Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

Each pool was a round-robin (with matches not being held where unnecessary to the overall result). Bouts were to five touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team bout (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the semifinals.

Pool A
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	France	1	0	Q
	Italy	1	0	Q
3	Greece	0	2

Pool B
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	Hungary	2	0	Q
	Poland	2	0	Q
3	Great Britain	0	2
	United States	0	2

Pool C
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	Netherlands	1	0	Q
2	Turkey	0	1	Q

Pool D
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	Belgium	1	0	Q
	Germany	1	0	Q
3	Chile	0	2

Each pool was a round-robin (with matches not being held where unnecessary to the overall result). Bouts were to five touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team bout (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the final.

Pool A
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	Italy	2	0	Q
2	Poland	2	1	Q
3	Netherlands	1	2
4	Belgium	0	2

Pool B
Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses	Qual.
1	Hungary	2	0	Q
2	Germany	2	1	Q
3	France	1	2
4	Turkey	0	2

The final was a round-robin. Bouts were to five touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team bout (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8).

Hungary beat both Italy and Poland, which had each beaten Germany; therefore, the Hungary-Germany match was unnecessary as Hungary would win gold and Germany take fourth regardless of the results. The reason for not holding the Italy-Poland match is less clear; the official report says it was not necessary, but presumably the winner would be the silver medalist while the loser would take the bronze. Italy had defeated Poland 16-0 in the semifinals, which may have been how the final placing was decided.

Rank	Nation	Wins	Losses
	Hungary	2	0
	Italy	1	1
	Poland	1	1
4	Germany	0	2