Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

The men's sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 31 July 1952 to 1 August 1952. 66 fencers from 26 nations competed.[1] Nations were limited to three fencers each. The event was won by Pál Kovács, the sixth of nine straight Games in which a Hungarian would win the event. Kovács became the fourth man to win multiple medals in the individual sabre, adding to his 1948 bronze. Hungary swept the medals in the event for the second time (the first was in 1912). Aladár Gerevich's silver completed a set of three different color medals in the event, the first man to win three medals in individual sabre. Tibor Berczelly earned bronze.

Men's sabre
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Pál Kovács (center, crouching) and Aladár Gerevich (center, seated) were mainstays of the Hungarian sabre team for many Games; they are seen here on the podium of the 1960 team event.
VenueWestend Tennis Hall, Espoo
Dates31 July – 1 August
Competitors66 from 26 nations
Medalists
Pál Kovács
 Hungary
Aladár Gerevich
 Hungary
Tibor Berczelly
 Hungary

Background

This was the 12th appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Seven of the eight finalists from 1948 returned (all except American Tibor Nyilas: gold medalist (and 1936 bronze medalist) Aladár Gerevich of Hungary, silver medalist (and 1936 finalist) Vincenzo Pinton of Italy, bronze medalist Pál Kovács of Hungary, fourth-place finisher Jacques Lefèvre of France, fifth-place finisher George Worth of the United States, sixth-place finisher Gastone Darè of Italy, and eighth-place finisher Antonio Haro of Mexico. Gerevich was the reigning (1951) world champion, with Darè (1949) and Jean Levavasseur of France (1950) other recent world champions competing. Kovács was also a world champion, though not so recently—he had won in 1937.[2]

Australia, Guatemala, Japan, Saar, the Soviet Union, Portugal, and Venezuela each made their debut in the men's sabre. Italy and Denmark each made their 10th appearance in the event, tied for most of any nation, each having missed two of the first three events but having appeared every Games since 1908.

Competition format

The competition format was pool play round-robin, with bouts to five touches. Not all bouts were played in some pools if not necessary to determine advancement. Ties were broken through fence-off bouts ("barrages") in early rounds if necessary for determining advancement. Ties not necessary for advancement were either not broken (if at least one fencer had not finished all bouts in the round-robin) or broken first by touches received and then by touches scored. In the final, ties were broken by barrage if necessary for medal placement but otherwise first by touches received and then by touches scored.[3] The fencers from the top four teams in the team sabre event received a bye in the first round.

  • Round 1: There 7 pools of between 7 and 8 fencers each. The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced to the quarterfinals.
  • Quarterfinals: There were 5 pools of 8 fencers each. The top 4 fencers in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals.
  • Semifinals: There were 3 pools of 6 or 7 fencers each. The top 3 fencers in each semifinal advanced to the final.
  • Final: The final pool had 9 fencers.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Date Time Round
Thursday, 31 July 19528:00
15:00
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Friday, 1 August 19528:00
15:00
Semifinals
Final

Results

Round 1

The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to the quarterfinals.[3] Fencers from the four teams that advanced to the final of the men's team foil event received byes through round 1:

Pool 1

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Hubert Loisel Austria6120Q
2Leszek Suski Poland4322Q
3Edgardo Pomini Argentina4323Q
4Ion Santo Romania4325Q
5Ivan Ruben Denmark3425
6Umberto Menegalli Switzerland3431
7Olaf Sandner Venezuela2532
8Ivan Lund Australia2533

Pool 2

Plattner defeated Molnar in a barrage for fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Wojciech Zabłocki Poland6120Q
2William Beatley Great Britain5221Q
3Willy Fascher Germany5225Q
4Werner Plattner Austria4322Q
5Etienne Molnar Brazil4323
6Karl Bach Saar2532
7Jock Gibson Australia2533
8João Pessanha Portugal0735

Pool 3

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1José D'Andrea Argentina5121Q
2Heinz Lechner Austria422719Q
3Antonio Haro Mexico422519Q
4Adalbert Gurath Sr. Romania4221Q
5Hans Esser Germany3325
6Ahmed Abou-Shadi Egypt1528
7Roland Asselin Canada0630

Pool 4

Carnera defeated Rau in a barrage for fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1François Heywaert Belgium5114Q
Ivan Manayenko Soviet Union5115Q
Jerzy Pawłowski Poland5122Q
4Raimondo Carnera Denmark3426Q
5Ernst Rau Saar3426
6John Fethers Australia2628
7Rafael Cámara Mexico2532
8Gustavo Gutiérrez Venezuela1529

