Desprets, Henri Guérin, and Henri Lepage Italy: Carlo Agostoni, Luigi Cantone, and Edoardo Mangiarotti Sweden: Frank Cervell, Carl Forssell, and Bengt Ljungquist Pool 1 Pool 2 Biancalana defeated Mørch and Wolff in a three-way barrage for fourth place. Pool 3 Simonetti defeated Meraz and Pouliot in a three-way barrage for fourth place. Pool 4 Radoux defeated de Barros and Nawrocki in a three-way barrage for fourth place. Pool 5 Pool 6 Pool 7 Younes defeated Iturri in a barrage for fourth place. Pool 8 Younes defeated Iturri in a barrage for fourth place. Quarterfinals The top 3 finishers in each pool advanced to the semifinals. Quarterfinal 1 Camargo defeated de Capriles and Horn in a three-way barrage for third place. Quarterfinal 2 Biancalana and Saucedo defeated de Beaumont in a three-way barrage for second and third place. Quarterfinal 3 Quarterfinal 4 Quarterfinal 5 Lepage defeated Anen and Nielsen in a three-way barrage for third place. Quarterfinal 6 Semifinals The top 5 finishers in each pool advanced to the final. Semifinal 1 Agostoni defeated Ljungquist in a barrage for fifth place. Semifinal 2 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 (Zappelli had defeated Mangiarotti 3–0 in their bout), they faced each other in a barrage for silver and bronze medals. Zappelli won, 3–0 again. References Epee men Men's events at the 1948 Summer Olympics