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

[2] France (11–5) and Poland (8–8, 63–63 touches against, unclear how match was determined) each beat Romania.

[4] In the first pairing, Hungary defeated France 13–3 and Austria beat Belgium 9–7.

In the first pairing, Italy defeated Great Britain 11–5 and the United States beat Poland 10–6.

In the first pairings, Hungary defeated France 13–3 and Italy beat the United States 12–4.

The second set of matches featured Hungary defeating the United States and Italy beating France, each by a score of 13–3.

The final bout (between each team's top fencers, Kovács and Darè) never took place; Hungary's 64–50 touch lead was so great that even had Darè been able to beat Kovács 5–0 to draw the teams even on bouts 8–8 the Hungarians would nevertheless win the match.