Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

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Men's sabre
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Viktor Sidyak
VenueExhibition Halls 12 & 20
Dates30–31 August 1972
Competitors53 from 22 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Viktor Sidyak  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Péter Marót  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vladimir Nazlymov  Soviet Union
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1972 Summer Olympics
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The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 30 to 31 August 1972. 53 fencers from 22 nations competed.[1] Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by Viktor Sidyak of the Soviet Union, the nation's first victory in the event (tying the nation with Cuba, France, Greece, Italy, and Poland for second-most all-time, behind Hungary's 11). Hungary had lost its nine-Games gold medal streak in 1968 but remained a power in the event; Péter Marót took silver to extend Hungary's podium streak to 11 Games. Another Soviet, Vladimir Nazlymov, earned bronze.

Background

This was the 17th appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics. All six of the finalists from 1968 returned: gold medalist (and 1956 bronze medalist and 1960 finalist) Jerzy Pawłowski, silver medalist Mark Rakita of the Soviet Union, bronze medalist (and 1964 gold medalist) Tibor Pézsa of Hungary, fourth-place finisher Vladimir Nazlymov of the Soviet Union, fifth-place finisher Rolando Rigoli of Italy, and sixth-place finisher Józef Nowara of Poland. The three world champions since the last Olympics were Viktor Sidyak of the Soviet Union (1969), Pézsa (1970), and Michele Maffei of Italy (1971). The field was thus crowded with top talent.[2]

Hong Kong and Lebanon each made their debut in the men's sabre. Italy made its 15th appearance in the event, most of any nation, having missed the inaugural 1896 event and the 1904 St. Louis Games.

Competition format

After two Games of hybrid pool/knockout play, the 1972 tournament returned to an all-pool format, with each fencer facing the other fencers in the pool in a round robin. Bouts were to 5 touches. There were no barrages; ties were broken by touch quotient: touches scored divided by touches received. Unlike previous Games, all bouts were finished in the round robins. The 1972 format also eliminated the 8-fencer final pools of previous Games; for all rounds after the first, the number of fencers was set at 6.[3]

There were five rounds:

  • Round 1 (or "eliminating round"): The 54 fencers were divided into 9 pools, with 6 fencers each (though 1 fencer withdrew, so that pool had only 5). The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced; this narrowed the field from 53 to 36.
  • Round 2 (or "1/8 finals"): The 36 fencers were divided into 6 pools of 6 fencers each. The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced, cutting the field from 36 to 24.
  • Quarterfinals: With 24 fencers remaining, there were 4 pools of 6 fencers each. Now, only the top 3 in each pool advanced. This split the field in half, from 24 to 12.
  • Semifinals: There were 2 pools of 6 fencers each. Again, only the top 3 advanced, resulting in a final pool of 6.
  • Final: The final pool featured the remaining 6 fencers.

Schedule

All times are

UTC+1
)

Date Time Round
Thursday, 30 August 1972 8:00
 
14:00		 Round 1
Round 2
Quarterfinals
Friday, 31 August 1972 15:30
 		 Semifinals
Final

Results

Round 1

Round 1 Pool A

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes MM AO BS GS BB CM
1  Michele Maffei (ITA) 5 0 25 11 Q 5–2 5–4 5–2 5–2 5–1
2  Alex Orban (USA) 4 1 22 17 2–5 5–3 5–3 5–4 5–2
3  Boris Stavrev (BUL) 3 2 22 15 4–5 3–5 5–3 5–2 5–0
4  Guzman Salazar (CUB) 2 3 18 22 2–5 3–5 3–5 5–4 5–3
5  Bernd Brodar (AUT) 1 4 17 24 2–5 4–5 2–5 4–5 5–4
6  
Chan Matthew (HKG
) 		0 5 10 25 1–5 2–5 0–5 3–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 252

Round 1 Pool B

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes MAM FP JP SG MR RE
1  Mario Aldo Montano (ITA) 5 0 25 8 Q 5–2 5–1 5–2 5–3 5–0
2  Fritz Prause (AUT) 4 1 22 14 2–5 5–4 5–1 5–2 5–2
3  Jerzy Pawłowski (POL) 3 2 20 15 1–5 4–5 5–3 5–1 5–1
4  Sandor Gombay (SUI) 2 3 16 17 2–5 1–5 3–5 5–2 5–0
5  Mark Rakita (URS) 1 4 13 21 3–5 2–5 1–5 2–5 5–1
6  Robert Elliott (HKG) 0 5 4 25 0–5 2–5 1–5 0–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 252

