Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre


The men's team sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. The competition was held on 10 September 1960. 80 fencers from 16 nations competed.

Competition format

The competition combined pool play with knockout rounds, a change from prior tournaments which used pool play all the way through. The first round consisted of pools, with the 18 teams entered in the competition divided into 6 pools of 3 teams. The top 2 teams in each pool after a round-robin advanced. The 12 teams remaining after the pool play competed in a four-round single-elimination bracket, with a bronze medal match between the semifinal losers. The winners of the first 4 pools received byes in the round of 16.
Each team match consisted of each of the four fencers on one team facing each fencer on the other team, for a maximum of 16 total bouts. An 8–8 tie would be resolved by touches received in victories. Bouts were to 5 touches. Only as much fencing was done as was necessary to determine pool placement or the winning team, so not all matches went to the full 16 bouts but instead stopped early.

Results

Elimination

Ties between teams were broken by individual victories, then by touches received.

Championship rounds

Rosters

;Argentina
;Austria
;Belgium
;France
;Germany
;Great Britain
;Hungary
;Italy
;Japan
;Morocco
;Poland
;Portugal
;Romania
;Soviet Union
;Spain
;United States