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{{short description|Olympic fencing tournament}}
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{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Men's team sabre
|games = 1948 Summer
|image =
|caption =
|venue = [[British Empire Exhibition|Wembley Palace of Engineering, London]]
|dates = 10 – 11 August
|competitors = 85
|nations = 17
|longnames =
|gold = [[Aladár Gerevich]]<br> [[Tibor Berczelly]]<br> [[Rudolf Kárpáti]]<br> [[Pál Kovács]]<br> [[László Rajcsányi]]<br> [[Bertalan Papp]]
|goldNOC = HUN
|silver = [[Vincenzo Pinton]]<br> [[Gastone Darè]]<br> [[Carlo Turcato]]<br> [[Mauro Racca]]<br> [[Aldo Montano (fencer born 1910)|Aldo Montano]]<br> [[Renzo Nostini]]
|silverNOC = ITA
|bronze = [[Norman Cohn-Armitage]]<br> [[George Worth]]<br> [[Tibor Nyilas]]<br> [[Dean Cetrulo]]<br> [[Miguel de Capriles]]<br> [[James Flynn (fencer)|James Flynn]]
|bronzeNOC = USA
|prev = [[Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre|1936]]
|next = [[Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre|1952]]
}}
{{FencingAt1948SummerOlympics}}
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 10 August 1948 to 11 August 1948. 85 fencers from 17 nations competed.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/FEN/mens-sabre-team.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230640/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1948/FEN/mens-sabre-team.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Fencing: 1948 Olympic Results - Men's team sabre |access-date=8 June 2010 |work=sports-reference.com}}</ref>
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 (this did not always occur and matches sometimes continued). If the bouts were 8–8, touches received was used to determine the winning team. Pool matches unnecessary to the result were not played.<ref name=OR370>Official Report, p. 370.</ref>
==Rosters==
{{col-start}}
{{col-1-of-3}}
;Argentina
* Manuel Agüero
* [[José D'Andrea]]
* [[Edgardo Pomini]]
* [[Jorge Cermesoni]]
* [[Fernando Huergo]]
* [[Daniel Sande]]
;Austria
* [[Werner Plattner]]
* [[Heinz Putzl]]
* [[Heinz Lechner]]
* [[Hubert Loisel]]
;Belgium
* [[Robert Bayot]]
* [[Georges de Bourguignon]]
* Ferdinand Jassogne
* [[Eugène Laermans (fencer)|Eugène Laermans]]
* Marcel Nys
* [[Édouard Yves]]
;Canada
* [[Robert Desjarlais]]
* [[Alf Horn]]
* [[Roland Asselin]]
* [[Georges Pouliot]]
;Czechoslovakia
* [[Jindřich Kakos]]
* [[Svatopluk Skýva]]
* [[Jaroslav Starý (fencer)|Jaroslav Starý]]
* [[Alois Sokol]]
* [[Jindřich Chmela]]
;Egypt
* [[Salah Dessouki]]
* [[Mohamed Zulficar]]
* [[Mahmoud Younes]]
* [[Ahmed Abou-Shadi]]
{{col-2-of-3}}
;France
* [[Jean-François Tournon]]
* Jean Parent
* [[Maurice Gramain]]
* [[Jacques Lefèvre (fencer)|Jacques Lefèvre]]
* [[Jean Levavasseur]]
* Georges Lévêcque
;Great Britain
* [[Arthur Pilbrow]]
* George Moore
* [[Emrys Lloyd]]
* [[Roger Tredgold]]
* [[Robin Brook]]
;Greece
* [[Nikolaos Khristogiannopoulos]]
* [[Athanasios Nanopoulos]]
* [[Ioannis Karamazakis]]
* [[Andreas Skotidas]]
;Hungary
* [[Aladár Gerevich]]
* [[Tibor Berczelly]]
* [[Rudolf Kárpáti]]
* [[Pál Kovács]]
* [[László Rajcsányi]]
* [[Bertalan Papp]]
;Italy
* [[Vincenzo Pinton]]
* [[Gastone Darè]]
* [[Carlo Turcato]]
* [[Mauro Racca]]
* [[Aldo Montano (fencer born 1910)|Aldo Montano]]
* [[Renzo Nostini]]
;Mexico
* [[Benito Ramos]]
* [[Francisco Valero]]
* [[Antonio Haro]]
* [[Fidel Luña]]
{{col-3-of-3}}
;Netherlands
* [[Henny ter Weer]]
* Antoon Hoevers
* [[Willem van den Berg]]
* [[Frans Mosman]]
* [[Eddy Kuijpers]]
;Poland
* [[Antoni Sobik]]
* [[Bolesław Banaś]]
* [[Teodor Zaczyk]]
* Jerzy Wójcik
* [[Jan Nawrocki]]
;Switzerland
* Roland Turian
* [[Alphonse Ruckstuhl]]
* [[Otto Greter]]
* [[Walter Widemann]]
;Turkey
* [[Merih Sezen]]
* [[Nihat Balkan]]
* [[Rıza Arseven]]
* [[Sabri Tezcan]]
* Vural Balcan
;United States
* [[Norman Cohn-Armitage]]
* [[George Worth]]
* [[Tibor Nyilas]]
* [[Dean Cetrulo]]
* [[Miguel de Capriles]]
* [[James Flynn (fencer)|James Flynn]]
{{col-end}}
==Results==
===Round 1===
The top two teams in each pool advanced to round 2.<ref name=OR370/>
====Pool 1====
Egypt (13–3) and Czechoslovakia (9–2) each defeated Mexico.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! Rank || Nation || {{tooltip|MW|Matches won}} || {{tooltip|ML|Matches lost}} || {{tooltip|BW|Bouts won}} || {{tooltip|BL|Bouts lost}} || Notes
