Men's team sabre
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueWembley Palace of Engineering, London
Dates10 – 11 August
Competitors85 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aladár Gerevich
Tibor Berczelly
Rudolf Kárpáti
Pál Kovács
László Rajcsányi
Bertalan Papp
 Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vincenzo Pinton
Gastone Darè
Carlo Turcato
Mauro Racca
Aldo Montano
Renzo Nostini
 Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Norman Cohn-Armitage
George Worth
Tibor Nyilas
Dean Cetrulo
Miguel de Capriles
James Flynn
 United States

The men's team sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 10 August 1948 to 11 August 1948. 85 fencers from 17 nations competed.[1]

The competition format continued the pool play round-robin from prior years. Each of the four fencers from one team would face each of the four from the other, for a total of 16 bouts per match. The team that won more bouts won the match, with competition potentially stopping when one team reached 9 points out of the possible 16 (this did not always occur and matches sometimes continued). If the bouts were 8–8, touches received was used to determine the winning team. Pool matches unnecessary to the result were not played.[2]

Rosters

Results

Round 1

The top two teams in each pool advanced to round 2.[2]

Pool 1

Egypt (13–3) and Czechoslovakia (9–2) each defeated Mexico.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1 Egypt10133Q
2 Czechoslovakia1092Q
3 Mexico02522

Pool 2

Austria (14–2) and France (9–1) each defeated Switzerland.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1 Austria10142Q
2 France1091Q
3 Switzerland02323

Pool 3

Poland (11–5) and Belgium (9–2) each defeated Turkey.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1 Poland10115Q
2 Belgium1092Q
3 Turkey02720

Pool 4

The Netherlands (13–3) and Italy (9–1) each defeated Canada.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1 Netherlands10133Q
2 Italy1091Q
3 Canada02422

Pool 5

The United States (14–2) and Argentina (9–1) each defeated Greece.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1 United States10142Q
2 Argentina1091Q
3 Greece02323

Pool 6

Denmark withdrew, leaving Great Britain and Hungary to advance unopposed.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1 Great Britain0000Q
1 Hungary0000Q
3 Denmark0000Withdrew

Round 2

The top two teams in each pool advanced to the semifinals.[3]

Pool 1

Belgium (13–3) and Hungary (9–3) each defeated Egypt.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1 Belgium10133Q
2 Hungary1093Q
3 Egypt02622

Pool 2

The United States (11–5) and Italy (9–4) each defeated Great Britain.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1 United States10115Q
2 Italy1094Q
3 Great Britain02920

Pool 3

Argentina beat the Netherlands 9–7, the Netherlands beat Czechoslovakia 10–6, and Argentina defeated Czechoslovakia 9–7.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1 Argentina201814Q
2 Netherlands111715Q
3 Czechoslovakia021319

Pool 4

France (10–6) and Poland (8–8, 55–59 touches against) each defeated Austria.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1 France10106Q
2 Poland1088Q
3 Austria021418

Semifinals

The top two teams in each pool advanced to the final.[4]

Semifinal 1

Hungary beat Argentina 15–1, Belgium defeated Poland 9–7, Belgium defeated Argentina 9–4, and Hungary beat Poland 12–3.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1 Hungary20274Q
2 Belgium201811Q
3 Poland021021
4 Argentina02524

Semifinal 2

Italy beat the Netherlands 13–3, the United States defeated France 11–5, the United States defeated the Netherlands 9–2, and Italy beat France 9–5.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1 Italy20228Q
2 United States20207Q
3 France021020
4 Netherlands02522

Final

In the first pairings, Italy defeated Belgium and Hungary beat the United States, each by a score of 10–6. Hungary (9–1 over Belgium) and Italy (8–8 over the United States, prevailing by touches received 59–61) won again in the second set of matches as well. The United States beat Belgium 10–5 in a de facto bronze medal match, while Hungary prevailed 10–6 over Italy for the gold medal.

RankNationMWMLBWBL
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hungary302913
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Italy212424
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) United States122423
4 Belgium031229

References

  1. "Fencing: 1948 Olympic Results - Men's team sabre". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  2. 1 2 Official Report, p. 370.
  3. Official Report, p. 371.
  4. Official Report, p. 372.
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