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

Round One

Date	10 September 1960
Format	Top 4 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	POL	2-0	1.000	23-5	18	Q
2	Italy	ITA	2-0	1.000	18-5	13	Q
3	Soviet Union	URS	1-0	1.000	9-1	8	Q
4	Hungary	HUN	1-0	1.000	9-3	6	Q
5	United States	USA	2-0	1.000	25-6	19	q
6	France	FRA	2-0	1.000	19-1	18	q
7	Unified Team of Germany	GER	1-1	0.500	21-10	11	q
8	Austria	AUT	1-1	0.500	14-14	0	q
9	Romania	ROU	1-1	0.500	11-17	-6	q
10	Great Britain	GBR	1-1	0.500	9-16	-7	q
11	Belgium	BEL	0-1	0.000	3-9	-6	q
12	Argentina	ARG	0-1	0.000	1-9	-8	q
13	Portugal	POR	0-2	0.000	10-17	-7
14	Spain	ESP	0-2	0.000	8-19	-11
15	Japan	JPN	0-2	0.000	7-25	-18
16	Morocco	MAR	0-2	0.000	1-31	-30

Pool #1

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

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

Pool #2

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	Poland	POL	2-0	23-5
	Marek Kuszewski • Ryszard Zub • Andrzej Piątkowski • Emil Ochyra
2	Austria	AUT	1-1	14-14
	Helmuth Resch • Paul Kerb • Hans Hocke • Josef Wanetschek • Günther Ulrich
3	Japan	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	POL	9 – 3	Austria	AUT
Match #2	10 Sep	Poland	POL	14 – 2	Japan	JPN
Match #3	10 Sep	Austria	AUT	11 – 5	Japan	JPN

Pool #3

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

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

Pool #4

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	Italy	ITA	2-0	18-5
	Giampaolo Calanchini • Pierluigi Chicca • Mario Ravagnan • Roberto Ferrari
2	Romania	ROU	1-1	11-17
	Dumitru Mustață • Cornel Pelmuș • Ion Santo • Ladislau Rohony • Emeric Arus
3	Portugal	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	ITA	9 – 3	Romania	ROU
Match #2	10 Sep	Italy	ITA	9 – 2	Portugal	POR
Match #3	10 Sep	Romania	ROU	8 – 8	Portugal	POR

Pool #5

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	France	FRA	2-0	19-1
	Marcel Parent • Claude Gamot • Jacques Lefèvre • Jacques Roulot • Claude Arabo
2	Great Britain	GBR	1-1	9-16
	Ralph Cooperman • Michael Amberg • Donald Stringer • Sandy Leckie • Michael Straus
3	Spain	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	FRA	9 – 0	Great Britain	GBR
Match #2	10 Sep	France	FRA	10 – 1	Spain	ESP
Match #3	10 Sep	Great Britain	GBR	9 – 7	Spain	ESP

Pool #6

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	United States	USA	2-0	25-6
	Allan Kwartler • George Worth • Michael Dasaro • Alfonso Morales • Tibor Nyilas • Dick Dyer
2	Unified Team of Germany	GER	1-1	21-10
	Dieter Löhr • Jürgen Theuerkauff • Wilfried Wöhler • Peter von Krockow • Walter Köstner
3	Morocco	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	USA	9 – 6	Unified Team of Germany	GER
Match #2	10 Sep	United States	USA	16 – 0	Morocco	MAR
Match #3	10 Sep	Unified Team of Germany	GER	15 – 1	Morocco	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	FRA	9 – 5	Belgium	BEL
Match #2	10 Sep	Unified Team of Germany	GER	9 – 4	Argentina	ARG
Match #3	10 Sep	United States	USA	9 – 5	Austria	AUT
Match #4	10 Sep	Romania	ROU	9 – 6	Great Britain	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	POL	9 – 2	Unified Team of Germany	GER
Match #2	10 Sep	Hungary	HUN	9 – 3	Romania	ROU
Match #3	10 Sep	United States	USA	8 – 8	Soviet Union	URS
Match #4	10 Sep	Italy	ITA	9 – 7	France	FRA

Semi-Finals

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

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

Final Pool

Date	10 September 1960 — 15:00

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