Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

Men's sabre
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Jean-François Lamour
VenueOlympic Fencing Gymnasium
Dates22 – 23 September 1988
Competitors40 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jean-François Lamour  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Janusz Olech  Poland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giovanni Scalzo  Italy
Fencing at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Foilmenwomen
Team foilmenwomen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twenty-first appearance of the event. The competition was held from 22 to 23 September 1988. 40 fencers from 18 nations competed.[1] Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by defending champion Jean-François Lamour of France, the fourth man to successfully defend an Olympic title in the sabre and the 11th man overall to win multiple medals in the event. It was France's third victory in the event, matching the Soviet Union for second-most all-time (behind Hungary at 11 gold medals). Janusz Olech took silver, Poland's first medal in the event since 1968. Italian Giovanni Scalzo earned bronze.

Background

This was the 21st appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics.

Six of the quarterfinalists from 1984 returned: gold medalist Jean-François Lamour of France, silver medalist Marco Marin of Italy, bronze medalist Peter Westbrook of the United States, and quarterfinal losers Pierre Guichot of France, Giovanni Scalzo of Italy, and Ioan Pop of Romania. Lamour's 1984 gold was discounted due to the Soviet-led boycott keeping out dominant powers Hungary and the Soviet Union, but Lamour had won the 1987 world championship with the Hungarians and Soviets competing; he was a serious contender to repeat.

The other two inter-Games world championships had been won by György Nébald of Hungary (1985) and Sergey Mindirgasov of the Soviet Union (1986). Also returning to Olympic competition after the boycott were 1980 bronze medalist Imre Gedővári of Hungary and finalists Vasil Etropolski and Khristo Etropolski, twins from Bulgaria.[2]

Bolivia, Chinese Taipei, the Philippines, and South Korea each made their debut in the men's sabre. Italy made its 19th appearance in the event, most of any nation, having missed the inaugural 1896 event and the 1904 St. Louis Games.

Competition format

The 1988 tournament used a three-phase format very similar to that of 1984. Unlike the foil and épée competitions, the sabre tournament kept the size of the second phase (double elimination) round at 16 fencers (compared to expanding to 32 for foil and épée).

The first phase was a multi-round round-robin pool play format; each fencer in a pool faced each other fencer in that pool once. There were three pool rounds:

  • The first round had 6 pools of 6 or 7 fencers each, with the top 5 in each pool advancing.
  • The second round had 6 pools of 5 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing.
  • The third round had 4 pools of 6 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing.

The second phase was a truncated double-elimination tournament. Four fencers advanced to the final round through the winners brackets and four more advanced via the repechage.

The final phase was a single elimination tournament with a bronze medal match.

Bouts in the round-robin pools were to 5 touches; bouts in the double-elimination and final rounds were to 10 touches.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Thursday, 22 September 1988 8:30
13:00
15:00		 Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Friday, 23 September 1988 14:00 Double elimination round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Final

Results

Round 1

Round 1 Pool A

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes IB MM SM WZ ST NM YWS
1  Imre Bujdosó (HUN) 6 0 30 13 Q 5–2 5–2 5–4 5–2 5–1 5–2
2  Marco Marin (ITA) 4 2 26 17 2–5 5–4 4–5 5–2 5–1 5–0
3  Steve Mormando (USA) 3 3 24 18 2–5 4–5 5–2 3–5 5–1 5–0
4  Wang Zhiming (CHN) 3 3 22 22 4–5 5–4 2–5 1–5 5–2 5–1
5  Stephan Thönnessen (FRG) 3 3 21 22 2–5 2–5 5–3 5–1 2–5 5–3
6  Nikolay Marincheshki (BUL) 2 4 15 22 1–5 1–5 1–5 2–5 5–2 5–0
7  Yan Wing-Shean (TPE) 0 6 6 30 2–5 0–5 0–5 1–5 3–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 1 Pool B

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes KE HP PG ZZ JMB ML RA
1  Khristo Etropolski (BUL) 5 1 28 13 Q 3–5 5–1 5–4 5–0 5–3 5–0
2  Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) 5 1 28 17 5–3 3–5 5–3 5–2 5–4 5–0
3  Pierre Guichot (FRA) 5 1 26 18 1–5 5–3 5–1 5–4 5–2 5–3
4  Zheng Zhaokang (CHN) 3 3 23 22 4–5 3–5 1–5 5–4 5–2 5–1
5  Jean-Marie Banos (CAN) 2 4 20 24 0–5 2–5 4–5 4–5 5–4 5–0
6  Mike Lofton (USA) 1 5 20 25 3–5 4–5 2–5 2–5 4–5 5–0
7  Régis Avila (BRA) 0 6 4 30 0–5 0–5 3–5 1–5 0–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 1 Pool C

