Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

Men's sabre; at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Westend Tennis Hall, Espoo
Dates	31 July – 1 August
Competitors	66 from 26 nations
Medalists

The men's sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 31 July 1952 to 1 August 1952. 66 fencers from 26 nations competed.[1]

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. Ties not necessary for advancement were either not broken (if at least one fencer had not finished all bouts in the round-robin) or broken first by touches received and then by touches scored. In the final, ties were broken by barrage if necessary for medal placement but otherwise first by touches received and then by touches scored.[2]

Results

Round 1

The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to round 2.[2] Fencers from the four teams that advanced to the final of the men's team foil event received byes through round 1:

France: Jacques Lefèvre, Jean Levavasseur, and Jean-François Tournon
Italy: Gastone Darè, Renzo Nostini, and Vincenzo Pinton
Hungary: Tibor Berczelly, Aladár Gerevich, and Pál Kovács
United States: Joe de Capriles, Allan Kwartler, and George Worth

Pool 1

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TR	Notes
1	Hubert Loisel	Austria	6	1	20	Q
2	Leszek Suski	Poland	4	3	22	Q
3	Edgardo Pomini	Argentina	4	3	23	Q
4	Ion Santo	Romania	4	3	25	Q
5	Ivan Ruben	Denmark	3	4	25
6	Umberto Menegalli	Switzerland	3	4	31
7	Olaf Sandner	Venezuela	2	5	32
8	Ivan Lund	Australia	2	5	33

Pool 2

Plattner defeated Molnar in a barrage for fourth place.

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TR	Notes
1	Wojciech Zabłocki	Poland	6	1	20	Q
2	William Beatley	Great Britain	5	2	21	Q
3	Willy Fascher	Germany	5	2	25	Q
4	Werner Plattner	Austria	4	3	22	Q
5	Etienne Molnar	Brazil	4	3	23
6	Karl Bach	Saar	2	5	32
7	Jock Gibson	Australia	2	5	33
8	João Pessanha	Portugal	0	7	35

Pool 3

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TS	TR	Notes
1	José D'Andrea	Argentina	5	1		21	Q
2	Heinz Lechner	Austria	4	2	27	19	Q
3	Antonio Haro	Mexico	4	2	25	19	Q
4	Adalbert Gurath Sr.	Romania	4	2		21	Q
5	Hans Esser	Germany	3	3		25
6	Ahmed Abou-Shadi	Egypt	1	5		28
7	Roland Asselin	Canada	0	6		30

Pool 4

Carnera defeated Rau in a barrage for fourth place.

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TR	Notes
1	François Heywaert	Belgium	5	1	14	Q
1	Ivan Manayenko	Soviet Union	5	1	15	Q
1	Jerzy Pawłowski	Poland	5	1	22	Q
4	Raimondo Carnera	Denmark	3	4	26	Q
5	Ernst Rau	Saar	3	4	26
6	John Fethers	Australia	2	6	28
7	Rafael Cámara	Mexico	2	5	32
8	Gustavo Gutiérrez	Venezuela	1	5	29

Pool 5

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TR	Notes
1	Boris Belyakov	Soviet Union	4	1	17	Q
1	Gustave Ballister	Belgium	4	2	16	Q
3	Bob Anderson	Great Britain	4	2	20	Q
4	Daniel Sande	Argentina	3	3	26	Q
5	Benito Ramos	Mexico	2	4	23
6	Alfred Eriksen	Norway	2	4	26
7	José Ferreira	Portugal	1	4	24

Pool 6

Amez-Droz defeated Liebscher in a barrage for fourth place.

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TR	Notes
1	Ilie Tudor	Romania	5	1	17	Q
1	Marcel Van Der Auwera	Belgium	5	2	18	Q
3	Henry Nordin	Sweden	5	2	23	Q
4	Jules Amez-Droz	Switzerland	4	3	25	Q
5	Richard Liebscher	Germany	4	3	26
6	Günther Knödler	Saar	1	4	23
6	Eduardo López	Guatemala	1	5	27
6	Edmundo López	Venezuela	1	6	33

Pool 7

Abdel Rahman defeated Eriksson in a barrage for fourth place.

