Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

Men's team sabre at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Vélodrome d'hiver
Dates	July 12–15
Competitors	80 from 14 nations
Medalists
Renato Anselmi, Guido Balzarini, Marcello Bertinetti, Bino Bini, Vincenzo Cuccia, Oreste Moricca, Oreste Puliti, Giulio Sarrocchi Italy   László Berti, János Garay, Sándor Pósta, József Rády, Zoltán Schenker, László Széchy, Ödön Tersztyanszky, Jenö Uhlyarik Hungary   Adrianus De Jong, Jetze Doorman, Hendrik Scherpenhuyzen, Jan Van Der Wiel, Maarten Van Dulm, Henri Wynoldy-Daniels Netherlands

Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Épée	men
Team épée	men
Foil	men		women
Team foil	men
Sabre	men
Team sabre	men

The men's team sabre was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event.

The competition was held from Friday July 12, 1924, to Monday July 15, 1924. 14 teams, composed of 80 fencers, competed.

Rosters

Argentina Horacio Casco Carmelo Merlo Arturo Ponce Raúl Sola Santiago Torres Belgium Charles Delporte Robert Feyerick Félix Goblet Léon Tom Jean-Pierre Willems Czechoslovakia Alexandr Bárta František Dvořák Josef Jungmann Luděk Opplt Otakar Švorčík Denmark Jens Berthelsen Einar Levison Svend Munck Ivan Osiier Peter Ryefelt France Georges Conraux Henri de Saint-Germain Jean Jannekeyn Lionel Lifschitz Marc Perrodon Maurice Taillandier

Great Britain Edward Brookfield Archibald Corble Robin Dalglish William Hammond Cecil Kershaw William Marsh Greece Ioannis Georgiadis Konstantinos Kotzias Konstantinos Nikolopoulos Tryfon Triantafyllakos Italy Renato Anselmi Guido Balzarini Marcello Bertinetti Bino Bini Vincenzo Cuccia Oreste Moricca Oreste Puliti Giulio Sarrocchi Hungary László Berti János Garay Sándor Pósta József Rády Zoltán Schenker László Széchy Ödön Tersztyanszky Jenö Uhlyarik

Netherlands Adrianus De Jong Jetze Doorman Hendrik Scherpenhuyzen Jan Van Der Wiel Maarten Van Dulm Henri Wyjnoldy-Daniels Poland Alfred Ader Adam Papée Konrad Winkler Jerzy Zabielski Spain Julián de Olivares Julio González Fernando Guillén Jesús López de Lara Jaime Mela United States Laurence Castner Edwin Fullinwider Ernest Gignoux Arthur Lyon Chauncey McPherson Joseph Parker Albert Strauss Harold Van Buskirk Uruguay Héctor Belo Santos Ferreira Domingo Mendy Pedro Mendy Conrado Rolando

Results

Round 1

The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless a match was unnecessary to determine qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to four touches.

Pool A

Rank	Team	ITA	TCH	GRE		Match wins	Match losses	Bout wins	Bout losses	Qual.
1	Italy		11–5	14–2		2	0	25	7	Q
2	Czechoslovakia	5–11		10–6		1	1	15	17	Q
3	Greece	2–14	6–10			0	2	8	24

Pool B

Rank	Team	NED	USA	URU	POL		Match wins	Match losses	Bout wins	Bout losses	Qual.
1	Netherlands		10–6	9–7	16–0		3	0	35	13	Q
2	United States	6–10		9–7	12–4		2	1	27	21	Q
3	Uruguay	7–9	7–9				0	2	14	18
4	Poland	0–16	4–12				0	2	4	28

Pool C

Rank	Team	FRA	ESP		Match wins	Match losses	Bout wins	Bout losses	Qual.
1	France				Walkover				Q
	Spain				Walkover				Q

Pool D

Rank	Team	HUN	DEN	GBR		Match wins	Match losses	Bout wins	Bout losses	Qual.
1	Hungary			15–1		1	0	15	1	Q
2	Denmark			9–7		1	0	9	7	Q
3	Great Britain	1–15	7–9			0	2	8	24

Pool E

Rank	Team	ARG	BEL		Match wins	Match losses	Bout wins	Bout losses	Qual.
1	Argentina		9–7		1	0	9	7	Q
2	Belgium	7–9			1	0	7	9	Q

Quarterfinals

The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless a match was unnecessary to determine qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to four touches.

Pool A

Italy beat Belgium on touches, 50 to 46.

Rank	Team	HUN	ITA	BEL	USA		Match wins	Match losses	Bout wins	Bout losses	Qual.
1	Hungary			10–6	14–2		2	0	24	8	Q
2	Italy			8–8	12–4		2	0	20	12	Q
3	Belgium	6–10	8–8				0	2	14	18
4	United States	2–14	4–12				0	2	6	26

Pool B

Rank	Team	ARG	NED	ESP		Match wins	Match losses	Bout wins	Bout losses	Qual.
1	Argentina		10–6	13–3		2	0	23	9	Q
2	Netherlands	6–10		12–4		1	1	18	14	Q
3	Spain	3–13	4–12			0	2	7	25

Pool C

France beat Czechoslovakia on touches, 49 to 43.

Rank	Team	FRA	TCH	DEN		Match wins	Match losses	Bout wins	Bout losses	Qual.
1	France		8–8	10–6		2	0	18	14	Q
2	Czechoslovakia	8–8		12–4		1	1	20	12	Q
3	Denmark	6–10	4–12			0	2	10	22

Semifinals

The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless the match was unnecessary to decide qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to four touches.

Pool A

Czechoslovakia beat Argentina on touches, 47 to 45.

Rank	Team	ITA	TCH	ARG		Match wins	Match losses	Bout wins	Bout losses	Qual.
1	Italy			14–2		1	0	14	2	Q
2	Czechoslovakia			8–8		1	0	8	8	Q
3	Argentina	2–14	8–8			0	2	10	22

Pool B

Rank	Team	HUN	NED	FRA		Match wins	Match losses	Bout wins	Bout losses	Qual.
1	Hungary			10–6		1	0	10	6	Q
2	Netherlands			9–7		1	0	9	7	Q
3	France	6–10	7–9			0	2	13	19

Final

Each team played each other team. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to four touches. Italy beat Hungary on touches, 50 to 46, in a match that was the difference in the gold medal standings.

Rank	Team	ITA	HUN	NED	TCH		Match wins	Match losses	Bout wins	Bout losses
	Italy		8–8	9–7	11–5		3	0	28	20
	Hungary	8–8		14–2	11–5		2	1	33	15
	Netherlands	7–9	2–14		9–7		1	2	18	30
4	Czechoslovakia	5–11	5–11	7–9			0	3	17	31

References

• Kubatko, Justin. "Fencing at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Sabre, Team". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved August 27, 2009.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish).