# Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 7 to 8 September 1960. 70 fencers from 29 nations competed. Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by Rudolf Kárpáti, the eighth of nine straight Games in which a Hungarian would win the event. Kárpáti was the second man to successfully defend an Olympic title in the men's sabre (Jenő Fuchs in 1908 and 1912) and fifth to win multiple medals of any color. His teammate Zoltán Horváth took silver while Wladimiro Calarese of Italy finished with the bronze.

## Background

This was the 14th appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Five of the eight finalists from 1956 returned: gold medalist Rudolf Kárpáti of Hungary, silver medalist Jerzy Pawłowski of Poland (who, in 1968, would finally break the Hungarian run of nine straight gold medals in the event), fourth-place finisher Jacques Lefèvre of France, fifth-place finisher (and three-time medalist, with bronze in 1936, gold in 1948, and silver in 1952) Aladár Gerevich of Hungary, and sixth-place finisher Wojciech Zabłocki of Poland. The three world champions since the last Olympics were Pawłowski (1957), Yakov Rylsky of the Soviet Union (1958), and Kárpáti (1959).
Israel, Morocco, New Zealand, Tunisia, and Vietnam each made their debut in the men's sabre. Italy made its 12th appearance in the event, most of any nation, having missed the inaugural 1896 event and the 1904 Olympics.

## Competition format

The competition used a pool play format, with each fencer facing the other fencers in the pool in a round robin. Bouts were to 5 touches. Barrages were used to break ties necessary for advancement. However, only as much fencing was done as was necessary to determine advancement, so some bouts never occurred if the fencers advancing from the pool could be determined. The competition involved 5 rounds:
* Round 1: 12 pools, 6 fencers to a pool (two pools had 5 due to withdrawals), top 3 advance (total 36 advancing)
* Round 2: 6 pools, 6 fencers to a pool, top 4 advance (total 24 advancing)
* Quarterfinals: 4 pools, 6 fencers to a pool, top 3 advance (total 12 advancing)
* Semifinals: 2 pools, 6 fencers to a pool, top 4 advance (total 8 advancing)
* Final: 1 pool, 8 fencers

## Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Wednesday, 7 September 1960 | 8:30 15:00 | Round 1 Round 2 |
| Thursday, 8 August 1960 | 8:30 13:00 15:00 | Quarterfinals Semifinals Final |

## Results
### Round 1

The top three fencers in each pool advanced.

#### Round 1 Pool A

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | CA | WW | AD | AG | OA | JK |
| 1 | Claude Arabo (FRA) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 11 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 | |
| 2 | Wilfried Wöhler (EUA) | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | Q | 4–5 | | | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Asen Dyakovski (BUL) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | Q | 3–5 | | | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Augusto Gutiérrez (VEN) | 1 | 3 | 9 | 19 | | 2–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | | | 5–4 |
| 5 | Orlando Azinhais (POR) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | | 2–5 | 0–5 | 1–5 | | | |
| 6 | Jean Khayat (TUN) | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 | | | 1–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | | |

#### Round 1 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | WC | NA | GU | MS | PO | AS |
| 1 | Wladimiro Calarese (ITA) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 6 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 | |
| 2 | Nugzar Asatiani (URS) | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | Q | 2–5 | | | 5–3 | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Günther Ulrich (AUT) | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | Q | 1–5 | | | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Michael Sichel (AUS) | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | | 2–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | | | 5–1 |
| 5 | Pablo Ordejón (ESP) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | | 1–5 | 0–5 | 2–5 | | | |
| 6 | Abderrahman Sebti (MAR) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | | | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | | |

#### Round 1 Pool C

Menendez of Cuba was entered in this pool, but did not start.
| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | JT | RZ | BS | TO | JBG |
| 1 | Jürgen Theuerkauff (EUA) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 9 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Ryszard Zub (POL) | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Boris Stavrev (BUL) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | Q | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–0 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Tsugeo Ozawa (JPN) | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | | 1–5 | 3–5 | 0–5 | | 5–2 |
| 5 | Jacques Ben Gualid (MAR) | 0 | 4 | 8 | 20 | | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | JP | JVB | JW | BR | CdD | LG |
| 1 | Jerzy Pawłowski (POL) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 10 | Q | | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 2 | José Van Baelen (BEL) | 4 | 1 | 21 | 13 | Q | 1–5 | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Josef Wanetschek (AUT) | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | B | 3–5 | 4–5 | | 3–5 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Benito Ramos (MEX) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 20 | B | 2–5 | 2–5 | 5–3 | | 4–5 | 5–2 |
| 3 | César de Diego (ESP) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 22 | B | 3–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 5–4 | | 5–3 |
| 6 | Luis García (VEN) | 0 | 5 | 8 | 25 | | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | |

##### Barrage

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | JW | BR | CdD |
| 3 | Josef Wanetschek (AUT) | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Benito Ramos (MEX) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 3–5 | | |
| 5 | César de Diego (ESP) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 3–5 | | |

