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Men's sabre
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Tibor Pézsa (1967)
VenueWaseda University Memorial Hall
DatesOctober 19–20
Competitors52 from 21 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tibor Pézsa
 Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Claude Arabo
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Umyar Mavlikhanov
 Soviet Union
← 1960
1968 →
Fencing at the
1964 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Foilmenwomen
Team foilmenwomen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from October 19 to 20, 1964. 52 fencers from 21 nations competed.[1] Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by Tibor Pézsa, the final of nine straight Games in which a Hungarian fencer won the event. The silver medal went to Claude Arabo of France, with Umyar Mavlikhanov of the Soviet Union taking bronze.

Background

This was the 15th appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Four of the eight finalists from 1960 returned: bronze medalist Wladimiro Calarese of Italy, fourth-place finisher Claude Arabo of France, sixth-place finisher (and 1956 silver medalist) Jerzy Pawłowski of Poland (who, in 1968, would finally break the Hungarian run of nine straight gold medals in the event), and eighth-place finisher Yakov Rylsky of the Soviet Union. Rylsky had won three of the last five world championships (1958, 1961, and 1963). Pawłowski was the only other world champion present; he had won in 1957. Hungary, dominant in men's sabre since 1908, was finally thought vulnerable to the rising stars of Poland and the Soviet Union; the French champion, Arabo, was also a strong contender.[2]

Ireland, Iran, Malaysia, and the Netherlands Antilles each made their debut in the men's sabre. Italy made its 13th appearance in the event, most of any nation, having missed the inaugural 1896 event and the 1904 St. Louis Games.

Competition format

The 1964 tournament introduced a hybrid pool-play and knockout format. The competition began with two rounds of pool play. In each round, the fencers were divided into pools to play a round-robin within the pool. Bouts were to five touches. Barrages were used to break ties necessary for advancement. The competition then shifted to knockout rounds. These rounds used a single-elimination tournament format to reduce the remaining field from 24 to 16, then from 16 to 8, then from 8 to 4. There were also classification semifinals and a fifth-place match for the quarterfinal losers. Bouts in these knockout rounds were to 10 touches. The four quarterfinal winners then resumed pool play once again for the final. Standard sabre rules were used.[2][3]

  • Round 1: There were 8 pools of 6 or 7 fencers each. The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced to round 2.
  • Round 2: There were 4 pools of 8 fencers each. The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced to the knockout rounds.
  • Knockout rounds: The 16 fencers were seeded into a truncated single-elimination tournament. Two knockout rounds were held, finishing with the quarterfinals.
  • Classification: There were knockout-style classification matches for 5th place (two 5th–8th semifinals and a 5th/6th match).
  • Final: The final pool had 4 fencers.

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round
Monday, 19 October 1964 8:30 Round 1
Round 2
Wednesday, 14 October 1964  
 
17:30
17:30		 Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Classification 5–8
Final

Results

Round 1

Round 1 pool A

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Yakov Rylsky  Soviet Union 4 1 Q
2 Pierluigi Chicca  Italy 4 1 Q
3 Ioan Drimba  Romania 3 2 Q
4 Rafael González  Argentina 2 3 B
Ignacio Posada  Colombia 2 3 B
6 Michael Ryan  Ireland 0 5
Barrage A
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
4 Ignacio Posada  Colombia 1 0 Q
5 Rafael González  Argentina 0 1

Round 1 pool B

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Jerzy Pawlowsky  Poland 6 0 Q
2 Eugene Hamori  United States 5 1 Q
3 Cesare Salvadori  Italy 4 2 Q
4 Octavian Vintila  Romania 3 3 Q
5 Jan Boutmy  Netherlands Antilles 2 4
6 Loc Nguyen The  Vietnam 1 5
7 Ronnie Theseira  Malaysia 0 6

Round 1 pool C

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Andrzej Piatkowski  Poland 5 0 Q
2 Wladimiro Calarese  Italy 4 1 Q
3 Thomas Orley  United States 3 2 Q
4 Shibata Seiji  Japan 2 3 Q
5 Robert Foxcroft  Canada 1 5
6 Houshmand Almasi  Iran 0 6

Round 1 pool D

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Peter Bakonyi  Hungary 5 0 Q
2 Attila Keresztes  United States 4 1 Q
3 J. Theuerkauff  United Team of Germany 3 2 Q
4 Teruhiro Kitao  Japan 2 3 Q
5 Emilio Echeverri  Colombia 1 5
6 Nasser Madani  Iran 0 5

Round 1 pool E

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Mark Rakita  Soviet Union 6 0 Q
2 Jacques Lefevre  France 5 1 Q
3 Funamizu Mitsuyuki  Japan 4 2 Q
4 Dieter Wellman  United Team of Germany 3 3 Q
5 Richard Oldcorn  Great Britain 2 4
6 Bijan Zarnegar  Iran 1 5
7 Xuan Tran Van  Vietnam 0 6

Round 1 pool F

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Marcel Parent  France 5 0 Q
2 Emil Ochyra  Poland 4 1 Q
3 Walter Kostner  United Team of Germany 3 2 Q
4 Alexander Leckie  Great Britain 2 3 Q
5 Henry Sommerville  Australia 1 4
6 J. Bouchier-Hayes  Ireland 0 5

