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{{short description|Fencing at the Olympics}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Men's sabre
|event = Men's sabre
|games = 1900 Summer
|games = 1900 Summer
|image = File:Le capitaine comte Georges de La Falaise, champion olympique du sabre en 1900.jpg
|image =
|caption =
|image_size = 200px
|caption = Georges de la Falaise
|venue =
|venue = [[Tuileries Garden]]
|date = June 19–25
|dates = 19–25 June
|competitors = 23
|competitors = 23
|nations = 7
|nations = 7
|longnames = yes
|gold = [[Georges de la Falaise]]
|gold = [[Georges de la Falaise]]
|goldNOC = FRA
|goldNOC = FRA
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23 fencers from 7 nations competed in the amateur sabre competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/72143 |title=Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics: Sabre, Individual, Men |work=Olympedia |access-date=21 July 2020}}</ref> The event was won by [[Georges de la Falaise]] of France, with his countryman [[Léon Thiébaut]] placing second. Austrian [[Siegfried Flesch]] was third.
23 fencers from 7 nations competed in the amateur sabre competition.


==Round 1==
==Background==


This was the second appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The competition had a much smaller, yet also more international, field than the other 1900 fencing events; less than half of the entrants were French.<ref name=Olympedia>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/72143 |work=Olympedia |title=Sabre, Individual, Men |access-date=22 November 2020}}</ref>
The fencers competed in four round-robin pools in the first round on 19 June and 20 June. The top four fencers in each pool advanced to the semifinals. Which fencers competed in which pools is unknown, as are the names of many of the fencers.


France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland all made their debut in the men's sabre. Austria was the only nation to have competed at both the 1896 and 1900 appearances of the event.
{| class=wikitable

==Competition format==

The event used a three-round format (quarterfinals, semifinals, final). Each round used round-robin pool play with actual results counting toward placement (as opposed to foil, which had multiple rounds of jury selection rather than results being used). Standard [[Sabre (fencing)|sabre]] rules were used, except that the target area was the entire body (rather than being limited to above the waist).<ref name=Olympedia/>

* Quarterfinals: The 23 fencers competed in four round-robin pools of 5 or 6 fencers each. The top four in each pool advanced to the semifinals. (Because of withdrawals, the fifth-placed fencer in two of the pools advanced).
* Semifinals: The 16 fencers from the quarterfinals were divided into two pools of 8 fencers each. Each pool played a round robin. The top four fencers in each semifinal pool advanced to the final.
* Final: The final pool had 8 fencers.

==Schedule==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date
! Time
! Round
|-
|-
| Tuesday, 19 June 1900 || || '''Quarterfinals'''
! Name
|- bgcolor=lightblue
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Maurice Boisdon]]|FRA|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=lightblue
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Claude de Boissière]]|FRA|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=lightblue
| {{flagIOCathlete|Dutertre<ref name=replacement>Dutertre withdrew after the first round, to be replaced by Stagliano. It can therefore be inferred that Stagliano was the fifth-place fencer in the same preliminary pool as Dutertre. Similarly, Todoresku replaced Lécuyer.</ref>|FRA|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=lightblue
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Georges de la Falaise]]|FRA|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=lightblue
| {{flagIOCathlete|Fedreghini|ITA|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=lightblue
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Siegfried Flesch]]|AUT|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=lightblue
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Mauricio Ponce de Léon]]|ESP|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=lightblue
| {{flagIOCathlete|Harstein|AUT|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=lightblue
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Hugó Hoch]]|HUN|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=lightblue
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Pierre Georges Louis d'Hugues]]|FRA|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=lightblue
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Gyula von Iványi]]|HUN|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=lightblue
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Léon Lécuyer]]<ref name=replacement/>|FRA|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=lightblue
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Camillo Müller]]|AUT|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=lightblue
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Amon Ritter von Gregurich]]|HUN|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=lightblue
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Heinrich von Tenner]]|AUT|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=lightblue
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Léon Thiébaut]]|FRA|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=pink
| {{flagIOCathlete|Stagliano<ref name=replacement/>|ITA|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=pink
| {{flagIOCathlete|Todoresku<ref name=replacement/>|HUN|1900 Summer}}
|-
|-
| Wednesday, 20 June 1900 || || '''Quarterfinals''' continued
| {{flagIOCathlete|de Boffa|SUI|1900 Summer}}
|-
|-
| Friday, 22 June 1900 || '''14:00''' || '''Semifinals'''
| {{flagIOCathlete|Lafourçade-Cortina|FRA|1900 Summer}}
|- style=background:lemonchiffon
| Monday, 25 June 1900 || || '''Final'''
|}