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|EGY|1948 Summer}} || 1 || 0 || 13 || 3 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for round 2}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|TCH|1948 Summer}} || 1 || 0 || 9 || 2 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for round 2}}
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|MEX|1948 Summer}} || 0 || 2 || 5 || 22 ||
|}
====Pool 2====
Austria (14–2) and France (9–1) each defeated Switzerland.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! Rank || Nation || {{tooltip|MW|Matches won}} || {{tooltip|ML|Matches lost}} || {{tooltip|BW|Bouts won}} || {{tooltip|BL|Bouts lost}} || Notes
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1948 Summer}} || 1 || 0 || 14 || 2 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for round 2}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1948 Summer}} || 1 || 0 || 9 || 1 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for round 2}}
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|SUI|1948 Summer}} || 0 || 2 || 3 || 23 ||
|}
====Pool 3====
Poland (11–5) and Belgium (9–2) each defeated Turkey.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! Rank || Nation || {{tooltip|MW|Matches won}} || {{tooltip|ML|Matches lost}} || {{tooltip|BW|Bouts won}} || {{tooltip|BL|Bouts lost}} || Notes
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|POL|1948 Summer}} || 1 || 0 || 11 || 5 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for round 2}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|BEL|1948 Summer}} || 1 || 0 || 9 || 2 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for round 2}}
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|TUR|1948 Summer}} || 0 || 2 || 7 || 20 ||
|}
====Pool 4====
The Netherlands (13–3) and Italy (9–1) each defeated Canada.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! Rank || Nation || {{tooltip|MW|Matches won}} || {{tooltip|ML|Matches lost}} || {{tooltip|BW|Bouts won}} || {{tooltip|BL|Bouts lost}} || Notes
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|NED|1948 Summer}} || 1 || 0 || 13 || 3 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for round 2}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1948 Summer}} || 1 || 0 || 9 || 1 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for round 2}}
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|CAN|1948 Summer}} || 0 || 2 || 4 || 22 ||
|}
====Pool 5====
The United States (14–2) and Argentina (9–1) each defeated Greece.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! Rank || Nation || {{tooltip|MW|Matches won}} || {{tooltip|ML|Matches lost}} || {{tooltip|BW|Bouts won}} || {{tooltip|BL|Bouts lost}} || Notes
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1948 Summer}} || 1 || 0 || 14 || 2 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for round 2}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ARG|1948 Summer}} || 1 || 0 || 9 || 1 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for round 2}}
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|GRE|1948 Summer}} || 0 || 2 || 3 || 23 ||
|}
====Pool 6====
Denmark withdrew, leaving Great Britain and Hungary to advance unopposed.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! Rank || Nation || {{tooltip|MW|Matches won}} || {{tooltip|ML|Matches lost}} || {{tooltip|BW|Bouts won}} || {{tooltip|BL|Bouts lost}} || Notes
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1948 Summer}} || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for round 2}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1948 Summer}} || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for round 2}}
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|DEN|1948 Summer}} || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || Withdrew
|}
===Round 2===
The top two teams in each pool advanced to the semifinals.<ref name=OR371>Official Report, p. 371.</ref>
====Pool 1====
Belgium (13–3) and Hungary (9–3) each defeated Egypt.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! Rank || Nation || {{tooltip|MW|Matches won}} || {{tooltip|ML|Matches lost}} || {{tooltip|BW|Bouts won}} || {{tooltip|BL|Bouts lost}} || Notes
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|BEL|1948 Summer}} || 1 || 0 || 13 || 3 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1948 Summer}} || 1 || 0 || 9 || 3 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|EGY|1948 Summer}} || 0 || 2 || 6 || 22 ||
|}
====Pool 2====
The United States (11–5) and Italy (9–4) each defeated Great Britain.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! Rank || Nation || {{tooltip|MW|Matches won}} || {{tooltip|ML|Matches lost}} || {{tooltip|BW|Bouts won}} || {{tooltip|BL|Bouts lost}} || Notes
