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Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from October 19 to 20, 1964. 52 fencers from 21 nations competed.[1] Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by Tibor Pézsa, the final of nine straight Games in which a Hungarian fencer won the event. The silver medal went to Claude Arabo of France, with Umyar Mavlikhanov of the Soviet Union taking bronze.

Men's sabre
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Tibor Pézsa (1967)
VenueWaseda University Memorial Hall
DatesOctober 19–20
Competitors52 from 21 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tibor Pézsa  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Claude Arabo  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Umyar Mavlikhanov  Soviet Union
← 1960
1968 →

Background edit

This was the 15th appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Four of the eight finalists from 1960 returned: bronze medalist Wladimiro Calarese of Italy, fourth-place finisher Claude Arabo of France, sixth-place finisher (and 1956 silver medalist) Jerzy Pawłowski of Poland (who, in 1968, would finally break the Hungarian run of nine straight gold medals in the event), and eighth-place finisher Yakov Rylsky of the Soviet Union. Rylsky had won three of the last five world championships (1958, 1961, and 1963). Pawłowski was the only other world champion present; he had won in 1957. Hungary, dominant in men's sabre since 1908, was finally thought vulnerable to the rising stars of Poland and the Soviet Union; the French champion, Arabo, was also a strong contender.[2]

Ireland, Iran, Malaysia, and the Netherlands Antilles each made their debut in the men's sabre. Italy made its 13th appearance in the event, most of any nation, having missed the inaugural 1896 event and the 1904 St. Louis Games.

Competition format edit

The 1964 tournament introduced a hybrid pool-play and knockout format. The competition began with two rounds of pool play. In each round, the fencers were divided into pools to play a round-robin within the pool. Bouts were to five touches. Barrages were used to break ties necessary for advancement. The competition then shifted to knockout rounds. These rounds used a single-elimination tournament format to reduce the remaining field from 24 to 16, then from 16 to 8, then from 8 to 4. There were also classification semifinals and a fifth-place match for the quarterfinal losers. Bouts in these knockout rounds were to 10 touches. The four quarterfinal winners then resumed pool play once again for the final. Standard sabre rules were used.[2][3]

  • Round 1: There were 8 pools of 6 or 7 fencers each. The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced to round 2.
  • Round 2: There were 4 pools of 8 fencers each. The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced to the knockout rounds.
  • Knockout rounds: The 16 fencers were seeded into a truncated single-elimination tournament. Two knockout rounds were held, finishing with the quarterfinals.
  • Classification: There were knockout-style classification matches for 5th place (two 5th–8th semifinals and a 5th/6th match).
  • Final: The final pool had 4 fencers.

Schedule edit

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round
Monday, 19 October 1964 8:30 Round 1
Round 2
Wednesday, 14 October 1964  
 
17:30
17:30		 Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Classification 5–8
Final

Results edit

Round 1 edit

Round 1 pool A edit

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Yakov Rylsky   Soviet Union 4 1 Q
2 Pierluigi Chicca   Italy 4 1 Q
3 Ioan Drimba   Romania 3 2 Q
4 Rafael González   Argentina 2 3 B
Ignacio Posada   Colombia 2 3 B
6 Michael Ryan   Ireland 0 5
Barrage A
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
4 Ignacio Posada   Colombia 1 0 Q
5 Rafael González   Argentina 0 1

Round 1 pool B edit

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Jerzy Pawlowsky   Poland 6 0 Q
2 Eugene Hamori   United States 5 1 Q
3 Cesare Salvadori   Italy 4 2 Q
4 Octavian Vintila   Romania 3 3 Q
5 Jan Boutmy   Netherlands Antilles 2 4
6 Loc Nguyen The   Vietnam 1 5
7 Ronnie Theseira   Malaysia 0 6

Round 1 pool C edit

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Andrzej Piatkowski   Poland 5 0 Q
2 Wladimiro Calarese   Italy 4 1 Q
3 Thomas Orley   United States 3 2 Q
4 Shibata Seiji   Japan 2 3 Q
5 Robert Foxcroft   Canada 1 5
6 Houshmand Almasi   Iran 0 6

Round 1 pool D edit

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Peter Bakonyi   Hungary 5 0 Q
2 Attila Keresztes   United States 4 1 Q
3 J. Theuerkauff   United Team of Germany 3 2 Q
4 Teruhiro Kitao   Japan 2 3 Q
5 Emilio Echeverri   Colombia 1 5
6 Nasser Madani   Iran 0 5

Round 1 pool E edit

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Mark Rakita   Soviet Union 6 0 Q
2 Jacques Lefevre   France 5 1 Q
3 Funamizu Mitsuyuki   Japan 4 2 Q
4 Dieter Wellman   United Team of Germany 3 3 Q
5 Richard Oldcorn   Great Britain 2 4
6 Bijan Zarnegar   Iran 1 5
7 Xuan Tran Van   Vietnam 0 6

Round 1 pool F edit

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Marcel Parent   France 5 0 Q
2 Emil Ochyra   Poland 4 1 Q
3 Walter Kostner   United Team of Germany 3 2 Q
4 Alexander Leckie   Great Britain 2 3 Q
5 Henry Sommerville   Australia 1 4
6 J. Bouchier-Hayes   Ireland 0 5