==Results==

===Quarterfinals===

The fencers competed in four round-robin pools in the first round on 19 and 20 June. The top four fencers in each pool advanced to the semifinals. Which fencers competed in which pools is unknown.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Fencer || Nation || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
|align=left| [[Maurice Boisdon]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
|align=left| [[Clément de Boissière]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
|align=left| [[Gaston Dutertre]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}<ref name=replacement>Gaston Dutertre withdrew after the first round, to be replaced by Stagliano. It can therefore be inferred that Stagliano was the fifth-place fencer in the same preliminary pool as Dutertre. Similarly, Todoresku replaced Lécuyer.</ref>
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
|align=left| [[Georges de la Falaise]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
|align=left| [[Giunio Fedreghini]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
|align=left| [[Siegfried Flesch]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
|align=left| [[Mauricio Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques, 4th Duke of Gor|Mauricio, 4th Duke of Gor]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ESP|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
|align=left| Harstein ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
|align=left| [[Hugó Hoch]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
|align=left| [[Pierre Georges Louis d'Hugues]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
|align=left| [[Gyula von Iványi]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
|align=left| [[Léon Lécuyer]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}<ref name=replacement/>
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
|align=left| [[Camillo Müller]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
|align=left| [[Amon Ritter von Gregurich]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
|align=left| [[Heinrich von Tenner]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
|align=left| [[Léon Thiébaut]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for semifinals}}
|- bgcolor=ccf9cc
|align=left| Stagliano ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|q|Qualified for semifinals as reserve}}<ref name=replacement/>
|- bgcolor=ccf9cc
|align=left| [[Miklós Todoresku]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|q|Qualified for semifinals as reserve}}<ref name=replacement/>
|-
|-
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Alfons Schöne]]|GER|1900 Summer}}
|align=left| [[François de Boffa]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|SUI|1900 Summer}} ||
|-
|-
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Casimir Semelaignes]]|FRA|1900 Summer}}
|align=left| [[Émile Lafourcade-Cortina]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} ||
|-
|-
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Fernand Semelaignes]]|FRA|1900 Summer}}
|align=left| [[Alfons Schöne]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|GER|1900 Summer}} ||
|-
|align=left| [[Casimir Semelaignes]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} ||
|-
|align=left| [[Fernand Semelaignes]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} ||
|}
|}


==Semifinals==
===Semifinals===


The 16 remaining fencers were divided into two pools of 8. They played round-robin tournaments on 22 June, with four advancing from each pool to the final.
The 16 remaining fencers were divided into two pools of 8. They played round-robin tournaments on 22 June, with four advancing from each pool to the final.


====Semifinal A====
{| class=wikitable

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Fencer || Nation || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| [[Gyula von Iványi]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 2 ||align=left| [[Camillo Müller]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 3 ||align=left| [[Siegfried Flesch]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 4 ||align=left| [[Georges de la Falaise]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|-
|-
|align=center rowspan=4| 5–8 ||align=left| [[Maurice Boisdon]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} ||
!colspan=2| Semifinal A
|-
|-
|align=left| Harstein ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1900 Summer}} ||
! width=40| Place || width=240| Name
|- bgcolor=lightblue
|align=center| 1 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Gyula von Iványi]]|HUN|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=lightblue
|align=center| 2 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Camillo Müller]]|AUT|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=lightblue
|align=center| 3 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Siegfried Flesch]]|AUT|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=lightblue
|align=center| 4 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Georges de la Falaise]]|FRA|1900 Summer}}
|-
|-
|align=center rowspan=4| 5-8 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Maurice Boisdon]]|FRA|1900 Summer}}
|align=left| [[Pierre Georges Louis d'Hugues]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} ||
|-
|-
|align=left| [[Giunio Fedreghini]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1900 Summer}} ||
| {{flagIOCathlete|Harstein|AUT|1900 Summer}}
|}

