Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

Men's team sabre
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue Schermzaal
Dates 8-9 August 1928
Competitors 65 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Ödön von Tersztyánszky, János Garay, Attila Petschauer, József Rády, Sándor Gombos, Gyula Glykais  Hungary
2nd, silver medalist(s) Bino Bini, Oreste Puliti, Giulio Sarrocchi, Renato Anselmi, Emilio Salafia, Gustavo Marzi  Italy
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Adam Papée, Tadeusz Friedrich, Kazimierz Laskowski, Władysław Segda, Aleksander Małecki, Jerzy Zabielski  Poland

The men's team sabre was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 8 August 1928 to 9 August 1928. 65 fencers from 12 nations competed.[1]

Rosters

Results

Source: Official results;[2] De Wael[3]

Round 1

Each pool was a round-robin (with matches not being held where unnecessary to the overall result). Bouts were to five touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team bout (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the semifinals.

Pool A
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 France10Q
 Italy10Q
3 Greece02
Pool B
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 Hungary20Q
 Poland20Q
3 Great Britain02
 United States02
Pool C
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 Netherlands10Q
2 Turkey01Q
Pool D
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 Belgium10Q
 Germany10Q
3 Chile02

Semifinals

Each pool was a round-robin (with matches not being held where unnecessary to the overall result). Bouts were to five touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team bout (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the final.

Pool A
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 Italy20Q
2 Poland21Q
3 Netherlands12
4 Belgium02
Pool B
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 Hungary20Q
2 Germany21Q
3 France12
4 Turkey02

Final

The final was a round-robin. Bouts were to five touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team bout (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8).

Hungary beat both Italy and Poland, which had each beaten Germany; therefore, the Hungary-Germany match was unnecessary as Hungary would win gold and Germany take fourth regardless of the results. The reason for not holding the Italy-Poland match is less clear; the official report says it was not necessary, but presumably the winner would be the silver medalist while the loser would take the bronze. Italy had defeated Poland 16-0 in the semifinals, which may have been how the final placing was decided.

Rank Nation Wins Losses
1st, gold medalist(s) Hungary20
2nd, silver medalist(s) Italy11
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Poland11
4 Germany02

References

  1. ↑ "Fencing: 1928 Olympic Results - Men's team sabre". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2008.
  3. ↑ "Fencing 1928".
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