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VE IG PD JPB JG MS PA
1  Vasil Etropolski (BUL) 6 0 30 8 Q 5–1 5–4 5–1 5–2 5–0 5–0
2  Imre Gedővári (HUN) 5 1 26 11 1–5 5–3 5–2 5–1 5–0 5–0
3  Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 4 2 27 17 4–5 3–5 5–1 5–1 5–3 5–2
4  Jean-Paul Banos (CAN) 3 3 19 19 1–5 2–5 1–5 5–1 5–2 5–1
5  Jia Guihua (CHN) 2 4 15 27 2–5 1–5 1–5 1–5 5–4 5–3
6  Mark Slade (GBR) 1 5 14 29 0–5 0–5 3–5 2–5 4–5 5–4
7  Percival Alger (PHI) 0 6 10 30 0–5 0–5 2–5 1–5 3–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 1 Pool D

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes AA GN JO PW AG KSU PB
1  Andrey Alshan (URS) 6 0 30 16 Q 5–2 5–4 5–4 5–2 5–2 5–2
2  György Nébald (HUN) 5 1 27 16 2–5 5–1 5–3 5–3 5–1 5–3
3  Janusz Olech (POL) 4 2 25 18 4–5 1–5 5–4 5–1 5–2 5–1
4  Peter Westbrook (USA) 3 3 26 22 4–5 3–5 4–5 5–2 5–4 5–1
5  Antonio García (ESP) 2 4 18 23 5–2 5–3 5–1 5–2 3–5 0–5
6  Kim Sang-Uk (KOR) 1 5 17 27 2–5 1–5 2–5 4–5 3–5 5–2
7  Pedro Bleyer (BOL) 0 6 9 30 2–5 3–5 1–5 1–5 0–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 1 Pool E

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes JFL JN GS TP LBN OM
1  Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 5 0 25 11 Q 5–1 5–2 5–4 5–2 5–2
2  Jürgen Nolte (FRG) 4 1 21 14 1–5 5–3 5–3 5–2 5–1
3  Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 3 2 20 20 2–5 3–5 5–4 5–4 5–2
4  Tadeusz Piguła (POL) 2 3 21 19 4–5 3–5 4–5 5–3 5–1
5  Lee Byeong-Nam (KOR) 1 4 16 24 2–5 2–5 4–5 3–5 5–4
6  Olivier Martini (MON) 0 5 10 25 2–5 1–5 2–5 1–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 1 Pool F

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes SM GDB FB RK WB LUJ
1  Sergey Mindirgasov (URS) 4 1 24 9 Q 5–0 4–5 5–1 5–0 5–3
2  Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) 4 1 20 12 0–5 5–4 5–1 5–1 5–1
3  Felix Becker (FRG) 3 2 20 15 5–4 4–5 1–5 5–0 5–1
4  Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) 3 2 17 15 1–5 1–5 5–1 5–2 5–2
5  Wulfe Balk (CAN) 1 4 8 20 0–5 1–5 0–5 2–5 5–0
6  Lee Uk-Jae (KOR) 0 5 7 25 3–5 1–5 1–5 2–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 2

Round 2 Pool A

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VE PD JN TP JMB
1  Vasil Etropolski (BUL) 4 0 20 10 Q 5–2 5–1 5–3 5–4
2  Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 2 2 13 12 2–5 5–1 1–5 5–1
3  Jürgen Nolte (FRG) 2 2 12 14 1–5 1–5 5–3 5–1
4  Tadeusz Piguła (POL) 1 3 13 16 3–5 5–1 3–5 2–5
5  Jean-Marie Banos (CAN) 1 3 11 17 4–5 1–5 1–5 5–2
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 2 Pool B

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes JO GDB IB ST WZ
1  Janusz Olech (POL) 3 1 19 10 Q 5–4 4–5 5–1 5–0
2  Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) 3 1 19 12 4–5 5–3 5–2 5–2
3  Imre Bujdosó (HUN) 3 1 18 13 5–4 3–5 5–2 5–2
4  Stephan Thönnessen (FRG) 1 3 10 15 1–5 2–5 2–5 5–0
5  Wang Zhiming (CHN) 0 4 4 20 0–5 2–5 2–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 2 Pool C