Round 1 pool G edit

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Attila Kovacs   Hungary 6 0 Q
2 Claude Arabo   France 5 1 Q
3 Arnold Cooperman   Great Britain 3 3 Q
4 Yves Brasseur   Belgium 2 4 B
Alexander Martonffy   Australia 2 4 B
Enrique Penabella   Cuba 2 4 B
7 Juan Frecia   Argentina 1 5
Barrage G
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
4 Enrique Penabella   Cuba 2 0 Q
5 Yves Brasseur   Belgium 0 1
6 Alexander Martonffy   Australia 0 1

Round 1 pool H edit

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Tănase Mureșanu   Romania 6 0 Q
2 Umar Mavlikhanov   Soviet Union 5 1 Q
3 Tibor Pézsa   Hungary 3 3 Q
4 Alberto Lanteri   Argentina 3 3 Q
5 John Andru   Canada 2 4
6 Les Tornallyay   Australia 1 5
7 Humberto Posada   Colombia 1 5

Round 2 edit

Round 2 pool A edit

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Yakov Rylsky   Soviet Union 6 1 Q
2 Dieter Wellman   United Team of Germany 5 2 Q
3 Tibor Pézsa   Hungary 4 3 Q
4 Marcel Parent   France 4 3 Q
5 Wladimiro Calarese   Italy 3 4
6 Attila Keresztes   United States 3 4
7 Funamizu Mitsuyuki   Japan 2 5
8 Octavian Vintila   Romania 1 6

Round 2 pool B edit

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Jerzy Pawlowski   Poland 6 1 Q
2 Umar Mavlikhanov   Soviet Union 5 2 Q
3 Attila Kovacs   Hungary 5 2 Q
4 Jacques Lefevre   France 4 3 Q
5 Ioan Drimba   Romania 3 4
6 Gudrum Theuerkauff   United Team of Germany 3 4
7 Shibata Seiji   Japan 1 6
8 Alexander Leckie   Great Britain 1 6

Round 2 pool C edit

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Mark Rakita   Soviet Union 7 0 Q
2 Claude Arabo   France 6 1 Q
3 Walter Kostner   United Team of Germany 4 3 Q
4 Pierluigi Chicca   Italy 4 3 Q
5 Thomas Orley   United States 3 4
6 Andrzej Piatkowski   Poland 3 4
7 Alberto Lanteri   Argentina 1 6
8 Ketao Teruhiro   Japan 0 7

Round 2 pool D edit

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Emil Ochyra   Poland 7 0 Q
2 Peter Bakonyi   Hungary 5 2 Q
3 Cesare Salvadori   Italy 4 3 Q
4 Tanase Muresan   Romania 4 3 Q
5 Eugene Hamori   United States 3 4
6 Arnold Cooperman   Great Britain 2 5
7 Humberto Posada   Colombia 2 5
8 Enrique Penabella   Cuba 1 6

Knockout rounds edit

The winner of each group advanced to the final pool, while the runner-up moved into a 5th-place semifinal.

Group 1 edit

 
Round of 16Quarterfinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
   Yakov Rylsky (URS)10
 
 
 
  Jacques Lefevre (FRA)6
 
   Yakov Rylsky (URS)10
 
 
 
  Walter Kostner (EUA)5
 
   Walter Kostner (EUA)10
 
 
  Jerzy Pawlowski (POL)9
 

Group 2 edit

 
Round of 16Quarterfinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
   Tibor Pézsa (HUN)10
 
 
 
  Mark Rakita (URS)6
 
   Tibor Pézsa (HUN)10
 
 
 
  Marcel Parent (FRA)7
 
   Marcel Parent (FRA)10
 
 
  Tanase Muresan (ROU)7
 

Group 3 edit

 
Round of 16Quarterfinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
   Umar Mavlikhanov (URS)10
 
 
 
  Peter Bakonyi (HUN)9
 
   Umar Mavlikhanov (URS)10
 
 
 
  Emil Ochyra (POL)9
 
   Emil Ochyra (POL)10
 
 
  Cesare Salvadori (ITA)6
 

Group 4 edit

 
Round of 16Quarterfinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
   Claude Arabo (FRA)10
 
 
 
  Pierluigi Chicca (ITA)4
 
   Claude Arabo (FRA)10
 
 
 
  Dieter Wellman (EUA)6
 
   Dieter Wellman (EUA)10
 
 
  Attila Kovacs (HUN)9
 

Fifth place semifinal edit

 
Fifth place semifinalsFifth place match
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Emil Ochyra (POL)10
 
 
 
  Walter Kostner (EUA)5
 
  Emil Ochyra (POL)10
 
 
 
  Marcel Parent (FRA)5
 
  Dieter Wellman (EUA)9
 
 
  Marcel Parent (FRA)10
 

Final edit

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Claude Arabo   France 2 1 GB
Tibor Pézsa   Hungary 2 1 GB
3 Umar Mavlikhanov   Soviet Union 1 2 BB
Yakov Rylsky   Soviet Union 1 2 BB
Bronze medal barrage
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses
  Umar Mavlikhanov   Soviet Union 1 0
4 Yakov Rylsky   Soviet Union 0 1
Gold medal barrage
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses
  Tibor Pézsa   Hungary 1 0
  Claude Arabo   France 0 1

References edit

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1964 Olympic Results - Men's sabre". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
  2. ^ a b "Sabre, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 282.

Sources edit

  • Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.
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