Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 30 to 31 August 1972. 53 fencers from 22 nations competed.[1]

Men's sabre
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueExhibition Halls 12 & 20
Dates30 – 31 August 1972
Competitors53 from 22 nations
Medalists
Viktor Sidyak  Soviet Union
Péter Marót  Hungary
Vladimir Nazlymov  Soviet Union
Fencing at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Foilmenwomen
Team foilmenwomen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

Competition format

After two Games of hybrid pool/knockout play, the 1972 tournament returned to an all-pool format, with each fencer facing the other fencers in the pool in a round robin. Bouts were to 5 touches. There were no barrages; ties were broken by touch quotient: touches scored divided by touches received. Unlike previous Games, all bouts were finished in the round robins. The 1972 format also eliminated the 8-fencer final pools of previous Games; for all rounds after the first, the number of fencers was set at 6.[2]

There were five rounds:

  • Round 1 (or "eliminating round"): The 54 fencers were divided into 9 pools, with 6 fencers each (though 1 fencer withdrew, so that pool had only 5). The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced; this narrowed the field from 53 to 36.
  • Round 2 (or "1/8 finals"): The 36 fencers were divided into 6 pools of 6 fencers each. The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced, cutting the field from 36 to 24.
  • Quarterfinals: With 24 fencers remaining, there were 4 pools of 6 fencers each. Now, only the top 3 in each pool advanced. This split the field in half, from 24 to 12.
  • Semifinals: There were 2 pools of 6 fencers each. Again, only the top 3 advanced, resulting in a final pool of 6.
  • Final: The final pool featured the remaining 6 fencers.

Results

Round 1

Round 1 Pool A
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. MM AO BS GS BB CM
1  Michele Maffei (ITA) 5 0 25 11 Q 5–2 5–4 5–2 5–2 5–1
2  Alex Orban (USA) 4 1 22 17 2–5 5–3 5–3 5–4 5–2
3  Boris Stavrev (BUL) 3 2 22 15 4–5 3–5 5–3 5–2 5–0
4  Guzman Salazar (CUB) 2 3 18 22 2–5 3–5 3–5 5–4 5–3
5  Bernd Brodar (AUT) 1 4 17 24 2–5 4–5 2–5 4–5 5–4
6  Chan Matthew (HKG) 0 5 10 25 1–5 2–5 0–5 3–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 252

Round 1 Pool B
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. MAM FP JP SG MR RE
1  Mario Aldo Montano (ITA) 5 0 25 8 Q 5–2 5–1 5–2 5–3 5–0
2  Fritz Prause (AUT) 4 1 22 14 2–5 5–4 5–1 5–2 5–2
3  Jerzy Pawłowski (POL) 3 2 20 15 1–5 4–5 5–3 5–1 5–1
4  Sandor Gombay (SUI) 2 3 16 17 2–5 1–5 3–5 5–2 5–0
5  Mark Rakita (URS) 1 4 13 21 3–5 2–5 1–5 2–5 5–1
6  Robert Elliott (HKG) 0 5 4 25 0–5 2–5 1–5 0–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 252

Round 1 Pool C
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. VS KH JD PA VC FM
1  Viktor Sidyak (URS) 5 0 25 13 Q 5–3 5–2 5–4 5–3 5–1
2  Knut Höhne (FRG) 3 2 22 21 3–5 4–5 5–4 5–4 5–3
3  John Deanfield (GBR) 3 2 18 21 2–5 5–4 1–5 5–4 5–3
4  Paul Apostol (USA) 2 3 22 20 4–5 4–5 5–1 5–4 4–5
5  Vicente Calderón (MEX) 1 4 20 20 3–5 4–5 4–5 4–5 5–0
6  Fawzi Merhi (LIB) 1 4 12 24 1–5 3–5 3–5 5–4 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 252

