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Sabre, Team, Men

Date	10 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Palazzo dei Congressi, Roma
Participants	79 from 16 countries

Hungary had proved impossible to beat in this event since the 1928 Amsterdam Games, but had been hit hard by defections following the Soviet invasion of 1956. Their team still included three holdovers from the Melbourne Games, Aladár Gerevich, Rudolf Kárpáti, and Pál Kovács, but all three were approaching or had passed the veteran stage of their careers.

The Hungarian team did not crush their opponents as they had done in previous years but were still good enough to hold on to their title for the seventh consecutive time after defeating eventual bronze medalists Italy in the semi-final and Poland in the final.

For Aladár Gerevich, this was a sixth consecutive title in the same event. As of 2024, no one has matched this record. His record might well have extended to eight had not the war years intervened. Gerevich’s total of 10 Olympic medals is only surpassed by the 13 medals won by Italian fencer Edoardo Mangiarotti.

Pos	Competitors	NOC
1	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	Gold
Aladár Gerevich • Rudolf Kárpáti • Pál Kovács • Zoltán Horváth • Gábor Delneky • Tamás Mendelényi
2	Poland	👁 Image POL	Silver
Jerzy Pawłowski • Wojciech Zabłocki • Marek Kuszewski • Ryszard Zub • Andrzej Piątkowski • Emil Ochyra
3	Italy	👁 Image ITA	Bronze
Wladimiro Calarese • Giampaolo Calanchini • Pierluigi Chicca • Mario Ravagnan • Roberto Ferrari
4	United States	👁 Image USA
Allan Kwartler • George Worth • Michael Dasaro • Alfonso Morales • Tibor Nyilas • Dick Dyer • Ralph Spinella (DNS) • James Margolis (DNS) • David Micahnik (DNS)
=5	France	👁 Image FRA
Marcel Parent • Claude Gamot • Jacques Lefèvre • Jacques Roulot • Claude Arabo
=5	Unified Team of Germany	👁 Image GER
Dieter Löhr • Jürgen Theuerkauff • Wilfried Wöhler • Peter von Krockow • Walter Köstner • Toni Stock (DNS)
=5	Romania	👁 Image ROU
Dumitru Mustață • Cornel Pelmuș • Ion Santo • Ladislau Rohony • Emeric Arus • Anghel Vrable (DNS)
=5	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS
Yevgeny Cherepovsky • Umyar Mavlikhanov • Nugzar Asatiani • David Tyshler • Yakov Rylsky
=9	Belgium	👁 Image BEL
José Van Baelen • Gustave Balister • Marcel Van Der Auwera • François Heyvaert • Roger Petit • André Verhalle (DNS)
=9	Argentina	👁 Image ARG
Rafael González • Juan Larrea • Daniel Sande • Gustavo Vassallo
=9	Austria	👁 Image AUT
Helmuth Resch • Paul Kerb • Hans Hocke • Günther Ulrich • Josef Wanetschek • Hubert Loisel (DNS)
=9	Great Britain	👁 Image GBR
Ralph Cooperman • Michael Amberg • Sandy Leckie • Michael Straus • Donald Stringer • Bill Hoskyns (DNS)
=13	Japan	👁 Image JPN
Sonosuke Fujimaki • Mitsuyuki Funamizu • Tsugeo Ozawa • Kazuhiko Tabuchi • Heizaburo Okawa (DNS) • Taichiro Misago (DNS)
=13	Portugal	👁 Image POR
Joaquim Rodrigues • António Marquilhas • Orlando Azinhais • José Pinto Ferreira • José Fernandes • Manuel Borrego (DNS)
=13	Spain	👁 Image ESP
Jesús Díez • César de Diego • Pablo Ordejón • Ramón Martínez • Pedro Cabrera (DNS) • Enrique González (DNS)
=13	Morocco	👁 Image MAR
Abderrahman Sebti • Abderraouf El-Fassy • Mohamed Ben Joullon • Jacques Ben Gualid • Charles El-Gressy (DNS)
Ireland	👁 Image IRL
Christopher Bland • George Carpenter • Brian Hamilton • Tom Kearney
Bulgaria	👁 Image BUL
Asen Dyakovski • Vasil Lutzkanov • Nikolay Nikolov • Georgy Sayev • Zheko Spiridonov • Boris Stavrev
Australia	👁 Image AUS
Keith Hackshall • Ivan Lund • Michael Sichel • John Simpson

