[3] The competition format continued the pool play round-robin from prior years.

[5] Switzerland defeated Greece on touches received (64–68) after the bouts were tied at 8 apiece.

This resulted in Canada being eliminated and the match between Germany and Great Britain not being played.

This resulted in Norway being eliminated and the match between the United States and Hungary not being played.

Great Britain was defeated after losing to both Argentina and Germany, who did not play each other.

The match between Argentina and Great Britain was decided on touches received, 57–62, after being tied on individual bouts 8–8.

This resulted in Switzerland being eliminated and the match between Italy and the United States not being played.

Austria had a decisive 12–4 win against the United States, but fell to Hungary on touches received 53–63 after the individual bouts were 8–8.

Hungary in turn lost to the United States, 9–7, creating a three-way tie for second place.

Italy reached 9 wins after 13 individual bouts, securing the gold medal while France took silver.