Round 1 Pool D
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. DI SL WC RO GS YDD
1  Dan Irimiciuc (ROU) 4 1 24 10 Q 4–5 5–0 5–1 5–2 5–2
2  Stoyko Lipchev (BUL) 4 1 23 15 5–4 3–5 5–4 5–1 5–1
3  Walter Convents (FRG) 4 1 20 14 0–5 5–3 5–1 5–3 5–2
4  Richard Oldcorn (GBR) 2 3 16 19 1–5 4–5 1–5 5–3 5–1
5  Guillermo Saucedo (ARG) 1 4 14 22 2–5 1–5 3–5 3–5 5–2
6  Yves Daniel Darricau (LIB) 0 5 8 25 2–5 1–5 2–5 1–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 252

Round 1 Pool E
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. TK CN PW RA FL RC
1  Tamás Kovács (HUN) 5 0 25 6 Q 5–2 5–1 5–2 5–1 5–0
2  Constantin Nicolae (ROU) 3 2 20 12 2–5 3–5 5–0 5–1 5–1
3  Paul Wischeidt (FRG) 3 2 19 17 1–5 5–3 3–5 5–1 5–3
4  Roberto Alva (MEX) 3 2 17 18 2–5 0–5 5–3 5–1 5–4
5  Fernando Lupiz (ARG) 1 4 9 21 1–5 1–5 1–5 1–5 5–1
6  Richard Cohen (ARG) 0 5 9 25 0–5 1–5 3–5 4–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 252

Round 1 Pool F

Skantze did not start.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. RB HB JN IB JM MS
1  Régis Bonissent (FRA) 4 0 20 12 Q 5–3 5–4 5–3 5–2
2  Hanns Brandstätter (AUT) 3 1 18 13 3–5 5–2 5–4 5–2
3  Józef Nowara (POL) 2 2 16 14 4–5 2–5 5–2 5–2
4  Iosif Budahazi (ROU) 1 3 14 16 3–5 4–5 2–5 5–1
5  Janos Mohoss (SUI) 0 4 7 20 2–5 2–5 2–5 1–5
6  Michael Skantze (SWE) 0 0 0 0
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 253

Round 1 Pool G
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. TP EH BV AM EB BF
1  Tibor Pézsa (HUN) 5 0 25 11 Q 5–4 5–3 5–2 5–2 5–0
2  Eddy Ham (NED) 3 2 22 13 4–5 5–1 3–5 5–0 5–2
3  Bernard Vallée (FRA) 3 2 19 12 3–5 1–5 5–2 5–0 5–0
4  Anani Mikhaylov (BUL) 3 2 19 16 2–5 5–3 2–5 5–2 5–1
5  Enrique Barza (PER) 1 4 9 24 2–5 0–5 0–5 2–5 5–4
6  Bob Foxcroft (CAN) 0 5 7 25 0–5 2–5 0–5 1–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 253

Round 1 Pool H
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. VN JM PB MO IH HL
1  Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) 4 1 21 12 Q 5–2 1–5 5–1 5–3 5–1
2  Janusz Majewski (POL) 4 1 22 14 2–5 5–3 5–1 5–4 5–1
3  Philippe Bena (FRA) 3 2 20 13 5–1 3–5 2–5 5–1 5–1
4  Manuel Ortiz (CUB) 3 2 17 14 1–5 1–5 5–2 5–0 5–2
5  Ioannis Hatzisarantos (GRE) 1 4 13 24 3–5 4–5 1–5 0–5 5–4
6  Hermilo Leal (MEX) 0 5 9 25 1–5 1–5 1–5 2–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 253

Round 1 Pool I
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. PM RR AM FdlT MA IK
1  Péter Marót (HUN) 4 1 24 9 Q 5–2 5–1 4–5 5–0 5–1
2  Rolando Rigoli (ITA) 4 1 22 14 2–5 5–3 5–4 5–1 5–1
3  Alfonso Morales (USA) 3 2 19 16 1–5 3–5 5–3 5–2 5–1
4  Francisco de la Torre (CUB) 3 2 22 19 5–4 4–5 3–5 5–1 5–4
5  Mehmet Akpınar (TUR) 1 4 9 22 0–5 1–5 2–5 1–5 5–2
6  Istvan Kulcsar (SUI) 0 5 9 25 1–5 1–5 1–5 4–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 253

