Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

Men's sabre
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
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German stamp commemorating 1992 Olympic fencing
VenuePalau de la Metal·lúrgia
Dates2 August 1992
Competitors44 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bence Szabó  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marco Marin  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jean-François Lamour  France
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The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twenty-second appearance of the event. The competition was held on 2 August 1992. 44 fencers from 19 nations competed. Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by Bence Szabó of Hungary, the nation's first victory in the men's sabre since 1964 (the last of its nine-Games winning streak) and 12th overall. Marco Marin took silver while Jean-François Lamour finished with the bronze. Lamour, who had won gold in 1984 and 1988, was unable to win a third title but still became only the second man with three medals in the event (after Aladár Gerevich earned one of each color in 1936, 1948, and 1952). Marin had also finished second in 1984; he was the 12th man with multiple medals in the sabre.

Background

This was the 22nd appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Six of the quarterfinalists from 1988 returned: two-time gold medalist Jean-François Lamour of France, silver medalist Janusz Olech of Poland, bronze medalist Giovanni Scalzo of Italy, and fifth-place finishers György Nébald of Hungary and Felix Becker and Jürgen Nolte of West Germany. Marco Marin, 1984 silver medalist who had not advanced through the knockout rounds in 1988, also returned. The three world championships since the previous Games had been won by Grigory Kiriyenko of the Soviet Union (1989 and 1991) and Nébald (1990).

Saudi Arabia made its debut in the men's sabre; some former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team. Italy made its 20th appearance in the event, most of any nation, having missed the inaugural 1896 event and the 1904 Olympics.

Competition format

The 1992 tournament used a three-phase format roughly similar to prior years in consisting of a group phase, a double-elimination phase, and a single-elimination phase, but each phase was very different from previous formats.

The first phase was a single round (vs. 3 rounds in 1988) round-robin pool play format; each fencer in a pool faced each other fencer in that pool once. There were 7 pools with 6 or 7 fencers each. The fencers' ranks within the pool were ignored; the overall winning percentage (with touch differential and then touches against used as tie-breakers) were used to rank the fencers. The top 34 advanced to the second phase, while the other fencers were eliminated.

The second phase was a modified, truncated double-elimination tournament. 30 fencers received a bye to the second round (round of 32), while the 4 fencers ranked 31–34 played in the round of 64. Fencers losing in the round of 64 were eliminated, while the remaining rounds were double elimination via repechages. The repechages (but not the main brackets) used a complicated reseeding mechanism. Ultimately, the 4 fencers remaining undefeated after the round of 8 advanced to the quarterfinals along with 4 fencers who advanced through the repechages after one loss.

The final phase was a single elimination tournament with quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final and bronze medal match.

All bouts were to 5 touches. In the second and third phases, matches were best-of-three bouts.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 2 August 1992 Group round
Elimination round
Final round

Results

Group round

Fencers were ranked by win percent, then touch differential, then touches against. This ranking, with adjustments to ensure that no two fencers of the same nation were in the same bracket (noted in parentheses), was used to seed the elimination round brackets.