Round One

Date	10 September 1960
Format	Top four teams, based on percentage on wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to quarter-finals. Teams ranked 5-12, based on percentage on wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to round two.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Matches Won %%%	Bouts	Bouts Won Margin
1	Poland	👁 Image POL	2-0	1.000	23-5	18
2	Italy	👁 Image ITA	2-0	1.000	18-5	13
3	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	1-0	1.000	9-1	8
4	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	1-0	1.000	9-3	6
5	United States	👁 Image USA	2-0	1.000	25-6	19
6	France	👁 Image FRA	2-0	1.000	19-1	18
7	Unified Team of Germany	👁 Image GER	1-1	0.500	21-10	11
8	Austria	👁 Image AUT	1-1	0.500	14-14	0
9	Romania	👁 Image ROU	1-1	0.500	11-17	-6
10	Great Britain	👁 Image GBR	1-1	0.500	9-16	-7
11	Belgium	👁 Image BEL	0-1	0.000	3-9	-6
12	Argentina	👁 Image ARG	0-1	0.000	1-9	-8
13	Portugal	👁 Image POR	0-2	0.000	10-17	-7
14	Spain	👁 Image ESP	0-2	0.000	8-19	-11
15	Japan	👁 Image JPN	0-2	0.000	7-25	-18
16	Morocco	👁 Image MAR	0-2	0.000	1-31	-30

Pool #1

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	1-0	9-3
Aladár Gerevich • Pál Kovács • Gábor Delneky • Tamás Mendelényi
2	Belgium	👁 Image BEL	0-1	3-9
José Van Baelen • Gustave Balister • Marcel Van Der Auwera • Roger Petit
Bulgaria	👁 Image BUL	–-–	–-–
Asen Dyakovski • Vasil Lutzkanov • Nikolay Nikolov • Georgy Sayev • Zheko Spiridonov • Boris Stavrev

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	10 Sep	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	9 – 3	Belgium	👁 Image BEL

Pool #2

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	Poland	👁 Image POL	2-0	23-5
Marek Kuszewski • Ryszard Zub • Andrzej Piątkowski • Emil Ochyra
2	Austria	👁 Image AUT	1-1	14-14
Helmuth Resch • Paul Kerb • Hans Hocke • Josef Wanetschek • Günther Ulrich
3	Japan	👁 Image JPN	0-2	7-25
Sonosuke Fujimaki • Mitsuyuki Funamizu • Tsugeo Ozawa • Kazuhiko Tabuchi

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	10 Sep	Poland	👁 Image POL	9 – 3	Austria	👁 Image AUT
Match #2	10 Sep	Poland	👁 Image POL	14 – 2	Japan	👁 Image JPN
Match #3	10 Sep	Austria	👁 Image AUT	11 – 5	Japan	👁 Image JPN

Pool #3

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	1-0	9-1
Yevgeny Cherepovsky • Umyar Mavlikhanov • Nugzar Asatiani • David Tyshler
2	Argentina	👁 Image ARG	0-1	1-9
Rafael González • Juan Larrea • Daniel Sande • Gustavo Vassallo
Australia	👁 Image AUS	–-–	–-–
Keith Hackshall • Ivan Lund • Michael Sichel • John Simpson

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	10 Sep	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS	9 – 1	Argentina	👁 Image ARG

