Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

The men's team sabre was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 8 August 1928 to 9 August 1928. 65 fencers from 12 nations competed.

Rosters

 * Belgium
 * Marcel Cuypers
 * Jacques Kesteloot
 * Édouard Yves
 * Gaston Kaanen


 * Chile
 * Jorge Garretón
 * Abelardo Castro
 * Tomás Goyoaga
 * Oscar Novoa
 * Efrain Díaz
 * Nemoroso Riquelme


 * France
 * Raoul Fristeau
 * Roger Ducret
 * Jean Lacroix
 * Maurice Taillandier
 * Jean Piot
 * Paul Oziol de Pignol


 * Germany
 * Erwin Casmir
 * Heinrich Moos
 * Hans Halberstadt
 * Hans Thomson


 * Great Britain
 * Edward Brookfield
 * Archie Corble
 * Alex Forrest
 * Guy Harry
 * Robin Jeffreys
 * Barry Notley


 * Greece
 * Konstantinos Botasis
 * Georgios Ambet
 * Tryfon Triantafyllakos
 * Konstantinos Nikolopoulos


 * Hungary
 * Ödön von Tersztyánszky
 * János Garay
 * Attila Petschauer
 * József Rády
 * Sándor Gombos
 * Gyula Glykais


 * Italy
 * Bino Bini
 * Oreste Puliti
 * Giulio Sarrocchi
 * Renato Anselmi
 * Emilio Salafia
 * Gustavo Marzi


 * Netherlands
 * Cornelis Ekkart
 * Hendrik Hagens
 * Maarten van Dulm
 * Jan van der Wiel
 * Arie de Jong
 * Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls


 * Poland
 * Adam Papée
 * Tadeusz Friedrich
 * Kazimierz Laskowski
 * Władysław Segda
 * Aleksander Małecki
 * Jerzy Zabielski


 * Turkey
 * Muhuttin Okyavuz
 * Fuat Balkan
 * Nami Yayak
 * Enver Balkan


 * United States
 * Ervin Acel
 * Norman Cohn-Armitage
 * John Huffman
 * Arthur Lyon
 * Nickolas Muray
 * Harold Van Buskirk

Results
Source: Official results; De Wael

Round 1
Each pool was a round-robin (with matches not being held where unnecessary to the overall result). Bouts were to five touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team bout (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the semifinals.

Semifinals
Each pool was a round-robin (with matches not being held where unnecessary to the overall result). Bouts were to five touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team bout (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8). The top two nations in each pool advanced to the final.

Final
The final was a round-robin. Bouts were to five touches, and each fencer from one nation had a bout against each from the opponent. The nation which won the most individual bouts took the team bout (with total touches as the tie-breaker if the teams split 8-8).

Hungary beat both Italy and Poland, which had each beaten Germany; therefore, the Hungary-Germany match was unnecessary as Hungary would win gold and Germany take fourth regardless of the results. The reason for not holding the Italy-Poland match is less clear; the official report says it was not necessary, but presumably the winner would be the silver medalist while the loser would take the bronze. Italy had defeated Poland 16-0 in the semifinals, which may have been how the final placing was decided.