Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre
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Men's team sabre at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |
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Venue | Wembley Palace of Engineering, London |
Dates | 10 – 11 August |
Competitors | 85 from 17 nations |
Medalists | |
The men's team sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 10 August 1948 to 11 August 1948. 85 fencers from 17 nations competed.[1]
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.[2]