Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

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Men's sabre
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
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Aladár Gerevich (1952)
VenueWembley Palace of Engineering, London
Dates12 – 13 August
Competitors60 from 24 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aladár Gerevich  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vincenzo Pinton  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pál Kovács  Hungary
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Fencing at the
1948 Summer Olympics
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The men's sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from 12 August 1948 to 13 August 1948. 60 fencers from 24 nations competed.[1] Nations were limited to three fencers each. The event was won by Aladár Gerevich, the fifth of nine straight Games in which a Hungarian would win the event. Gerevich became the third man to win multiple medals in the individual sabre, adding to his 1936 bronze. Vincenzo Pinton of Italy took silver and Pál Kovács of Hungary took bronze; it was the third straight Games where the sabre podium was Hungary-Italy-Hungary.

Background[]

This was the 11th appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Three of the nine finalists from 1936 returned after the 12-year break: bronze medalist Aladár Gerevich of Hungary, fifth-place finisher Vincenzo Pinton of Italy, and seventh-place finisher Antoni Sobik of Poland. Hungary, dominant in the event since the 1908 Games, was expected to perform well again, led by Gerevich and 1937 world champion Pál Kovács. Aldo Montano of Italy had won the 1938 and 1947 world championships (1939 through 1946 had been cancelled due to World War II) and would have been a favorite, but he did not compete in the individual event, leaving Pinton as the greatest challenger to the Hungarians.[2]

Finland and Peru each made their debut in the men's sabre. Italy and Denmark each made their ninth appearance in the event, tied for most of any nation, each having missed two of the first three events but having appeared every Games since 1908.

Competition format[]

The competition format was pool play round-robin, with bouts to five touches. Not all bouts were played in some pools if not necessary to determine advancement. Ties were broken through fence-off bouts ("barrages") in early rounds if necessary for determining advancement, but by touches received in final rounds (and for non-advancement-necessary placing in earlier rounds).[3] The fencers from the top four teams in the team sabre event received a bye in the first round.

  • Round 1: There 8 pools of between 6 and 7 fencers each. The top 3 fencers in each pool advanced to the quarterfinals.
  • Quarterfinals: There were 4 pools of 8 or 9 fencers each. The top 4 fencers in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals. (The format was designed for 9 fencers in each pool, but Belgium—which received byes to the quarterfinals—had no individual fencers, so the three pools which would have had Belgian fencers had 8 fencers instead of 9.)
  • Semifinals: There were 2 pools of 8 fencers each. The top 4 fencers in each semifinal advanced to the final.
  • Final: The final pool had 8 fencers.

Schedule[]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Thursday, 12 August 1948 Round 1
Friday, 13 August 1948 Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final

Results[]

Round 1[]

The top 3 finishers in each pool advanced to the quarterfinals.[3]

Fencers from the four teams that advanced to the final of the men's team sabre event received byes through round 1, though Belgium had no individual competitors:

Pool 1[]

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Salah Dessouki  Egypt 4 1 Q
2 Antonio Haro  Mexico 4 2 Q
3 Svatopluk Skýva  Czechoslovakia 4 1 Q
4 Roberto Mañalich  Cuba 3 3
5 Arthur Pilbrow  Great Britain 3 3
6 Rıza Arseven  Turkey 1 4
7 Kauko Jalkanen  Finland 0 5

Pool 2[]

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Jacques Lefèvre  France 4 0 Q
2 Willem van den Berg  Netherlands 3 0 Q
3 Robin Brook  Great Britain 3 2 Q
4 Benito Ramos  Mexico 1 3
5 Sabri Tezcan  Turkey 1 3
6 Erkki Kerttula  Finland 0 4

Pool 3[]

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Hubert Loisel  Austria 5 0 Q
2 Jean Levavasseur  France 4 2 Q
3 Ahmed Abou-Shadi  Egypt 4 2 Q
4 Jaroslav Starý  Czechoslovakia 3 3
5 Ivan Osiier  Denmark 2 3
6 Nils Sjöblom  Finland 1 5
7 Fidel Luña  Mexico 0 4

Pool 4[]

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Alois Sokol  Czechoslovakia 6 0 Q
2 Heinz Putzl  Austria 4 2 Q
3 Juan Paladino  Uruguay 4 2 Q
4 Ivan Ruben  Denmark 2 3
5 Andrés Neubauer  Chile 2 4
6 Merih Sezen  Turkey 1 4
7 Ioannis Karamazakis  Greece 1 5

Pool 5[]

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Eddy Kuijpers  Netherlands 4 1 Q
2 Fernando Huergo  Argentina 3 2 Q
3 Aage Leidersdorff  Denmark 3 2 Q
4 Werner Plattner  Austria 2 3
5 Otto Greter  Switzerland 2 3
6 Nikolaos Khristogiannopoulos  Greece 1 4