Round 2

Round 2 Pool A
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. TK RR IB AM SL FdlT
1  Tamás Kovács (HUN) 4 1 24 13 Q 5–3 5–3 5–0 4–5 5–2
2  Rolando Rigoli (ITA) 4 1 23 13 3–5 5–2 5–1 5–3 5–2
3  Iosif Budahazi (ROU) 3 2 20 15 3–5 2–5 5–2 5–0 5–3
4  Alfonso Morales (USA) 2 3 13 22 0–5 1–5 2–5 5–4 5–3
5  Stoyko Lipchev (BUL) 1 4 15 24 5–4 3–5 0–5 4–5 3–5
6  Francisco de la Torre (CUB) 1 4 15 23 2–5 2–5 3–5 3–5 5–3
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 253

Round 2 Pool B
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. MAM JM WC MO GS AM
1  Mario Aldo Montano (ITA) 5 0 25 11 Q 5–4 5–0 5–3 5–3 5–1
2  Janusz Majewski (POL) 3 2 21 19 4–5 5–4 5–2 5–3 2–5
3  Walter Convents (FRG) 3 2 19 19 0–5 4–5 5–4 5–1 5–4
4  Manuel Ortiz (CUB) 2 3 19 20 3–5 2–5 4–5 5–2 5–3
5  Guzman Salazar (CUB) 1 4 14 21 3–5 3–5 1–5 2–5 5–1
6  Anani Mikhaylov (BUL) 1 4 14 22 1–5 5–2 4–5 3–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 254

Round 2 Pool C

Wischedit (0.889) and Orban (0.850) won the touch-quotient tiebreaker over Oldcorn (0.619) to advance.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. JP MM PW AO RO FP
1  Jerzy Pawłowski (POL) 5 0 25 11 Q 5–4 5–2 5–3 5–1 5–1
2  Michele Maffei (ITA) 4 1 24 10 4–5 5–0 5–2 5–1 5–2
3  Paul Wischeidt (FRG) 2 3 16 18 2–5 0–5 4–5 5–1 5–2
4  Alex Orban (USA) 2 3 17 20 3–5 2–5 5–4 2–5 5–1
5  Richard Oldcorn (GBR) 2 3 13 21 1–5 1–5 1–5 5–2 5–4
6  Fritz Prause (AUT) 0 5 10 25 1–5 2–5 2–5 1–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 254

Round 2 Pool D
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. TP PB VN KH HB SG
1  Tibor Pézsa (HUN) 5 0 25 16 Q 5–3 5–3 5–4 5–2 5–4
2  Philippe Bena (FRA) 4 1 23 12 3–5 5–4 5–1 5–2 5–0
3  Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) 3 2 22 13 3–5 4–5 5–0 5–0 5–3
4  Knut Höhne (FRG) 2 3 15 22 4–5 1–5 0–5 5–3 5–4
5  Hanns Brandstätter (AUT) 1 4 12 24 2–5 2–5 0–5 3–5 5–4
6  Sandor Gombay (SUI) 0 5 15 25 4–5 0–5 3–5 4–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 254

Round 2 Pool E
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. VS PA DI BV EH RA
1  Viktor Sidyak (URS) 5 0 25 14 Q 5–4 5–3 5–3 5–1 5–3
2  Paul Apostol (USA) 3 2 20 11 4–5 1–5 5–1 5–0 5–0
3  Dan Irimiciuc (ROU) 3 2 21 16 3–5 5–1 3–5 5–3 5–2
4  Bernard Vallée (FRA) 2 3 18 20 3–5 1–5 5–3 4–5 5–2
5  Eddy Ham (NED) 2 3 14 21 1–5 0–5 3–5 5–4 5–2
6  Roberto Alva (MEX) 0 5 9 25 3–5 0–5 2–5 2–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 254

