Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

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Men's sabre
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Nedo Nadi 1919.jpg
Nedo Nadi (1919)
Venue Gardens de la Palace d'Egmont
DatesAugust 25–26, 1920
Competitors43 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Nedo Nadi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Aldo Nadi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Adrianus de Jong Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
  1912
1924  

The men's sabre was a fencing event held as part of the Fencing at the 1920 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event. A total of 43 fencers from 9 nations competed in the event, which was held on August 25 and August 26, 1920. Nations were limited to eight fencers each. [1] The event was won by Nedo Nadi of Italy, one of his five gold medals in 1920. His brother Aldo Nadi took silver. Adrianus de Jong of the Netherlands finished third. They were the first medals in the individual men's sabre for both countries. This was the only time from 1908 to 1964 that Hungary did not win the men's sabre—with no Hungarian fencers competing after the nation was disinvited after World War I.

Background

This was the sixth appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Seven of the eight finalists from 1912 had been Hungarian; with Hungary not invited to the 1920 Games in the aftermath of World War I, none of those seven could return. The other finalist, however, was Nedo Nadi of Italy—the heavy favorite with no Hungarians competing (and with 1919 Inter-Allied champion Vincent Gillens of Belgium not attending either). [1]

Czechoslovakia made its debut in the men's sabre. Italy and Denmark each made their fourth appearance in the event, tying Austria (also not invited to the Games following the war) for most of any nation.

Competition format

The event used a three-round format. In each round, the fencers were divided into pools to play a round-robin within the pool. Bouts were to three touches (an unpopular change from the more typical five). Standard sabre rules were used, including that the target area was the now-standard target above the waist (in contrast to the larger target in 1912 and the whole body in 1896, 1900, and 1908). [1]

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Wednesday, 25 August 19209:00
14:00
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Thursday, 26 August 1920Final

Results

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal A

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Oreste Puliti Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 61Q
2 Federico Cesarano Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 52Q
3 Adrianus de Jong Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 52Q
4 Aage Berntsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 52Q
5 Marc Perrodon Flag of France.svg  France 34
6 Edwin Fullinwider US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 25
7 Alexandre Simonson Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 16
Eric Startin Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 16

Quarterfinal B

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Aldo Nadi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 61Q
2 Robin Dalglish Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 52Q
3 Félix Goblet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 43Q
4 Henri Wijnoldij-Daniëls Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 43Q
5 Wouter Brouwer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 34
Ronald Campbell Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 34
7 Viliam Tvrský Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 25
8 John Dimond US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 16
Georges Trombert Flag of France.svg  France DNF

Quarterfinal C

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Nedo Nadi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 51Q
2 Robert Feyerick Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 33Q
3 Cecil Kershaw Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 33Q
4 Baldo Baldi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 33Q
Josef Javůrek Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 33Q
6 Henri de Saint-Germain Flag of France.svg  France 24
Clariborne Walker US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 24

Quarterfinal D

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Léon Tom Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 61Q
2 Francesco Gargano Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 52Q
3 Giulio Rusconi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 43Q
4 Joseph Parker US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 43Q
5 Evangelos Skotidas Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 34
Zdeněk Vávra Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 34
7 Félix Vigeveno Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25
8 Arthur Lyon US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 16
Jean Margraff Flag of France.svg  France DNF
Alfred Martin Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain DNF

Quarterfinal E

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Jan van der Wiel Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 62Q
2 Robert Hennet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 53Q
3 Giorgio Santelli Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 53Q
4 Herbert Huntington Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 53Q
5 Jean Servent Flag of France.svg  France 44
Vasilios Zarkadis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 44
7 Roscoe Bowman US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 35
Jaroslav Šourek Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 35
9 Frederick Cunningham US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 17

Semifinals

Semifinal A

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Henri Wijnoldij-Daniëls Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 42Q
2 Léon Tom Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 42Q
3 Francesco Gargano Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 33Q
4 Aldo Nadi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 33Q
5 Josef Javůrek Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 33
6 Cecil Kershaw Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 24
Giorgio Santelli Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 24

Semifinal B

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Nedo Nadi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 60Q
2 Baldo Baldi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 51Q
3 Jan van der Wiel Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 33Q
4 Robin Dalglish Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 33Q
5 Robert Feyerick Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 33
6 Joseph Parker US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 15
7 Félix Goblet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 06

Semifinal C

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1 Federico Cesarano Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 51Q
2 Adrianus de Jong Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 51Q
3 Oreste Puliti Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 42Q
4 Robert Hennet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 33Q
5 Giulio Rusconi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 33
6 Herbert Huntington Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 15
7 Aage Berntsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 06

Final

RankFencerNationWinsLosses
Gold medal icon.svg Nedo Nadi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 110
Silver medal icon.svg Aldo Nadi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 92
Bronze medal icon.svg Adrianus de Jong Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 65
4 Oreste Puliti Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 65
5 Jan van der Wiel Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 65
6 Léon Tom Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 56
7 Robert Hennet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 56
8 Robin Dalglish Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 56
9 Henri Wijnoldij-Daniëls Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 47
10 Federico Cesarano Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 38
11 Francesco Gargano Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 38
12 Baldo Baldi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 38

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