The Hungarian fencers dominated the competition, with all 12 advancing to the semifinals. In 2 of the 4 semifinals, the Hungarians took the top three places. In a third, Hungarian fencers took the two qualifying spots while the third Hungarian did not start. In the remaining semifinal, Nedo Nadi of Italy placed second to become the only non-Hungarian fencer to advance to the final (the three Hungarians took first, third, and fourth in that semifinal).
The final consisted of 7 Hungarian fencers and Nadi. Nadi took fifth. Jenő Fuchs successfully defended his 1908 Olympic title, the first man to win multiple medals in the sabre. Béla Békessy took silver and Ervin Mészáros earned bronze.
This was the fifth appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Four of the eight finalists from 1908 returned: gold medalist Jenő Fuchs, silver medalist Béla Zulawszky, fifth-place finisher Péter Tóth, and sixth-place finisher Lajos Werkner, all of Hungary. Hungary was dominant in the sabre; Fuchs' 1908 victory started a run that lasted through 1964 in which the only Games that Hungary did not win the event was the one to which the nation was not invited (1920).[1]
Russia and Sweden each made their debut in the men's sabre. Austria made its fourth appearance in the event, most of any nation, having missed only the 1904 Games in St. Louis.
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The competition was held over four rounds. In each round, each pool held a round-robin. European sabre rules at the time used a larger target area than the post-World War I standard. In 1896, 1900, and 1908, the target area had been the whole body; the 1912 rules reduced that to "all body parts, located above the horizontal line passing through the crotch". (The 1904 competition used the American rules which became the standard now used.) Double hits were possible under the rules of the time.[1][2]
First round: 16 pools of between 3 and 5 fencers each. The top 3 fencers in each pool advanced to the quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals: 8 pools of 6 fencers each (before withdrawals). The top 3 fencers in each pool advanced to the semifinals.
Semifinals: 4 pools of 6 fencers each. The top 2 fencers in each pool advanced to the final.
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Wudarski, Pawel (1999). (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2007.
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The men s sabre was a fencing event held as part of the Fencing at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme It was the fifth appearance of the event Men s sabreat the Games of the V OlympiadHungarian fencers Lajos Werkner Oszkar Gerde Jeno Fuchs and Peter Toth 1908 VenueOstermalm Athletic GroundsDatesJuly 16 18Competitors64 from 12 nationsMedalistsJeno Fuchs HungaryBela Bekessy HungaryErvin Meszaros Hungary 19081920 The Hungarian fencers dominated the competition with all 12 advancing to the semifinals In 2 of the 4 semifinals the Hungarians took the top three places In a third Hungarian fencers took the two qualifying spots while the third Hungarian did not start In the remaining semifinal Nedo Nadi of Italy placed second to become the only non Hungarian fencer to advance to the final the three Hungarians took first third and fourth in that semifinal The final consisted of 7 Hungarian fencers and Nadi Nadi took fifth Jeno Fuchs successfully defended his 1908 Olympic title the first man to win multiple medals in the sabre Bela Bekessy took silver and Ervin Meszaros earned bronze Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Schedule 4 Results 4 1 Round 1 4 1 1 Pool A 4 1 2 Pool B 4 1 3 Pool C 4 1 4 Pool D 4 1 5 Pool E 4 1 6 Pool F 4 1 7 Pool G 4 1 8 Pool H 4 1 9 Pool I 4 1 10 Pool J 4 1 11 Poolol K 4 1 12 Pool L 4 1 13 Pool M 4 1 14 Pool N 4 1 15 Pool O 4 1 16 Pool P 4 2 Quarterfinals 4 2 1 Quarterfinal A 4 2 2 Quarterfinal B 4 2 3 Quarterfinal C 4 2 4 Quarterfinal D 4 2 5 Quarterfinal E 4 2 6 Quarterfinal F 4 2 7 Quarterfinal G 4 2 8 Quarterfinal H 4 3 Semifinals 4 3 1 Semifinal A 4 3 2 Semifinal B 4 3 3 Semifinal C 4 3 4 Semifinal D 4 4 Final 5 ReferencesBackground editThis was the fifth appearance of the event which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics Four of the eight finalists from 1908 returned gold medalist Jeno Fuchs silver medalist Bela Zulawszky