Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

Men's sabre at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Waseda Memorial Hall
Dates	October 19 – 20
Competitors	52 from 21 nations
Medalists
Tibor Pézsa   Hungary   Claude Arabo   France   Umyar Mavlikhanov   Soviet Union

Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Épée		men
Team épée		men
Foil		men		women
Team foil		men		women
Sabre		men
Team sabre		men

The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from October 19 to 20, 1964. 52 fencers from 21 nations competed.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tibor Pézsa  Hungary	Claude Arabo  France	Umar Mavlikhanov  Soviet Union

Results

Round 1

Pool A
1.	Yakov Rylsky (URS)	4-1	Q2
2.	Pierluigi Chicca (ITA)	4-1	Q2
3.	Ioan Drimba (ROU)	3-2	Q2
4.	Rafael González (ARG)	2-3	QB
	Ignacio Posada (COL)	2-3	QB
6.	Michael Ryan (IRL)	0-5

Barrage A
4.	Ignacio Posada (COL)	1-0	Q2
5.	Rafael González (ARG)	0-1

Pool B
1.	Jerzy Pawlowsky (POL)	6-0	Q2
2.	Eugene Hamori (USA)	5-1	Q2
3.	Cesare Salvadori (ITA)	4-2	Q2
4.	Octavian Vintila (ROU)	3-3	Q2
5.	Jan Boutmy (AHO)	2-4
6.	Loc Nguyen The (VIE)	1-5
7.	Ronnie Theseira (MAS)	0-6

Pool C
1.	Andrzej Piatkowski (POL)	5-0	Q2
2.	Wladimiro Calarese (ITA)	4-1	Q2
3.	Thomas Orley (USA)	3-2	Q2
4.	Shibata Seiji (JPN)	2-3	Q2
5.	Robert Foxcroft (CAN)	1-5
6.	Houshmand Almasi (IRI)	0-6

Pool D
1.	Peter Bakonyi (HUN)	5-0	Q2
2.	Attila Keresztes (USA)	4-1	Q2
3.	J. Theuerkauff (EUA)	3-2	Q2
4.	Teruhiro Kitao (JPN)	2-3	Q2
5.	Emilio Echeverri (COL)	1-5
6.	Nasser Madani (IRI)	0-5

Pool E
1.	Mark Rakita (URS)	6-0	Q2
2.	Jacques Lefevre (FRA)	5-1	Q2
3.	Funamizu Mitsuyuki (JPN)	4-2	Q2
4.	Dieter Wellman (EUA)	3-3	Q2
5.	Richard Oldcorn (GBR)	2-4
6.	Bijan Zarnegar (IRI)	1-5
7.	Xuan Tran Van (VIE)	0-6

Pool F
1.	Marcel Parent (FRA)	5-0	Q2
2.	Emil Ochyra (POL)	4-1	Q2
3.	Walter Kostner (EUA)	3-2	Q2
4.	Alexander Leckie (GBR)	2-3	Q2
5.	Henry Sommerville (AUS)	1-4
6.	J. Bouchier-Hayes (IRL)	0-5

Pool G
1.	Attila Kovacs (HUN)	6-0	Q2
2.	Claude Arabo (FRA)	5-1	Q2
3.	Arnold Cooperman (GBR)	3-3	Q2
4.	Yves Brasseur (BEL)	2-4	QB
	Alexander Martonffy (AUS)	2-4	QB
	Enrique Penabella (CUB)	2-4	QB
7.	Juan Frecia (ARG)	1-5

Barrage G
4.	Enrique Penabella (CUB)	2-0	Q2
5.	Yves Brasseur (BEL)	0-1
6.	Alexander Martonffy (AUS)	0-1

Pool H
1.	Tănase Mureșanu (ROU)	6-0	Q2
2.	Umar Mavlikhanov (URS)	5-1	Q2
3.	Tibor Pézsa (HUN)	3-3	Q2
4.	Alberto Lanteri (ARG)	3-3	Q2
5.	John Andru (CAN)	2-4
6.	Les Tornallyay (AUS)	1-5
7.	Humberto Posada (COL)	1-5

Round 2

Pool A
1.	Yakov Rylsky (URS)	6-1	Q3
2.	Dieter Wellman (EUA)	5-2	Q3
3.	Tibor Pézsa (HUN)	4-3	Q3
4.	Marcel Parent (FRA)	4-3	Q3
5.	Wladimiro Calarese (ITA)	3-4
6.	Attila Keresztes (USA)	3-4
7.	Funamizu Mitsuyuki (JPN)	2-5
8.	Octavian Vintila (ROU)	1-6

