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Host City: Helsinki, Finland
Venue(s): Ahvenisto Administrative Building, Hämeenlinna
Date Started: July 22, 1952
Date Finished: July 22, 1952
Format: Épée matches. Round-robin.
| Gold: | Lars Hall |
| Silver: | Gábor Benedek |
| Bronze: | István Szondy |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | W | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aloysio Borges | 34 | Brazil | BRA | 34 | 2 | |
| 2 | Gábor Benedek | 25 | Hungary | HUN | 30 | 8 | |
| 3 | Claes Egnell | 36 | Sweden | SWE | 30 | 7 | |
| 4 | István Szondy | 26 | Hungary | HUN | 30 | 4 | |
| 5 | Berthold Slupik | 23 | Germany | GER | 29 | 6 | |
| 6 | Thorsten Lindqvist | 26 | Sweden | SWE | 29 | 4 | |
| 7 | Lars Hall | 25 | Sweden | SWE | 28 | 8 | |
| 8 | André Lacroix | 30 | France | FRA | 28 | 7 | |
| 9 | Nilo Floody | 30 | Chile | CHI | 28 | 6 | |
| 10 | Aladár Kovácsi | 19 | Hungary | HUN | 28 | 5 | |
| 11 | Frederick Denman | 23 | United States | USA | 28 | 5 | |
| 12 | Luis Carmona | 29 | Chile | CHI | 25 | 9 | |
| 13 | Igor Novikov | 22 | Soviet Union | URS | 25 | 8 | |
| 14 | Leon Lumsdaine | 29 | Great Britain | GBR | 25 | 5 | |
| 15 | Werner Schmid | 32 | Switzerland | SUI | 25 | 5 | |
| 16 | Ricardo Durão | 24 | Portugal | POR | 25 | 3 | |
| 17 | Guy Troy | 29 | United States | USA | 25 | 2 | |
| 18 | Eric Marques | 33 | Brazil | BRA | 25 | 0 | |
| 19 | Olavi Rokka | 26 | Finland | FIN | 24 | 10 | |
| 20 | Francis Plumerel | 34 | Belgium | BEL | 24 | 8 | |
| 21 | Giulio Palmonella | 33 | Italy | ITA | 24 | 5 | |
| 22 | Hernán Fuentes | 34 | Chile | CHI | 23 | 7 | |
| 23 | Thad McArthur | 23 | United States | USA | 23 | 6 | |
| 24 | Eduardo de Medeiros | 29 | Brazil | BRA | 22 | 9 | |
| 25 | Lem Martínez | 29 | Uruguay | URU | 22 | 3 | |
| 26 | António Janet | 25 | Portugal | POR | 22 | 3 | |
| 27 | Werner Vetterli | 22 | Switzerland | SUI | 22 | 3 | |
| 28 | Pavel Rakityansky | Soviet Union | URS | 21 | 9 | ||
| 29 | Erhard Minder | 27 | Switzerland | SUI | 21 | 4 | |
| 30 | Aleksandr Dekhayev | 27 | Soviet Union | URS | 20 | 11 | |
| 31 | Luis Ribera | 23 | Argentina | ARG | 20 | 6 | |
| 32 | Harry Schmidt | 36 | South Africa | RSA | 20 | 5 | |
| 33 | Carlos Velázquez | 27 | Argentina | ARG | 20 | 2 | |
| 34 | José Pérez | 23 | Mexico | MEX | 19 | 8 | |
| 35 | Bertrand de Montaudoin | 28 | France | FRA | 19 | 7 | |
| 36 | Alfonso Marotta | 28 | Italy | ITA | 19 | 6 | |
| 37 | Ole Mannonen | 22 | Finland | FIN | 19 | 3 | |
| 38 | Lauri Vilkko | 26 | Finland | FIN | 18 | 10 | |
| 39 | Jorge Cáceres | 35 | Argentina | ARG | 18 | 8 | |
| 40 | Duilio Brignetti | 25 | Italy | ITA | 18 | 5 | |
| 41 | Christian Palant | 27 | France | FRA | 17 | 9 | |
| 42 | John Hewitt | 27 | Great Britain | GBR | 17 | 6 | |
| 43 | Antonio Almada | 21 | Mexico | MEX | 16 | 10 | |
| 44 | Alberto Ortíz | 29 | Uruguay | URU | 16 | 8 | |
| 45 | Forbes Carlile | 31 | Australia | AUS | 16 | 6 | |
| 46 | Dietloff Kapp | 27 | Germany | GER | 15 | 9 | |
| 47 | Adolf Harder | 25 | Germany | GER | 15 | 9 | |
| 48 | José Pereira | 34 | Portugal | POR | 14 | 8 | |
| 49 | David Romero | 22 | Mexico | MEX | 14 | 4 | |
| 50 | Jervis Percy | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | 13 | 8 | |
| 51 | Américo González | 26 | Uruguay | URU | 9 | 7 |