This eliminated Australia at 0–2 and advanced the other two teams, so the United States did not face Hungary.

For the third and final match, then, Italy needed only to do better against the United States than Great Britain had; as soon as Italy won its 8th bout against the United States (leading the match 8–4), the pool was finished.

That the United States could still have come back to win against Italy was immaterial; those two would advance regardless, with Great Britain eliminated.

The first two pairings saw France defeat the United States (10–6) and Italy beat Hungary (8–8, 59–63).

Hungary defeated the United States 9–5 to take the bronze medal, while Italy prevailed over France 9–7 for the gold.