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Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twenty-first appearance of the event. The competition was held from 22 to 23 September 1988. 40 fencers from 18 nations competed.[1] Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by defending champion Jean-François Lamour of France, the fourth man to successfully defend an Olympic title in the sabre and the 11th man overall to win multiple medals in the event. It was France's third victory in the event, matching the Soviet Union for second-most all-time (behind Hungary at 11 gold medals). Janusz Olech took silver, Poland's first medal in the event since 1968. Italian Giovanni Scalzo earned bronze.

Men's sabre
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Jean-François Lamour
VenueOlympic Fencing Gymnasium
Dates22 – 23 September 1988
Competitors40 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jean-François Lamour  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Janusz Olech  Poland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giovanni Scalzo  Italy
← 1984
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Background edit

This was the 21st appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics.

Six of the quarterfinalists from 1984 returned: gold medalist Jean-François Lamour of France, silver medalist Marco Marin of Italy, bronze medalist Peter Westbrook of the United States, and quarterfinal losers Pierre Guichot of France, Giovanni Scalzo of Italy, and Ioan Pop of Romania. Lamour's 1984 gold was discounted due to the Soviet-led boycott keeping out dominant powers Hungary and the Soviet Union, but Lamour had won the 1987 world championship with the Hungarians and Soviets competing; he was a serious contender to repeat.

The other two inter-Games world championships had been won by György Nébald of Hungary (1985) and Sergey Mindirgasov of the Soviet Union (1986). Also returning to Olympic competition after the boycott were 1980 bronze medalist Imre Gedővári of Hungary and finalists Vasil Etropolski and Khristo Etropolski, twins from Bulgaria.[2]

Bolivia, Chinese Taipei, the Philippines, and South Korea each made their debut in the men's sabre. Italy made its 19th appearance in the event, most of any nation, having missed the inaugural 1896 event and the 1904 St. Louis Games.

Competition format edit

The 1988 tournament used a three-phase format very similar to that of 1984. Unlike the foil and épée competitions, the sabre tournament kept the size of the second phase (double elimination) round at 16 fencers (compared to expanding to 32 for foil and épée).

The first phase was a multi-round round-robin pool play format; each fencer in a pool faced each other fencer in that pool once. There were three pool rounds:

  • The first round had 6 pools of 6 or 7 fencers each, with the top 5 in each pool advancing.
  • The second round had 6 pools of 5 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing.
  • The third round had 4 pools of 6 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing.

The second phase was a truncated double-elimination tournament. Four fencers advanced to the final round through the winners brackets and four more advanced via the repechage.

The final phase was a single elimination tournament with a bronze medal match.

Bouts in the round-robin pools were to 5 touches; bouts in the double-elimination and final rounds were to 10 touches.

Schedule edit

All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Thursday, 22 September 1988 8:30
13:00
15:00		 Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Friday, 23 September 1988 14:00 Double elimination round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Final

Results edit

Round 1 edit

Round 1 Pool A edit

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes IB MM SM WZ ST NM YWS
1   Imre Bujdosó (HUN) 6 0 30 13 Q 5–2 5–2 5–4 5–2 5–1 5–2
2   Marco Marin (ITA) 4 2 26 17 2–5 5–4 4–5 5–2 5–1 5–0
3   Steve Mormando (USA) 3 3 24 18 2–5 4–5 5–2 3–5 5–1 5–0
4   Wang Zhiming (CHN) 3 3 22 22 4–5 5–4 2–5 1–5 5–2 5–1
5   Stephan Thönnessen (FRG) 3 3 21 22 2–5 2–5 5–3 5–1 2–5 5–3
6   Nikolay Marincheshki (BUL) 2 4 15 22 1–5 1–5 1–5 2–5 5–2 5–0
7   Yan Wing-Shean (TPE) 0 6 6 30 2–5 0–5 0–5 1–5 3–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 1 Pool B edit

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes KE HP PG ZZ JMB ML RA
1   Khristo Etropolski (BUL) 5 1 28 13 Q 3–5 5–1 5–4 5–0 5–3 5–0
2   Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) 5 1 28 17 5–3 3–5 5–3 5–2 5–4 5–0
3   Pierre Guichot (FRA) 5 1 26 18 1–5 5–3 5–1 5–4 5–2 5–3
4   Zheng Zhaokang (CHN) 3 3 23 22 4–5 3–5 1–5 5–4 5–2 5–1
5   Jean-Marie Banos (CAN) 2 4 20 24 0–5 2–5 4–5 4–5 5–4 5–0
6   Mike Lofton (USA) 1 5 20 25 3–5 4–5 2–5 2–5 4–5 5–0
7   Régis Avila (BRA) 0 6 4 30 0–5 0–5 3–5 1–5 0–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 1 Pool C edit