Round 1 Pool C

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VS KH JD PA VC FM
1  Viktor Sidyak (URS) 5 0 25 13 Q 5–3 5–2 5–4 5–3 5–1
2  Knut Höhne (FRG) 3 2 22 21 3–5 4–5 5–4 5–4 5–3
3  John Deanfield (GBR) 3 2 18 21 2–5 5–4 1–5 5–4 5–3
4  Paul Apostol (USA) 2 3 22 20 4–5 4–5 5–1 5–4 4–5
5  Vicente Calderón (MEX) 1 4 20 20 3–5 4–5 4–5 4–5 5–0
6  Fawzi Merhi (LIB) 1 4 12 24 1–5 3–5 3–5 5–4 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 252

Round 1 Pool D

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes DI SL WC RO GS YDD
1  Dan Irimiciuc (ROU) 4 1 24 10 Q 4–5 5–0 5–1 5–2 5–2
2  Stoyko Lipchev (BUL) 4 1 23 15 5–4 3–5 5–4 5–1 5–1
3  Walter Convents (FRG) 4 1 20 14 0–5 5–3 5–1 5–3 5–2
4  Richard Oldcorn (GBR) 2 3 16 19 1–5 4–5 1–5 5–3 5–1
5  Guillermo Saucedo (ARG) 1 4 14 22 2–5 1–5 3–5 3–5 5–2
6  Yves Daniel Darricau (LIB) 0 5 8 25 2–5 1–5 2–5 1–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 252

Round 1 Pool E

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes TK CN PW RA FL RC
1  Tamás Kovács (HUN) 5 0 25 6 Q 5–2 5–1 5–2 5–1 5–0
2  Constantin Nicolae (ROU) 3 2 20 12 2–5 3–5 5–0 5–1 5–1
3  Paul Wischeidt (FRG) 3 2 19 17 1–5 5–3 3–5 5–1 5–3
4  Roberto Alva (MEX) 3 2 17 18 2–5 0–5 5–3 5–1 5–4
5  Fernando Lupiz (ARG) 1 4 9 21 1–5 1–5 1–5 1–5 5–1
6  Richard Cohen (GBR) 0 5 9 25 0–5 1–5 3–5 4–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 252

Round 1 Pool F

Skantze did not start.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes RB HB JN IB JM MS
1  Régis Bonissent (FRA) 4 0 20 12 Q 5–3 5–4 5–3 5–2
2  Hanns Brandstätter (AUT) 3 1 18 13 3–5 5–2 5–4 5–2
3  Józef Nowara (POL) 2 2 16 14 4–5 2–5 5–2 5–2
4  Iosif Budahazi (ROU) 1 3 14 16 3–5 4–5 2–5 5–1
5  Janos Mohoss (SUI) 0 4 7 20 2–5 2–5 2–5 1–5
6  Michael Skantze (SWE) 0 0 0 0
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 253

Round 1 Pool G

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes TP EH BV AM EB BF
1  Tibor Pézsa (HUN) 5 0 25 11 Q 5–4 5–3 5–2 5–2 5–0
2  
Eddy Ham (NED
) 		3 2 22 13 4–5 5–1 3–5 5–0 5–2
3  Bernard Vallée (FRA) 3 2 19 12 3–5 1–5 5–2 5–0 5–0
4  Anani Mikhaylov (BUL) 3 2 19 16 2–5 5–3 2–5 5–2 5–1
5  Enrique Barúa (PER) 1 4 9 24 2–5 0–5 0–5 2–5 5–4
6  
Bob Foxcroft (CAN
) 		0 5 7 25 0–5 2–5 0–5 1–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 253

Round 1 Pool H

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VN JM PB MO IH HL
1  Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) 4 1 21 12 Q 5–2 1–5 5–1 5–3 5–1
2  Janusz Majewski (POL) 4 1 22 14 2–5 5–3 5–1 5–4 5–1
3  Philippe Bena (FRA) 3 2 20 13 5–1 3–5 2–5 5–1 5–1
4  Manuel Ortiz (CUB) 3 2 17 14 1–5 1–5 5–2 5–0 5–2
5  Ioannis Hatzisarantos (GRE) 1 4 13 24 3–5 4–5 1–5 0–5 5–4
6  Hermilo Leal (MEX) 0 5 9 25 1–5 1–5 1–5 2–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 253

