| | | Final Group | w | l | Touches | Y |  | 1. Aladár Gerevich |  HUN | 7 | 0 | 35:18 | 38 |  | 2. Vincenzo Pinton |  ITA | 5 | 2 | 32:23 | 34 |  | 3. Pál Kovács |  HUN | 5 | 2 | 33:24 | 36 |  | 4. Jacques Lefèvre |  FRA | 4 | 3 | 27:26 | 20 |  | 5. George Worth |  USA | 2 | 5 | 26:27 | 33 |  | 6. Gastone Darè |  ITA | 2 | 5 | 25:30 | 30 |  | 7. Tibor Nyilas |  USA | 2 | 5 | 20:31 | 34 |  | 8. Antonio Haro |  MEX | 1 | 6 | 15:34 | 37 | 
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 | | Final Bouts |  | Gerevich |  HUN | 5-4 | Pinton |  ITA |  | Gerevich |  HUN | 5-4 | Kovács |  HUN |  | Gerevich |  HUN | 5-3 | Lefèvre |  FRA |  | Gerevich |  HUN | 5-2 | Worth |  USA |  | Gerevich |  HUN | 5-2 | Darè |  ITA |  | Gerevich |  HUN | 5-1 | Nyilas |  USA |  | Gerevich |  HUN | 5-2 | Haro |  MEX |  | Pinton |  ITA | 5-2 | Lefèvre |  FRA |  | Pinton |  ITA | 5-3 | Worth |  USA |  | Pinton |  ITA | 5-4 | Darè |  ITA |  | Pinton |  ITA | 5-4 | Nyilas |  USA |  | Pinton |  ITA | 5-0 | Haro |  MEX |  | Kovács |  HUN | 5-3 | Pinton |  ITA |  | Kovács |  HUN | 5-2 | Lefèvre |  FRA |  | Kovács |  HUN | 5-4 | Worth |  USA |  | Kovács |  HUN | 5-4 | Darè |  ITA |  | Kovács |  HUN | 5-1 | Nyilas |  USA |  | Lefèvre |  FRA | 5-4 | Worth |  USA |  | Lefèvre |  FRA | 5-1 | Darè |  ITA |  | Lefèvre |  FRA | 5-3 | Nyilas |  USA |  | Lefèvre |  FRA | 5-3 | Haro |  MEX |  | Worth |  USA | 5-1 | Nyilas |  USA |  | Worth |  USA | 5-1 | Haro |  MEX |  | Darè |  ITA | 5-3 | Worth |  USA |  | Darè |  ITA | 5-2 | Haro |  MEX |  | Nyilas |  USA | 5-4 | Darè |  ITA |  | Nyilas |  USA | 5-2 | Haro |  MEX |  | Haro |  MEX | 5-4 | Kovács |  HUN | 
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 |  |  | 2 Round Robin Groups. First 4 progressed to Final Group. | 
 | | Semi-Final 1 | w | l | T | Y |  | 1. Pál Kovács |  HUN | 6 | 0 |  | 36 |  | 2. George Worth |  USA | 5 | 1 | 18 | 33 |  | 3. Vincenzo Pinton |  ITA | 5 | 2 | 24 | 34 |  | 4. Tibor Nyilas |  USA | 4 | 3 |  | 34 |  | 5. Jean Levavasseur |  FRA | 3 | 4 |  | 24 |  | 6. Carlo Turcato |  ITA | 2 | 4 |  | 26 |  | 7. Salah Dessouki |  EGY | 1 | 5 |  | 25 |  | 8. Aage Leidersdorff |  DEN | 0 | 7 |  | 38 | 
 | Semi-Final 2 | w | l | T | Y |  | 1. Jacques Lefèvre |  FRA | 6 | 1 |  | 20 |  | 2. Aladár Gerevich |  HUN | 5 | 1 | 16 | 38 |  | 2. Gastone Darè |  ITA | 5 | 1 | 16 | 30 |  | 4. Antonio Haro |  MEX | 4 | 3 |  | 37 |  | 5. Tibor Berczelly |  HUN | 4 | 3 |  | 36 |  | 6. Antoni Sobik |  POL | 1 | 5 |  | 43 |  | 6. Dean Cetrulo |  USA | 1 | 5 | 27 | 29 |  | 8. Hubert Loisel |  AUT | 0 | 7 | 27 | 36 | 
