Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

The men's sabre was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 10 August 1928 to 11 August 1928. 44 fencers from 17 nations competed.[1] For the third straight Games, the limit of fencers per nation was reduced (from 12 to 8 in 1920, from 8 to 4 in 1924, and from 4 to 3 in 1928). The event was won by Ödön von Tersztyánszky of Hungary, the second in a nine-Games streak of Hungarian wins. Attila Petschauer, also of Hungary, took silver. Italy's Bino Bini earned bronze.

Men's sabre
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Ödön von Tersztyánszky
VenueSchermzaal
Dates10–11 August 1928
Competitors44 from 17 nations
Medalists
Ödön von Tersztyánszky
 Hungary
Attila Petschauer
 Hungary
Bino Bini
 Italy
Fencing at the
1928 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Foilmenwomen
Team foilmen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

Background

This was the eighth appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Four of the twelve finalists from 1924 returned: silver medalist Roger Ducret of France, fifth-place finisher Adrianus de Jong of the Netherlands, sixth-place finisher Ivan Osiier of Denmark (now in his fifth Olympics), and Bino Bini of Italy, who had withdrawn from the 1924 final after Oreste Puliti had been disqualified for threatening a judge who ruled that Bini and others had thrown matches to Puliti. The Hungarian team had experience complete turnover from 1924, but was still expected to dominate; two-time defending world champion Sándor Gombos over teammates Ödön von Tersztyánszky and Attila Petschauer.[2]

Bulgaria, Egypt, Romania, and Yugoslavia each made their debut in the men's sabre. Italy and Denmark each made their sixth appearance in the event, tied for most of any nation.

Competition format

The event used a three-round format. In each round, the fencers were divided into pools to play a round-robin within the pool. Bouts were to five touches (up from three in 1920 and four in 1924). Standard sabre rules applied.[2]

  • Quarterfinals: There were 8 pools of between 3 and 7 fencers each. The top 3 fencers in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals.
  • Semifinals: There were 3 pools of 8 fencers each. The top 4 fencers in each semifinal advanced to the final.
  • Final: The final pool had 12 fencers.

Schedule
Date Time Round
Friday, 10 August 19289:00Quarterfinals
Saturday, 11 August 1928 
11:00		Semifinals
Final

Results

Source: Official results;[3] De Wael[4]

Quarterfinals

Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to five touches. The top three fencers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal A
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Edward Brookfield Great BritainN/AQ
Abelardo Castro ChileN/AQ
Mohamed Charaoui EgyptN/AQ

Quarterfinal B
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Bino Bini Italy4Q
2Ivan Osiier Denmark3Q
3Raoul Fristeau France3Q
4Hassan Niazi Egypt2
5Franjo Fröhlich Yugoslavia2
6Barry Notley Great Britain1

Quarterfinal C
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Attila Petschauer Hungary5Q
2Roger Ducret France3Q
3Jens Berthelsen Denmark3Q
4Guy Harry Great Britain2
5Nickolas Muray United States1
6Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls Netherlands1

Quarterfinal D
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Adrianus de Jong Netherlands5Q
2Heinrich Moos Germany4Q
3Jean Lacroix France2Q
4Dimitar Vasilev Bulgaria2
5Viggo Stilling-Andersen Denmark2
6Nami Yayak Turkey0

Quarterfinal E
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Jan van der Wiel Netherlands4Q
2Henri Brasseur Belgium2Q
3John Huffman United States2Q
4Isidro González Spain1
5Muhuttin Okyavuz Turkey1

Quarterfinal F
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Sándor Gombos Hungary5Q
2Arturo De Vecchi Italy4Q
3Denis Dolecsko Romania2Q
4Édouard Yves Belgium2
5Tomás Goyoaga Chile2
6Asen Lekarski Bulgaria0

Quarterfinal G
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Erwin Casmir Germany4Q
2Norman Cohn-Armitage United States3Q
3Jacques Kesteloot Belgium2Q
4Sigurd Akre-Aas Norway1
5Francisco González Spain0

Quarterfinal H
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Gustavo Marzi Italy6Q
2Ödön von Tersztyánszky Hungary5Q
3Hans Thomson Germany4Q
4Mihai Raicu Romania2
5Efrain Díaz Chile2
6Juan Jesús García Spain2
7Enver Balkan Turkey0

Semifinals

Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to five touches. The top four fencers in each pool advanced to the final.

Semifinal A
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Bino Bini Italy7Q
2Ödön von Tersztyánszky Hungary5Q
3Jan van der Wiel Netherlands5Q
4Roger Ducret France5Q
5Jens Berthelsen Denmark3
6Heinrich Moos Germany2
7Denis Dolecsko Romania1
8Henri Brasseur Belgium0

Semifinal B
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Attila Petschauer Hungary6Q
2Erwin Casmir Germany6Q
3Arturo De Vecchi Italy6Q
4Jean Lacroix France3Q
5John Huffman United States3
6Edward Brookfield Great Britain2
7Mohamed Charaoui Egypt1
8Abelardo Castro Chile1

Semifinal C
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes
1Gustavo Marzi Italy6Q
2Hans Thomson Germany4Q
3Sándor Gombos Hungary4Q
4Adrianus de Jong Netherlands4Q
5Ivan Osiier Denmark3
6Raoul Fristeau France3
7Norman Cohn-Armitage United States2
8Jacques Kesteloot Belgium2

Final

The final was a round-robin. Bouts were to five touches. A tie for first-place was broken with a single barrage bout, with von Tersztyánszky defeating Petschauer 5-2.

Rank Fencer Nation WinsLosses
Ödön von Tersztyánszky Hungary92
Attila Petschauer Hungary92
Bino Bini Italy83
4Gustavo Marzi Italy83
5Sándor Gombos Hungary83
6Erwin Casmir Germany65
7Arturo De Vecchi Italy56
8Roger Ducret France56
9Adrianus de Jong Netherlands47
10Jean Lacroix France29
11Jan van der Wiel Netherlands29
12Hans Thomson Germany011

References
  1. "Fencing: 1928 Olympic Results - Men's sabre". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  2. "Sabre, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  3. "1928 Summer Olympics official report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2008.
  4. "Fencing 1928".
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