Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

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Men's team sabre
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueWestend Tennis Hall, Espoo
Dates29 – 30 July
Competitors85 from 19 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Aladár Gerevich
Tibor Berczelly
Rudolf Kárpáti
Pál Kovács
László Rajcsányi
Bertalan Papp
Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg Vincenzo Pinton
Renzo Nostini
Gastone Darè
Mauro Racca
Roberto Ferrari
Giorgio Pellini
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Jacques Lefèvre
Jean Laroyenne
Maurice Piot
Jean Levavasseur
Bernard Morel
Jean-François Tournon
Flag of France.svg  France
  1948
1956  

The men's team sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the ninth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 29 July 1952, to 30 July 1952. 85 fencers from 19 nations competed. [1]

Contents

Competition format

The competition format continued the pool play round-robin from prior years. Each of the four fencers from one team would face each of the four from the other, for a total of 16 bouts per match. The team that won more bouts won the match, with competition potentially stopping when one team reached 9 points out of the possible 16 (this did not always occur and matches sometimes continued). If the bouts were 8–8, touches received was used to determine the winning team. Pool matches unnecessary to the result were not played. [2]

Results

Round 1

The top two teams in each pool advanced to round 2. [2]

Pool 1

France (11–5) and Poland (8–8, 63–63 touches against, unclear how match was determined) each beat Romania. Poland led 6–1 over France when that match was abandoned.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 20149Q
2Flag of France.svg  France 111211Q
3Flag of Romania (1948-1952).svg  Romania 021319

Pool 2

Austria (13–3) and Italy (9–1) each beat Venezuela.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 10133Q
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1091Q
3Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg  Venezuela 02422

Pool 3

Denmark (12–4) and Egypt (9–1) each beat Australia.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 10124Q
2Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt 1091Q
3Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 02521

Pool 4

Germany (9–7) and Belgium (9–2) each beat the Soviet Union.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1092Q
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1097Q
3Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 02918

Pool 5

Hungary defeated Portugal 15–1, Argentina defeated Saar 12–4, Hungary defeated Saar 15–1, and Argentina defeated Portugal 9–5.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary 20302Q
2Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 20219Q
3Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 02624
4Flag of Saar (1947-1956).svg  Saar 02527

Pool 6

Great Britain (11–5) and the United States (9–2) each beat Switzerland.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 10115Q
2US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 1092Q
3Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 02720

Round 2

The top two teams in each pool advanced to the semifinals. [3]

Pool 1

Great Britain (9–7) and Italy (9–1) each beat Argentina.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1091Q
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1097Q
3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 20818

Pool 2

Austria (13–3) and Hungary (9–0) each beat Denmark.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 10133Q
2Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary 1090Q
3Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 02322

Pool 3

The United States (11–5) and France (9–5) each beat Germany.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 10115Q
2Flag of France.svg  France 1095Q
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 021020

Pool 4

Poland (9–7) and Belgium (9–2) each beat Egypt.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1092Q
2Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 1097Q
3Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Egypt 02918

Semifinals

The top two teams in each pool advanced to the final. [4]

Semifinal 1

In the first pairing, Hungary defeated France 13–3 and Austria beat Belgium 9–7. In the second set of matches, Hungary defeated Belgium 13–3 and France defeated Austria 10–6. In the first of the two final matches, Hungary defeated Austria 12–4 to secure first place in the group and eliminate Austria (who would come third regardless of the result between France and Belgium). Belgium (0–2, 10–22 in bouts) and France (1–1, 13–19 in bouts) faced off for the second advancement spot; Belgium would need to win by at least 10–6 to overcome France's advantage in bouts (the tie-breaker if France, Austria, and Belgium all finished at 1–2). When France took a 7th bout in the match after a 6–6 start, the French were guaranteed second place in the group even if Belgium were to win the final three bouts (and thus the match); those final three bouts were not played and France was declared the match victor 7–6.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary 303810Q
2Flag of France.svg  France 212025Q
3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 121929
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 031629

Semifinal 2

In the first pairing, Italy defeated Great Britain 11–5 and the United States beat Poland 10–6. In the second set of matches, the United States defeated Great Britain 9–5 and Italy defeated Poland 11–4. The two 2–0 teams advanced without playing each other; the two 0–2 teams likewise did not play each other.

RankNationMWMLBWBLNotes
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 20229Q
2US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 201911Q
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 021020
4Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 021021

Final

In the first pairings, Hungary defeated France 13–3 and Italy beat the United States 12–4. The second set of matches featured Hungary defeating the United States and Italy beating France, each by a score of 13–3. This made the France vs. United States match a de facto bronze medal match, won by France 8–6. (The match was stopped at 8 wins because the United States trailed in touches against 60–48 and even if the Americans won by the final two bouts 5–0 apiece to even the bouts at 8–8, the French would win on touches against 60–58). The Hungary vs. Italy match was for the gold medal. Italy took a 7–6 lead, but Hungary won the next two bouts to go ahead 8–7. The final bout (between each team's top fencers, Kovács and Darè) never took place; Hungary's 64–50 touch lead was so great that even had Darè been able to beat Kovács 5–0 to draw the teams even on bouts 8–8 the Hungarians would nevertheless win the match. [5]

RankNationMWMLBWBL
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary 303413
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 213215
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France 121432
4US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 031333

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References

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  2. 1 2 Official Report, p. 493.
  3. Official Report, p. 495.
  4. Official Report, p. 496.
  5. Official Report, pp. 472, 497–98.