Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

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 August 12, 1948 to August 13, 1948. 60 fencers from 24 nations competed.[1]

Men's sabre
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueWembley Palace of Engineering, London
DatesAugust 12-August 13
Competitors60 from 24 nations
Medalists
Aladár Gerevich  Hungary
Vincenzo Pinton  Italy
Pál Kovács  Hungary

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).[2]

Results

Round 1

The top 3 finishers in each pool advanced to round 2.[2]

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

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Salah Dessouki Egypt41Q
2Antonio Haro Mexico42Q
3Svatopluk Skýva Czechoslovakia41Q
4Roberto Mañalich Cuba33
5Arthur Pilbrow Great Britain33
6Rıza Arseven Turkey14
7Kauko Jalkanen Finland05

Pool 2

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Jacques Lefèvre France40Q
2Willem van den Berg Netherlands30Q
3Robin Brook Great Britain32Q
4Benito Ramos Mexico13
5Sabri Tezcan Turkey13
6Erkki Kerttula Finland04

Pool 3

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Hubert Loisel Austria50Q
2Jean Levavasseur France42Q
3Ahmed Abou-Shadi Egypt42Q
4Jaroslav Starý Czechoslovakia33
5Ivan Osiier Denmark23
6Nils Sjöblom Finland15
7Fidel Luña Mexico04

Pool 4

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Alois Sokol Czechoslovakia60Q
2Heinz Putzl Austria42Q
3Juan Paladino Uruguay42Q
4Ivan Ruben Denmark23
5Andrés Neubauer Chile24
6Merih Sezen Turkey14
7Ioannis Karamazakis Greece15

Pool 5

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Eddy Kuijpers Netherlands41Q
2Fernando Huergo Argentina32Q
3Aage Leidersdorff Denmark32Q
4Werner Plattner Austria23
5Otto Greter Switzerland23
6Nikolaos Khristogiannopoulos Greece14

Pool 6

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Edgardo Pomini Argentina50Q
2Antoni Sobik Poland41Q
3Frans Mosman Netherlands32Q
4Walter Widemann Switzerland23
5Roland Asselin Canada14
6Juan Antonio Martínez Cuba05

Pool 7

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

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Jorge Cermesoni Argentina41Q
2Maurice Gramain France32Q
3Mohamed Zulficar Egypt32Q
4Teodor Zaczyk Poland32
5Ignacio Goldstein Chile23
6Athanasios Nanopoulos Greece05

Pool 8

Sarria defeated Eriksson in a barrage for third place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Roger Tredgold Great Britain41Q
2Etienne Molnar Brazil41Q
3Jorge Sarria Peru32Q
4Bo Eriksson Sweden32
5Bolesław Banaś Poland14
6Alphonse Ruckstuhl Switzerland05

Round 2

The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.[3]

Pool 1

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Jean Levavasseur France60Q
2Tibor Berczelly Hungary51Q
3Dean Cetrulo United States43Q
4Hubert Loisel Austria42Q
5Frans Mosman Netherlands24
6Ahmed Abou-Shadi Egypt24
7Jorge Sarria Peru15
8Jorge Cermesoni Argentina16

Pool 2

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Gastone Darè Italy51Q
2Jacques Lefèvre France51Q
3George Worth United States42Q
4Antoni Sobik Poland43Q
5Willem van den Berg Netherlands34
6Fernando Huergo Argentina24
7Etienne Molnar Brazil25
8Heinz Putzl Austria05

Pool 3

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

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Aladár Gerevich Hungary70Q
2Vincenzo Pinton Italy52Q
3Salah Dessouki Egypt43Q
4Antonio Haro Mexico34Q
5Roger Tredgold Great Britain34
6Eddy Kuijpers Netherlands34
7Juan Paladino Uruguay25
8Svatopluk Skýva Czechoslovakia16

Pool 4

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Pál Kovács Hungary60Q
2Tibor Nyilas United States51Q
3Aage Leidersdorff Denmark52Q
4Carlo Turcato Italy53Q
5Robin Brook Great Britain34
5Edgardo Pomini Argentina34
5Alois Sokol Czechoslovakia35
8Maurice Gramain France25
9Mohamed Zulficar Egypt08

Semifinals

The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to the final.[3]

Semifinal 1

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Pál Kovács Hungary60Q
2George Worth United States51Q
3Vincenzo Pinton Italy52Q
4Tibor Nyilas United States43Q
5Jean Levavasseur France34
6Carlo Turcato Italy24
7Salah Dessouki Egypt15
8Aage Leidersdorff Denmark07

Semifinal 2

RankFencerNationWinsLossesNotes
1Jacques Lefèvre France61Q
2Aladár Gerevich Hungary51Q
2Gastone Darè Italy51Q
4Antonio Haro Mexico43Q
5Tibor Berczelly Hungary43
6Dean Cetrulo United States15
6Antoni Sobik Poland15
8Hubert Loisel Austria07

Final

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTR
Aladár Gerevich Hungary703518
Vincenzo Pinton Italy523223
Pál Kovács Hungary523324
4Jacques Lefèvre France432726
5George Worth United States252627
6Gastone Darè Italy252530
7Tibor Nyilas United States252031
8Antonio Haro Mexico161534

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. Official Report, p. 376.
  3. Official Report, p. 377.
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