Round 1 Pool I

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes PM RR AM FdlT MA IK
1  Péter Marót (HUN) 4 1 24 9 Q 5–2 5–1 4–5 5–0 5–1
2  Rolando Rigoli (ITA) 4 1 22 14 2–5 5–3 5–4 5–1 5–1
3  Alfonso Morales (USA) 3 2 19 16 1–5 3–5 5–3 5–2 5–1
4  Francisco de la Torre (CUB) 3 2 22 19 5–4 4–5 3–5 5–1 5–4
5  Mehmet Akpınar (TUR) 1 4 9 22 0–5 1–5 2–5 1–5 5–2
6  Istvan Kulcsar (SUI) 0 5 9 25 1–5 1–5 1–5 4–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 253

Round 2

Round 2 Pool A

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes TK RR IB AM SL FdlT
1  Tamás Kovács (HUN) 4 1 24 13 Q 5–3 5–3 5–0 4–5 5–2
2  Rolando Rigoli (ITA) 4 1 23 13 3–5 5–2 5–1 5–3 5–2
3  Iosif Budahazi (ROU) 3 2 20 15 3–5 2–5 5–2 5–0 5–3
4  Alfonso Morales (USA) 2 3 13 22 0–5 1–5 2–5 5–4 5–3
5  Stoyko Lipchev (BUL) 1 4 15 24 5–4 3–5 0–5 4–5 3–5
6  Francisco de la Torre (CUB) 1 4 15 23 2–5 2–5 3–5 3–5 5–3
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 253

Round 2 Pool B

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes MAM JM WC MO GS AM
1  Mario Aldo Montano (ITA) 5 0 25 11 Q 5–4 5–0 5–3 5–3 5–1
2  Janusz Majewski (POL) 3 2 21 19 4–5 5–4 5–2 5–3 2–5
3  Walter Convents (FRG) 3 2 19 19 0–5 4–5 5–4 5–1 5–4
4  Manuel Ortiz (CUB) 2 3 19 20 3–5 2–5 4–5 5–2 5–3
5  Guzman Salazar (CUB) 1 4 14 21 3–5 3–5 1–5 2–5 5–1
6  Anani Mikhaylov (BUL) 1 4 14 22 1–5 5–2 4–5 3–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 254

Round 2 Pool C

Wischedit (0.889) and Orban (0.850) won the touch-quotient tiebreaker over Oldcorn (0.619) to advance.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes JP MM PW AO RO FP
1  Jerzy Pawłowski (POL) 5 0 25 11 Q 5–4 5–2 5–3 5–1 5–1
2  Michele Maffei (ITA) 4 1 24 10 4–5 5–0 5–2 5–1 5–2
3  Paul Wischeidt (FRG) 2 3 16 18 2–5 0–5 4–5 5–1 5–2
4  Alex Orban (USA) 2 3 17 20 3–5 2–5 5–4 2–5 5–1
5  Richard Oldcorn (GBR) 2 3 13 21 1–5 1–5 1–5 5–2 5–4
6  Fritz Prause (AUT) 0 5 10 25 1–5 2–5 2–5 1–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 254

Round 2 Pool D

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes TP PB VN KH HB SG
1  Tibor Pézsa (HUN) 5 0 25 16 Q 5–3 5–3 5–4 5–2 5–4
2  Philippe Bena (FRA) 4 1 23 12 3–5 5–4 5–1 5–2 5–0
3  Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) 3 2 22 13 3–5 4–5 5–0 5–0 5–3
4  Knut Höhne (FRG) 2 3 15 22 4–5 1–5 0–5 5–3 5–4
5  Hanns Brandstätter (AUT) 1 4 12 24 2–5 2–5 0–5 3–5 5–4
6  Sandor Gombay (SUI) 0 5 15 25 4–5 0–5 3–5 4–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 254

