel Desprets
3
5
7
Mario Biancalana
3
5
8
Charles Debeur
3
5
9
Mahmoud Younes
1
7
Final
Zappelli and Mangiarotti finished tied on win-loss record, touches received, and touches scored. Rather than use the head-to-head results from the round-robin, they faced each other in a barrage for silver and bronze medals. Zappelli won, 3–0 again.