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes MM JFL SM JPB AG
1  Marco Marin (ITA) 3 1 19 9 Q 4–5 5–3 5–0 5–1
2  Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 3 1 18 15 5–4 3–5 5–3 5–3
3  Sergey Mindirgasov (URS) 3 1 18 16 3–5 5–3 5–4 5–4
4  Jean-Paul Banos (CAN) 1 3 12 19 0–5 3–5 4–5 5–4
5  Antonio García (ESP) 0 4 12 20 1–5 3–5 4–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 2 Pool D

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes AA FB PG ZZ LBN
1  Andrey Alshan (URS) 4 0 20 9 Q 5–4 5–1 5–2 5–2
2  Felix Becker (FRG) 3 1 19 12 4–5 5–4 5–0 5–3
3  Pierre Guichot (FRA) 2 2 15 16 1–5 4–5 5–3 5–3
4  Zheng Zhaokang (CHN) 1 3 10 16 2–5 0–5 3–5 5–1
5  Lee Byeong-Nam (KOR) 0 4 9 20 2–5 3–5 3–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 2 Pool E

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes HP IG RK PW JG
1  Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) 4 0 20 12 Q 5–3 5–4 5–3 5–2
2  Imre Gedővári (HUN) 2 2 16 13 3–5 3–5 5–2 5–1
3  Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) 2 2 17 17 4–5 5–3 3–5 5–4
4  Peter Westbrook (USA) 2 2 15 17 3–5 2–5 5–3 5–4
5  Jia Guihua (CHN) 0 4 11 20 2–5 1–5 4–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 379

Round 2 Pool F

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes GN KE GS SM WB
1  György Nébald (HUN) 4 0 20 10 Q 5–3 5–4 5–3 5–0
2  Khristo Etropolski (BUL) 2 2 17 15 3–5 5–1 4–5 5–4
3  Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 2 2 15 15 4–5 1–5 5–2 5–3
4  Steve Mormando (USA) 2 2 15 16 3–5 5–4 2–5 5–2
5  Wulfe Balk (CAN) 0 4 9 20 0–5 4–5 3–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 380

Round 3

Round 3 Pool A

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes PG AA FB GS IB JPB
1  Pierre Guichot (FRA) 4 1 23 15 Q 5–4 3–5 5–1 5–4 5–1
2  Andrey Alshan (URS) 3 2 22 19 4–5 5–4 5–2 3–5 5–3
3  Felix Becker (FRG) 3 2 22 20 5–3 4–5 3–5 5–3 5–4
4  Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 3 2 18 20 1–5 2–5 5–3 5–3 5–4
5  Imre Bujdosó (HUN) 2 3 20 21 4–5 5–3 3–5 3–5 5–3
6  Jean-Paul Banos (CAN) 0 5 15 25 1–5 3–5 4–5 4–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 380

Round 3 Pool B

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes GDB VE SM JFL RK ST
1  Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) 4 1 24 20 Q 5–3 4–5 5–4 5–4 5–4
2  Vasil Etropolski (BUL) 3 2 22 18 3–5 5–2 4–5 5–4 5–2
3  Steve Mormando (USA) 3 2 21 18 5–4 2–5 4–5 5–2 5–2
4  Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 3 2 21 22 4–5 5–4 5–4 2–5 5–4
5  Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) 2 3 20 19 4–5 4–5 2–5 5–2 5–2
6  Stephan Thönnessen (FRG) 0 5 14 25 4–5 2–5 2–5 4–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 380

Round 3 Pool C

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes JO GN PD JN SM ZZ
1  Janusz Olech (POL) 4 1 24 14 Q 5–2 5–3 4–5 5–3 5–1
2  György Nébald (HUN) 3 2 20 15 2–5 5–1 3–5 5–3 5–1
3  Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 3 2 19 17 3–5 1–5 5–3 5–3 5–1
4  Jürgen Nolte (FRG) 3 2 19 18 5–4 5–3 3–5 1–5 5–1
5  Sergey Mindirgasov (URS) 2 3 19 16 3–5 3–5 3–5 5–1 5–0
6  Zheng Zhaokang (CHN) 0 5 4 25 1–5 1–5 1–5 1–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 380