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 |  |  | 4 Round Robin Groups. First 4 progressed to Semi-Finals. | 
 | | Quarter-Final 1 | w | l | T | Y |  | 1. Jean Levavasseur |  FRA | 6 | 0 |  | 24 |  | 2. Tibor Berczelly |  HUN | 5 | 1 |  | 36 |  | 3. Dean Cetrulo |  USA | 4 | 3 | 21 | 29 |  | 4. Hubert Loisel |  AUT | 4 | 2 | 22 | 36 |  | 5. Frans Mosman |  NED | 2 | 4 | 23 | 43 |  | 6. Farid Abou-Shadi |  EGY | 2 | 4 | 24 | 38 |  | 6. Jorge Sarria |  PER | 1 | 5 | 29 | - |  | 8. Jorge Cermesoni |  ARG | 1 | 6 | 31 | 39 | 
 | Quarter-Final 2 | w | l | T | Y |  | 1. Gastone Darè |  ITA | 5 | 1 | 14 | 30 |  | 2. Jacques Lefèvre |  FRA | 5 | 1 | 16 | 20 |  | 3. George Worth |  USA | 4 | 2 | 24 | 33 |  | 4. Antoni Sobik |  POL | 4 | 3 | 26 | 43 |  | 5. Willem van den Berg |  NED | 3 | 4 |  | 37 |  | 6. Fernando Huergo |  ARG | 2 | 4 | 23 | - |  | 7. Estevão Molnar |  BRA | 2 | 5 | 32 | 32 |  | 8. Heinz Putzl |  AUT | 0 | 5 |  | 20 | 
 | Quarter-Final 3 | w | l | T | Y |  | 1. Aladár Gerevich |  HUN | 7 | 0 |  | 38 |  | 2. Vincenzo Pinton |  ITA | 5 | 2 |  | 34 |  | 3. Salah Dessouki |  EGY | 4 | 3 |  | 25 |  | 4. Antonio Haro |  MEX | 3 | 4 |  | 37 |  | 5. Roger Tredgold |  GBR | 3 | 4 |  | 36 |  | 6. Eddy Kuijpers |  NED | 3 | 4 |  | 33 |  | 7. Juan Paladino |  URU | 2 | 5 |  | 23 |  | 8. Svatopluk Skýva |  TCH | 1 | 6 |  | - | 
 | Quarter-Final 4 | w | l | T | Y |  | 1. Pál Kovács |  HUN | 6 | 0 |  | 36 |  | 2. Tibor Nyilas |  USA | 5 | 1 | 16 | 34 |  | 3. Aage Leidersdorff |  DEN | 5 | 2 | 23 | 38 |  | 4. Carlo Turcato |  ITA | 5 | 3 | 27 | 26 |  | 5. Alois Sokol |  TCH | 3 | 4 | 28 | - |  | 5. Edgardo Pomini |  ARG | 3 | 4 | 28 | 30 |  | 5. Robin Brook |  GBR | 3 | 5 | 34 | 40 |  | 8. Maurice Gramain |  FRA | 2 | 5 |  | 36 |  | 9. Mohamed Zulficar |  EGY | 0 | 8 |  | 29 | 
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 | Round 1 - Thursday 12.08 |  | 8 Round Robin Groups. First 3 progressed to Quarter-Finals. |  | Best fencers were exepmt from this round. | 
 | | Pool 1 | w | l | T | Y |  | 1. Salah Dessouki |  EGY | 4 | 1 | -:16 | 25 |  | 2. Antonio Haro |  MEX | 4 | 2 | 28:20 | 37 |  | 3. Svatopluk Skýva |  TCH | 4 | 1 | 20:20 | - |  | 4. Roberto Mañalich |  CUB | 3 | 3 | -:20 | 42 |  | 5. Arthur Pilbrow |  GBR | 3 | 3 | -:23 | 46 |  | 6. Arseven Rıza |  TUR | 1 | 4 |  | - |  | 7. Kauko Jalkanen |  FIN | 0 | 5 |  | 29 | 