Rank Fencer Nation Pool Rank Wins Losses Win % TF TA TF - TA Notes
1 György Nébald  Hungary 6 1 6 0 1.000 30 11 19 Q
2 Giovanni Scalzo  Italy 7 1 5 1 .833 29 17 12 Q
3 Aleksandr Shirshov  Unified Team 4 1 4 1 .800 24 10 14 Q
4 Jörg Kempenich  Germany 1 1 4 1 .800 23 14 9 Q
5 Jean-François Lamour  France 1 2 4 1 .800 24 16 8 Q
6 Antonio García  Spain 4 2 4 1 .800 22 15 7 Q
7 Felix Becker  Germany 3 1 4 1 .800 24 17 7 Q
8 Vilmoș Szabo  Romania 2 1 4 1 .800 24 18 6 Q
9 Ferdinando Meglio  Italy 3 2 4 1 .800 22 18 4 Q
10 Bence Szabó  Hungary 5 1 3 1 .750 19 12 7 Q
11 Jean-Philippe Daurelle  France 5 2 3 1 .750 17 12 5 Q
12 Marco Marin  Italy 6 2 4 2 .667 26 15 11 Q
13 (15) Franck Ducheix  France 7 2 4 2 .667 27 20 7 Q
14 (13) Grigory Kiriyenko  Unified Team 6 3 4 2 .667 24 21 3 Q
15 (14) Zisis Babanasis  Greece 7 3 4 2 .667 23 21 2 Q
16 Robert Kościelniakowski  Poland 1 3 3 2 .600 20 14 6 Q
17 (19) Csaba Köves  Hungary 4 3 3 2 .600 21 16 5 Q
18 (17) Jürgen Nolte  Germany 2 2 3 2 .600 23 18 5 Q
19 (18) Jean-Marie Banos  Canada 2 3 3 2 .600 22 20 2 Q
20 Janusz Olech  Poland 3 3 3 2 .600 20 19 1 Q
21 (22) Marek Gniewkowski  Poland 2 4 3 2 .600 19 22 -3 Q
22 (21) Raúl Peinador  Spain 6 4 3 3 .500 24 22 2 Q
23 Zheng Zhaokang  China 6 5 3 3 .500 23 22 1 Q
24 Heorhiy Pohosov  Unified Team 7 4 3 3 .500 24 23 1 Q
25 (26) Alexandru Chiculiţă  Romania 5 3 2 2 .500 18 18 0 Q
26 (25) Mike Lofton  United States 7 5 3 3 .500 21 23 -2 Q
27 Kirk Zavieh  Great Britain 5 4 2 2 .500 14 17 -3 Q
28 Yang Zhen  China 3 4 2 3 .400 19 19 0 Q
29 Ian Williams  Great Britain 1 4 2 3 .400 20 20 0 Q
30 (31) Gary Fletcher  Great Britain 4 4 2 3 .400 15 16 -1 Q
31 (30) Daniel Grigore  Romania 1 5 2 3 .400 18 19 -1 Q
32 Jean-Paul Banos  Canada 3 5 2 3 .400 18 20 -2 Q
33 Steve Mormando  United States 2 5 2 3 .400 19 21 -2 Q
34 Bob Cottingham  United States 4 5 2 3 .400 12 19 -7 Q
35 Tony Plourde  Canada 7 6 2 4 .333 25 25 0
36 Dario Torrente  South Africa 6 6 1 5 .167 11 29 -18
37 Ricardo Menalda  Brazil 2 6 0 5 .000 17 25 -8
38 Jia Guihua  China 5 5 0 4 .000 11 20 -9
39 Esteban Mullins  Costa Rica 3 6 0 5 .000 15 25 -10
40 Luís Silva  Portugal 4 6 0 5 .000 7 25 -18
41 Hiroshi Hashimoto  Japan 6 7 0 6 .000 12 30 -18
42 Hein van Garderen  South Africa 7 7 0 6 .000 10 30 -20
43 Sami Al-Baker  Saudi Arabia 1 6 0 5 .000 3 25 -22
44 José Luis Álvarez  Spain 5 6 Did not start

Elimination rounds

Main brackets

Main bracket 1

Mormando was eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Kościelniakowski beating Nébald and Pohosov beating V. Szabo to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, J-P Banos and Lofton, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Nolte, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Meglio won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 8
1  György Nébald (HUN) 5 5
33  Steve Mormando (USA) 2 2 32  Jean-Paul Banos (CAN) 6 6
32  Jean-Paul Banos (CAN) 5 5 32  Jean-Paul Banos (CAN) 2 3
17  Jürgen Nolte (GER) 5 5
17  Jürgen Nolte (GER) 6 2 5
16  Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) 5 5 2
17  Jürgen Nolte (GER) 3 5
9  Ferdinando Meglio (ITA) 5 6
9  Ferdinando Meglio (ITA) 5 5
24  Heorhiy Pohosov (EUN) 1 1
9  Ferdinando Meglio (ITA) 5 6
25  Mike Lofton (USA) 2 5
25  Mike Lofton (USA) 5 5
8  Vilmoș Szabo (ROU) 2 2
Repechage qualifiers 1
Repechage qualifier
     
