Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre
Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes
1 Pál Kovács Hungary 6 0 Q
2 George Worth United States 5 1 Q
3 Vincenzo Pinton Italy 5 2 Q
4 Tibor Nyilas United States 4 3 Q
5 Jean Levavasseur France 3 4
6 Carlo Turcato Italy 2 4
7 Salah Dessouki Egypt 1 5
8 Aage Leidersdorff Denmark 0 7
Results -- Semifinals
The men's sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from August 12, 1948 to August 13, 1948. 60 fencers from 24 nations competed. The competition format was pool play round-robin, with bouts to five touches. Not all bouts were played in some pools if not necessary to determine advancement. Ties were broken through fence-off bouts (barrages) in early rounds if necessary for determining advancement, but by touches received in final rounds (and for non-advancement-necessary placing in earlier rounds).