| | Event type
Sabre, Team, Men
| Date | 12 – 13 August 1936 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Sportforum, Turnhalle, Reichssportfeld, Berlin / Haus des Sports, Kuppelsaal, Reichssportfeld, Berlin |
| Participants | 107 from 21 countries |
On the middle of an era of total domination of this weapon by an overwhelming superior Hungarian team, the only question to be asked was whether Italy could mount a challenge to the mighty Magyars. The answer, perhaps unsurprisingly, was no.
The Hungarians won 106 of their 122 bouts as their six-man team, which included fencers who had won or would go to win 30 Olympic medals, convincingly retained their Olympic title. Italy and Germany won silver and bronze respectively.
BRARound One
| Date | 12 August 1936 — 9:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top two teams in each pool advanced to quarter-finals. |
Pool #1
| Time | 09:00-10:30 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Germany |  GER | 1-0 | 10-6 | |||||
| Richard Wahl • Julius Eisenecker • Erwin Casmir • August Heim | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Uruguay |  URU | 1-0 | 8-8 | |||||
| Carmelo Bentancur • José Julián de la Fuente • Hildemaro Lista • París Rodríguez | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Romania |  ROU | 0-2 | 14-18 | |||||
| Nicolae Marinescu • Gheorghe Man • Kamilló Szathmáry • Denis Prager de Dolecsko | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 12 Aug 9:00 | Piste 1 Kuppelsaal | Germany | GER | 10 – 6 | Romania | ROU | |
| Match #2 | 12 Aug 10:30 | Piste 1 Kuppelsaal | Uruguay | URU | 8 – 8 | Romania | ROU |
Pool #2
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria |  AUT | ||||||
| Sweden |  SWE | ||||||
Pool #3
| Time | 09:00-10:30 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Hungary |  HUN | 1-0 | 16-0 | |||||
| Aladár Gerevich • Tibor Berczelly • Pál Kovács • Imre Rajczy | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Belgium |  BEL | 1-0 | 9-1 | |||||
| Eugène Laermans • Georges Heyvaert • Robert Van Den Neucker • Henri Brasseur | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Denmark |  DEN | 0-2 | 1-25 | |||||
| Erik Hammer Sørensen • Preben Christiansen • Aage Leidersdorff • Svend Jacobsen | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 12 Aug 9:00 | Piste 3 Kuppelsaal | Hungary | HUN | 16 – 0 | Denmark | DEN | |
| Match #2 | 12 Aug 10:30 | Piste 3 Kuppelsaal | Belgium | BEL | 9 – 1 | Denmark | DEN |
Pool #4
| Time | 09:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Czechoslovakia |  TCH | 1-0 | 11-5 | |||||
| Josef Jungmann • Josef Benedik • Herwarth Frass von Friedenfeldt • Bohuslav Kirchmann | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Poland |  POL | 1-0 | 9-3 | |||||
| Antoni Sobik • Władysław Dobrowolski • Adam Papée • Teodor Zaczyk | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Greece |  GRE | 0-2 | 8-20 | |||||
| Nikolaos Manolesos • Nikolaos Paparrodou • Konstantinos Botasis • Menelaos Psarrakis | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 12 Aug 9:00 | Piste 4 Kuppelsaal | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 11 – 5 | Greece | GRE | |
| Match #2 | 12 Aug | Piste 4 Kuppelsaal | Poland | POL | 9 – 3 | Greece | GRE |
Pool #5
| Time | 09:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Netherlands |  NED | 1-0 | 13-3 | |||||
| Ate Faber • Antonius Montfoort • Frans Mosman • Pieter van Wieringen | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Great Britain |  GBR | 1-0 | 10-6 | |||||