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VE IG PD JPB JG MS PA
1   Vasil Etropolski (BUL) 6 0 30 8 Q 5–1 5–4 5–1 5–2 5–0 5–0
2   Imre Gedővári (HUN) 5 1 26 11 1–5 5–3 5–2 5–1 5–0 5–0
3   Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 4 2 27 17 4–5 3–5 5–1 5–1 5–3 5–2
4   Jean-Paul Banos (CAN) 3 3 19 19 1–5 2–5 1–5 5–1 5–2 5–1
5   Jia Guihua (CHN) 2 4 15 27 2–5 1–5 1–5 1–5 5–4 5–3
6   Mark Slade (GBR) 1 5 14 29 0–5 0–5 3–5 2–5 4–5 5–4
7   Percival Alger (PHI) 0 6 10 30 0–5 0–5 2–5 1–5 3–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 1 Pool D edit

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes AA GN JO PW AG KSU PB
1   Andrey Alshan (URS) 6 0 30 16 Q 5–2 5–4 5–4 5–2 5–2 5–2
2   György Nébald (HUN) 5 1 27 16 2–5 5–1 5–3 5–3 5–1 5–3
3   Janusz Olech (POL) 4 2 25 18 4–5 1–5 5–4 5–1 5–2 5–1
4   Peter Westbrook (USA) 3 3 26 22 4–5 3–5 4–5 5–2 5–4 5–1
5   Antonio García (ESP) 2 4 18 23 5–2 5–3 5–1 5–2 3–5 0–5
6   Kim Sang-Uk (KOR) 1 5 17 27 2–5 1–5 2–5 4–5 3–5 5–2
7   Pedro Bleyer (BOL) 0 6 9 30 2–5 3–5 1–5 1–5 0–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 1 Pool E edit

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes JFL JN GS TP LBN OM
1   Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 5 0 25 11 Q 5–1 5–2 5–4 5–2 5–2
2   Jürgen Nolte (FRG) 4 1 21 14 1–5 5–3 5–3 5–2 5–1
3   Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 3 2 20 20 2–5 3–5 5–4 5–4 5–2
4   Tadeusz Piguła (POL) 2 3 21 19 4–5 3–5 4–5 5–3 5–1
5   Lee Byeong-Nam (KOR) 1 4 16 24 2–5 2–5 4–5 3–5 5–4
6   Olivier Martini (MON) 0 5 10 25 2–5 1–5 2–5 1–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 1 Pool F edit

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes SM GDB FB RK WB LUJ
1   Sergey Mindirgasov (URS) 4 1 24 9 Q 5–0 4–5 5–1 5–0 5–3
2   Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) 4 1 20 12 0–5 5–4 5–1 5–1 5–1
3   Felix Becker (FRG) 3 2 20 15 5–4 4–5 1–5 5–0 5–1
4   Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) 3 2 17 15 1–5 1–5 5–1 5–2 5–2
5   Wulfe Balk (CAN) 1 4 8 20 0–5 1–5 0–5 2–5 5–0
6   Lee Uk-Jae (KOR) 0 5 7 25 3–5 1–5 1–5 2–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 2 edit

Round 2 Pool A edit

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VE PD JN TP JMB
1   Vasil Etropolski (BUL) 4 0 20 10 Q 5–2 5–1 5–3 5–4
2   Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 2 2 13 12 2–5 5–1 1–5 5–1
3   Jürgen Nolte (FRG) 2 2 12 14 1–5 1–5 5–3 5–1
4   Tadeusz Piguła (POL) 1 3 13 16 3–5 5–1 3–5 2–5
5   Jean-Marie Banos (CAN) 1 3 11 17 4–5 1–5 1–5 5–2
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 2 Pool B edit

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes JO GDB IB ST WZ
1   Janusz Olech (POL) 3 1 19 10 Q 5–4 4–5 5–1 5–0
2   Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) 3 1 19 12 4–5 5–3 5–2 5–2
3   Imre Bujdosó (HUN) 3 1 18 13 5–4 3–5 5–2 5–2
4   Stephan Thönnessen (FRG) 1 3 10 15 1–5 2–5 2–5 5–0
5   Wang Zhiming (CHN) 0 4 4 20 0–5 2–5 2–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 2 Pool C edit

