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

Men's team sabre
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueSchermzaal
DatesAugust 8 - 9, 1928
Competitors65 from 12 nations
Medalists
   Hungary
   Italy
   Poland
Fencing at the
1928 Summer Olympics
Épée men  
Team épée men
Foil men women
Team foil men
Sabre men
Team sabre men

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 France 1 0 Q
Italy 1 0 Q
3 Greece 0 2
Pool B
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 Hungary 2 0 Q
Poland 2 0 Q
3 Great Britain 0 2
United States 0 2
Pool C
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 Netherlands 1 0 Q
2 Turkey 0 1 Q
Pool D
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 Belgium 1 0 Q
Germany 1 0 Q
3 Chile 0 2

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 Italy 2 0 Q
2 Poland 2 1 Q
3 Netherlands 1 2
4 Belgium 0 2
Pool B
Rank Nation Wins Losses Qual.
1 Hungary 2 0 Q
2 Germany 2 1 Q
3 France 1 2
4 Turkey 0 2

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) Hungary 2 0
2nd, silver medalist(s) Italy 1 1
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Poland 1 1
4 Germany 0 2

References

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