1  György Nébald (HUN) 3 1
16  Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) 5 5
Repechage qualifier
     
24  Heorhiy Pohosov (EUN) 5 6
8  Vilmoș Szabo (ROU) 3 5
Main bracket 2

The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Yang beating Peinador and Olech beating Williams to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Marin and Kempenich, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Kiriyenko, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Lamour won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 8
5  Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 5 5
28  Yang Zhen (CHN) 1 3
5  Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 6 5
12  Marco Marin (ITA) 4 2
21  Raúl Peinador (ESP) 3 5
12  Marco Marin (ITA) 5 6
5  Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 5 5 5
13  Grigory Kiriyenko (EUN) 2 6 3
13  Grigory Kiriyenko (EUN) 4 5 6
20  Janusz Olech (POL) 6 2 4
13  Grigory Kiriyenko (EUN) 5 1 5
4  Jörg Kempenich (GER) 3 5 1
29  Ian Williams (GBR) 2 1
4  Jörg Kempenich (GER) 5 5
Repechage qualifiers 2
Repechage qualifier
     
28  Yang Zhen (CHN) 6 5
16  Raúl Peinador (ESP) 5 4
Repechage qualifier
     
20  Janusz Olech (POL) 3 5 5
29  Ian Williams (GBR) 5 2 1
Main bracket 3

The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Yang beating Babanasis and Daurelle beating Zavieh to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Grigore and Gniewkowski, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Köves, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. García won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 8
3  Aleksandr Shirshov (EUN) 6 5
30  Daniel Grigore (ROU) 5 2
3  Aleksandr Shirshov (EUN) 4 2
19  Csaba Köves (HUN) 6 5
19  Csaba Köves (HUN) 1 6 5
14  Zisis Babanasis (GRE) 5 4 2
19  Csaba Köves (HUN) 2 5 3
6  Antonio García (ESP) 5 2 5
11  Jean-Philippe Daurelle (FRA) 5 4
22  Marek Gniewkowski (POL) 6 6
22  Marek Gniewkowski (POL) 5 3
6  Antonio García (ESP) 6 5
27  Kirk Zavieh (GBR) 3 4
6  Antonio García (ESP) 5 6
Repechage qualifiers 3
Repechage qualifier
     
30  Daniel Grigore (ROU) 5 5
14  Zisis Babanasis (GRE) 2 1
Repechage qualifier
     
11  Jean-Philippe Daurelle (FRA) 5 5
27  Kirk Zavieh (GBR) 1 3
Main bracket 4

Fletcher was eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Zheng beating Chiculiţă and Cottingham beating J-M Banos to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Becker and Ducheix, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. B. Szabó, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Scalzo won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Round of 8
7  Felix Becker (GER) 3 5 5
26  Alexandru Chiculiţă (ROU) 5 2 1
7  Felix Becker (GER) 3 5 2
10  Bence Szabó (HUN) 5 2 5
23  Zheng Zhaokang (CHN) 0 2
10  Bence Szabó (HUN) 5 5
10  Bence Szabó (HUN) 4 5
2  Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 6 6
15  Franck Ducheix (FRA) 5 6
18  Jean-Marie Banos (CAN) 1 5
15  Franck Ducheix (FRA) 0 5 2
31  Gary Fletcher (GBR) 2 2 2  Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 5 2 5
34  Bob Cottingham (USA) 5 5 34  Bob Cottingham (USA) 2 3
2  Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 5 5
Repechage qualifiers 4
Repechage qualifier
     
