Fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre
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The men's team sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme. It was the tenth appearance of the event. The competition was held on 3 December 1956. 43 fencers from 8 nations competed.[1]
The competition used a pool play format, with each team facing the other teams in the pool in a round robin. Each match consisted of 16 bouts, with 4 fencers on one team facing each of the 4 fencers on the other team. Bouts were to 5 touches. Total touches against were the tie-breaker if a match was tied 8 bouts to 8. However, only as much fencing was done as was necessary to determine advancement, so some matches never occurred and some matches were stopped before the full 16 bouts were fenced if the teams advancing from the pool could be determined.[2]
Poland defeated Great Britain 12–4. Italy defeated Great Britain on touches against (62–66) after each team won 8 bouts in their match. No match between Poland and Italy was necessary.
The Soviet Union defeated Australia 14–2. When France took a 9–4 lead over Australia to clinch the match, the competition ended as Australia was certain to be the third-place team and eliminated.
The top two nations in each pool advanced to the final.
Semifinal 1edit
France defeated the Soviet Union 9–7 and the Soviet Union defeated Italy 9–7. Italy needed to beat France by that same score, then, to avoid elimination; when France took an 8–6 lead, that became impossible and Italy was set at 3rd place in the pool.
Poland defeated the United States 10–6. Hungary defeated the United States 9–1, with the remainder of the bouts between the two not necessary. No match between Poland and Hungary was necessary.
The first two pairings saw Poland defeat the Soviet Union (9–7) and Hungary beat France (12–4). Poland and Hungary each won again in the second pairings, this time Poland over France (10–6) and Hungary against the Soviet Union (9–7). With two 2–0 teams and two 0–2 teams, the third set of pairings in the round-robin were effectively a gold medal match and a bronze medal match. The Soviet Union defeated France 8–7 (touches were 53–60, so even a 5–0 win for France in the final unplayed bout would have left the Soviet team the winners) to take the bronze medal, while Hungary prevailed over Poland 9–4 for the gold.
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The men s team sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1956 Summer Olympics programme It was the tenth appearance of the event The competition was held on 3 December 1956 43 fencers from 8 nations competed 1 Men s team sabreat the Games of the XVI OlympiadVenueSt Kilda Town HallDates3 DecemberCompetitors43 from 8 nationsMedalistsAladar Gerevich Rudolf Karpati Pal Kovacs Attila Keresztes Jeno Hamori Daniel Magay HungaryJerzy Pawlowski Wojciech Zablocki Marian Kuszewski Ryszard Zub Andrzej Piatkowski Zygmunt Pawlas PolandLev Kuznetsov Yakov Rylsky Yevhen Cherepovsky David Tyshler Leonid Bogdanov Soviet Union 19521960 Contents 1 Competition format 2 Rosters 3 Results 3 1 Round 1 3 1 1 Pool 1 3 1 2 Pool 2 3 1 3 Pool 3 3 2 Semifinals 3 2 1 Semifinal 1 3 2 2 Semifinal 2 3 3 Final 4 ReferencesCompetition format editThe competition used a pool play format with each team facing the other teams in the pool in a round robin Each match consisted of 16 bouts with 4 fencers on one team facing each of the 4 fencers on the other team Bouts were to 5 touches Total touches against were the tie breaker if a match was tied 8 bouts to 8 However only as much fencing was done as was necessary to determine advancement so some matches never occurred and some matches were stopped before the full 16 bouts were fenced if the teams advancing from the pool could be determined 2 Rosters editAustraliaLeslie Fadgyas Alexander Martonffy Emeric Santo Leslie Kovacs Sandor SzokeFranceClaude Gamot Jacques Lefevre Bernard Morel Jacques RoulotGreat BritainOlgierd Porebski Bill Hoskyns Ralph Cooperman Allan Jay Raymond Paul HungaryAladar Gerevich Rudolf Karpati Pal Kovacs Attila Keresztes Jeno Hamori Daniel MagayItalyRoberto Ferrari Domenico Pace Mario Ravagnan Giuseppe Comini Luigi Narduzzi Gastone DarePolandJerzy Pawlowski Wojciech Zablocki Marian Kuszewski Ryszard Zub Andrzej Piatkowski Zygmunt Pawlas Soviet UnionLev Kuznetsov Yakov Rylsky Yevhen Cherepovsky David Tyshler Leonid BogdanovUnited StatesTibor Nyilas George Worth Abram Cohen Rex Dyer Allan Kwartler Norman Cohn ArmitageResults editRound 1 edit The top two nations in each pool advanced to the semifinal Pool 1 edit Colombia had entered but did not appear This left Hungary and the United States to advance without competition Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost Notes1 nbsp Hungary 0 0 0 0 Qualified for semifinals1 nbsp United States 0 0 0 0 Qualified for semifinalsPool 2 edit Poland defeated Great Britain 12 4 Italy defeated Great Britain on touches against 62 66 after each team won 8 bouts in their match No match between Poland and Italy was necessary Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost Notes1 nbsp Poland 1 0 12 4 Qualified for semifinals2 nbsp Italy 1 0 8 8 Qualified for semifinals3 nbsp Great Britain 0 2 12 20Pool 3 edit The Soviet Union defeated Australia 14 2 When France took a 9 4 lead over Australia to clinch the match the competition ended as Australia was certain to be the third place team and eliminated Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost Notes1 nbsp France 1 0 9 1 Qualified for semifinals2 nbsp Soviet Union 1 0 14 2 Qualified for semifinals3 nbsp Australia 0 2 3 23Semifinals edit The top two nations in each pool advanced to the final Semifinal 1 edit France defeated the Soviet Union 9 7 and the Soviet Union defeated Italy 9 7 Italy needed to beat France by that same score then to avoid elimination when France took an 8 6 lead that became impossible and Italy was set at 3rd place in the pool Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost Notes1 nbsp France 2 0 17 13 Qualified for final2 nbsp Soviet Union 1 1 16 16 Qualified for final3 nbsp Italy 0 2 13 17Semifinal 2 edit Poland defeated the United States 10 6 Hungary defeated the United States 9 1 with the remainder of the bouts between the two not necessary No match between Poland and Hungary was necessary Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost Notes1 nbsp Hungary 1 0 9 1 Qualified for final2 nbsp Poland 1 0 10 6 Qualified for final3 nbsp United States 0 2 7 19Final edit The first two pairings saw Poland defeat the Soviet Union 9 7 and Hungary beat France 12 4 Poland and Hungary each won again in the second pairings this time Poland over France 10 6 and Hungary against the Soviet Union 9 7 With two 2 0 teams and two 0 2 teams the third set of pairings in the round robin were effectively a gold medal match and a bronze medal match The Soviet Union defeated France 8 7 touches were 53 60 so even a 5 0 win for France in the final unplayed bout would have left the Soviet team the winners to take the bronze medal while Hungary prevailed over Poland 9 4 for the gold Rank Nation Wins Losses Bouts Won Bouts Lost nbsp nbsp Hungary 3 0 30 15 nbsp nbsp Poland 2 1 23 22 nbsp nbsp Soviet Union 1 2 22 254 nbsp France 0 3 17 30References edit Fencing 1956 Olympic Results Men s team sabre sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 11 October 2010 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