Fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

The men's team sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1932 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 10 August 1932 to 11 August 1932. 32 fencers from six nations competed.[1] Each team could have a maximum of six fencers, with four participating in any given match.[2] France and Cuba entered, but withdrew before competition.[3]

Men's team sabre at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue	160th Regiment State Armory
Dates	10–11 August
Competitors	32 from 6 nations
Medalists
Attila Petschauer, Ernő Nagy, Gyula Glykais, György Piller-Jekelfalussy, Aladár Gerevich, Endre Kabos  Hungary Gustavo Marzi, Giulio Gaudini, Renato Anselmi, Emilio Salafia, Arturo De Vecchi, Ugo Pignotti  Italy Tadeusz Friedrich, Marian Suski, Władysław Dobrowolski, Władysław Segda, Adam Papée, Leszek Lubicz-Nycz  Poland

The competition format continued the pool play round-robin from prior years.[3] 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 (with bouts unnecessary to determining the match winner sometimes not being played). The team that won more bouts won the match. Matches not necessary to determining qualification were not played.

Rosters

Denmark Ivan Osiier Erik Kofoed-Hansen Aage Leidersdorff Axel Bloch Hungary Attila Petschauer Ernő Nagy Gyula Glykais György Piller-Jekelfalussy Aladár Gerevich Endre Kabos Italy Gustavo Marzi Giulio Gaudini Renato Anselmi Emilio Salafia Arturo De Vecchi Ugo Pignotti

Mexico Antonio Haro Francisco Valero Gerónimo Delgadillo Nicolás Reyero Poland Tadeusz Friedrich Marian Suski Władysław Dobrowolski Władysław Segda Adam Papée Leszek Lubicz-Nycz United States Peter Bruder John Huffman Norman Cohn-Armitage Nickolas Muray Harold Van Buskirk Ralph Faulkner

Results

Round 1

The top two teams in each pool advanced to the final. Cuba and France both withdrew, leaving the first pool with only two teams--automatically advancing both.[3]

Pool 1

Rank	Country	MW	ML	BW	BL	Notes
1	Italy	0	0	0	0	Q
1	United States	0	0	0	0	Q
–	Cuba	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS
–	France	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS

Pool 2

Rank	Country	MW	ML	BW	BL	Notes
1	Hungary	2	0	25	3	Q
2	Poland	2	0	19	11	Q
3	Denmark	0	2	6	20
4	Mexico	0	2	8	24

Final

Rank	Country	MW	ML	BW	BL
	Hungary	3	0	31	6
	Italy	2	1	20	14
	Poland	1	2	10	26
4	United States	0	3	15	30

References

1. "Fencing: 1932 Olympic Results - Men's team sabre". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
2. Official Olympic Report, la84.org. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
3. Official Report, p. 516