26  Alexandru Chiculiţă (ROU) 6 4 4
23  Zheng Zhaokang (CHN) 4 6 6
Repechage qualifier
     
18  Jean-Marie Banos (CAN) 5 1
34  Bob Cottingham (USA) 6 5

Repechage rounds 1 and 2

The fencers were reseeded: the eight fencers who had lost in the round of 16 were reseeded as 1–8 while the eight fencers who had lost in the round of 32 but won the repechage qualifiers were reseeded as 9–16. For example, original seed #11 Daurelle was reseeded as #9 because he was the top-seeded fencer who had advanced through the repechage qualifiers. Original seeds are shown in parentheses in the brackets.

R1 seed O seed Fencer Nation
From round of 16
1 3 Aleksandr Shirshov  Unified Team
2 4 Jörg Kempenich  Germany
3 7 Felix Becker  Germany
4 12 Marco Marin  Italy
5 15 Franck Ducheix  France
6 22 Marek Gniewkowski  Poland
7 25 Mike Lofton  United States
8 32 Jean-Paul Banos  Canada
From round of 32 and qualifiers
9 11 Jean-Philippe Daurelle  France
10 16 Robert Kościelniakowski  Poland
11 20 Janusz Olech  Poland
12 23 Zheng Zhaokang  China
13 24 Heorhiy Pohosov  Unified Team
14 28 Yang Zhen  China
15 30 Daniel Grigore  Romania
16 34 Bob Cottingham  United States
Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 1
Repechage round 1 Repechage round 2
1 (3)  Aleksandr Shirshov (EUN) 2 5 5
16 (34)  Bob Cottingham (USA) 5 1 3 1 (3)  Aleksandr Shirshov (EUN) 4 6 4
9 (11)  Jean-Philippe Daurelle (FRA) 5 5 9 (11)  Jean-Philippe Daurelle (FRA) 6 5 6
8 (32)  Jean-Paul Banos (CAN) 3 3
Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 2
Repechage round 1 Repechage round 2
5 (15)  Franck Ducheix (FRA) 5 3 5
12 (23)  Zheng Zhaokang (CHN) 0 5 6 12 (23)  Zheng Zhaokang (CHN) 0 1
13 (24)  Heorhiy Pohosov (EUN) 0 5 4 4 (12)  Marco Marin (ITA) 5 5
4 (12)  Marco Marin (ITA) 5 2 6
Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 3
Repechage round 1 Repechage round 2
3 (7)  Felix Becker (GER) 5 5
14 (28)  Yang Zhen (CHN) 2 3 3 (7)  Felix Becker (GER) 1 6 2
11 (20)  Janusz Olech (POL) 5 5 11 (20)  Janusz Olech (POL) 5 4 5
6 (22)  Marek Gniewkowski (POL) 2 2
Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 4
Repechage round 1 Repechage round 2
7 (25)  Mike Lofton (USA) 5 4 5
10 (16)  Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) 1 6 6 10 (16)  Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) 6 5 6
15 (30)  Daniel Grigore (ROU) 5 5 15 (30)  Daniel Grigore (ROU) 5 6 5
2 (4)  Jörg Kempenich (GER) 2 1

Repechage round 3

The fencers were reseeded again. Seeds 1–4 were given to round 8 losers, based on their original seeds (excluding adjustments to avoid having multiple fencers from the same nation in a bracket, which affected Köves and Nolte). Seeds 5–8 were given to the winners of the second round of the repechage, based on their original seeds.