 | Pool 2 | w | l | T | Y |  | 1. Jacques Lefèvre |  FRA | 4 | 0 |  | 20 |  | 2. Willem van den Berg |  NED | 3 | 0 | -:5: | 37 |  | 3. Robin Brook |  GBR | 3 | 2 | -:17 | 40 |  | 4. Benito Ramos |  MEX | 1 | 3 | 11:17 | 30 |  | 5. Sabri Tezcan |  TUR | 1 | 3 | 10:17 | - |  | 6. Erkki Kerttula |  FIN | 0 | 4 |  | 38 | 
 | Pool 3 | w | l | T | Y |  | 1. Hubert Loisel |  AUT | 5 | 0 |  | 36 |  | 2. Jean Levavasseur |  FRA | 4 | 2 | 18 | 24 |  | 3. Farid Abou-Shadi |  EGY | 4 | 2 | 19 | 38 |  | 4. Jaroslav Starý |  TCH | 3 | 3 |  | - |  | 5. Ivan Osiier |  DEN | 2 | 3 |  | 59 |  | 6. Nils Sjöblom |  FIN | 1 | 5 |  | 38 |  | 7. Fidel Luña |  MEX | 0 | 4 |  | - | 
 | Pool 4 | w | l | T | Y |  | 1. Alois Sokol |  TCH | 6 | 0 |  | - |  | 2. Heinz Putzl |  AUT | 4 | 2 | 25:21 | 20 |  | 3. Juan Paladino |  URU | 4 | 2 | 28:23 | 23 |  | 4. Ivan Ruben |  DEN | 2 | 3 | -:20 | 30 |  | 5. Andrés Neubauer |  CHI | 2 | 4 | -:23 | - |  | 6. Merih Sezen |  TUR | 1 | 4 | -:24 | 28 |  | 7. Ioannis Karamazakis |  GRE | 1 | 5 | -:28 | - | 
 | Pool 5 | w | l | T | Y |  | 1. Eddy Kuijpers |  NED | 4 | 1 |  | 33 |  | 2. Fernando Huergo |  ARG | 3 | 2 | 16 | - |  | 3. Aage Leidersdorff |  DEN | 3 | 2 | 18 | 38 |  | 4. Werner Plattner |  AUT | 2 | 3 | 18 | 22 |  | 5. Otto Greter |  SUI | 2 | 3 | 23 | 37 |  | 6. Nikolaos Khristogiannopoulos |  GRE | 1 | 4 |  | - | 
 | Pool 6 | w | l | T | Y |  | 1. Edgardo Pomini |  ARG | 5 | 0 |  | 30 |  | 2. Antoni Sobik |  POL | 4 | 1 |  | 43 |  | 3. Frans Mosman |  NED | 3 | 2 |  | 43 |  | 4. Walter Widemann |  SUI | 2 | 3 |  | 54 |  | 5. Roland Asselin |  CAN | 1 | 4 |  | 31 |  | 6. Juan Antonio Martínez |  CUB | 0 | 5 |  | 27 | 
 | Pool 7 | w | l | T | Y |  | 1. Jorge Cermesoni |  ARG | 4 | 1 |  | 39 |  | 2. Maurice Gramain |  FRA | 3 | 2 |  | 36 |  | 3. Mohamed Zulficar |  EGY | 3 | 2 |  | 29 |  | 4. Teodor Zaczyk |  POL | 3 | 2 |  | 48 |  | 5. Ignacio Goldstein |  CHI | 2 | 3 |  | - |  | 6. Athanasios Nanopoulos |  GRE | 0 | 5 |  | - | 
 | Pool 8 | w | l | T | Y |  | 1. Roger Tredgold |  GBR | 4 | 1 | 10 | 36 |  | 2. Estevão Molnar |  BRA | 4 | 1 | 15 | 32 |  | 3. Jorge Sarria |  PER | 3 | 2 |  | - |  | 4. Bo Eriksson |  SWE | 3 | 2 |  | 26 |  | 5. Bolesław Banaś |  POL | 1 | 4 |  | 36 |  | 6. Alphonse Ruckstuhl |  SUI | 0 | 5 |  | 46 | 
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