Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

Men's sabre at the Games of the I Olympiad
Venue	Zappeion
Date	April 9
Competitors	5 from 3 nations
Medalists
Ioannis Georgiadis   Greece   Telemachos Karakalos   Greece   Holger Nielsen   Denmark

Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Foil		men
Masters foil		men
Sabre		men

The men's sabre was one of three fencing events on the Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was held on 9 April, the fourth day of competition.

The five competitors were the Greeks Telemachos Karakalos, Ioannis Georgiadis, and Georgios Iatridis; the Dane Holger Nielsen; and the Austrian Adolf Schmal. Ten matches were held. Each fencer faced every other fencer. Georgiadis was undefeated and thus won the gold 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

Place	Fencer	TF	TA	W	L
1	Ioannis Georgiadis (GRE)	12	5	4	0
2	Tilemachos Karakalos (GRE)	10	5	3	1
3	Holger Nielsen (DEN)	10	9	2	2
4	Adolf Schmal (AUT)	7	11	1	3
5	Georgios Iatridis (GRE)	3	12	0	4

Match	Winner	Touches	Loser
1	Tilemachos Karakalos (GRE)	3-0	Adolf Schmal (AUT)
2	Ioannis Georgiadis (GRE)	3-0	Georgios Iatridis (GRE)
3	Tilemachos Karakalos (GRE)	3-2	Holger Nielsen (DEN)
4	Ioannis Georgiadis (GRE)	3-2	Adolf Schmal (AUT)
5	Holger Nielsen (DEN)	3-1	Georgios Iatridis (GRE)
6	Ioannis Georgiadis (GRE)	3-1	Tilemachos Karakalos (GRE)
7	Adolf Schmal (AUT)	3-2	Georgios Iatridis (GRE)
8	Ioannis Georgiadis (GRE)	3-2	Holger Nielsen (DEN)
9	Tilemachos Karakalos (GRE)	3-0	Georgios Iatridis (GRE)
10	Holger Nielsen (DEN)	3-2	Adolf Schmal (AUT)

References

• Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck.  (Digitally available at )
• Mallon, Bill; Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9.  (Excerpt available at )
• Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.