Pool B
1.	Jerzy Pawlowski (POL)	6-1	Q3
2.	Umar Mavlikhanov (URS)	5-2	Q3
3.	Attila Kovacs (HUN)	5-2	Q3
4.	Jacques Lefevre (FRA)	4-3	Q3
5.	Ioan Drimba (ROU)	3-4
6.	Gudrum Theuerkauff (EUA)	3-4
7.	Shibata Seiji (JPN)	1-6
8.	Alexander Leckie (GBR)	1-6

Pool C
1.	Mark Rakita (URS)	7-0	Q3
2.	Claude Arabo (FRA)	6-1	Q3
3.	Walter Kostner (EUA)	4-3	Q3
4.	Pierluigi Chicca (ITA)	4-3	Q3
5.	Thomas Orley (USA)	3-4
6.	Andrzej Piatkowski (POL)	3-4
7.	Alberto Lanteri (ARG)	1-6
8.	Ketao Teruhiro (JPN)	0-7

Pool D
1.	Emil Ochyra (POL)	7-0	Q3
2.	Peter Bakonyi (HUN)	5-2	Q3
3.	Cesare Salvadori (ITA)	4-3	Q3
4.	Tanase Muresan (ROU)	4-3	Q3
5.	Eugene Hamori (USA)	3-4
6.	Arnold Cooperman (GBR)	2-5
7.	Humberto Posada (COL)	2-5
8.	Enrique Penabella (CUB)	1-6

Knockout rounds

The winner of each group advanced to the final pool, while the runner-up moved into a 5th-place semifinal.

Group 1

				Round of 16				Quarterfinals
Yakov Rylsky (URS)	-
Bye	-
				Yakov Rylsky (URS)	10
				Jacques Lefevre (FRA)	6
Jacques Lefevre (FRA)	-
Bye	-
								Yakov Rylsky (URS)	10
								Walter Kostner (EUA)	5
Walter Kostner (EUA)	-
Bye	-
				Walter Kostner (EUA)	10
				Jerzy Pawlowski (POL)	9
Jerzy Pawlowski (POL)	-
Bye	-

Group 2

				Round of 16				Quarterfinals
Tibor Pézsa (HUN)	-
Bye	-
				Tibor Pézsa (HUN)	10
				Mark Rakita (URS)	6
Mark Rakita (URS)	-
Bye	-
								Tibor Pézsa (HUN)	10
								Marcel Parent (FRA)	7
Marcel Parent (FRA)	-
Bye	-
				Marcel Parent (FRA)	10
				Tanase Muresan (ROU)	7
Tanase Muresan (ROU)	-
Bye	-

Group 3

				Round of 16				Quarterfinals
Umar Mavlikhanov (URS)	-
Bye	-
				Umar Mavlikhanov (URS)	10
				Peter Bakonyi (HUN)	9
Peter Bakonyi (HUN)	-
Bye	-
								Umar Mavlikhanov (URS)	10
								Emil Ochyra (POL)	9
Emil Ochyra (POL)	-
Bye	-
				Emil Ochyra (POL)	10
				Cesare Salvadori (ITA)	6
Cesare Salvadori (ITA)	-
Bye	-

Group 4

				Round of 16				Quarterfinals
Claude Arabo (FRA)	-
Bye	-
				Claude Arabo (FRA)	10
				Pierluigi Chicca (ITA)	4
Pierluigi Chicca (ITA)	-
Bye	-
								Claude Arabo (FRA)	10
								Dieter Wellman (EUA)	6
Dieter Wellman (EUA)	-
Bye	-
				Dieter Wellman (EUA)	10
				Attila Kovacs (HUN)	9
Attila Kovacs (HUN)	-
Bye	-

Fifth place semifinal

				Semifinals				5th/6th match
Emil Ochyra (POL)	-
Bye	-
				Emil Ochyra (POL)	10
				Walter Kostner (EUA)	5 (7th-8th)
Walter Kostner (EUA)	-
Bye	-
								Emil Ochyra (POL)	10 (5th)
								Marcel Parent (FRA)	5 (6th)
Dieter Wellman (EUA)	-
Bye	-
				Dieter Wellman (EUA)	9 (7th-8th)
				Marcel Parent (FRA)	10
Marcel Parent (FRA)	-
Bye	-

Final

Final pool
Rank	Name
1.	Claude Arabo (FRA)	2-1
	Tibor Pézsa (HUN)	2-1
3.	Umar Mavlikhanov (URS)	1-2
	Yakov Rylsky (URS)	1-2

Gold medal barrage
Rank	Name
	Tibor Pézsa (HUN)	1-0
	Claude Arabo (FRA)	0-1

Bronze medal barrage
Rank	Name
	Umar Mavlikhanov (URS)	1-0
4.	Yakov Rylsky (URS)	0-1

References

1. "Fencing: 1964 Olympic Results - Men's sabre". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-12-08.

Sources

• Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.