#### Round 1 Pool E

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | YR | LR | SL | JR | WF | JD |
| 1 | Yakov Rylsky (URS) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 8 | Q | | 2–5 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Ladislau Rohony (ROU) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | Q | 5–2 | | 4–5 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Sandy Leckie (GBR) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 18 | Q | 1–5 | 5–4 | | 2–5 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Juan Larrea (ARG) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 17 | | 2–5 | 1–5 | 5–2 | | 2–5 | 5–0 |
| 5 | William Fajardo (MEX) | 2 | 3 | 12 | 20 | | 0–5 | 0–5 | 2–5 | 5–2 | | 5–3 |
| 6 | Jaime Duque (COL) | 0 | 5 | 6 | 25 | | 0–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 0–5 | 3–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool F

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | ZH | JR | DS | RM | SF | AM |
| 1 | Zoltán Horváth (HUN) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 8 | Q | | | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–0 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Jacques Roulot (FRA) | 3 | 0 | 15 | 5 | Q | | | | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Daniel Sande (ARG) | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | Q | 1–5 | | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Ramón Martínez (ESP) | 1 | 3 | 16 | 17 | | 4–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | | 5–2 | |
| 5 | Sonosuke Fujimaki (JPN) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 20 | | 0–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | | |
| 6 | António Marquilhas (POR) | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | | 3–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | | | |

#### Round 1 Pool G

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | DT | WK | AV | GV | PF | AA |
| 1 | David Tyshler (URS) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 10 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Walter Köstner (EUA) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 12 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Aleksandar Vasin (YUG) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 18 | B | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 4–5 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Gustavo Vassallo (ARG) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 21 | B | 1–5 | 1–5 | 5–4 | | 4–5 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Palle Frey (DEN) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 20 | B | 3–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 5–4 | | 5–1 |
| 6 | Ali Annabi (TUN) | 0 | 5 | 6 | 25 | | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | |

##### Barrage

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | AV | GV | PF |
| 3 | Aleksandar Vasin (YUG) | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | Q | | 5–4 | 2–5 |
| 4 | Gustavo Vassallo (ARG) | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | | 4–5 | | 5–1 |
| 5 | Palle Frey (DEN) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | | 5–2 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool H

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | RF | DM | AM | RC | RB | EE |
| 1 | Roberto Ferrari (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 12 | Q | | 3–5 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Dumitru Mustață (ROU) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 14 | Q | 5–3 | | 2–5 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Alfonso Morales (USA) | 3 | 2 | 23 | 16 | B | 4–5 | 5–2 | | 4–5 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Ralph Cooperman (GBR) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 19 | B | 1–5 | 3–5 | 5–4 | | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Raoul Barouch (TUN) | 1 | 4 | 15 | 21 | | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | | 5–1 |
| 6 | Emilio Echeverry (COL) | 0 | 5 | 5 | 25 | | 0–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | |

##### Barrage

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | AM | RC |
| 3 | Alfonso Morales (USA) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | Q | | 5–2 |
| 4 | Ralph Cooperman (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | | 2–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool I

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | AG | MD | EA | GB | MR | MBJ |
| 1 | Aladár Gerevich (HUN) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 12 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Michael D'Asaro, Sr. (USA) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 15 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–0 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Emeric Arus (ROU) | 3 | 2 | 23 | 16 | Q | 4–5 | 4–5 | | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Gustave Ballister (BEL) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 18 | | 3–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 5 | Michael Ron (ISR) | 1 | 4 | 13 | 22 | | 2–5 | 0–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | | 5–2 |
| 6 | Mohamed Ben Joullon (MAR) | 0 | 5 | 7 | 25 | | 1–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 2–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool J

Schwende of Canada was entered in this pool but did not start.
| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | RK | HR | MVDA | JR | KH |
| 1 | Rudolf Kárpáti (HUN) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 7 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Helmuth Resch (AUT) | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | B | 3–5 | | 4–5 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Marcel Van Der Auwera (BEL) | 2 | 2 | 14 | 18 | B | 1–5 | 5–4 | | 3–5 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Joaquim Rodrigues (POR) | 2 | 2 | 13 | 17 | B | 2–5 | 1–5 | 5–3 | | 5–4 |
| 5 | Keith Hackshall (AUS) | 0 | 4 | 9 | 20 | | 1–5 | 0–5 | 4–5 | 4–5 | |

##### Barrage

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | HR | MVDA | JR |
| 2 | Helmuth Resch (AUT) | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Marcel Van Der Auwera (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–1 |
| 4 | Joaquim Rodrigues (POR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | | 1–5 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool K

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | WZ | JP | PC | JH | MA | BP |
| 1 | Wojciech Zabłocki (POL) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 7 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Juan Paladino (URU) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 20 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Pierluigi Chicca (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 18 | Q | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Jushar Haschja (INA) | 2 | 3 | 12 | 23 | | 0–5 | 5–4 | 1–5 | | 1–5 | 5–4 |
| 5 | Michael Amberg (GBR) | 1 | 3 | 15 | 16 | | 3–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 5–1 | | |
| 6 | Brian Pickworth (NZL) | 0 | 4 | 11 | 20 | | 0–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 4–5 | | |