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes MM JFL SM JPB AG
1   Marco Marin (ITA) 3 1 19 9 Q 4–5 5–3 5–0 5–1
2   Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 3 1 18 15 5–4 3–5 5–3 5–3
3   Sergey Mindirgasov (URS) 3 1 18 16 3–5 5–3 5–4 5–4
4   Jean-Paul Banos (CAN) 1 3 12 19 0–5 3–5 4–5 5–4
5   Antonio García (ESP) 0 4 12 20 1–5 3–5 4–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 2 Pool D edit

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes AA FB PG ZZ LBN
1   Andrey Alshan (URS) 4 0 20 9 Q 5–4 5–1 5–2 5–2
2   Felix Becker (FRG) 3 1 19 12 4–5 5–4 5–0 5–3
3   Pierre Guichot (FRA) 2 2 15 16 1–5 4–5 5–3 5–3
4   Zheng Zhaokang (CHN) 1 3 10 16 2–5 0–5 3–5 5–1
5   Lee Byeong-Nam (KOR) 0 4 9 20 2–5 3–5 3–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 2 Pool E edit

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes HP IG RK PW JG
1   Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) 4 0 20 12 Q 5–3 5–4 5–3 5–2
2   Imre Gedővári (HUN) 2 2 16 13 3–5 3–5 5–2 5–1
3   Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) 2 2 17 17 4–5 5–3 3–5 5–4
4   Peter Westbrook (USA) 2 2 15 17 3–5 2–5 5–3 5–4
5   Jia Guihua (CHN) 0 4 11 20 2–5 1–5 4–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 2 Pool F edit

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes GN KE GS SM WB
1   György Nébald (HUN) 4 0 20 10 Q 5–3 5–4 5–3 5–0
2   Khristo Etropolski (BUL) 2 2 17 15 3–5 5–1 4–5 5–4
3   Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 2 2 15 15 4–5 1–5 5–2 5–3
4   Steve Mormando (USA) 2 2 15 16 3–5 5–4 2–5 5–2
5   Wulfe Balk (CAN) 0 4 9 20 0–5 4–5 3–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 380

Round 3 edit

Round 3 Pool A edit

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes PG AA FB GS IB JPB
1   Pierre Guichot (FRA) 4 1 23 15 Q 5–4 3–5 5–1 5–4 5–1
2   Andrey Alshan (URS) 3 2 22 19 4–5 5–4 5–2 3–5 5–3
3   Felix Becker (FRG) 3 2 22 20 5–3 4–5 3–5 5–3 5–4
4   Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 3 2 18 20 1–5 2–5 5–3 5–3 5–4
5   Imre Bujdosó (HUN) 2 3 20 21 4–5 5–3 3–5 3–5 5–3
6   Jean-Paul Banos (CAN) 0 5 15 25 1–5 3–5 4–5 4–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 380

Round 3 Pool B edit

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes GDB VE SM JFL RK ST
1   Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) 4 1 24 20 Q 5–3 4–5 5–4 5–4 5–4
2   Vasil Etropolski (BUL) 3 2 22 18 3–5 5–2 4–5 5–4 5–2
3   Steve Mormando (USA) 3 2 21 18 5–4 2–5 4–5 5–2 5–2
4   Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 3 2 21 22 4–5 5–4 5–4 2–5 5–4
5   Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) 2 3 20 19 4–5 4–5 2–5 5–2 5–2
6   Stephan Thönnessen (FRG) 0 5 14 25 4–5 2–5 2–5 4–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 380

Round 3 Pool C edit

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes JO GN PD JN SM ZZ
1   Janusz Olech (POL) 4 1 24 14 Q 5–2 5–3 4–5 5–3 5–1
2   György Nébald (HUN) 3 2 20 15 2–5 5–1 3–5 5–3 5–1
3   Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 3 2 19 17 3–5 1–5 5–3 5–3 5–1
4   Jürgen Nolte (FRG) 3 2 19 18 5–4 5–3 3–5 1–5 5–1
5   Sergey Mindirgasov (URS) 2 3 19 16 3–5 3–5 3–5 5–1 5–0
6   Zheng Zhaokang (CHN) 0 5 4 25 1–5 1–5 1–5 1–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 380

