Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

Men's team sabre at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Waseda Memorial Hall
Dates	October 22 – 23
Competitors	61 from 13 nations
Medalists
Umyar Mavlikhanov Mark Rakita Yakov Rylsky Boris Melnikov Nugzar Asatiani   Soviet Union Wladimiro Calarese Giampaolo Calanchini Pierluigi Chicca Mario Ravagnan Cesare Salvadori   Italy Jerzy Pawłowski Ryszard Zub Andrzej Piątkowski Emil Ochyra Wojciech Zabłocki   Poland
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The men's team sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held from October 22 – 23 1964. 61 fencers from 13 nations competed. ^[1]

Results

Round 1

Ties between teams were broken by individual victories (in parentheses), then by touches received.

Pool A
1.	Soviet Union  (URS)	1-0 (12)	Q2
2.	United States  (USA)	1-0 (9)	Q2
3.	Japan  (JPN)	0-2 (6)

Pool B
1.	France  (FRA)	2-0 (23)	Q2
2.	Romania  (ROU)	2-0 (19)	Q2
3.	Great Britain  (GBR)	0-2 (8)
4.	Australia  (AUS)	0-2 (5)

Pool C
1.	Italy  (ITA)	1-0 (15)	Q2
2.	Hungary  (HUN)	1-0 (9)	Q2
3.	Argentina  (ARG)	0-2 (3)

Pool D
1.	Poland  (POL)	2-0 (16)	Q2
2.	United Team of Germany  (EUA)	2-0 (9)	Q2
3.	Iran  (IRI)	0-2 (3)

Championship rounds

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Poland  (POL)	9
	United Team of Germany  (EUA)	6
					Poland  (POL)	7
					Soviet Union  (URS)	9
	Soviet Union  (URS)	9
	United States  (USA)	4
									Soviet Union  (URS)	9
									Italy  (ITA)	6
	France  (FRA)	8
	Romania  (ROU)	6
					France  (FRA)	7
					Italy  (ITA)	8			Third place
	Italy  (ITA)	9
	Hungary  (HUN)	7
									Poland  (POL)	8
									France  (FRA)	8

Fifth place semifinal

	Fifth place semifinals				Fifth place match
	Romania  (ROU)	0
	Hungary  (HUN)	9
					Hungary  (HUN)	9
					United Team of Germany  (EUA)	3
	United Team of Germany  (EUA)	9
	United States  (USA)	5

Rosters

Argentina Rafael González Juan Carlos Frecia Julian Velásquez Alberto Lanteri Australia Alexander Martonffy Les Tornallyay Paul Rizzuto Brian McCowage Henry Sommerville France Jean-Ernest Ramez Jacques Lefèvre Claude Arabo Marcel Parent Robert Fraisse Germany Dieter Wellmann Klaus Allisat Walter Köstner Jürgen Theuerkauff Percy Borucki

Great Britain Richard Oldcorn Sandy Leckie Ralph Cooperman Michael Howard Bill Hoskyns Hungary Péter Bakonyi Miklós Meszéna Attila Kovács Zoltán Horváth Tibor Pézsa Iran Houshmand Almasi Bizhan Zarnegar Shahpour Zarnegar Nasser Madani Italy Wladimiro Calarese Giampaolo Calanchini Pierluigi Chicca Mario Ravagnan Cesare Salvadori

Japan Fujio Shimizu Teruhiro Kitao Seiji Shibata Mitsuyuki Funamizu Poland Jerzy Pawłowski Ryszard Zub Andrzej Piątkowski Emil Ochyra Wojciech Zabłocki Romania Attila Csipler Octavian Vintilă Tănase Mureșanu Ion Drîmbă Soviet Union Umyar Mavlikhanov Mark Rakita Yakov Rylsky Boris Melnikov Nugzar Asatiani United States Alfonso Morales Robert Blum Gene Hámori Attila Keresztes Thomas Orley

References

1. "Fencing: 1964 Olympic Results - Men's team sabre". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2010-12-08.

Sources

• Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.