Pool 6[]

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Edgardo Pomini  Argentina 5 0 Q
2 Antoni Sobik  Poland 4 1 Q
3 Frans Mosman  Netherlands 3 2 Q
4 Walter Widemann  Switzerland 2 3
5 Roland Asselin  Canada 1 4
6 Juan Antonio Martínez  Cuba 0 5

Pool 7[]

Gramain and Zulficar defeated Zaczyk in a three-way barrage for second and third place.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Jorge Cermesoni  Argentina 4 1 Q
2 Maurice Gramain  France 3 2 Q
3 Mohamed Zulficar  Egypt 3 2 Q
4 Teodor Zaczyk  Poland 3 2
5 Ignacio Goldstein  Chile 2 3
6 Athanasios Nanopoulos  Greece 0 5

Pool 8[]

Sarria defeated Eriksson in a barrage for third place.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Roger Tredgold  Great Britain 4 1 Q
2 Etienne Molnar  Brazil 4 1 Q
3 Jorge Sarria  Peru 3 2 Q
4 Bo Eriksson  Sweden 3 2
5 Bolesław Banaś  Poland 1 4
6 Alphonse Ruckstuhl  Switzerland 0 5

Quarterfinals[]

The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.[4]

Quarterfinal 1[]

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Jean Levavasseur  France 6 0 Q
2 Tibor Berczelly  Hungary 5 1 Q
3 Dean Cetrulo  United States 4 3 Q
4 Hubert Loisel  Austria 4 2 Q
5 Frans Mosman  Netherlands 2 4
6 Ahmed Abou-Shadi  Egypt 2 4
7 Jorge Sarria  Peru 1 5
8 Jorge Cermesoni  Argentina 1 6

Quarterfinal 2[]

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Gastone Darè  Italy 5 1 Q
2 Jacques Lefèvre  France 5 1 Q
3 George Worth  United States 4 2 Q
4 Antoni Sobik  Poland 4 3 Q
5 Willem van den Berg  Netherlands 3 4
6 Fernando Huergo  Argentina 2 4
7 Etienne Molnar  Brazil 2 5
8 Heinz Putzl  Austria 0 5

Quarterfinal 3[]

Haro defeated Tredgold and Kuijpers in a three-way barrage for fourth place.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Aladár Gerevich  Hungary 7 0 Q
2 Vincenzo Pinton  Italy 5 2 Q
3 Salah Dessouki  Egypt 4 3 Q
4 Antonio Haro  Mexico 3 4 Q
5 Roger Tredgold  Great Britain 3 4
6 Eddy Kuijpers  Netherlands 3 4
7 Juan Paladino  Uruguay 2 5
8 Svatopluk Skýva  Czechoslovakia 1 6

Quarterfinal 4[]

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Pál Kovács  Hungary 6 0 Q
2 Tibor Nyilas  United States 5 1 Q
3 Aage Leidersdorff  Denmark 5 2 Q
4 Carlo Turcato  Italy 5 3 Q
5 Robin Brook  Great Britain 3 4
Edgardo Pomini  Argentina 3 4
Alois Sokol  Czechoslovakia 3 5
8 Maurice Gramain  France 2 5
9 Mohamed Zulficar  Egypt 0 8

Semifinals[]

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

Semifinal 1[]

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Pál Kovács  Hungary 6 0 Q
2 George Worth  United States 5 1 Q
3 Vincenzo Pinton  Italy 5 2 Q
4 Tibor Nyilas  United States 4 3 Q
5 Jean Levavasseur  France 3 4
6 Carlo Turcato  Italy 2 4
7 Salah Dessouki  Egypt 1 5
8 Aage Leidersdorff  Denmark 0 7

Semifinal 2[]

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Jacques Lefèvre  France 6 1 Q
2 Aladár Gerevich  Hungary 5 1 Q
2 Gastone Darè  Italy 5 1 Q
4 Antonio Haro  Mexico 4 3 Q
5 Tibor Berczelly  Hungary 4 3
6 Dean Cetrulo  United States 1 5
Antoni Sobik  Poland 1 5
8 Hubert Loisel  Austria 0 7

Final[]

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TS TR
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aladár Gerevich  Hungary 7 0 35 18
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vincenzo Pinton  Italy 5 2 32 23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pál Kovács  Hungary 5 2 33 24
4 Jacques Lefèvre  France 4 3 27 26
5 George Worth  United States 2 5 26 27
6 Gastone Darè  Italy 2 5 25 30
7 Tibor Nyilas  United States 2 5 20 31
8 Antonio Haro  Mexico 1 6 15 34

References[]

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1948 Olympic Results - Men's sabre". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  2. ^ "Sabre, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b Official Report, p. 376.
  4. ^ a b Official Report, p. 377.
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