Date | 28 April 1906 |
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Status | Intercalated |
Location | Zappeion, Athina |
Participants | 29 from 8 countries |
The sabre competition resulted in a popular victory for the Greek fencer, Ioannis Georgiadis. As in the épée, there were 29 competitors originally. Six elimination pools narrowed the field to 13 semi-finalists who fought two pools to determine the six finalists. In the finals, a three-way tie occurred for first place between Georgiadis, Gustav Casmir, and Federico Cesarano. In a fence-off between the three, Georgiadis won with Casmir second and Cesarano third.
Bouts were for three touches. Unlike foil and épée, no time limit was specified. The target area was reduced slightly from what was used at the 1896 Olympics. Instead of the entire body being valid target area, touches “below the knee” were no longer valid.
Because there were no international regulations as to what constituted a “sabre”, the Organizing Committee allowed every fencer to use the type of sabre in use in his own country. The length of the blades, however, had to be between 82 and 91 centimeters and the weight of the weapon between 450 and 950 grams. The committee “reserved to themselves the right to prohibit any weapons whose use they thought would be dangerous”.
One competitor from 1906, Hendrik van Blijenburgh, described this event as follows, “As to what happened in the sabre events, that entirely belongs into the world of humour. It did not matter who did what, or how he did it - but if someone touched his opponent, he lost! I highly respected the Greek fencers, but that the Greek jury should ‘appoint’ Georgiadis as the winner, that was a bit too much.”
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | |||
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1 | Ioannis Georgiadis | ![]() | Gold | ||
2 | Gustav Casmir | ![]() | Silver | ||
3 | Federico Cesarano | ![]() | Bronze | ||
4 | Gabriel, Count de la Falaise | ![]() | |||
5 | Lóránt Mészáros | ![]() | |||
6 | Jenő Apáthy | ![]() | |||
AC p1 r2/3 | Khristos Zorbas | ![]() | |||
AC p1 r2/3 | James, Baron Melvill van Carnbée | ![]() | |||
AC p1 r2/3 | Alexandros Kharalambopoulos | ![]() | |||
AC p1 r2/3 | Herbert Sander | ![]() | |||
AC p2 r2/3 | George van Rossem | ![]() | |||
AC p2 r2/3 | Hendrik van der Grinten | ![]() | |||
AC p2 r2/3 | Konstantinos Fotiadis | ![]() | |||
AC p1 r1/3 | Ernst Königsgarten | ![]() | |||
AC p1 r1/3 | Jetze Doorman | ![]() | |||
AC p2 r1/3 | Jakob Erckrath de Bary | ![]() | |||
AC p2 r1/3 | Maurits van Löben Sels | ![]() | |||
AC p2 r1/3 | Georges, Baron Dillon-Kavanagh | ![]() | |||
AC p3 r1/3 | Emil Schön | ![]() | |||
AC p3 r1/3 | Johannes Osten | ![]() | |||
AC p4 r1/3 | August Petri | ![]() | |||
AC p4 r1/3 | Péter Tóth | ![]() | |||
AC p4 r1/3 | Arie de Jong | ![]() | |||
AC p5 r1/3 | Béla Nagy | ![]() | |||
AC p5 r1/3 | Lex van Blijenburgh | ![]() | |||
AC p5 r1/3 | Robert Krünert | ![]() | |||
AC p5 r1/3 | Pierre d'Hugues | ![]() | |||
AC p6 r1/3 | Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh | ![]() | |||
AC p6 r1/3 | Menelaos Sakorafos | ![]() |
Top two from pool 1-4 and pool 6 and top three from pool 5 advanced to the semi-finals
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | |||
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1 | Gustav Casmir | ![]() | |||
2 | Alexandros Kharalambopoulos | ![]() | |||
AC | Ernst Königsgarten | ![]() | |||
AC | Jetze Doorman | ![]() |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ioannis Georgiadis | ![]() | |||
2 | Jenő Apáthy | ![]() | |||
AC | Jakob Erckrath de Bary | ![]() | |||
AC | Maurits van Löben Sels | ![]() | |||
AC | Georges, Baron Dillon-Kavanagh | ![]() |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lóránt Mészáros | ![]() | |||
2 | Khristos Zorbas | ![]() | |||
AC | Emil Schön | ![]() | |||
AC | Johannes Osten | ![]() |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
=1 | James, Baron Melvill van Carnbée | ![]() | |||
=1 | Gabriel, Count de la Falaise | ![]() | |||
AC | August Petri | ![]() | |||
AC | Péter Tóth | ![]() | |||
AC | Arie de Jong | ![]() |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Federico Cesarano | ![]() | |||
=2 | George van Rossem | ![]() | |||
=2 | Konstantinos Fotiadis | ![]() | |||
AC | Béla Nagy | ![]() | |||
AC | Lex van Blijenburgh | ![]() | |||
AC | Robert Krünert | ![]() | |||
AC | Pierre d'Hugues | ![]() |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Herbert Sander | ![]() | |||
2 | Hendrik van der Grinten | ![]() | |||
AC | Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh | ![]() | |||
AC | Menelaos Sakorafos | ![]() |
Top three from each pool advanced to the final
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ioannis Georgiadis | ![]() | |||
2 | Lóránt Mészáros | ![]() | |||
3 | Jenő Apáthy | ![]() | |||
AC | Khristos Zorbas | ![]() | |||
AC | James, Baron Melvill van Carnbée | ![]() | |||
AC | Alexandros Kharalambopoulos | ![]() | |||
AC | Herbert Sander | ![]() |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gustav Casmir | ![]() | |||
2 | Gabriel, Count de la Falaise | ![]() | |||
3 | Federico Cesarano | ![]() | |||
AC | George van Rossem | ![]() | |||
AC | Hendrik van der Grinten | ![]() | |||
AC | Konstantinos Fotiadis | ![]() |
Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ioannis Georgiadis | ![]() | |||
2 | Gustav Casmir | ![]() | |||
3 | Federico Cesarano | ![]() | |||
4 | Gabriel, Count de la Falaise | ![]() | |||
5 | Lóránt Mészáros | ![]() | |||
6 | Jenő Apáthy | ![]() |