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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
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Fencing at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Foilmenwomen
Team foilmen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

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.

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Egypt 1 0 13 3 Q
2  Czechoslovakia 1 0 9 2 Q
3  Mexico 0 2 5 22

Pool 2

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

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Austria 1 0 14 2 Q
2  France 1 0 9 1 Q
3  Switzerland 0 2 3 23

Pool 3

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

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Poland 1 0 11 5 Q
2  Belgium 1 0 9 2 Q
3  Turkey 0 2 7 20

Pool 4

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

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Netherlands 1 0 13 3 Q
2  Italy 1 0 9 1 Q
3  Canada 0 2 4 22

Pool 5

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

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  United States 1 0 14 2 Q
2  Argentina 1 0 9 1 Q
3  Greece 0 2 3 23

Pool 6

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

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Great Britain 0 0 0 0 Q
1  Hungary 0 0 0 0 Q
3  Denmark 0 0 0 0 Withdrew

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.

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Belgium 1 0 13 3 Q
2  Hungary 1 0 9 3 Q
3  Egypt 0 2 6 22

Pool 2

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

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  United States 1 0 11 5 Q
2  Italy 1 0 9 4 Q
3  Great Britain 0 2 9 20

Pool 3

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

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Argentina 2 0 18 14 Q
2  Netherlands 1 1 17 15 Q
3  Czechoslovakia 0 2 13 19

Pool 4

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

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  France 1 0 10 6 Q
2  Poland 1 0 8 8 Q
3  Austria 0 2 14 18

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.

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Hungary 2 0 27 4 Q
2  Belgium 2 0 18 11 Q
3  Poland 0 2 10 21
4  Argentina 0 2 5 24

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.

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL Notes
1  Italy 2 0 22 8 Q
2  United States 2 0 20 7 Q
3  France 0 2 10 20
4  Netherlands 0 2 5 22

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.

Rank Nation MW ML BW BL
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Hungary 3 0 29 13
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy 2 1 24 24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States 1 2 24 23
4  Belgium 0 3 12 29

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. ^ a b Official Report, p. 370.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 371.
  4. ^ Official Report, p. 372.
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