Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

Men's sabre
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueWembley Palace of Engineering, London
DatesAugust 12-August 13
Competitors60from 24 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aladár Gerevich  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vincenzo Pinton  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pál Kovács  Hungary
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The men's sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from August 12, 1948 to August 13, 1948. 60 fencers from 24 nations competed.[1]

The competition format was pool play round-robin, with bouts to five touches. Not all bouts were played in some pools if not necessary to determine advancement. Ties were broken through fence-off bouts ("barrages") in early rounds if necessary for determining advancement, but by touches received in final rounds (and for non-advancement-necessary placing in earlier rounds).[2]

Results

Round 1

The top 3 finishers in each pool advanced to round 2.[2]

Fencers from the four teams that advanced to the final of the men's team sabre event received byes through round 1, though Belgium had no individual competitors:

Pool 1

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Salah Dessouki  Egypt 4 1 Q
2 Antonio Haro  Mexico 4 2 Q
3 Svatopluk Skýva  Czechoslovakia 4 1 Q
4 Roberto Mañalich  Cuba 3 3
5 Arthur Pilbrow  Great Britain 3 3
6 Rıza Arseven  Turkey 1 4
7 Kauko Jalkanen  Finland 0 5

Pool 2

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Jacques Lefèvre  France 4 0 Q
2 Willem van den Berg  Netherlands 3 0 Q
3 Robin Brook  Great Britain 3 2 Q
4 Benito Ramos  Mexico 1 3
5 Sabri Tezcan  Turkey 1 3
6 Erkki Kerttula  Finland 0 4

Pool 3

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Hubert Loisel  Austria 5 0 Q
2 Jean Levavasseur  France 4 2 Q
3 Ahmed Abou-Shadi  Egypt 4 2 Q
4 Jaroslav Starý  Czechoslovakia 3 3
5 Ivan Osiier  Denmark 2 3
6 Nils Sjöblom  Finland 1 5
7 Fidel Luña  Mexico 0 4

Pool 4

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Alois Sokol  Czechoslovakia 6 0 Q
2 Heinz Putzl  Austria 4 2 Q
3 Juan Paladino  Uruguay 4 2 Q
4 Ivan Ruben  Denmark 2 3
5 Andrés Neubauer  Chile 2 4
6 Merih Sezen  Turkey 1 4
7 Ioannis Karamazakis  Greece 1 5

Pool 5

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Eddy Kuijpers  Netherlands 4 1 Q
2 Fernando Huergo  Argentina 3 2 Q
3 Aage Leidersdorff  Denmark 3 2 Q
4 Werner Plattner  Austria 2 3
5 Otto Greter  Switzerland 2 3
6 Nikolaos Khristogiannopoulos  Greece 1 4

Pool 6

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Edgardo Pomini  Argentina 5 0 Q
2 Antoni Sobik  Poland 4 1 Q
3 Frans Mosman  Netherlands 3 2 Q
4 Walter Widemann  Switzerland 2 3
5 Roland Asselin  Canada 1 4
6 Juan Antonio Martínez  Cuba 0 5

Pool 7

Gramain and Zulficar defeated Zaczyk in a three-way barrage for second and third place.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Jorge Cermesoni  Argentina 4 1 Q
2 Maurice Gramain  France 3 2 Q
3 Mohamed Zulficar  Egypt 3 2 Q
4 Teodor Zaczyk  Poland 3 2
5 Ignacio Goldstein  Chile 2 3
6 Athanasios Nanopoulos  Greece 0 5

Pool 8

Sarria defeated Eriksson in a barrage for third place.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Roger Tredgold  Great Britain 4 1 Q
2 Etienne Molnar  Brazil 4 1 Q
3 Jorge Sarria  Peru 3 2 Q
4 Bo Eriksson  Sweden 3 2
5 Bolesław Banaś  Poland 1 4
6 Alphonse Ruckstuhl  Switzerland 0 5

Round 2

The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.[3]

Pool 1

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Jean Levavasseur  France 6 0 Q
2 Tibor Berczelly  Hungary 5 1 Q
3 Dean Cetrulo  United States 4 3 Q
4 Hubert Loisel  Austria 4 2 Q
5 Frans Mosman  Netherlands 2 4
6 Ahmed Abou-Shadi  Egypt 2 4
7 Jorge Sarria  Peru 1 5
8 Jorge Cermesoni  Argentina 1 6

Pool 2

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Gastone Darè  Italy 5 1 Q
2 Jacques Lefèvre  France 5 1 Q
3 George Worth  United States 4 2 Q
4 Antoni Sobik  Poland 4 3 Q
5 Willem van den Berg  Netherlands 3 4
6 Fernando Huergo  Argentina 2 4
7 Etienne Molnar  Brazil 2 5
8 Heinz Putzl  Austria 0 5

Pool 3

Haro defeated Tredgold and Kuijpers in a three-way barrage for fourth place.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Aladár Gerevich  Hungary 7 0 Q
2 Vincenzo Pinton  Italy 5 2 Q
3 Salah Dessouki  Egypt 4 3 Q
4 Antonio Haro  Mexico 3 4 Q
5 Roger Tredgold  Great Britain 3 4
6 Eddy Kuijpers  Netherlands 3 4
7 Juan Paladino  Uruguay 2 5
8 Svatopluk Skýva  Czechoslovakia 1 6

Pool 4

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Pál Kovács  Hungary 6 0 Q
2 Tibor Nyilas  United States 5 1 Q
3 Aage Leidersdorff  Denmark 5 2 Q
4 Carlo Turcato  Italy 5 3 Q
5 Robin Brook  Great Britain 3 4
5 Edgardo Pomini  Argentina 3 4
5 Alois Sokol  Czechoslovakia 3 5
8 Maurice Gramain  France 2 5
9 Mohamed Zulficar  Egypt 0 8

Semifinals

The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to the final.[3]

Semifinal 1

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Pál Kovács  Hungary 6 0 Q
2 George Worth  United States 5 1 Q
3 Vincenzo Pinton  Italy 5 2 Q
4 Tibor Nyilas  United States 4 3 Q
5 Jean Levavasseur  France 3 4
6 Carlo Turcato  Italy 2 4
7 Salah Dessouki  Egypt 1 5
8 Aage Leidersdorff  Denmark 0 7

Semifinal 2

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Jacques Lefèvre  France 6 1 Q
2 Aladár Gerevich  Hungary 5 1 Q
2 Gastone Darè  Italy 5 1 Q
4 Antonio Haro  Mexico 4 3 Q
5 Tibor Berczelly  Hungary 4 3
6 Dean Cetrulo  United States 1 5
6 Antoni Sobik  Poland 1 5
8 Hubert Loisel  Austria 0 7

Final

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aladár Gerevich  Hungary 7 0 35 18
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vincenzo Pinton  Italy 5 2 32 23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pál Kovács  Hungary 5 2 33 24
4 Jacques Lefèvre  France 4 3 27 26
5 George Worth  United States 2 5 26 27
6 Gastone Darè  Italy 2 5 25 30
7 Tibor Nyilas  United States 2 5 20 31
8 Antonio Haro  Mexico 1 6 15 34

References

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1948 Olympic Results - Men's sabre". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  2. ^ a b Official Report, p. 376.
  3. ^ a b Official Report, p. 377.

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