Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre
The men's team sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 10 August 1948 to 11 August 1948. 85 fencers from 17 nations competed.[1]
| Men's team sabre at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Wembley Palace of Engineering, London |
| Dates | 10 – 11 August |
| Competitors | 85 from 17 nations |
| Medalists | |
The competition format continued the pool play round-robin from prior years. 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. The team that won more bouts won the match, with competition potentially stopping when one team reached 9 points out of the possible 16 (this did not always occur and matches sometimes continued). If the bouts were 8–8, touches received was used to determine the winning team. Pool matches unnecessary to the result were not played.[2]
Rosters edit
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Results edit
Round 1 edit
The top two teams in each pool advanced to round 2.[2]
Pool 1 edit
Egypt (13–3) and Czechoslovakia (9–2) each defeated Mexico.
| Rank | Nation | MW | ML | BW | BL | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Egypt |
1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | Q |
| 2 |  Czechoslovakia |
1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | Q |
| 3 |  Mexico |
0 | 2 | 5 | 22 |
Pool 2 edit
Austria (14–2) and France (9–1) each defeated Switzerland.
| Rank | Nation | MW | ML | BW | BL | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Austria |
1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | Q |
| 2 |  France |
1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | Q |
| 3 |  Switzerland |
0 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
Pool 3 edit
Poland (11–5) and Belgium (9–2) each defeated Turkey.
| Rank | Nation | MW | ML | BW | BL | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Poland |
1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | Q |
| 2 |  Belgium |
1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | Q |
| 3 |  Turkey |
0 | 2 | 7 | 20 |
Pool 4 edit
The Netherlands (13–3) and Italy (9–1) each defeated Canada.
| Rank | Nation | MW | ML | BW | BL | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | Q |
| 2 |  Italy |
1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | Q |
| 3 |  Canada |
0 | 2 | 4 | 22 |
Pool 5 edit
The United States (14–2) and Argentina (9–1) each defeated Greece.
| Rank | Nation | MW | ML | BW | BL | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | Q |
| 2 |  Argentina |
1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | Q |
| 3 |  Greece |
0 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
Pool 6 edit
Denmark withdrew, leaving Great Britain and Hungary to advance unopposed.
| Rank | Nation | MW | ML | BW | BL | Notes |
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| 1 |  Great Britain |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Q |
| 1 |  Hungary |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Q |
| 3 |  Denmark |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
Round 2 edit
The top two teams in each pool advanced to the semifinals.[3]
Pool 1 edit
Belgium (13–3) and Hungary (9–3) each defeated Egypt.
| Rank | Nation | MW | ML | BW | BL | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium |
1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | Q |
| 2 | Hungary |
1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | Q |
| 3 | Egypt |
0 | 2 | 6 | 22 |
Pool 2 edit
The United States (11–5) and Italy (9–4) each defeated Great Britain.
| Rank | Nation | MW | ML | BW | BL | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States |
1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | Q |
| 2 | Italy |
1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | Q |
| 3 | Great Britain |
0 | 2 | 9 | 20 |
Pool 3 edit
Argentina beat the Netherlands 9–7, the Netherlands beat Czechoslovakia 10–6, and Argentina defeated Czechoslovakia 9–7.
| Rank | Nation | MW | ML | BW | BL | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina |
2 | 0 | 18 | 14 | Q |
| 2 | Netherlands |
1 | 1 | 17 | 15 | Q |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia |
0 | 2 | 13 | 19 |
Pool 4 edit
France (10–6) and Poland (8–8, 55–59 touches against) each defeated Austria.
| Rank | Nation | MW | ML | BW | BL | Notes |
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| 1 | France |
1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | Q |
| 2 | Poland |
1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | Q |
| 3 | Austria |
0 | 2 | 14 | 18 |
Semifinals edit
The top two teams in each pool advanced to the final.[4]
Semifinal 1 edit
Hungary beat Argentina 15–1, Belgium defeated Poland 9–7, Belgium defeated Argentina 9–4, and Hungary beat Poland 12–3.
| Rank | Nation | MW | ML | BW | BL | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary |
2 | 0 | 27 | 4 | Q |
| 2 | Belgium |
2 | 0 | 18 | 11 | Q |
| 3 | Poland |
0 | 2 | 10 | 21 | |
| 4 | Argentina |
0 | 2 | 5 | 24 |
Semifinal 2 edit
Italy beat the Netherlands 13–3, the United States defeated France 11–5, the United States defeated the Netherlands 9–2, and Italy beat France 9–5.
| Rank | Nation | MW | ML | BW | BL | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy |
2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | Q |
| 2 | United States |
2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | Q |
| 3 | France |
0 | 2 | 10 | 20 | |
| 4 | Netherlands |
0 | 2 | 5 | 22 |
Final edit
In the first pairings, Italy defeated Belgium and Hungary beat the United States, each by a score of 10–6. Hungary (9–1 over Belgium) and Italy (8–8 over the United States, prevailing by touches received 59–61) won again in the second set of matches as well. The United States beat Belgium 10–5 in a de facto bronze medal match, while Hungary prevailed 10–6 over Italy for the gold medal.
| Rank | Nation | MW | ML | BW | BL |
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Hungary |
3 | 0 | 29 | 13 |
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Italy |
2 | 1 | 24 | 24 |
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United States |
1 | 2 | 24 | 23 |
| 4 | Belgium |
0 | 3 | 12 | 29 |
References edit
- ^ "Fencing: 1948 Olympic Results - Men's team sabre". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
- ^ a b Official Report, p. 370.
- ^ Official Report, p. 371.
- ^ Official Report, p. 372.