Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre
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Venue | Carioca Arena 3 | ||||||||||||
Date | 10 August 2016 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 32 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||
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The men's sabre competition in fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 10 August at the Carioca Arena 3.[1] There were 32 competitors from 25 nations.[2] The event was won by Áron Szilágyi of Hungary, the fourth man to successfully defend an Olympic title in the sabre and 14th to win multiple medals of any color. It was Hungary's 14th gold medal in the event, half of all possible. Daryl Homer earned the United States' first medal in the event since 1984 with his silver, while Kim Jung-hwan took South Korea's first individual men's sabre medal ever with his bronze.