====Semifinal B====

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Fencer || Nation || Notes
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 1 ||align=left| [[Amon Ritter von Gregurich]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 2 ||align=left| [[Heinrich von Tenner]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 3 ||align=left| [[Clément de Boissière]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|- bgcolor=bbf3bb
| 4 ||align=left| [[Léon Thiébaut]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || {{abbr|Q|Qualified for final}}
|-
|-
|align=center rowspan=4| 5–8 ||align=left| [[Hugó Hoch]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1900 Summer}} ||
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Pierre Georges Louis d'Hugues]]|FRA|1900 Summer}}
|-
|-
|align=left| [[Mauricio Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques, 4th Duke of Gor|Mauricio, 4th Duke of Gor]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ESP|1900 Summer}} ||
| {{flagIOCathlete|Fedreghini|ITA|1900 Summer}}
|-
|align=left| Stagliano ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1900 Summer}} ||
|-
|align=left| [[Miklós Todoresku]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1900 Summer}} ||
|}
|}


===Final===
{| class=wikitable

The final was a round-robin among the 8 remaining fencers.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank || Fencer || Nation || Wins || Losses
|-
|-
| {{gold01}} ||align=left| [[Georges de la Falaise]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || 6 || 1
!colspan=2| Semifinal B
|-
|-
| {{silver02}} ||align=left| [[Léon Thiébaut]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || 5 || 2
! width=40| Place || width=240| Name
|- bgcolor=lightblue
|align=center| 1 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Amon Ritter von Gregurich]]|HUN|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=lightblue
|align=center| 2 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Heinrich von Tenner]]|AUT|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=lightblue
|align=center| 3 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Claude de Boissière]]|FRA|1900 Summer}}
|- bgcolor=lightblue
|align=center| 4 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Léon Thiébaut]]|FRA|1900 Summer}}
|-
|-
| {{bronze03}} ||align=left| [[Siegfried Flesch]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1900 Summer}} ||align=center|4 || 3
|align=center rowspan=4| 5-8 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Hugó Hoch]]|HUN|1900 Summer}}
|-
|-
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Mauricio Ponce de Léon]]|ESP|1900 Summer}}
| 4 ||align=left| [[Amon Ritter von Gregurich]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1900 Summer}} || 4 || 3
|-
|-
| 5 ||align=left| [[Gyula von Iványi]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1900 Summer}} || 3 || 4
| {{flagIOCathlete|Stagliano|ITA|1900 Summer}}
|-
|-
| 6 ||align=left| [[Clément de Boissière]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || 3 || 4
| {{flagIOCathlete|Todoresku|HUN|1900 Summer}}
|-
| 7 ||align=left| [[Heinrich von Tenner]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1900 Summer}} || 2 || 5
|-
| 8 ||align=left| [[Camillo Müller]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1900 Summer}} || 1 || 6
|}
|}


==Final==
==Results summary==


{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
The final was a round-robin among the 8 remaining fencers.
!rowspan=2| Rank ||rowspan=2| Fencer ||rowspan=2| Nation ||rowspan=2| Quarterfinals ||rowspan=2| Semifinals ||colspan=2| Final

