Fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre
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Men's sabre at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Westend Tennis Hall, Espoo | ||||||||||||
Dates | 31 July – 1 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 66 from 26 nations | ||||||||||||
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The men's sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1952 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 31 July 1952 to 1 August 1952. 66 fencers from 26 nations competed.[1] Nations were limited to three fencers each. The event was won by Pál Kovács, the sixth of nine straight Games in which a Hungarian would win the event. Kovács became the fourth man to win multiple medals in the individual sabre, adding to his 1948 bronze. Hungary swept the medals in the event for the second time (the first was in 1912). Aladár Gerevich's silver completed a set of three different color medals in the event, the first man to win three medals in individual sabre. Tibor Berczelly earned bronze.