Round 2 Pool F
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. PM RB BS JN JD CN
1  Péter Marót (HUN) 3 2 21 16 Q 5–3 4–5 5–3 2–5 5–0
2  Régis Bonissent (FRA) 3 2 18 17 3–5 5–1 0–5 5–2 5–4
3  Boris Stavrev (BUL) 3 2 20 20 5–4 1–5 5–4 5–2 4–5
4  Józef Nowara (POL) 2 3 19 16 3–5 5–0 4–5 2–5 5–1
5  John Deanfield (GBR) 2 3 15 19 5–2 2–5 2–5 5–2 1–5
6  Constantin Nicolae (ROU) 2 3 15 20 0–5 4–5 5–4 1–5 5–1
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 254

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal A
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. VN BS PA MAM AM WC
1  Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) 4 1 24 17 Q 4–5 5–4 5–4 5–2 5–2
2  Boris Stavrev (BUL) 4 1 21 16 5–4 1–5 5–3 5–3 5–1
3  Paul Apostol (USA) 3 2 23 12 4–5 5–1 4–5 5–0 5–1
4  Mario Aldo Montano (ITA) 3 2 22 17 4–5 3–5 5–4 5–2 5–1
5  Alfonso Morales (USA) 1 4 12 23 2–5 3–5 0–5 2–5 5–3
6  Walter Convents (FRG) 0 5 8 25 2–5 1–5 1–5 1–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 255

Quarterfinal B
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. TK JP RB MO RR KH
1  Tamás Kovács (HUN) 5 0 25 15 Q 5–3 5–4 5–4 5–3 5–1
2  Jerzy Pawłowski (POL) 3 2 19 13 3–5 1–5 5–0 5–0 5–3
3  Régis Bonissent (FRA) 3 2 22 16 4–5 5–1 5–1 3–5 5–4
4  Manuel Ortiz (CUB) 2 3 15 18 4–5 0–5 1–5 5–2 5–1
5  Rolando Rigoli (ITA) 2 3 15 21 3–5 0–5 5–3 2–5 5–3
6  Knut Höhne (FRG) 0 5 12 25 1–5 3–5 4–5 1–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 255

Quarterfinal C
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. VS PM IB JN AO PB
1  Viktor Sidyak (URS) 4 1 23 15 Q 5–3 5–2 3–5 5–2 5–3
2  Péter Marót (HUN) 4 1 23 16 3–5 5–4 5–3 5–3 5–1
3  Iosif Budahazi (ROU) 3 2 21 15 2–5 4–5 5–4 5–1 5–0
4  Józef Nowara (POL) 2 3 19 22 5–3 3–5 4–5 2–5 5–4
5  Alex Orban (USA) 2 3 16 20 2–5 3–5 1–3 5–2 5–3
6  Philippe Bena (FRA) 0 5 11 25 3–5 1–5 0–5 4–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 255

Quarterfinal D
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. MM BV PW DI TP JM
1  Michele Maffei (ITA) 5 0 25 14 Q 5–4 5–0 5–3 5–4 5–3
2  Bernard Vallée (FRA) 3 2 20 17 4–5 5–2 1–5 5–3 5–2
3  Paul Wischeidt (FRG) 3 2 17 17 0–5 2–5 5–2 5–3 5–2
4  Dan Irimiciuc (ROU) 1 3 14 16 3–5 5–1 2–5 4–5
5  Tibor Pézsa (HUN) 1 4 19 24 4–5 3–5 3–5 5–4 4–5
6  Janusz Majewski (POL) 1 3 12 19 3–5 2–5 2–5 5–4
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 255

Semifinals

Semifinal A
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. VN PM MM JP IB BV
1  Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) 5 0 25 9 Q 5–3 5–3 5–1 5–2 5–0
2  Péter Marót (HUN) 3 2 20 15 3–5 2–5 5–4 5–0 5–1
3  Michele Maffei (ITA) 3 2 22 17 3–5 5–2 5–3 4–5 5–2
4  Jerzy Pawłowski (POL) 2 3 18 15 1–5 4–5 3–5 5–0 5–0
5  Iosif Budahazi (ROU) 1 3 7 19 2–5 0–5 5–4 0–5
6  Bernard Vallée (FRA) 0 4 3 20 0–5 1–5 2–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 255