| Geoffrey Trinder • Arthur Pilbrow • Guy Harry • Robin Brook | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Chile |  CHI | 0-2 | 9-23 | |||||
| Efraín Díaz • Tomás Barraza • Ricardo Romero • Julio Moreno • Tomás Goyoaga | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 12 Aug 9:00 | Piste 5 Turnhalle | Netherlands | NED | 13 – 3 | Chile | CHI | |
| Match #2 | 12 Aug | Piste 5 Turnhalle | Great Britain | GBR | 10 – 6 | Chile | CHI |
Pool #6
| Time | 09:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Italy |  ITA | 1-0 | 15-1 | |||||
| Aldo Masciotta • Vincenzo Pinton • Aldo Montano • Athos Tanzini | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | France |  FRA | 1-0 | 13-3 | |||||
| Marcel Faure • Maurice Gramain • Edward Gardère • Jean Piot | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Canada |  CAN | 0-2 | 4-28 | |||||
| Ernest Dalton • Charles Otis • George Tully • Don Collinge | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 12 Aug 9:00 | Piste 7 Turnhalle | Italy | ITA | 15 – 1 | Canada | CAN | |
| Match #2 | 12 Aug | Piste 7 Turnhalle | France | FRA | 13 – 3 | Canada | CAN |
Pool #7
| Time | 09:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | United States |  USA | 2-0 | 26-6 | |||||
| Peter Bruder • Miguel de Capriles • Bela De Nagy • John Huffman • Samuel Stewart • Norman Armitage | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Turkey |  TUR | 2-1 | 19-29 | |||||
| Orhan Adaş • Enver Balkan • Cihat Teğin • Abdul Halim Tokmakçioğlu | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Switzerland |  SUI | 1-2 | 21-27 | |||||
| Charles Glasstetter • Alphonse Ruckstuhl • Walter Widemann • Adolf Stocker | ||||||||||
| 4 | – | Yugoslavia |  YUG | 0-2 | 14-18 | |||||
| Krešo Tretinjak • Milivoj Radović • Eugen Jakobčić • Edo Marion • Pavao Pintarić | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 12 Aug 9:00 | Piste 8 Turnhalle | United States | USA | 14 – 2 | Turkey | TUR | |
| Match #2 | 12 Aug 9:00 | Piste 6 Turnhalle | United States | USA | 12 – 4 | Switzerland | SUI | |
| Match #3 | 12 Aug | Piste 8 Turnhalle | Turkey | TUR | 8 – 8 | Switzerland | SUI | |
| Match #4 | 12 Aug 10:30 | Piste 6 Turnhalle | Turkey | TUR | 9 – 7 | Yugoslavia | YUG | |
| Match #5 | 12 Aug | Piste 8 Turnhalle | Switzerland | SUI | 9 – 7 | Yugoslavia | YUG |
Quarter-Finals
| Date | 12 August 1936 — 15:00-17:00-20:00 |
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| Format | Top two teams in each pool advanced to semi-finals. |
Pool #1
| Time | 15:00-17:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Hungary | HUN | 1-0 | 14-2 | |||||
| Tibor Berczelly • Pál Kovács • Endre Kabos • László Rajcsányi | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Austria | AUT | 1-0 | 11-5 | |||||
| Josef Losert • Hugo Weczerek • Karl Sudrich • Hubert Loisel | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Uruguay | URU | 0-2 | 7-25 | |||||
| Carmelo Bentancur • José Julián de la Fuente • Hildemaro Lista • París Rodríguez • Jorge Rolando | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 12 Aug 15:00 | Piste 3 Kuppelsaal | Hungary | HUN | 14 – 2 | Uruguay | URU | |
| Match #2 | 12 Aug 17:00 | Piste 3 Kuppelsaal | Austria | AUT | 11 – 5 | Uruguay | URU |
Pool #2
| Time | 15:00-17:00-20:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Germany | GER | 2-1 | 29-19 | |||||
| Richard Wahl • Julius Eisenecker • Erwin Casmir • August Heim • Hans Esser • Hans-Georg Jörger | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | France | FRA | 2-1 | 21-27 | |||||