Round 3 Pool D edit

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes IG MM HP TP JN KE
1   Imre Gedővári (HUN) 4 1 23 18 Q 5–4 5–2 5–3 5–4 3–5
2   Marco Marin (ITA) 3 2 23 19 4–5 5–2 4–5 5–3 5–4
3   Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) 3 2 19 19 2–5 2–5 5–2 5–4 5–3
4   Tadeusz Piguła (POL) 3 2 20 20 3–5 5–4 2–5 5–4 5–2
5   Peter Westbrook (USA) 1 4 20 23 4–5 3–5 4–5 4–5 5–3
6   Khristo Etropolski (BUL) 1 4 17 23 5–3 4–5 3–5 2–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 380

Double elimination rounds edit

Winners brackets edit

Winners group 1 edit
Round of 16 Round of 8
  Janusz Olech (POL) 10
  Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 7   Janusz Olech (POL) 7
  Imre Gedővári (HUN) 6   Felix Becker (FRG) 10
  Felix Becker (FRG) 10
Winners group 2 edit
Round of 16 Round of 8
  Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) 8
  Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 10   Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 10
  Steve Mormando (USA) 1   Andrey Alshan (URS) 6
  Andrey Alshan (URS) 10
Winners group 3 edit
Round of 16 Round of 8
  Vasil Etropolski (BUL) 9
  Jürgen Nolte (FRG) 10   Jürgen Nolte (FRG) 10
  Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 9   Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) 7
  Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) 10
Winners group 4 edit
Round of 16 Round of 8
  Marco Marin (ITA) 9
  Pierre Guichot (FRA) 10   Pierre Guichot (FRA) 5
  Tadeusz Piguła (POL) 5   György Nébald (HUN) 10
  György Nébald (HUN) 10

Repechages edit

Repechage 1 edit
Round of 4 Round of 2
  Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 10
  Imre Gedővári (HUN) 8   Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 10
  Andrey Alshan (URS) 8
Repechage 2 edit
Round of 4 Round of 2
  Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) 10
  Steve Mormando (USA) 7   Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) 7
  Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) 10
Repechage 3 edit
Round of 4 Round of 2
  Vasil Etropolski (BUL) 6
  Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 10   Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 10
  Ioan Pop (ROU) 4
Repechage 4 edit
Round of 4 Round of 2
  Marco Marin (ITA) 9
  Tadeusz Piguła (POL) 10   Tadeusz Piguła (POL) 6
  Janusz Olech (POL) 10

Final round edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
      
  György Nébald (HUN) 8
  Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 10
  Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 9
  Janusz Olech (POL) 10
  Janusz Olech (POL) 10
  Jürgen Nolte (FRG) 7
  Janusz Olech (POL) 4
  Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 10
  Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 10
  Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) 9
  Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 7 Third place
  Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 10
  Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 10   Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 10
  Felix Becker (FRG) 6   Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 2

Final classification edit

Fencer Nation
Jean-François Lamour   France
Janusz Olech   Poland
Giovanni Scalzo   Italy
Philippe Delrieu   France
György Nébald   Hungary
Heorhiy Pohosov   Soviet Union
Felix Becker   West Germany
Jürgen Nolte   West Germany
Andrey Alshan   Soviet Union
Gianfranco Dalla Barba   Italy
Pierre Guichot   France
Tadeusz Piguła   Poland
Vasil Etropolski   Bulgaria
Marco Marin   Italy
Imre Gedővári   Hungary
Steve Mormando   United States
Sergey Mindirgasov   Soviet Union
Robert Kościelniakowski   Poland
Imre Bujdosó   Hungary
Peter Westbrook   United States
Khristo Etropolski   Bulgaria
Jean-Paul Banos   Canada
Stephan Thönnessen   West Germany
Zheng Zhaokang   China
Jean-Marie Banos   Canada
Antonio García   Spain
Jia Guihua   China
Lee Byeong-Nam   South Korea
Wulfe Balk   Canada
Wang Zhiming   China
Nikolay Marincheshki   Bulgaria
Mike Lofton   United States
Kim Sang-Uk   South Korea
Mark Slade   Great Britain
Olivier Martini   Monaco
Lee Uk-Jae   South Korea
Percival Alger   Philippines
Pedro Bleyer   Bolivia
Yan Wing-Shean   Chinese Taipei
Régis Avila   Brazil

References edit

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1988 Olympic Results - Men's sabre". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Sabre, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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