- Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's sabre
The men's sabre was one of three
fencing events on theFencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on9 April , the fourth day of competition.The five competitors were the Greeks
Telemachos Karakalos ,Ioannis Georgiadis , andGeorgios Iatridis ; the DaneHolger Nielsen ; and theAustria nAdolf Schmal . Ten matches were held. Each fencer faced every other fencer. Georgiadis was undefeated and thus won thegold medal . Karakalos had lost only to Georgiadis, while Nielsen had lost to those two and no others. Schmall's only victory was over Iatridis, who lost all four of his matches.Results
References
* (Digitally available at [ [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf] )
* (Excerpt available at [ [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/Mallon/1896.pdf] )
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