Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre
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Men's team sabre at the Games of the XI Olympiad | |
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Venue | Imperial Sports Field, Berlin |
Dates | 12 – 13 August |
Competitors | 107 from 21 nations |
Medalists | |
The men's team sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from 12 August 1936 to 13 August 1936. 107 fencers from 21 nations competed.[1][2] Each team could have a maximum of six fencers, with four participating in any given match.[3]
The competition format continued the pool play round-robin from prior years. Each of the four fencers from one team would face each of the four from the other, for a total of 16 bouts per match. The team that won more bouts won the match, with competition potentially stopping when one team reached 9 points out of the possible 16 (this did not always occur and matches sometimes continued). If the bouts were 8–8, touches received was used to determine the winning team. Pool matches unnecessary to the result were not played.