Round 3 Pool D

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes IG MM HP TP JN KE
1  Imre Gedővári (HUN) 4 1 23 18 Q 5–4 5–2 5–3 5–4 3–5
2  Marco Marin (ITA) 3 2 23 19 4–5 5–2 4–5 5–3 5–4
3  Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) 3 2 19 19 2–5 2–5 5–2 5–4 5–3
4  Tadeusz Piguła (POL) 3 2 20 20 3–5 5–4 2–5 5–4 5–2
5  Peter Westbrook (USA) 1 4 20 23 4–5 3–5 4–5 4–5 5–3
6  Khristo Etropolski (BUL) 1 4 17 23 5–3 4–5 3–5 2–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 380

Double elimination rounds

Winners brackets

Winners group 1
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Janusz Olech (POL) 10
 Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 7  Janusz Olech (POL) 7
 Imre Gedővári (HUN) 6  Felix Becker (FRG) 10
 Felix Becker (FRG) 10
Winners group 2
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) 8
 Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 10  Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 10
 Steve Mormando (USA) 1  Andrey Alshan (URS) 6
 Andrey Alshan (URS) 10
Winners group 3
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Vasil Etropolski (BUL) 9
 Jürgen Nolte (FRG) 10  Jürgen Nolte (FRG) 10
 Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 9  Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) 7
 Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) 10
Winners group 4
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Marco Marin (ITA) 9
 Pierre Guichot (FRA) 10  Pierre Guichot (FRA) 5
 Tadeusz Piguła (POL) 5  György Nébald (HUN) 10
 György Nébald (HUN) 10

Repechages

Repechage 1
Round of 4 Round of 2
 Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 10
 Imre Gedővári (HUN) 8  Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 10
 Andrey Alshan (URS) 8
Repechage 2
Round of 4 Round of 2
 Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) 10
 Steve Mormando (USA) 7  Gianfranco Dalla Barba (ITA) 7
 Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) 10
Repechage 3
Round of 4 Round of 2
 Vasil Etropolski (BUL) 6
 Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 10  Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 10
 Ioan Pop (ROU) 4
Repechage 4
Round of 4 Round of 2
 Marco Marin (ITA) 9
 Tadeusz Piguła (POL) 10  Tadeusz Piguła (POL) 6
 Janusz Olech (POL) 10

Final round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
      
 György Nébald (HUN) 8
 Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 10
 Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 9
 Janusz Olech (POL) 10
 Janusz Olech (POL) 10
 Jürgen Nolte (FRG) 7
 Janusz Olech (POL) 4
 Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 10
 Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 10
 Heorhiy Pohosov (URS) 9
 Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 7 Third place
 Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 10
 Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 10  Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) 10
 Felix Becker (FRG) 6  Philippe Delrieu (FRA) 2

Final classification

Fencer Nation
Jean-François Lamour  France
Janusz Olech  Poland
Giovanni Scalzo  Italy
Philippe Delrieu  France
György Nébald  Hungary
Heorhiy Pohosov  Soviet Union
Felix Becker  West Germany
Jürgen Nolte  West Germany
Andrey Alshan  Soviet Union
Gianfranco Dalla Barba  Italy
Pierre Guichot  France
Tadeusz Piguła  Poland
Vasil Etropolski  Bulgaria
Marco Marin  Italy
Imre Gedővári  Hungary
Steve Mormando  United States
Sergey Mindirgasov  Soviet Union
Robert Kościelniakowski  Poland
Imre Bujdosó  Hungary
Peter Westbrook  United States
Khristo Etropolski  Bulgaria
Jean-Paul Banos  Canada
Stephan Thönnessen  West Germany
Zheng Zhaokang  China
Jean-Marie Banos  Canada
Antonio García  Spain
Jia Guihua  China
Lee Byeong-Nam  South Korea
Wulfe Balk  Canada
Wang Zhiming  China
Nikolay Marincheshki  Bulgaria
Mike Lofton  United States
Kim Sang-Uk  South Korea
Mark Slade  Great Britain
Olivier Martini  Monaco
Lee Uk-Jae  South Korea
Percival Alger  Philippines
Pedro Bleyer  Bolivia
Yan Wing-Shean  Chinese Taipei
Régis Avila  Brazil

References

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1988 Olympic Results - Men's sabre". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Sabre, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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