Pool #4

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	Italy	👁 Image ITA	2-0	18-5
Giampaolo Calanchini • Pierluigi Chicca • Mario Ravagnan • Roberto Ferrari
2	Romania	👁 Image ROU	1-1	11-17
Dumitru Mustață • Cornel Pelmuș • Ion Santo • Ladislau Rohony • Emeric Arus
3	Portugal	👁 Image POR	0-2	10-17
Joaquim Rodrigues • António Marquilhas • Orlando Azinhais • José Pinto Ferreira

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	10 Sep	Italy	👁 Image ITA	9 – 3	Romania	👁 Image ROU
Match #2	10 Sep	Italy	👁 Image ITA	9 – 2	Portugal	👁 Image POR
Match #3	10 Sep	Romania	👁 Image ROU	8 – 8	Portugal	👁 Image POR

Pool #5

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	France	👁 Image FRA	2-0	19-1
Marcel Parent • Claude Gamot • Jacques Lefèvre • Jacques Roulot • Claude Arabo
2	Great Britain	👁 Image GBR	1-1	9-16
Ralph Cooperman • Michael Amberg • Donald Stringer • Sandy Leckie • Michael Straus
3	Spain	👁 Image ESP	0-2	8-19
Jesús Díez • César de Diego • Pablo Ordejón • Ramón Martínez

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	10 Sep	France	👁 Image FRA	9 – 0	Great Britain	👁 Image GBR
Match #2	10 Sep	France	👁 Image FRA	10 – 1	Spain	👁 Image ESP
Match #3	10 Sep	Great Britain	👁 Image GBR	9 – 7	Spain	👁 Image ESP

Pool #6

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	United States	👁 Image USA	2-0	25-6
Allan Kwartler • George Worth • Michael Dasaro • Alfonso Morales • Tibor Nyilas • Dick Dyer
2	Unified Team of Germany	👁 Image GER	1-1	21-10
Dieter Löhr • Jürgen Theuerkauff • Wilfried Wöhler • Peter von Krockow • Walter Köstner
3	Morocco	👁 Image MAR	0-2	1-31
Abderrahman Sebti • Abderraouf El-Fassy • Mohamed Ben Joullon • Jacques Ben Gualid

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	10 Sep	United States	👁 Image USA	9 – 6	Unified Team of Germany	👁 Image GER
Match #2	10 Sep	United States	👁 Image USA	16 – 0	Morocco	👁 Image MAR
Match #3	10 Sep	Unified Team of Germany	👁 Image GER	15 – 1	Morocco	👁 Image MAR

Round Two

Date	10 September 1960 — 8:30
Format	Winner of each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	10 Sep	France	👁 Image FRA	9 – 5	Belgium	👁 Image BEL
Match #2	10 Sep	Unified Team of Germany	👁 Image GER	9 – 4	Argentina	👁 Image ARG
Match #3	10 Sep	United States	👁 Image USA	9 – 5	Austria	👁 Image AUT
Match #4	10 Sep	Romania	👁 Image ROU	9 – 6	Great Britain	👁 Image GBR

Quarter-Finals

Date	10 September 1960 — 13:00
Format	Winner of each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	10 Sep	Poland	👁 Image POL	9 – 2	Unified Team of Germany	👁 Image GER
Match #2	10 Sep	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	9 – 3	Romania	👁 Image ROU
Match #3	10 Sep	United States	👁 Image USA	8 – 8	Soviet Union	👁 Image URS
Match #4	10 Sep	Italy	👁 Image ITA	9 – 7	France	👁 Image FRA

Semi-Finals

Date	10 September 1960 — 15:00
Format	Winner of each pool advanced to final.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	10 Sep	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	9 – 6	Italy	👁 Image ITA
Match #2	10 Sep	Poland	👁 Image POL	9 – 3	United States	👁 Image USA

Final Pool

Date	10 September 1960 — 15:00

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	10 Sep	Hungary	👁 Image HUN	9 – 7	Poland	👁 Image POL
Match 3/4	10 Sep	Italy	👁 Image ITA	9 – 6	United States	👁 Image USA

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