|-
{| class=wikitable
! Wins || Losses
|-
| {{gold01}} ||align=left| [[Georges de la Falaise]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || 1st–4th || 4th || 6 || 1
|-
| {{silver02}} ||align=left| [[Léon Thiébaut]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || 1st–4th || 4th || 5 || 2
|-
| {{bronze03}} ||align=left| [[Siegfried Flesch]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1900 Summer}} || 1st–4th || 3rd || 4 || 3
|-
| 4 ||align=left| [[Amon Ritter von Gregurich]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1900 Summer}} || 1st–4th || 1st || 4 || 3
|-
| 5 ||align=left| [[Gyula von Iványi]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1900 Summer}} || 1st–4th || 1st || 3 || 4
|-
| 6 ||align=left| [[Clément de Boissière]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || 1st–4th || 3rd || 3 || 4
|-
| 7 ||align=left| [[Heinrich von Tenner]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1900 Summer}} || 1st–4th || 2nd || 2 || 5
|-
| 8 ||align=left| [[Camillo Müller]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1900 Summer}} || 1st–4th || 2nd || 1 || 6
|-
|rowspan=8| 9–16 ||align=left| [[Maurice Boisdon]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || 1st–4th || 5th–8th ||rowspan=10 colspan=2 {{n/a|Did not advance}}
|-
|align=left| [[Giunio Fedreghini]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1900 Summer}} || 1st–4th || 5th–8th
|-
|align=left| Harstein ||align=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1900 Summer}} || 1st–4th || 5th–8th
|-
|align=left| [[Hugó Hoch]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1900 Summer}} || 1st–4th || 5th–8th
|-
|align=left| [[Pierre Georges Louis d'Hugues]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || 1st–4th || 5th–8th
|-
|align=left| [[Mauricio Álvarez de las Asturias Bohorques, 4th Duke of Gor|Mauricio, 4th Duke of Gor]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ESP|1900 Summer}} || 1st–4th || 5th–8th
|-
|align=left| Stagliano ||align=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1900 Summer}} || 5th || 5th–8th
|-
|align=left| [[Miklós Todoresku]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1900 Summer}} || 5th || 5th–8th
|-
|rowspan=2| 17 ||align=left| [[Gaston Dutertre]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || 1st–4th || {{abbr|DNS|Did not start}}
|-
|-
|align=left| [[Léon Lécuyer]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || 1st–4th || {{abbr|DNS|Did not start}}
! width=40| Place || width=240| Name || width=40| Wins || width=40| Losses
|- align=center bgcolor=gold
|align=center| 1 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Georges de la Falaise]]|FRA|1900 Summer}} ||align=center| 6 ||align=center| 1
|- align=center bgcolor=silver
|align=center| 2 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Léon Thiébaut]]|FRA|1900 Summer}} ||align=center| 5 ||align=center| 2
|- align=center bgcolor=cc9966
|align=center| 3 ||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Siegfried Flesch]]|AUT|1900 Summer}} ||align=center|4 ||align=center| 3
|-
|-
|rowspan=5| 19–23 ||align=left| [[François de Boffa]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|SUI|1900 Summer}} || 5th–6th ||rowspan=5 colspan=3 {{n/a|Did not advance}}
|align=center| 4 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Amon Ritter von Gregurich]]|HUN|1900 Summer}} ||align=center| 4 ||align=center| 3
|-
|-
|align=center| 5 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Gyula von Iványi]]|HUN|1900 Summer}} ||align=center| 3 ||align=center| 4
|align=left| [[Émile Lafourcade-Cortina]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || 5th–6th
|-
|-
|align=center| 6 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Claude de Boissière]]|FRA|1900 Summer}} ||align=center| 3 ||align=center| 4
|align=left| [[Alfons Schöne]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|GER|1900 Summer}} || 5th–6th
|-
|-
|align=center| 7 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Heinrich von Tenner]]|AUT|1900 Summer}} ||align=center| 2 ||align=center| 5
|align=left| [[Casimir Semelaignes]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || 5th–6th
|-
|-
|align=center| 8 || {{flagIOCathlete|[[Camillo Müller]]|AUT|1900 Summer}} ||align=center| 1 ||align=center| 6
|align=left| [[Fernand Semelaignes]] ||align=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1900 Summer}} || 5th–6th
|}
|}


==Notes==
==References==
{{reflist}}
<references/>


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Latest revision as of 10:37, 6 December 2022

Men's sabre
at the Games of the II Olympiad
Georges de la Falaise
VenueTuileries Garden
Dates19–25 June
Competitors23 from 7 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Georges de la Falaise  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Léon Thiébaut  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Siegfried Flesch  Austria
← 1896
1904 →
Fencing at the
1900 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Masters épéemen
Amateurs-masters épéemen
Foilmen
Masters foilmen
Sabremen
Masters sabremen

23 fencers from 7 nations competed in the amateur sabre competition.[1] The event was won by Georges de la Falaise of France, with his countryman Léon Thiébaut placing second. Austrian Siegfried Flesch was third.

Background

[edit]

This was the second appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The competition had a much smaller, yet also more international, field than the other 1900 fencing events; less than half of the entrants were French.[2]

France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, and Switzerland all made their debut in the men's sabre. Austria was the only nation to have competed at both the 1896 and 1900 appearances of the event.

Competition format

[edit]

The event used a three-round format (quarterfinals, semifinals, final). Each round used round-robin pool play with actual results counting toward placement (as opposed to foil, which had multiple rounds of jury selection rather than results being used). Standard sabre rules were used, except that the target area was the entire body (rather than being limited to above the waist).[2]

  • Quarterfinals: The 23 fencers competed in four round-robin pools of 5 or 6 fencers each. The top four in each pool advanced to the semifinals. (Because of withdrawals, the fifth-placed fencer in two of the pools advanced).
  • Semifinals: The 16 fencers from the quarterfinals were divided into two pools of 8 fencers each. Each pool played a round robin. The top four fencers in each semifinal pool advanced to the final.
  • Final: The final pool had 8 fencers.

