Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

Men's sabre at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Venue	Schermzaal
Dates	August 10–11, 1928
Competitors	44 from 17 nations
Medalists
Ödön von Tersztyánszky   Hungary   Attila Petschauer   Hungary   Bino Bini   Italy

Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Épée	men
Team épée	men
Foil	men		women
Team foil	men
Sabre	men
Team sabre	men

The men's sabre was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from August 10, 1928 to August 11, 1928. 44 fencers from 17 nations competed.^[1]

Results

Source: Official results;^[2] De Wael^[3]

Round 1

Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to five touches. The top three fencers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.

Pool A
Rank	Fencer	Wins	Qual.
–	Edward Brookfield (GBR)	N/A	Q
–	Abelardo Castro (CHI)	N/A	Q
–	Mohamed Charaoui (EGY)	N/A	Q

Pool B
Rank	Fencer	Wins	Qual.
1	Bino Bini (ITA)	4	Q
2	Ivan Osiier (DEN)	3	Q
3	René Fristeau (FRA)	3	Q
4	Hassan Niazi (EGY)	2
5	Franjo Fröhlich (YUG)	2
6	Barry Notley (GBR)	1

Pool C
Rank	Fencer	Wins	Qual.
1	Attila Petschauer (HUN)	5	Q
2	Roger Ducret (FRA)	3	Q
3	Jens Berthelsen (DEN)	3	Q
4	Guy Harry (GBR)	2
5	Nickolas Muray (USA)	1
6	Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls (NED)	1

Pool D
Rank	Fencer	Wins	Qual.
1	Arie de Jong (NED)	5	Q
2	Heinrich Moos (GER)	4	Q
3	Jean Lacroix (FRA)	2	Q
4	Dimitar Vasilev (BUL)	2
5	Viggo Stilling-Andersen (DEN)	2
6	Nami Yayak (TUR)	0

Pool E
Rank	Fencer	Wins	Qual.
1	Jan van der Wiel (NED)	4	Q
2	Henri Brasseur (BEL)	2	Q
3	John Huffman (USA)	2	Q
4	Isidro González (ESP)	1
5	Muhuttin Okyavuz (TUR)	1

Pool F
Rank	Fencer	Wins	Qual.
1	Sándor Gombos (HUN)	5	Q
2	Arturo De Vecchi (ITA)	4	Q
3	Denis Dolecsko (ROU)	2	Q
4	Édouard Yves (BEL)	2
5	Tomás Goyoaga (CHI)	2
6	Asen Lekarski (BUL)	0

Pool G
Rank	Fencer	Wins	Qual.
1	Erwin Casmir (GER)	4	Q
2	Norman Cohn-Armitage (USA)	3	Q
3	Jacques Kesteloot (BEL)	2	Q
4	Sigurd Akre-Aas (NOR)	1
5	Francisco González (ESP)	0

Pool H
Rank	Fencer	Wins	Qual.
1	Gustavo Marzi (ITA)	6	Q
2	Ödön von Tersztyánszky (HUN)	5	Q
3	Hans Thomson (GER)	4	Q
4	Mihai Raicu (ROU)	2
5	Efrain Díaz (CHI)	2
6	Juan Jesús García (ESP)	2
7	Enver Balkan (TUR)	0

Semifinals

Each pool was a round-robin. Bouts were to five touches. The top four fencers in each pool advanced to the final.

Pool A
Rank	Fencer	Wins	Qual.
1	Bino Bini (ITA)	7	Q
2	Ödön von Tersztyánszky (HUN)	5	Q
3	Jan van der Wiel (NED)	5	Q
4	Roger Ducret (FRA)	5	Q
5	Jens Berthelsen (DEN)	3
6	Heinrich Moos (GER)	2
7	Denis Dolecsko (ROU)	1
8	Henri Brasseur (BEL)	0

Pool B
Rank	Fencer	Wins	Qual.
1	Attila Petschauer (HUN)	6	Q
2	Erwin Casmir (GER)	6	Q
3	Arturo De Vecchi (ITA)	6	Q
4	Jean Lacroix (FRA)	3	Q
5	John Huffman (USA)	3
6	Edward Brookfield (GBR)	2
7	Mohamed Charaoui (EGY)	1
8	Abelardo Castro (CHI)	1

Pool C
Rank	Fencer	Wins	Qual.
1	Gustavo Marzi (ITA)	6	Q
2	Hans Thomson (GER)	4	Q
3	Sándor Gombos (HUN)	4	Q
4	Arie de Jong (NED)	4	Q
5	Ivan Osiier (DEN)	3
6	René Fristeau (FRA)	3
7	Norman Cohn-Armitage (USA)	2
8	Jacques Kesteloot (BEL)	2

Final

The final was a round-robin. Bouts were to five touches. A tie for first-place was broken with a single barrage bout, with von Tersztyánszky defeating Petschauer 5-2.

Rank	Fencer	Wins
01 !	Ödön von Tersztyánszky (HUN)	9
02 !	Attila Petschauer (HUN)	9
03 !	Bino Bini (ITA)	8
4	Gustavo Marzi (ITA)	8
5	Sándor Gombos (HUN)	8
6	Erwin Casmir (GER)	6
7	Arturo De Vecchi (ITA)	5
8	Roger Ducret (FRA)	5
9	Arie de Jong (NED)	4
10	Jean Lacroix (FRA)	2
11	Jan van der Wiel (NED)	2
12	Hans Thomson (GER)	0

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