Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre
The men's team sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from August 10, 1948 to August 11, 1948. 85 fencers from 17 nations competed. The competition format continued the pool play round-robin from prior years. Each of the four fencers from one team would face each of the four from the other, for a total of 16 bouts per match. The team that won more bouts won the match, with competition potentially stopping when one team reached 9 points out of the possible 16. If the bouts were 8–8, touches received was used to determine the winning team. Pool matches unnecessary to the result were not played.
Denmark withdrew, leaving Great Britain and Hungary to advance unopposed.
Rank
Nation
Notes
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
Withdrew
Round 2
The top two teams in each pool advanced to the semifinals.
Pool 1
Belgium and Hungary each defeated Egypt.
Rank
Nation
Notes
1
1
0
13
3
2
1
0
9
3
3
0
2
6
22
Pool 2
The United States and Italy each defeated Great Britain.
Rank
Nation
Notes
1
1
0
11
5
2
1
0
9
4
3
0
2
9
20
Pool 3
Argentina beat the Netherlands 9–7, the Netherlands beat Czechoslovakia 10–6, and Argentina defeated Czechoslovakia 9–7.
Rank
Nation
Notes
1
2
0
18
14
2
1
1
17
15
3
0
2
13
19
Pool 4
France and Poland each defeated Austria.
Rank
Nation
Notes
1
1
0
10
6
2
1
0
8
8
3
0
2
14
18
Semifinals
The top two teams in each pool advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1
Hungary beat Argentina 15–1, Belgium defeated Poland 9–7, Belgium defeated Argentina 9–4, and Hungary beat Poland 12–3.
Rank
Nation
Notes
1
2
0
27
4
2
2
0
18
11
3
0
2
10
21
4
0
2
5
24
Semifinal 2
Italy beat the Netherlands 13–3, the United States defeated France 11–5, the United States defeated the Netherlands 9–2, and Italy beat France 9–5.
Rank
Nation
Notes
1
2
0
22
8
2
2
0
20
7
3
0
2
10
20
4
0
2
5
22
Final
In the first pairings, Italy defeated Belgium and Hungary beat the United States, each by a score of 10–6. Hungary and Italy won again in the second set of matches as well. The United States beat Belgium 10–5 in a de factobronze medal match, while Hungary prevailed 10–6 over Italy for the gold medal.