| Marcel Faure • Maurice Gramain • Edward Gardère • Jean Piot • Roger Barisien | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Great Britain | GBR | 1-2 | 24-24 | |||||
| Geoffrey Trinder • Arthur Pilbrow • Guy Harry • Robin Brook • Roger Tredgold | ||||||||||
| 4 | – | Belgium | BEL | 1-2 | 22-26 | |||||
| Eugène Laermans • Georges Heyvaert • Robert Van Den Neucker • Henri Brasseur • Hubert Van Nerom | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 12 Aug 15:00 | Piste 6 Turnhalle | Germany | GER | 11 – 5 | France | FRA | |
| Match #2 | 12 Aug 15:00 | Piste 8 Turnhalle | Germany | GER | 11 – 5 | Great Britain | GBR | |
| Match #3 | 12 Aug 17:00 | Piste 6 Turnhalle | Belgium | BEL | 9 – 7 | Germany | GER | |
| Match #4 | 12 Aug 17:00 | Piste 8 Turnhalle | France | FRA | 8 – 8 | Great Britain | GBR | |
| Match #5 | 12 Aug 20:00 | Piste 1 Kuppelsaal | France | FRA | 8 – 8 | Belgium | BEL | |
| Match #6 | 12 Aug 20:00 | Piste 3 Kuppelsaal | Great Britain | GBR | 11 – 5 | Belgium | BEL |
Pool #3
| Time | 15:00-17:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Netherlands | NED | 1-0 | 12-4 | |||||
| Ate Faber • Antonius Montfoort • Frans Mosman • Pieter van Wieringen | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Italy | ITA | 1-0 | 9-5 | |||||
| Gustavo Marzi • Aldo Masciotta • Aldo Montano • Athos Tanzini | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 0-2 | 9-21 | |||||
| Josef Jungmann • Josef Benedik • Herwarth Frass von Friedenfeldt • Bohuslav Kirchmann • Josef Hildebrand | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 12 Aug 15:00 | Piste 1 Kuppelsaal | Netherlands | NED | 12 – 4 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | |
| Match #2 | 12 Aug 17:00 | Piste 1 Kuppelsaal | Italy | ITA | 9 – 5 | Czechoslovakia | TCH |
Pool #4
| Time | 15:00-17:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Poland | POL | 2-0 | 24-3 | |||||
| Antoni Sobik • Władysław Segda • Władysław Dobrowolski • Adam Papée • Marian Suski • Teodor Zaczyk | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | United States | USA | 2-0 | 9-1 | |||||
| Peter Bruder • Miguel de Capriles • John Huffman • Norman Armitage | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Sweden | SWE | 0-2 | 2-24 | |||||
| Bengt Ljungquist • Knut Nordholm • Hubert de Bèsche • Ivar Tingdahl • Carl Johan Wachtmeister | ||||||||||
| 4 | – | Turkey | TUR | 0-2 | 2-9 | |||||
| Ilhami Çene • Enver Balkan • Cihat Teğin • Abdul Halim Tokmakçioğlu | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 12 Aug 15:00 | Piste 5 Turnhalle | Poland | POL | 15 – 1 | Sweden | SWE | |
| Match #2 | 12 Aug 17:00 | Piste 7 Turnhalle | Poland | POL | 9 – 2 | Turkey | TUR | |
| Match #3 | 12 Aug 17:00 | Piste 5 Turnhalle | United States | USA | 9 – 1 | Sweden | SWE | |
| Match #4 | 12 Aug | United States | USA | Not supported | Turkey | TUR | walkover |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 13 August 1936 — 09:00-1:00 |
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| Format | Top two teams in each pool advanced to final. |
Pool #1
| Time | 09:00-1:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Italy | ITA | 2-0 | 18-9 | |||||
| Giulio Gaudini • Gustavo Marzi • Aldo Masciotta • Vincenzo Pinton • Aldo Montano • Athos Tanzini | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Poland | POL | 2-0 | 18-14 | |||||