Round 2 Pool E

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VS PA DI BV EH RA
1  Viktor Sidyak (URS) 5 0 25 14 Q 5–4 5–3 5–3 5–1 5–3
2  Paul Apostol (USA) 3 2 20 11 4–5 1–5 5–1 5–0 5–0
3  Dan Irimiciuc (ROU) 3 2 21 16 3–5 5–1 3–5 5–3 5–2
4  Bernard Vallée (FRA) 2 3 18 20 3–5 1–5 5–3 4–5 5–2
5  
Eddy Ham (NED
) 		2 3 14 21 1–5 0–5 3–5 5–4 5–2
6  Roberto Alva (MEX) 0 5 9 25 3–5 0–5 2–5 2–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 254

Round 2 Pool F

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes PM RB BS JN JD CN
1  Péter Marót (HUN) 3 2 21 16 Q 5–3 4–5 5–3 2–5 5–0
2  Régis Bonissent (FRA) 3 2 18 17 3–5 5–1 0–5 5–2 5–4
3  Boris Stavrev (BUL) 3 2 20 20 5–4 1–5 5–4 5–2 4–5
4  Józef Nowara (POL) 2 3 19 16 3–5 5–0 4–5 2–5 5–1
5  John Deanfield (GBR) 2 3 15 19 5–2 2–5 2–5 5–2 1–5
6  Constantin Nicolae (ROU) 2 3 15 20 0–5 4–5 5–4 1–5 5–1
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 254

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal A

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VN BS PA MAM AM WC
1  Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) 4 1 24 17 Q 4–5 5–4 5–4 5–2 5–2
2  Boris Stavrev (BUL) 4 1 21 16 5–4 1–5 5–3 5–3 5–1
3  Paul Apostol (USA) 3 2 23 12 4–5 5–1 4–5 5–0 5–1
4  Mario Aldo Montano (ITA) 3 2 22 17 4–5 3–5 5–4 5–2 5–1
5  Alfonso Morales (USA) 1 4 12 23 2–5 3–5 0–5 2–5 5–3
6  Walter Convents (FRG) 0 5 8 25 2–5 1–5 1–5 1–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 255

Quarterfinal B

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes TK JP RB MO RR KH
1  Tamás Kovács (HUN) 5 0 25 15 Q 5–3 5–4 5–4 5–3 5–1
2  Jerzy Pawłowski (POL) 3 2 19 13 3–5 1–5 5–0 5–0 5–3
3  Régis Bonissent (FRA) 3 2 22 16 4–5 5–1 5–1 3–5 5–4
4  Manuel Ortiz (CUB) 2 3 15 18 4–5 0–5 1–5 5–2 5–1
5  Rolando Rigoli (ITA) 2 3 15 21 3–5 0–5 5–3 2–5 5–3
6  Knut Höhne (FRG) 0 5 12 25 1–5 3–5 4–5 1–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 255

Quarterfinal C

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VS PM IB JN AO PB
1  Viktor Sidyak (URS) 4 1 23 15 Q 5–3 5–2 3–5 5–2 5–3
2  Péter Marót (HUN) 4 1 23 16 3–5 5–4 5–3 5–3 5–1
3  Iosif Budahazi (ROU) 3 2 21 15 2–5 4–5 5–4 5–1 5–0
4  Józef Nowara (POL) 2 3 19 22 5–3 3–5 4–5 2–5 5–4
5  Alex Orban (USA) 2 3 16 20 2–5 3–5 1–3 5–2 5–3
6  Philippe Bena (FRA) 0 5 11 25 3–5 1–5 0–5 4–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 255

Quarterfinal D

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes MM BV PW DI TP JM
1  Michele Maffei (ITA) 5 0 25 14 Q 5–4 5–0 5–3 5–4 5–3
2  Bernard Vallée (FRA) 3 2 20 17 4–5 5–2 1–5 5–3 5–2
3  Paul Wischeidt (FRG) 3 2 17 17 0–5 2–5 5–2 5–3 5–2
4  Dan Irimiciuc (ROU) 1 3 14 16 3–5 5–1 2–5 4–5
5  Tibor Pézsa (HUN) 1 4 19 24 4–5 3–5 3–5 5–4 4–5
6  Janusz Majewski (POL) 1 3 12 19 3–5 2–5 2–5 5–4
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 255

Semifinals

Semifinal A

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VN PM MM JP IB BV
1  Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) 5 0 25 9 Q 5–3 5–3 5–1 5–2 5–0
2  Péter Marót (HUN) 3 2 20 15 3–5 2–5 5–4 5–0 5–1
3  Michele Maffei (ITA) 3 2 22 17 3–5 5–2 5–3 4–5 5–2
4  Jerzy Pawłowski (POL) 2 3 18 15 1–5 4–5 3–5 5–0 5–0
5  Iosif Budahazi (ROU) 1 3 7 19 2–5 0–5 5–4 0–5
6  Bernard Vallée (FRA) 0 4 3 20 0–5 1–5 2–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 255