Schedule

[edit]
Date Time Round
Tuesday, 19 June 1900 Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 20 June 1900 Quarterfinals continued
Friday, 22 June 1900 14:00 Semifinals
Monday, 25 June 1900 Final

Results

[edit]

Quarterfinals

[edit]

The fencers competed in four round-robin pools in the first round on 19 and 20 June. The top four fencers in each pool advanced to the semifinals. Which fencers competed in which pools is unknown.

Fencer Nation Notes
Maurice Boisdon  France Q
Clément de Boissière  France Q
Gaston Dutertre  France Q[3]
Georges de la Falaise  France Q
Giunio Fedreghini  Italy Q
Siegfried Flesch  Austria Q
Mauricio, 4th Duke of Gor  Spain Q
Harstein  Austria Q
Hugó Hoch  Hungary Q
Pierre Georges Louis d'Hugues  France Q
Gyula von Iványi  Hungary Q
Léon Lécuyer  France Q[3]
Camillo Müller  Austria Q
Amon Ritter von Gregurich  Hungary Q
Heinrich von Tenner  Austria Q
Léon Thiébaut  France Q
Stagliano  Italy q[3]
Miklós Todoresku  Hungary q[3]
François de Boffa  Switzerland
Émile Lafourcade-Cortina  France
Alfons Schöne  Germany
Casimir Semelaignes  France
Fernand Semelaignes  France

Semifinals

[edit]

The 16 remaining fencers were divided into two pools of 8. They played round-robin tournaments on 22 June, with four advancing from each pool to the final.

Semifinal A

[edit]
Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Gyula von Iványi  Hungary Q
2 Camillo Müller  Austria Q
3 Siegfried Flesch  Austria Q
4 Georges de la Falaise  France Q
5–8 Maurice Boisdon  France
Harstein  Austria
Pierre Georges Louis d'Hugues  France
Giunio Fedreghini  Italy

Semifinal B

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Rank Fencer Nation Notes
1 Amon Ritter von Gregurich  Hungary Q
2 Heinrich von Tenner  Austria Q
3 Clément de Boissière  France Q
4 Léon Thiébaut  France Q
5–8 Hugó Hoch  Hungary
Mauricio, 4th Duke of Gor  Spain
Stagliano  Italy
Miklós Todoresku  Hungary

Final

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The final was a round-robin among the 8 remaining fencers.

Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses
1st place, gold medalist(s) Georges de la Falaise  France 6 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Léon Thiébaut  France 5 2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Siegfried Flesch  Austria 4 3
4 Amon Ritter von Gregurich  Hungary 4 3
5 Gyula von Iványi  Hungary 3 4
6 Clément de Boissière  France 3 4
7 Heinrich von Tenner  Austria 2 5
8 Camillo Müller  Austria 1 6

Results summary

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Rank Fencer Nation Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Wins Losses
1st place, gold medalist(s) Georges de la Falaise  France 1st–4th 4th 6 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Léon Thiébaut  France 1st–4th 4th 5 2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Siegfried Flesch  Austria 1st–4th 3rd 4 3
4 Amon Ritter von Gregurich  Hungary 1st–4th 1st 4 3
5 Gyula von Iványi  Hungary 1st–4th 1st 3 4
6 Clément de Boissière  France 1st–4th 3rd 3 4
7 Heinrich von Tenner  Austria 1st–4th 2nd 2 5
8 Camillo Müller  Austria 1st–4th 2nd 1 6
9–16 Maurice Boisdon  France 1st–4th 5th–8th Did not advance
Giunio Fedreghini  Italy 1st–4th 5th–8th
Harstein  Austria 1st–4th 5th–8th
Hugó Hoch  Hungary 1st–4th 5th–8th
Pierre Georges Louis d'Hugues  France 1st–4th 5th–8th
Mauricio, 4th Duke of Gor  Spain 1st–4th 5th–8th
Stagliano  Italy 5th 5th–8th
Miklós Todoresku  Hungary 5th 5th–8th
17 Gaston Dutertre  France 1st–4th DNS
Léon Lécuyer  France 1st–4th DNS
19–23 François de Boffa  Switzerland 5th–6th Did not advance
Émile Lafourcade-Cortina  France 5th–6th
Alfons Schöne  Germany 5th–6th
Casimir Semelaignes  France 5th–6th
Fernand Semelaignes  France 5th–6th

References

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  1. ^ "Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics: Sabre, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Sabre, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d Gaston Dutertre withdrew after the first round, to be replaced by Stagliano. It can therefore be inferred that Stagliano was the fifth-place fencer in the same preliminary pool as Dutertre. Similarly, Todoresku replaced Lécuyer.
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