R3 seed R1 seed O seed Fencer Nation
From round of 8
1 10 Bence Szabó  Hungary
2 13 Grigory Kiriyenko  Unified Team
3 19 Csaba Köves  Hungary
4 17 Jürgen Nolte  Germany
From repechage round 2
5 9 11 Jean-Philippe Daurelle  France
6 4 12 Marco Marin  Italy
7 10 16 Robert Kościelniakowski  Poland
8 11 20 Janusz Olech  Poland
Repechage round 3 bracket 1
Repechage round 3
     
1 (10)  Bence Szabó (HUN) 5 6
8 (20)  Janusz Olech (POL) 1 4
Repechage round 3 bracket 2
Repechage round 3
     
5 (11)  Jean-Philippe Daurelle (FRA) 2 4
4 (17)  Jürgen Nolte (GER) 5 6
Repechage round 3 bracket 3
Repechage round 3
     
3 (19)  Csaba Köves (HUN) 3 3
6 (12)  Marco Marin (ITA) 5 5
Repechage round 3 bracket 4
Repechage round 3
     
7 (16)  Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) 2 5 4
2 (13)  Grigory Kiriyenko (EUN) 5 1 6

Final rounds

The fencers were reseeded a final time. Seeds 1–4 were given to the round of 8 winners, based on their original seeds. Seeds 5–8 were given to the winners of the third round of the repechage, based on their original seeds.

F seed R3 seed R1 seed O seed Fencer Nation
From round of 8
1 2 Giovanni Scalzo  Italy
2 5 Jean-François Lamour  France
3 6 Antonio García  Spain
4 9 Ferdinando Meglio  Italy
From repechage round 3
5 1 10 Bence Szabó  Hungary
6 6 4 12 Marco Marin  Italy
7 7 10 16 Robert Kościelniakowski  Poland
8 4 17 Jürgen Nolte  Germany
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 (2)  Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 2 5 5
8 (17)  Jürgen Nolte (GER) 5 3 3
1 (2)  Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 3 5 4
5 (10)  Bence Szabó (HUN) 5 3 6
5 (10)  Bence Szabó (HUN) 5 5
4 (9)  Ferdinando Meglio (ITA) 2 0
5 (10)  Bence Szabó (HUN) 5 5
6 (12)  Marco Marin (ITA) 1 1
3 (6)  Antonio García (ESP) 3 5 2
6 (12)  Marco Marin (ITA) 5 2 5
6 (12)  Marco Marin (ITA) 6 5 Bronze match
2 (5)  Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 4 3
7 (16)  Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) 2 5 4 1 (2)  Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 5 5 1
2 (5)  Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 5 1 6 2 (5)  Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 3 6 5

Final classification

Fencer Nation
Bence Szabó  Hungary
Marco Marin  Italy
Jean-François Lamour  France
Giovanni Scalzo  Italy
Antonio García  Spain
Ferdinando Meglio  Italy
Robert Kościelniakowski  Poland
Jürgen Nolte  Germany
Jean-Philippe Daurelle  France
Grigory Kiriyenko  Unified Team
Csaba Köves  Hungary
Janusz Olech  Poland
Aleksandr Shirshov  Unified Team
Felix Becker  Germany
Zheng Zhaokang  China
Daniel Grigore  Romania
Jörg Kempenich  Germany
Franck Ducheix  France
Marek Gniewkowski  Poland
Heorhiy Pohosov  Unified Team
Mike Lofton  United States
Yang Zhen  China
Jean-Paul Banos  Canada
Bob Cottingham  United States
György Nébald  Hungary
Vilmoș Szabo  Romania
Zisis Babanasis  Greece
Jean-Marie Banos  Canada
Raúl Peinador  Spain
Alexandru Chiculiţă  Romania
Kirk Zavieh  Great Britain
Ian Williams  Great Britain
Gary Fletcher  Great Britain
Steve Mormando  United States
Tony Plourde  Canada
Dario Torrente  South Africa
Ricardo Menalda  Brazil
Jia Guihua  China
Esteban Mullins  Costa Rica
Luís Silva  Portugal
Hiroshi Hashimoto  Japan
Hein van Garderen  South Africa
Sami Al-Baker  Saudi Arabia
José Luis Álvarez  Spain

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