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

Chile withdrew before competition, leaving France and Norway to advance.

France defeated Denmark 12–4, Egypt beat Great Britain 11–5, France beat Great Britain 12–3, Denmark beat Egypt 8–6, France defeated Egypt 8–5, and Denmark defeated Great Britain 8–4.

[4] This semifinal was one of the more chaotic of the tournament, as Belgium defeated the heavy favorite France but also lost to the last-place Switzerland.

In the first pairings, France defeated Sweden 11–4 and Italy beat Denmark 12–4.

The second pairings saw the favorites again win, with France 9–1 over Denmark and Italy 8–6 over Sweden.