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Men's team sabre
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
VenueVélodrome d'hiver
DatesJuly 12–15
Competitors80 from 14 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Renato Anselmi, Guido Balzarini, Marcello Bertinetti, Bino Bini, Vincenzo Cuccia, Oreste Moricca, Oreste Puliti, Giulio Sarrocchi
 Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) László Berti, János Garay, Sándor Pósta, József Rády, Zoltán Schenker, László Széchy, Ödön Tersztyanszky, Jenö Uhlyarik
 Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Adrianus De Jong, Jetze Doorman, Hendrik Scherpenhuyzen, Jan Van Der Wiel, Maarten Van Dulm, Henri Wynoldy-Daniels
 Netherlands
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Fencing at the
1924 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Foilmenwomen
Team foilmen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

The men's team sabre was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event.

The competition was held from Friday July 12, 1924, to Monday July 15, 1924. 14 teams, composed of 80 fencers, competed.

Rosters

Argentina
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
France
Great Britain
Greece
Italy
Hungary
Netherlands
Poland
Spain
United States
Uruguay

Results

Round 1

The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless a match was unnecessary to determine qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to four touches.

Pool A

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. ITA TCH GRE
1  Italy 2 0 25 7 Q 11–5 14–2
2  Czechoslovakia 1 1 15 17 5–11 10–6
3  Greece 0 2 8 24 2–14 6–10
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Pool B

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. NED USA URU POL
1  Netherlands 3 0 35 13 Q 10–6 9–7 16–0
2  United States 2 1 27 21 6–10 9–7 12–4
3  Uruguay 0 2 14 18 7–9 7–9
4  Poland 0 2 4 28 0–16 4–12
Source:

Pool C

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. FRA ESP
1  France w/o w/o Q
1  Spain w/o w/o
Source:

Pool D

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. HUN DEN GBR
1  Hungary 1 0 15 1 Q 15–1
2  Denmark 1 0 9 7 9–7
3  Great Britain 0 2 8 24 1–15 7–9
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Pool E

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. ARG BEL
1  Argentina 1 0 9 7 Q 9–7
2  Belgium 0 1 7 9 7–9
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Quarterfinals

The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless a match was unnecessary to determine qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to four touches.

Pool A

Italy beat Belgium on touches, 50 to 46.

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. HUN ITA BEL USA
1  Hungary 2 0 24 8 Q 10–6 14–2
2  Italy 2 0 20 12 8–8 12–4
3  Belgium 0 2 14 18 6–10 8–8
4  United States 0 2 6 26 2–14 4–12
Source:

Pool B

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. ARG NED ESP
1  Argentina 2 0 23 9 Q 10–6 13–3
2  Netherlands 1 1 18 14 6–10 12–4
3  Spain 0 2 7 25 3–13 4–12
Source:

Pool C

France beat Czechoslovakia on touches, 49 to 43.

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. FRA TCH DEN
1  France 2 0 18 14 Q 8–8 10–6
2  Czechoslovakia 1 1 20 12 8–8 12–4
3  Denmark 0 2 10 22 6–10 4–12
Source:

Semifinals

The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless the match was unnecessary to decide qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to four touches.

Pool A

Czechoslovakia beat Argentina on touches, 47 to 45.

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. ITA TCH ARG
1  Italy 1 0 14 2 Q 14–2
2  Czechoslovakia 1 0 8 8 8–8
3  Argentina 0 2 10 22 2–14 8–8
Source:

Pool B

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. HUN NED FRA
1  Hungary 1 0 10 6 Q 10–6
2  Netherlands 1 0 9 7 9–7
3  France 0 2 13 19 6–10 7–9
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Final

Each team played each other team. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to four touches. Italy beat Hungary on touches, 50 to 46, in a match that was the difference in the gold medal standings.

Pos Team W L BW BL ITA HUN NED TCH
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy 3 0 28 20 8–8 9–7 11–5
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Hungary 2 1 33 15 8–8 14–2 11–5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Netherlands 1 2 18 30 7–9 2–14 9–7
4  Czechoslovakia 0 3 17 31 5–11 5–11 7–9
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References

Olympic fencing champions in men's Team Sabre
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