| Antoni Sobik • Władysław Segda • Władysław Dobrowolski • Adam Papée • Marian Suski • Teodor Zaczyk | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Austria | AUT | 0-2 | 15-17 | |||||
| Josef Losert • Hugo Weczerek • Hubert Loisel • Karl Hanisch • Karl Kaschka | ||||||||||
| 4 | – | France | FRA | 0-2 | 8-19 | |||||
| Marcel Faure • Maurice Gramain • Edward Gardère • Jean Piot • André Gardère | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 13 Aug 9:00 | Piste 2 Kuppelsaal | Italy | ITA | 9 – 7 | Austria | AUT | |
| Match #2 | 13 Aug 9:00 | Piste 1 Kuppelsaal | Italy | ITA | 9 – 2 | France | FRA | |
| Match #3 | 13 Aug 11:00 | Piste 2 Kuppelsaal | Poland | POL | 8 – 8 | Austria | AUT | |
| Match #4 | 13 Aug 11:00 | Piste 1 Kuppelsaal | Poland | POL | 10 – 6 | France | FRA |
Pool #2
| Time | 09:00-10:30-1:20 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Hungary | HUN | 3-0 | 44-4 | |||||
| Aladár Gerevich • Tibor Berczelly • Pál Kovács • Endre Kabos • László Rajcsányi • Imre Rajczy | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Germany | GER | 2-1 | 19-29 | |||||
| Richard Wahl • Julius Eisenecker • Erwin Casmir • August Heim • Hans Esser • Hans-Georg Jörger | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | United States | USA | 1-2 | 18-30 | |||||
| Peter Bruder • Miguel de Capriles • Bela De Nagy • John Huffman • Samuel Stewart • Norman Armitage | ||||||||||
| 4 | – | Netherlands | NED | 0-3 | 15-33 | |||||
| Ate Faber • Antonius Montfoort • Frans Mosman • Pieter van Wieringen • Jacob Schriever | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 13 Aug 9:00 | Piste 2 Kuppelsaal | Hungary | HUN | 15 – 1 | Germany | GER | |
| Match #2 | 13 Aug 9:00 | Piste 4 Kuppelsaal | Hungary | HUN | 14 – 2 | United States | USA | |
| Match #3 | 13 Aug 10:30 | Piste 3 Kuppelsaal | Hungary | HUN | 15 – 1 | Netherlands | NED | |
| Match #4 | 13 Aug 10:30 | Piste 4 Kuppelsaal | Germany | GER | 9 – 7 | United States | USA | |
| Match #5 | 13 Aug 12:30 | Piste 3 Kuppelsaal | Germany | GER | 9 – 3 | Netherlands | NED | |
| Match #6 | 13 Aug 12:30 | Piste 4 Kuppelsaal | United States | USA | 9 – 7 | Netherlands | NED |
Final Pool
| Date | 13 August 1936 — 18:00-19:50-21:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Bouts | Touches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Hungary | HUN | 3-0 | 32-10 | |||||
| Aladár Gerevich • Tibor Berczelly • Pál Kovács • Endre Kabos • László Rajcsányi • Imre Rajczy | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Italy | ITA | 2-1 | 25-17 | |||||
| Giulio Gaudini • Gustavo Marzi • Aldo Masciotta • Vincenzo Pinton • Aldo Montano | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Germany | GER | 1-2 | 14-25 | |||||
| Richard Wahl • Julius Eisenecker • Erwin Casmir • August Heim • Hans Esser • Hans-Georg Jörger | ||||||||||
| 4 | – | Poland | POL | 0-3 | 10-29 | |||||
| Antoni Sobik • Władysław Segda • Władysław Dobrowolski • Adam Papée • Marian Suski • Teodor Zaczyk | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 13 Aug 18:00 | Piste 3 Kuppelsaal | Hungary | HUN | 9 – 6 | Italy | ITA | |
| Match #2 | 13 Aug 18:00 | Piste 1 Kuppelsaal | Hungary | HUN | 13 – 3 | Germany | GER | |
| Match #3 | 13 Aug 19:50 | Piste 3 Kuppelsaal | Hungary | HUN | 10 – 1 | Poland | POL | |
| Match #4 | 13 Aug 19:50 | Piste 1 Kuppelsaal | Italy | ITA | 9 – 2 | Germany | GER | |
| Match #5 | 13 Aug 21:00 | Piste 1 Kuppelsaal | Italy | ITA | 10 – 6 | Poland | POL | |
| Match #6 | 13 Aug 21:00 | Piste 2 Kuppelsaal | Germany | GER | 9 – 3 | Poland | POL |