Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

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.

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
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Background

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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

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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

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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

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Quarterfinals

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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

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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

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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
  Georges de la Falaise   France 6 1
  Léon Thiébaut   France 5 2
  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
  Georges de la Falaise   France 1st–4th 4th 6 1
  Léon Thiébaut   France 1st–4th 4th 5 2
  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.