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1948 Summer}} || 1 || 0 || 11 || 5 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1948 Summer}} || 1 || 0 || 9 || 4 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1948 Summer}} || 0 || 2 || 9 || 20 ||
|}
====Pool 3====
Argentina beat the Netherlands 9–7, the Netherlands beat Czechoslovakia 10–6, and Argentina defeated Czechoslovakia 9–7.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! Rank || Nation || {{tooltip|MW|Matches won}} || {{tooltip|ML|Matches lost}} || {{tooltip|BW|Bouts won}} || {{tooltip|BL|Bouts lost}} || Notes
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ARG|1948 Summer}} || 2 || 0 || 18 || 14 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|NED|1948 Summer}} || 1 || 1 || 17 || 15 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|TCH|1948 Summer}} || 0 || 2 || 13 || 19 ||
|}
====Pool 4====
France (10–6) and Poland (8–8, 55–59 touches against) each defeated Austria.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! Rank || Nation || {{tooltip|MW|Matches won}} || {{tooltip|ML|Matches lost}} || {{tooltip|BW|Bouts won}} || {{tooltip|BL|Bouts lost}} || Notes
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1948 Summer}} || 1 || 0 || 10 || 6 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|POL|1948 Summer}} || 1 || 0 || 8 || 8 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1948 Summer}} || 0 || 2 || 14 || 18 ||
|}
===Semifinals===
The top two teams in each pool advanced to the final.<ref name=OR372>Official Report, p. 372.</ref>
====Semifinal 1====
Hungary beat Argentina 15–1, Belgium defeated Poland 9–7, Belgium defeated Argentina 9–4, and Hungary beat Poland 12–3.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! Rank || Nation || {{tooltip|MW|Matches won}} || {{tooltip|ML|Matches lost}} || {{tooltip|BW|Bouts won}} || {{tooltip|BL|Bouts lost}} || Notes
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1948 Summer}} || 2 || 0 || 27 || 4 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for final}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|BEL|1948 Summer}} || 2 || 0 || 18 || 11 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for final}}
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|POL|1948 Summer}} || 0 || 2 || 10 || 21 ||
|-
| 4 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ARG|1948 Summer}} || 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.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! Rank || Nation || {{tooltip|MW|Matches won}} || {{tooltip|ML|Matches lost}} || {{tooltip|BW|Bouts won}} || {{tooltip|BL|Bouts lost}} || Notes
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 1 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1948 Summer}} || 2 || 0 || 22 || 8 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for final}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
| 2 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1948 Summer}} || 2 || 0 || 20 || 7 || {{tooltip|Q|Qualified for final}}
|-
| 3 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1948 Summer}} || 0 || 2 || 10 || 20 ||
|-
| 4 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|NED|1948 Summer}} || 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 (9–1 over Belgium) and Italy (8–8 over the United States, prevailing by touches received 59–61) won again in the second set of matches as well. The United States beat Belgium 10–5 in a ''de facto'' bronze medal match, while Hungary prevailed 10–6 over Italy for the gold medal.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! Rank || Nation || {{tooltip|MW|Matches won}} || {{tooltip|ML|Matches lost}} || {{tooltip|BW|Bouts won}} || {{tooltip|BL|Bouts lost}}
|-
| {{gold01}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1948 Summer}} || 3 || 0 || 29 || 13
|-
| {{silver02}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1948 Summer}} || 2 || 1 || 24 || 24
|-
| {{bronze03}} ||align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1948 Summer}} || 1 || 2 || 24 || 23
|-
| 4 ||align=left| {{flagIOC|BEL|1948 Summer}} || 0 || 3 || 12 || 29
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Fencing Team Sabre Men}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics - Men's team sabre}}
[[Category:Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Sabre team]]
[[Category:Men's events at the 1948 Summer Olympics]]