fifth place finisher Peter Toth and sixth place finisher Lajos Werkner all of Hungary Hungary was dominant in the sabre Fuchs 1908 victory started a run that lasted through 1964 in which the only Games that Hungary did not win the event was the one to which the nation was not invited 1920 1 Russia and Sweden each made their debut in the men s sabre Austria made its fourth appearance in the event most of any nation having missed only the 1904 Games in St Louis Competition format editThe competition was held over four rounds In each round each pool held a round robin European sabre rules at the time used a larger target area than the post World War I standard In 1896 1900 and 1908 the target area had been the whole body the 1912 rules reduced that to all body parts located above the horizontal line passing through the crotch The 1904 competition used the American rules which became the standard now used Double hits were possible under the rules of the time 1 2 First round 16 pools of between 3 and 5 fencers each The top 3 fencers in each pool advanced to the quarterfinals Quarterfinals 8 pools of 6 fencers each before withdrawals The top 3 fencers in each pool advanced to the semifinals Semifinals 4 pools of 6 fencers each The top 2 fencers in each pool advanced to the final Final 1 pool of 8 fencers Schedule editDate Time RoundTuesday 16 July 1912 9 0012 0015 00 Round 1 pools A DRound 1 pools E HRound 1 pools I LWednesday 17 July 1912 9 0012 0015 00 Round 1 pools M PQuarterfinals pools A DQuarterfinals pools E HThursday 18 July 1912 9 0014 00 SemifinalsFinalResults editRound 1 edit Pool A edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes1 Giovanni Benfratello nbsp Italy 3 Q2 Lajos Werkner nbsp Hungary 2 Q3 Vladimir Danich nbsp Russian Empire 1 Q4 Gustaf Armgarth nbsp Sweden 0Pool B edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes1 Julius Lichtenfels nbsp Germany 3 QBela Zulavsky nbsp Hungary 3 Q3 Vladimir Andreyev nbsp Russian Empire 2 Q4 Friedrich Golling nbsp Austria 25 Helge Werner nbsp Sweden 0Pool C edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes1 Karl Munich nbsp Austria 3 Q2 Hans Thomson nbsp Germany 2 Q3 Jens Berthelsen nbsp Denmark 1 Q4 Boris Nepokupnoy nbsp Russian Empire 0Pool D edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes1 Edoardo Alaimo nbsp Italy 4 Q2 Oluf Berntsen nbsp Denmark 2 QAlbert Bogen nbsp Austria 2 Q4 Zdenek Barta nbsp Bohemia 1Aleksandr Shkylev nbsp Russian Empire 1Pool E edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes1 Charles Vanderbyl nbsp Great Britain 3 Q2 Josef Javurek nbsp Bohemia 3 Q3 Josef Puhm nbsp Austria 2 Q4 Carl Gustaf Klerck nbsp Sweden 1Georgy Zakyrich nbsp Russian Empire 1Pool F edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes1 Einar Levison nbsp Denmark 3 Q2 Alfred Martin nbsp Great Britain 2 Q3 Anatoly Timofeyev nbsp Russian Empire 1 Q4 Johannes Kolling nbsp Netherlands 0Pool G edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes1 Bela Bekessy nbsp Hungary 3 Q2 Franz Dereani nbsp Austria 1 Q3 William Marsh nbsp Great Britain 1 Q4 Konstantin Vaterkampf nbsp Russian Empire 1Pool H edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes1 Hendrik de Iongh nbsp Netherlands 3 QPeter Toth nbsp Hungary 3 Q3 Sven Nordenstrom nbsp Sweden 2 Q4 Douglas Godfree nbsp Great Britain 1Aleksandr Mordovin nbsp Russian Empire 1Pool I edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes1 Nikolay Kuznetsov nbsp Russian Empire QErvin Meszaros nbsp Hungary QGeorg Stohr nbsp Germany QPool J edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes1 Jeno Fuchs nbsp Hungary QApollon Guiber von Greifenfels nbsp Russian Empire QCarl Personne nbsp Sweden QPoolol K edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes1 Boris Arsenyev nbsp Russian Empire QBertalan Dunay nbsp Hungary QErnest zu Hohenlohe nbsp Austria QPool L edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes1 Zoltan Schenker nbsp Hungary 3 Q2 Friedrich Schwarz nbsp Germany 2 Q3 Harry Butterworth nbsp Great Britain 1 Q4 Pavel Filatov nbsp Russian Empire 1Pool M edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes1 Francesco Pietrasanta nbsp Italy 3 Q2 Pal Pajzs nbsp Hungary 1 Q3 Alfred Syson nbsp Great Britain 1 Q4 Walter Gate nbsp South Africa 1Pool N edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes1 Oszkar Gerde nbsp Hungary 3 Q2 Nedo