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TS	TR	Notes
1	Palle Frey	Denmark	6	0	30	12	Q
2	Otto Greter	Switzerland	5	2		22	Q
3	Lev Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	5	1		11	Q
4	Mohamed Abdel Rahman	Egypt	4	3		25	Q
5	Bo Eriksson	Sweden	4	3		25
6	Álvaro Silva	Portugal	2	5		29
7	Shinichi Maki	Japan	0	6		30
7	Olgierd Porebski	Great Britain	0	6		30

Round 2

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

Pool 1

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TR	Notes
1	Aladár Gerevich	Hungary	6	1	12	Q
2	Leszek Suski	Poland	5	2	20	Q
3	Ivan Manayenko	Soviet Union	5	2	22	Q
4	Renzo Nostini	Italy	4	3	24	Q
5	Palle Frey	Denmark	3	4	25
6	Antonio Haro	Mexico	3	4	29
7	José D'Andrea	Argentina	1	6	32
8	Allan Kwartler	United States	1	6	34

Pool 2

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TS	TR	Notes
1	Pál Kovács	Hungary	6	0	30	14	Q
2	Werner Plattner	Austria	5	1			Q
3	Gustave Ballister	Belgium	4	3		22	Q
4	Adalbert Gurath Sr.	Romania	4	3		30	Q
5	George Worth	United States	3	4	28	27
6	Lev Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	3	4	22	27
7	Wojciech Zabłocki	Poland	2	5		30
8	Edgardo Pomini	Argentina	0	7		35

Pool 3

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TR	Notes
1	Tibor Berczelly	Hungary	5	2	20	Q
2	Heinz Lechner	Austria	5	2	21	Q
3	Ilie Tudor	Romania	5	2	23	Q
4	François Heywaert	Belgium	4	3	25	Q
5	Boris Belyakov	Soviet Union	3	4	26
6	Jean-François Tournon	France	3	4	31
7	Otto Greter	Switzerland	2	5	33
8	Raimondo Carnera	Denmark	1	6	34

Pool 4

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TR	Notes
1	Vincenzo Pinton	Italy	5	1	14	Q
2	Jean Levavasseur	France	5	1	15	Q
3	Joe de Capriles	United States	5	1	17	Q
4	Daniel Sande	Argentina	5	2	23	Q
5	Marcel Van Der Auwera	Belgium	3	3	22
6	William Beatley	Great Britain	2	5	24
7	Willy Fascher	Germany	0	6	30
7	Ion Santo	Romania	0	6	30

Pool 5

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TS	TR	Notes
1	Jacques Lefèvre	France	5	0	25	1	Q
2	Hubert Loisel	Austria	4	1		17	Q
2	Gastone Darè	Italy	4	2		18	Q
2	Jerzy Pawłowski	Poland	4	2		21	Q
5	Mohamed Abdel Rahman	Egypt	2	4		26
5	Henry Nordin	Sweden	2	4		26
7	Bob Anderson	Great Britain	1	4		21
8	Jules Amez-Droz	Switzerland	0	5		25

Semifinals

The top 3 finishers in each pool advanced to the final.[3] Renzo Nostini did not compete in the semifinals.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TR	Notes
1	Gastone Darè	Italy	4	1	13	Q
1	Aladár Gerevich	Hungary	4	1	14	Q
1	Heinz Lechner	Austria	4	1	17	Q
4	Daniel Sande	Argentina	2	3	20
4	Ivan Manayenko	Soviet Union	2	3	22
4	Joe de Capriles	United States	2	4	24
7	Ilie Tudor	Romania	0	5	25

Semifinal 2

Ballister defeated Loisel in a barrage for third place.

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TS	TR	Notes
1	Pál Kovács	Hungary	5	0	25	6	Q
2	Vincenzo Pinton	Italy	4	1		16	Q
3	Gustave Ballister	Belgium	2	3		21	Q
4	Hubert Loisel	Austria	2	3		20
5	Jean Levavasseur	France	1	4		22
6	Jerzy Pawłowski	Poland	1	4		24

Semifinal 3

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TR	Notes
1	Jacques Lefèvre	France	4	1	12	Q
2	Werner Plattner	Austria	3	1	14	Q
3	Tibor Berczelly	Hungary	3	2	17	Q
4	Adalbert Gurath Sr.	Romania	2	3	18
5	Leszek Suski	Poland	1	3	18
6	François Heywaert	Belgium	1	4	22

Final

Berczelly defeated Darè in a barrage for the bronze medal.

Rank	Fencer	Nation	Wins	Losses	TS	TR
	Pál Kovács	Hungary	8	0	40	19
	Aladár Gerevich	Hungary	7	1		16
	Tibor Berczelly	Hungary	5	3		22
4	Gastone Darè	Italy	5	3		27
5	Werner Plattner	Austria	4	4		34
6	Jacques Lefèvre	France	3	5		25
7	Vincenzo Pinton	Italy	2	6		32
8	Heinz Lechner	Austria	2	6		35
9	Gustave Ballister	Belgium	0	8		40

References

"Fencing: 1952 Olympic Results - Men's sabre". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
Official Report, p. 499.
Official Report, p. 500.

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[sports-reference-1] "Fencing: 1952 Olympic Results - Men's sabre". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2010.

[OR499-2] Official Report, p. 499.

[OR500-3] Official Report, p. 500.

Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Épée	men
Team épée	men
Foil	men	women
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Team sabre	men