Pool 5

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Boris Belyakov Soviet Union4117Q
Gustave Ballister Belgium4216Q
3Bob Anderson Great Britain4220Q
4Daniel Sande Argentina3326Q
5Benito Ramos Mexico2423
6Alfred Eriksen Norway2426
7José Ferreira Portugal1424

Pool 6

Amez-Droz defeated Liebscher in a barrage for fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Ilie Tudor Romania5117Q
Marcel Van Der Auwera Belgium5218Q
3Henry Nordin Sweden5223Q
4Jules Amez-Droz Switzerland4325Q
5Richard Liebscher Germany4326
6Günther Knödler Saar1423
Eduardo López Guatemala1527
Edmundo López Venezuela1633

Pool 7

Abdel Rahman defeated Eriksson in a barrage for fourth place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Palle Frey Denmark603012Q
2Otto Greter Switzerland5222Q
3Lev Kuznetsov Soviet Union5111Q
4Mohamed Abdel Rahman Egypt4325Q
5Bo Eriksson Sweden4325
6Álvaro Silva Portugal2529
7Shinichi Maki Japan0630
Olgierd Porebski Great Britain0630

Quarterfinals

The top 4 finishers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.[4]

Quarterfinal 1

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Aladár Gerevich Hungary6112Q
2Leszek Suski Poland5220Q
3Ivan Manayenko Soviet Union5222Q
4Renzo Nostini Italy4324Q
5Palle Frey Denmark3425
6Antonio Haro Mexico3429
7José D'Andrea Argentina1632
8Allan Kwartler United States1634

Quarterfinal 2

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Pál Kovács Hungary603014Q
2Werner Plattner Austria51Q
3Gustave Ballister Belgium4322Q
4Adalbert Gurath Sr. Romania4330Q
5George Worth United States342827
6Lev Kuznetsov Soviet Union342227
7Wojciech Zabłocki Poland2530
8Edgardo Pomini Argentina0735

Quarterfinal 3

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Tibor Berczelly Hungary5220Q
2Heinz Lechner Austria5221Q
3Ilie Tudor Romania5223Q
4François Heywaert Belgium4325Q
5Boris Belyakov Soviet Union3426
6Jean-François Tournon France3431
7Otto Greter Switzerland2533
8Raimondo Carnera Denmark1634

Quarterfinal 4

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Vincenzo Pinton Italy5114Q
2Jean Levavasseur France5115Q
3Joe de Capriles United States5117Q
4Daniel Sande Argentina5223Q
5Marcel Van Der Auwera Belgium3322
6William Beatley Great Britain2524
7Willy Fascher Germany0630
Ion Santo Romania0630

Quarterfinal 5

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Jacques Lefèvre France50251Q
2Hubert Loisel Austria4117Q
Gastone Darè Italy4218Q
Jerzy Pawłowski Poland4221Q
5Mohamed Abdel Rahman Egypt2426
Henry Nordin Sweden2426
7Bob Anderson Great Britain1421
8Jules Amez-Droz Switzerland0525

Semifinals

The top 3 finishers in each pool advanced to the final.[4] Renzo Nostini did not compete in the semifinals.

Semifinal 1

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Gastone Darè Italy4113Q
Aladár Gerevich Hungary4114Q
Heinz Lechner Austria4117Q
4Daniel Sande Argentina2320
Ivan Manayenko Soviet Union2322
Joe de Capriles United States2424
7Ilie Tudor Romania0525

Semifinal 2

Ballister defeated Loisel in a barrage for third place.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Pál Kovács Hungary50256Q
2Vincenzo Pinton Italy4116Q
3Gustave Ballister Belgium2321Q
4Hubert Loisel Austria2320
5Jean Levavasseur France1422
6Jerzy Pawłowski Poland1424

Semifinal 3

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTRNotes
1Jacques Lefèvre France4112Q
2Werner Plattner Austria3114Q
3Tibor Berczelly Hungary3217Q
4Adalbert Gurath Sr. Romania2318
5Leszek Suski Poland1318
6François Heywaert Belgium1422

Final

Berczelly defeated Darè in a barrage for the bronze medal.

RankFencerNationWinsLossesTSTR
Pál Kovács Hungary804019
Aladár Gerevich Hungary7116
Tibor Berczelly Hungary5322
4Gastone Darè Italy5327
5Werner Plattner Austria4434
6Jacques Lefèvre France3525
7Vincenzo Pinton Italy2632
8Heinz Lechner Austria2635
9Gustave Ballister Belgium0840

References

  1. "Fencing: 1952 Olympic Results - Men's sabre". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  2. "Sabre, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  3. Official Report, p. 499.
  4. Official Report, p. 500.
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