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

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]

Men's team sabre
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
VenueSchermzaal
Dates8-9 August 1928
Competitors65 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Ödön von Tersztyánszky, János Garay, Attila Petschauer, József Rády, Sándor Gombos, Gyula Glykais Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Bino Bini, Oreste Puliti, Giulio Sarrocchi, Renato Anselmi, Emilio Salafia, Gustavo Marzi Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Adam Papée, Tadeusz Friedrich, Kazimierz Laskowski, Władysław Segda, Aleksander Małecki, Jerzy Zabielski Poland
← 1924
1932 →

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
RankNationWinsLossesQual.
1  France10Q
 Italy10Q
3  Greece02
Pool B
RankNationWinsLossesQual.
1  Hungary20Q
 Poland20Q
3  Great Britain02
 United States02
Pool C
RankNationWinsLossesQual.
1  Netherlands10Q
2  Turkey01Q
Pool D
RankNationWinsLossesQual.
1  Belgium10Q
 Germany10Q
3  Chile02

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
RankNationWinsLossesQual.
1  Italy20Q
2  Poland21Q
3  Netherlands12
4  Belgium02
Pool B
RankNationWinsLossesQual.
1  Hungary20Q
2  Germany21Q
3  France12
4  Turkey02

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.

RankNationWinsLosses
 Hungary20
 Italy11
 Poland11
4  Germany02

References