Fencing at the 1904 Summer Olympics - Men's sabre

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Fencing at the
1904 Summer Olympics
Foil men
Team Foil men
Épée men
Sabre men
Singlestick men

The men's sabre was a fencing event held as part of the Fencing at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third time the event was held at the Olympics. 5 fencers from 2 nations competed. The competition was held on September 8, 1904.

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[edit] Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Cuba Manuel Díaz
Cuba (CUB)
United States William Grebe
United States (USA)
Cuba Albertson Van Zo Post
Cuba (CUB) [1]

[edit] Results

[edit] Final

Díaz and Van Zo Post did not face each other, nor did Grebe and Carstens. Grebe scored 20 touches in his three bouts to Post's 18, giving the American the tie-breaker and the silver medal.

Final
Gold Cuba Manuel Díaz (CUB) 3 0
Silver United States William Grebe (USA) 2 1
Bronze Cuba Albertson Van Zo Post (CUB) [1] 2 1
4. United States Theodore Carstens (USA) 1 2
5. United States Arthur Fox (USA) 0 4
  1. ^ a b The IOC results database shows Albertson Van Zo Post as Cuban however he was American.

[edit] Sources