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Sabre, Individual, Men

Date	25 – 26 August 1920
Status	Olympic
Location	Floraliën, Middelheimpark, Antwerpen
Participants	43 from 9 countries

Each nation was allowed a maximum of eight entries. Bouts were for three touches.

The Nadi brothers Nedo and Aldo finished first and second. The bronze medalist, Arie de Jong of the Netherlands, won the first two world championships in sabre fencing in 1922 and 1923. He also finished fifth in this event at the 1924 Olympic Games. The fourth-place finisher, Oreste Puliti (ITA), won the foil world championships in 1927 and 1929. At the 1919 Inter-Allied Games, the sabre champion was Vincent Gillens of Belgium, but Gillens did not compete in Antwerp.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Nedo Nadi	ITA	Gold
2	Aldo Nadi	ITA	Silver
3	Arie de Jong	NED	Bronze
4	Oreste Puliti	ITA
5	Jan van der Wiel	NED
6	Léon Tom	BEL
7	Robert Hennet	BEL
8	Robin Dalglish	GBR
9	Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls	NED
10	Federico Cesarano	ITA
11	Francesco Gargano	ITA
12	Baldo Baldi	ITA
5 p1 r2/3	Josef Javůrek	TCH
5 p2 r2/3	Robert Feyerick	BEL
5 p3 r2/3	Giulio Rusconi	ITA
=6 p1 r2/3	Giorgio Santelli	ITA
=6 p1 r2/3	Cecil Kershaw	GBR
6 p2 r2/3	Brooks Parker	USA
6 p3 r2/3	Herbert Huntington	GBR
7 p2 r2/3	Félix, Comte Goblet d'Alviella	BEL
7 p3 r2/3	Aage Berntsen	DEN
5 p1 r1/3	Marc Perrodon	FRA
=5 p2 r1/3	Ronald Campbell	GBR
=5 p2 r1/3	Wouter Brouwer	NED
=5 p4 r1/3	Zdeněk Vávra	TCH
=5 p4 r1/3	Evangelos Skotidas	GRE
=5 p5 r1/3	Marcel Servent	FRA
=5 p5 r1/3	Vasilios Zarkadis	GRE
6 p1 r1/3	Edwin Fullinwider	USA
=6 p3 r1/3	Henri de Saint Germain	FRA
=6 p3 r1/3	Claiborne Walker	USA
7 p2 r1/3	Vilém Tvrzský	TCH
7 p4 r1/3	Félix Vigeveno	NED
=7 p1 r1/3	Eric Startin	GBR
=7 p1 r1/3	Alexandre Simonson	BEL
=7 p5 r1/3	Roscoe Bowman	USA
=7 p5 r1/3	Jaroslav Tuček	TCH
8 p2 r1/3	John Dimond	USA
8 p4 r1/3	Arthur Lyon	USA
9 p5 r1/3	Frederick Cunningham	USA
DNF p2 r1/3	Georges Trombert	FRA
DNF p4 r1/3	Jean Margraff	FRA
DNF p4 r1/3	Alfred Ridley-Martin	GBR

Round One (25 August 1920 — 09:00)

Top four finishers in each pool advanced to round two.

Pool 1

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Oreste Puliti	ITA	6	1	Q
2	Federico Cesarano	ITA	5	2	Q
3	Arie de Jong	NED	5	2	Q
4	Aage Berntsen	DEN	5	2	Q
5	Marc Perrodon	FRA	3	4
6	Edwin Fullinwider	USA	2	5
=7	Eric Startin	GBR	1	6
=7	Alexandre Simonson	BEL	1	6

Pool 2

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Aldo Nadi	ITA	6	1	Q
2	Robin Dalglish	GBR	5	2	Q
3	Félix, Comte Goblet d'Alviella	BEL	4	3	Q
4	Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls	NED	4	3	Q
=5	Ronald Campbell	GBR	3	4
=5	Wouter Brouwer	NED	3	4
7	Vilém Tvrzský	TCH	2	5
8	John Dimond	USA	1	6
DNF	Georges Trombert	FRA	–	–

Pool 3

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Nedo Nadi	ITA	5	1	Q
2	Robert Feyerick	BEL	3	3	Q
3	Cecil Kershaw	GBR	3	3	Q
=4	Baldo Baldi	ITA	3	3	Q
=4	Josef Javůrek	TCH	3	3	Q
=6	Henri de Saint Germain	FRA	2	4
=6	Claiborne Walker	USA	2	4

Pool 4

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Léon Tom	BEL	6	1	Q
2	Francesco Gargano	ITA	5	2	Q
3	Giulio Rusconi	ITA	4	2	Q
4	Brooks Parker	USA	4	3	Q
=5	Zdeněk Vávra	TCH	3	3
=5	Evangelos Skotidas	GRE	3	4
7	Félix Vigeveno	NED	2	5
8	Arthur Lyon	USA	1	6
DNF	Jean Margraff	FRA	3	2
DNF	Alfred Ridley-Martin	GBR	1	4

Pool 5

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Jan van der Wiel	NED	6	2	Q
2	Robert Hennet	BEL	5	3	Q
3	Giorgio Santelli	ITA	5	3	Q
4	Herbert Huntington	GBR	5	3	Q
=5	Marcel Servent	FRA	4	4
=5	Vasilios Zarkadis	GRE	4	4
=7	Roscoe Bowman	USA	3	5
=7	Jaroslav Tuček	TCH	3	5
9	Frederick Cunningham	USA	1	7

Semi-Finals (25 August 1920 — 14:00)

Top four finishers in each pool advanced to final.

Pool 1

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls	NED	4	2	Q
2	Léon Tom	BEL	4	2	Q
3	Francesco Gargano	ITA	3	3	Q
4	Aldo Nadi	ITA	3	3	Q
5	Josef Javůrek	TCH	3	3
=6	Giorgio Santelli	ITA	2	4
=6	Cecil Kershaw	GBR	2	4

Pool 2

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Nedo Nadi	ITA	6	0	Q
2	Baldo Baldi	ITA	5	1	Q
3	Jan van der Wiel	NED	3	3	Q
4	Robin Dalglish	GBR	3	3	Q
5	Robert Feyerick	BEL	3	3
6	Brooks Parker	USA	1	5
7	Félix, Comte Goblet d'Alviella	BEL	0	6

Pool 3

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Federico Cesarano	ITA	5	1	Q
2	Arie de Jong	NED	5	1	Q
3	Oreste Puliti	ITA	4	2	Q
4	Robert Hennet	BEL	3	3	Q
5	Giulio Rusconi	ITA	3	3
6	Herbert Huntington	GBR	1	5
7	Aage Berntsen	DEN	0	6

Final Pool (26 August 1920)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Tied	Bouts Lost
1	Nedo Nadi	ITA	11	0	4
2	Aldo Nadi	ITA	9	2	17
3	Arie de Jong	NED	6	5	19
4	Oreste Puliti	ITA	6	5	19
5	Jan van der Wiel	NED	6	5	22
6	Léon Tom	BEL	5	6	24
7	Robert Hennet	BEL	5	6	24
8	Robin Dalglish	GBR	5	6	27
9	Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls	NED	4	7	26
10	Federico Cesarano	ITA	3	8	27
11	Francesco Gargano	ITA	3	8	28
12	Baldo Baldi	ITA	3	8	29