Round 1 pool G

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Attila Kovacs  Hungary 6 0 Q
2 Claude Arabo  France 5 1 Q
3 Arnold Cooperman  Great Britain 3 3 Q
4 Yves Brasseur  Belgium 2 4 B
Alexander Martonffy  Australia 2 4 B
Enrique Penabella  Cuba 2 4 B
7 Juan Frecia  Argentina 1 5
Barrage G
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
4 Enrique Penabella  Cuba 2 0 Q
5 Yves Brasseur  Belgium 0 1
6 Alexander Martonffy  Australia 0 1

Round 1 pool H

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Tănase Mureșanu  Romania 6 0 Q
2 Umar Mavlikhanov  Soviet Union 5 1 Q
3 Tibor Pézsa  Hungary 3 3 Q
4 Alberto Lanteri  Argentina 3 3 Q
5 John Andru  Canada 2 4
6 Les Tornallyay  Australia 1 5
7 Humberto Posada  Colombia 1 5

Round 2

Round 2 pool A

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Yakov Rylsky  Soviet Union 6 1 Q
2 Dieter Wellman  United Team of Germany 5 2 Q
3 Tibor Pézsa  Hungary 4 3 Q
4 Marcel Parent  France 4 3 Q
5 Wladimiro Calarese  Italy 3 4
6 Attila Keresztes  United States 3 4
7 Funamizu Mitsuyuki  Japan 2 5
8 Octavian Vintila  Romania 1 6

Round 2 pool B

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Jerzy Pawlowski  Poland 6 1 Q
2 Umar Mavlikhanov  Soviet Union 5 2 Q
3 Attila Kovacs  Hungary 5 2 Q
4 Jacques Lefevre  France 4 3 Q
5 Ioan Drimba  Romania 3 4
6 Gudrum Theuerkauff  United Team of Germany 3 4
7 Shibata Seiji  Japan 1 6
8 Alexander Leckie  Great Britain 1 6

Round 2 pool C

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Mark Rakita  Soviet Union 7 0 Q
2 Claude Arabo  France 6 1 Q
3 Walter Kostner  United Team of Germany 4 3 Q
4 Pierluigi Chicca  Italy 4 3 Q
5 Thomas Orley  United States 3 4
6 Andrzej Piatkowski  Poland 3 4
7 Alberto Lanteri  Argentina 1 6
8 Ketao Teruhiro  Japan 0 7

Round 2 pool D

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Emil Ochyra  Poland 7 0 Q
2 Peter Bakonyi  Hungary 5 2 Q
3 Cesare Salvadori  Italy 4 3 Q
4 Tanase Muresan  Romania 4 3 Q
5 Eugene Hamori  United States 3 4
6 Arnold Cooperman  Great Britain 2 5
7 Humberto Posada  Colombia 2 5
8 Enrique Penabella  Cuba 1 6

Knockout rounds

The winner of each group advanced to the final pool, while the runner-up moved into a 5th-place semifinal.

Group 1

 
Round of 16Quarterfinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Yakov Rylsky (URS)10
 
 
 
 Jacques Lefevre (FRA)6
 
  Yakov Rylsky (URS)10
 
 
 
 Walter Kostner (EUA)5
 
  Walter Kostner (EUA)10
 
 
 Jerzy Pawlowski (POL)9
 

Group 2

 
Round of 16Quarterfinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Tibor Pézsa (HUN)10
 
 
 
 Mark Rakita (URS)6
 
  Tibor Pézsa (HUN)10
 
 
 
 Marcel Parent (FRA)7
 
  Marcel Parent (FRA)10
 
 
 Tanase Muresan (ROU)7
 

Group 3

 
Round of 16Quarterfinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Umar Mavlikhanov (URS)10
 
 
 
 Peter Bakonyi (HUN)9
 
  Umar Mavlikhanov (URS)10
 
 
 
 Emil Ochyra (POL)9
 
  Emil Ochyra (POL)10
 
 
 Cesare Salvadori (ITA)6
 

Group 4

 
Round of 16Quarterfinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Claude Arabo (FRA)10
 
 
 
 Pierluigi Chicca (ITA)4
 
  Claude Arabo (FRA)10
 
 
 
 Dieter Wellman (EUA)6
 
  Dieter Wellman (EUA)10
 
 
 Attila Kovacs (HUN)9
 

Fifth place semifinal

 
Fifth place semifinalsFifth place match
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Emil Ochyra (POL)10
 
 
 
 Walter Kostner (EUA)5
 
 Emil Ochyra (POL)10
 
 
 
 Marcel Parent (FRA)5
 
 Dieter Wellman (EUA)9
 
 
 Marcel Parent (FRA)10
 

Final

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Claude Arabo  France 2 1 GB
Tibor Pézsa  Hungary 2 1 GB
3 Umar Mavlikhanov  Soviet Union 1 2 BB
Yakov Rylsky  Soviet Union 1 2 BB
Bronze medal barrage
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Umar Mavlikhanov  Soviet Union 1 0
4 Yakov Rylsky  Soviet Union 0 1
Gold medal barrage
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tibor Pézsa  Hungary 1 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Claude Arabo  France 0 1

References

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1964 Olympic Results - Men's sabre". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  2. ^ a b "Sabre, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 282.

Sources

  • Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.
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