▁programme . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁th ir teenth ▁appearance ▁of ▁the ▁event . ▁The ▁competition ▁was ▁held ▁on ▁ 5 ▁December ▁ 1 9 5 6 . ▁ 3 5 ▁f enc ers ▁from ▁ 1 7 ▁nations ▁competed . ▁ ▁Compet ition ▁format ▁ ▁The ▁competition ▁used ▁a ▁pool ▁play ▁format , ▁with ▁each ▁fen cer ▁facing ▁the ▁other ▁f enc ers ▁in ▁the ▁pool ▁in ▁a ▁round ▁ro bin . ▁B outs ▁were ▁to ▁ 5 ▁touch es . ▁Bar rages ▁were ▁used ▁to ▁break ▁t ies ▁necessary ▁for ▁adv ancement ▁( touch es ▁against ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁tie - bre aker ▁used ▁to ▁give ▁ranks ▁when ▁the ▁rank ▁did ▁not ▁matter ). ▁However , ▁only ▁as ▁much ▁f encing ▁was ▁done ▁as ▁was ▁necessary ▁to ▁determine ▁adv ancement , ▁so ▁some ▁b outs ▁never ▁occurred ▁if ▁the ▁f enc ers ▁adv ancing ▁from ▁the ▁pool ▁could ▁be ▁determined . ▁ ▁Results ▁ ▁Round ▁ 1 ▁ ▁The ▁top ▁ 4 ▁f enc ers ▁in ▁each ▁pool ▁advanced ▁to ▁the ▁quarter final s . ▁F enc ers ▁from ▁the ▁four ▁teams ▁that ▁advanced ▁to ▁the ▁final ▁of ▁the ▁men ' s ▁team ▁ép ée ▁event ▁received ▁by es ▁through ▁round ▁ 1 : ▁ ▁France : ▁Claude ▁Gam ot , ▁Jacques ▁Le f è vre , ▁and ▁Jacques ▁R oul ot ▁ ▁Hung ary : ▁Al ad ár ▁G ere v ich , ▁Rudolf ▁K ár p á ti , ▁and ▁P ál ▁K ová cs ▁ ▁Poland : ▁Marian ▁K