Nadi nbsp Italy 2 Q3 Albertson van zo Post nbsp United States 1 Q4 Archibald Corble nbsp Great Britain 0Pool O edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes1 Dezso Foldes nbsp Hungary QAlfred Keene nbsp Great Britain QAlfred Sauer nbsp United States QPool P edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes1 Laszlo Berti nbsp Hungary 3 Q2 Aristide Pontanani nbsp Italy 2 Q3 Edward Brookfield nbsp Great Britain 1 Q4 Gunnar Lindholm nbsp Sweden 0Quarterfinals edit Quarterfinal A edit Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes1 Laszlo Berti nbsp Hungary 0 Q2 Bertalan Dunay nbsp Hungary 1 Q3 Vladimir Andreyev nbsp Russian Empire 2 Q4 Giovanni Benfratello nbsp Italy 35 Einar Levison nbsp Denmark 4Georg Stohr nbsp Germany 4Quarterfinal B edit Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes1 Lajos Werkner nbsp Hungary 0 Q2 Oszkar Gerde nbsp Hungary 1 Q3 Anatoly Timofeyev nbsp Russian Empire 2 Q4 Harry Butterworth nbsp Great Britain 3Alfred Sauer nbsp United States 3 Albert Bogen nbsp Austria DNSQuarterfinal C edit Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes1 Ervin Meszaros nbsp Hungary 0 Q2 Friedrich Schwarz nbsp Germany 1 Q3 William Marsh nbsp Great Britain 2 Q4 Ernest zu Hohenlohe nbsp Austria 3 Edoardo Alaimo nbsp Italy DNSVladimir Danich nbsp Russian Empire DNSQuarterfinal D edit Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes1 Bela Bekessy nbsp Hungary 1 QDezso Foldes nbsp Hungary 1 Q3 Oluf Berntsen nbsp Denmark 2 Q4 Nikolay Kuznetsov nbsp Russian Empire 3Aristide Pontenani nbsp Italy 3 Karl Munich nbsp Austria DNSQuarterfinal E edit Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes1 Zoltan Schenker nbsp Hungary 1 Q2 Apollon Guiber von Greifenfels nbsp Russian Empire 2 QCharles Vanderbyl nbsp Great Britain 2 Q4 Hans Thomson nbsp Germany 25 Edward Brookfield nbsp Great Britain 3 Franz Dereani nbsp Austria DNSQuarterfinal F edit Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes1 Jeno Fuchs nbsp Hungary 0 QAlfred Syson nbsp Great Britain 0 Q3 Boris Arsenyev nbsp Russian Empire 2 Q4 Jens Berthelsen nbsp Denmark 3 Hendrik de Iongh nbsp Netherlands DNSJosef Javurek nbsp Bohemia DNSQuarterfinal G edit Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes1 Nedo Nadi nbsp Italy 1 QPal Pajzs nbsp Hungary 1 Q3 Bela Zulavsky nbsp Hungary 2 Q4 Alfred Keene nbsp Great Britain 25 Sven Nordenstrom nbsp Sweden 4 Josef Puhm nbsp Austria DNSQuarterfinal H edit Rank Fencer Nation Losses Notes1 Peter Toth nbsp Hungary 0 Q2 Julius Lichtenels nbsp Germany 1 QCarl Personne nbsp Sweden 1 Q4 Francesco Pietrasanta nbsp Italy 15 Alfred Martin nbsp Great Britain 4 Albertson van zo Post nbsp United States DNSSemifinals edit Semifinal A edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes1 Bela Bekessy nbsp Hungary 4 Q2 Nedo Nadi nbsp Italy 3 Q3 Bela Zulavsky nbsp Hungary 24 Bertalan Dunay nbsp Hungary 15 Friedrich Schwarz nbsp Germany 0 Anatoly Timofeyev nbsp Russian Empire DNSSemifinal B edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes1 Peter Toth nbsp Hungary 2 Q2 Jeno Fuchs nbsp Hungary 1 Q3 Alfred Syson nbsp Great Britain 0 Vladimir Andreyev nbsp Russian Empire DNSOszkar Gerde nbsp Hungary DNSJulius Lichtenfels nbsp Germany DNSSemifinal C edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes1 Ervin Meszaros nbsp Hungary 5 Q2 Dezso Foldes nbsp Hungary 4 Q3 Pal Pajzs nbsp Hungary 34 Charles Vanderbyl nbsp Great Britain 25 Boris Arsenyev nbsp Russian Empire 16 Carl Personne nbsp Sweden 0Semifinal D edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Notes1 Lajos Werkner nbsp Hungary 5 Q2 Zoltan Schenker nbsp Hungary 4 Q3 Laszlo Berti nbsp Hungary 34 Apollon Guiber von Greifenfels nbsp Russian Empire 25 William Marsh nbsp Great Britain 16 Oluf Berntsen nbsp Denmark 0Final edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses TF TA nbsp Jeno Fuchs nbsp Hungary 6 1 18 10 nbsp Bela Bekessy nbsp Hungary 5 2 17 11 nbsp Ervin Meszaros nbsp Hungary 5 2 17 124 Zoltan Schenker nbsp Hungary 4 3 17 135 Nedo Nadi nbsp Italy 4 3 16 176 Peter Toth nbsp Hungary 2 5 12 177 Lajos Werkner nbsp Hungary 1 6 13 198 Dezso Foldes nbsp Hungary 1 6 9 20References edit a b Sabre Individual Men Olympedia Retrieved 22 November 2020 Official Report p 1024 Bergvall Erik ed 1913 Adams Ray Edward trans ed The Official Report of 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