Semifinal B

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VS TK RB PA PW BS
1  Viktor Sidyak (URS) 3 2 22 17 Q 5–2 4–5 5–3 5–2 3–5
2  Tamás Kovács (HUN) 3 2 20 17 2–5 5–2 3–5 5–1 5–4
3  Régis Bonissent (FRA) 3 2 17 17 5–4 2–5 5–3 0–5 5–0
4  Paul Apostol (USA) 2 3 18 19 3–5 5–3 3–5 2–5 5–1
5  Paul Wischeidt (FRG) 2 3 16 17 2–5 1–5 5–0 5–2 3–5
6  Boris Stavrev (BUL) 2 3 15 21 5–3 4–5 0–5 1–5 5–3
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 256

Final

The final resulted in a clear victory for Sidyak, but a three-way tie for second place. The tie was resolved by touch quotient (touches for divided by touches against), and the three fencers were very close. Marót had the best quotient (21/20, or 1.050) and took silver. Nazlymov had scored the same number of touches, but had been hit once more (21/21, or 1.000) and took bronze. Maffei had the same number of touches against as Nazlymov, but one fewer touch scored than the other two (20/21, or 0.952) and took fourth place.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA VS PM VN MM RB TK
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Viktor Sidyak (URS) 4 1 23 15 5–4 3–5 5–1 5–2 5–3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Péter Marót (HUN) 3 2 21 20 4–5 5–2 5–4 5–4 2–5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) 3 2 21 21 5–3 2–5 4–5 5–4 5–4
4  Michele Maffei (ITA) 3 2 20 21 1–5 4–5 5–4 5–4 5–3
5  Régis Bonissent (FRA) 1 4 19 22 2–5 4–5 4–5 4–5 5–2
6  Tamás Kovács (HUN) 1 4 17 22 3–5 5–2 4–5 3–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 256

Final classification

Rank Fencer Nation
1 Viktor Sidyak  Soviet Union
2 Péter Marót  Hungary
3 Vladimir Nazlymov  Soviet Union
4 Michele Maffei  Italy
5 Régis Bonissent  France
6 Tamás Kovács  Hungary
Jerzy Pawłowski  Poland
Paul Apostol  United States
Iosif Budahazi  Romania
Paul Wischeidt  West Germany
Bernard Vallée  France
Boris Stavrev  Bulgaria
Mario Aldo Montano  Italy
Manuel Ortiz  Cuba
Józef Nowara  Poland
Dan Irimiciuc  Romania
Alfonso Morales  United States
Rolando Rigoli  Italy
Alex Orban  United States
Tibor Pézsa  Hungary
Walter Convents  West Germany
Knut Höhne  West Germany
Philippe Bena  France
Janusz Majewski  Poland
Stoyko Lipchev  Bulgaria
Guzman Salazar  Cuba
Richard Oldcorn  Great Britain
Hanns Brandstätter  Austria
Eddy Ham
  Netherlands
John Deanfield  Great Britain
Francisco de la Torre  Cuba
Anani Mikhaylov  Bulgaria
Fritz Prause  Austria
Sandor Gombay  Switzerland
Roberto Alva  Mexico
Constantin Nicolae  Romania
Bernd Brodar  Austria
Mark Rakita  Soviet Union
Vicente Calderón  Mexico
Guillermo Saucedo  Argentina
Fernando Lupiz  Argentina
Enrique Barúa  Peru
Ioannis Hatzisarantos  Greece
Mehmet Akpınar  Turkey
Fawzi Merhi  Lebanon
46
Chan Matthew
  Hong Kong
47 Richard Cohen  Great Britain
Hermilo Leal  Mexico
Istvan Kulcsar  Switzerland
50 Janos Mohoss  Switzerland
51 Yves Daniel Darricau  Lebanon
52
Bob Foxcroft
  Canada
53 Robert Elliott  Hong Kong
DNS Michael Skantze  Sweden

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fencing: 1972 Olympic Results - Men's sabre". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Sabre, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 252–56.
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