Semifinal B
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. VS TK RB PA PW BS
1  Viktor Sidyak (URS) 3 2 22 17 Q 5–2 4–5 5–3 5–2 3–5
2  Tamás Kovács (HUN) 3 2 20 17 2–5 5–2 3–5 5–1 5–4
3  Régis Bonissent (FRA) 3 2 17 17 5–4 2–5 5–3 0–5 5–0
4  Paul Apostol (USA) 2 3 18 19 3–5 5–3 3–5 2–5 5–1
5  Paul Wischeidt (FRG) 2 3 16 17 2–5 1–5 5–0 5–2 3–5
6  Boris Stavrev (BUL) 2 3 15 21 5–3 4–5 0–5 1–5 5–3
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 256

Final

The final resulted in a clear victory for Sidyak, but a three-way tie for second place. The tie was resolved by touch quotient (touches for divided by touches against), and the three fencers were very close. Marót had the best quotient (21/20, or 1.050) and took silver. Nazlymov had scored the same number of touches, but had been hit once more (21/21, or 1.000) and took bronze. Maffei had the same number of touches against as Nazlymov, but one fewer touch scored than the other two (20/21, or 0.952) and took fourth place.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA VS PM VN MM RB TK
 Viktor Sidyak (URS) 4 1 23 15 5–4 3–5 5–1 5–2 5–3
 Péter Marót (HUN) 3 2 21 20 4–5 5–2 5–4 5–4 2–5
 Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) 3 2 21 21 5–3 2–5 4–5 5–4 5–4
4  Michele Maffei (ITA) 3 2 20 21 1–5 4–5 5–4 5–4 5–3
5  Régis Bonissent (FRA) 1 4 19 22 2–5 4–5 4–5 4–5 5–2
6  Tamás Kovács (HUN) 1 4 17 22 3–5 5–2 4–5 3–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 256
FencerCountry
Viktor Sidyak Soviet Union
Péter Marót Hungary
Vladimir Nazlymov Soviet Union
Michele Maffei Italy
Régis Bonissent France
Tamás Kovács Hungary
Jerzy Pawłowski Poland
Paul Apostol United States
Iosif Budahazi Romania
Paul Wischeidt West Germany
Bernard Vallée France
Boris Stavrev Bulgaria
Mario Aldo Montano Italy
Manuel Ortiz Cuba
Józef Nowara Poland
Dan Irimiciuc Romania
Alfonso Morales United States
Rolando Rigoli Italy
Alex Orban United States
Tibor Pézsa Hungary
Walter Convents West Germany
Knut Höhne West Germany
Philippe Bena France
Janusz Majewski Poland
Stoyko Lipchev Bulgaria
Guzman Salazar Cuba
Richard Oldcorn Great Britain
Hanns Brandstätter Austria
Eddy Ham Netherlands
John Deanfield Great Britain
Francisco de la Torre Cuba
Anani Mikhaylov Bulgaria
Fritz Prause Austria
Sandor Gombay Switzerland
Roberto Alva Mexico
Constantin Nicolae Romania
Bernd Brodar Austria
Mark Rakita Soviet Union
Vicente Calderón Mexico
Guillermo Saucedo Argentina
Fernando Lupiz Argentina
Janos Mohoss Switzerland
Enrique Barza Peru
Ioannis Hatzisarantos Greece
Mehmet Akpınar Turkey
Chan Matthew Hong Kong
Robert Elliott Hong Kong
Fawzi Merhi Lebanon
Yves Daniel Darricau Lebanon
Richard Cohen Great Britain
Bob Foxcroft Canada
Hermilo Leal Mexico
Istvan Kulcsar Switzerland

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fencing: 1972 Olympic Results - Men's sabre". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
  2. Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 252–56.
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