#### Round 1 Pool L

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | AK | TG | JL | MF | TVX | DvG |
| 1 | Allan Kwartler (USA) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 11 | Q | | 4–5 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Teodoro Goliardi (URU) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 14 | Q | 5–4 | | 2–5 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Jacques Lefèvre (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | B | 3–5 | 5–2 | | 4–5 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Mitsuyuki Funamizu (JPN) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 18 | B | 1–5 | 4–5 | 5–4 | | 5–4 | 5–0 |
| 5 | Trần Văn Xuan (VIE) | 1 | 4 | 13 | 20 | | 1–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | | 5–0 |
| 6 | David van Gelder (ISR) | 0 | 5 | 2 | 25 | | 1–5 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 0–5 | |

##### Barrage

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | JL | MF |
| 3 | Jacques Lefèvre (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | Q | | 5–3 |
| 4 | Mitsuyuki Funamizu (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | | 3–5 | |

### Round 2
#### Round 2 Pool A

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | CA | ZH | MD | LR | JP | GU |
| 1 | Claude Arabo (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 9 | Q | | 2–5 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Zoltán Horváth (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | Q | 5–2 | | 2–5 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Michael D'Asaro, Sr. (USA) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | Q | 2–5 | 5–2 | | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Ladislau Rohony (ROU) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 22 | Q | 1–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 5 | Juan Paladino (URU) | 1 | 4 | 13 | 24 | | 1–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | | 5–4 |
| 6 | Günther Ulrich (AUT) | 0 | 5 | 10 | 25 | | 0–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | 4–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | AG | WC | JR | AM | JVB | BS |
| 1 | Aladár Gerevich (HUN) | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | Q | | 4–5 | 5–3 | | 5–1 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Wladimiro Calarese (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | Q | 5–4 | | | 3–5 | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Jacques Roulot (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 14 | Q | 3–5 | | | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Alfonso Morales (USA) | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | Q | | 5–3 | 2–5 | | 5–0 | 2–5 |
| 5 | José Van Baelen (BEL) | 1 | 4 | 10 | 22 | | 1–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | 0–5 | | 5–2 |
| 6 | Boris Stavrev (BUL) | 1 | 4 | 18 | 22 | | 4–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 2–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | WZ | YR | WK | AD | HR | EA |
| 1 | Wojciech Zabłocki (POL) | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | Q | | | 5–2 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Yakov Rylsky (URS) | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | Q | | | 5–3 | 5–3 | | 5–2 |
| 3 | Walter Köstner (EUA) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 18 | Q | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–4 | 5–0 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Asen Dyakovski (BUL) | 2 | 3 | 21 | 21 | Q | 5–4 | 3–5 | 4–5 | | 5–2 | 4–5 |
| 5 | Helmuth Resch (AUT) | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | | 2–5 | | 0–5 | 2–5 | | 5–1 |
| 6 | Emeric Arus (ROU) | 1 | 4 | 15 | 24 | | 3–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | JL | JP | JT | NA | AV | DM |
| 1 | Jacques Lefèvre (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 14 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Jerzy Pawłowski (POL) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 11 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Jürgen Theuerkauff (EUA) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 20 | Q | 1–5 | 2–5 | | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Nugzar Asatiani (URS) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 19 | Q | 5–2 | 0–5 | 4–5 | | 5–2 | 3–5 |
| 5 | Aleksandar Vasin (YUG) | 1 | 4 | 15 | 23 | | 3–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | | 5–3 |
| 6 | Dumitru Mustață (ROU) | 1 | 4 | 14 | 23 | | 1–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 3–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool E

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | RK | RF | TG | WW | DS | SL |
| 1 | Rudolf Kárpáti (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–0 | 4–5 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Roberto Ferrari (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | Q | 3–5 | | | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Teodoro Goliardi (URU) | 3 | 1 | 15 | 15 | Q | 0–5 | | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Wilfried Wöhler (EUA) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 22 | Q | 5–4 | 1–5 | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 1–5 |
| 5 | Daniel Sande (ARG) | 1 | 4 | 15 | 23 | | 1–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | | 5–3 |
| 6 | Sandy Leckie (GBR) | 1 | 4 | 15 | 21 | | 0–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 5–1 | 3–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool F

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | RZ | DT | AK | MVDA | PC | JW |
| 1 | Ryszard Zub (POL) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 16 | Q | | 5–2 | 4–5 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–3 |
| 2 | David Tyshler (URS) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 16 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–1 | 5–2 | 3–5 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Allan Kwartler (USA) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 22 | Q | 5–4 | 1–5 | | 3–5 | 5–4 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Marcel Van Der Auwera (BEL) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 21 | B | 3–5 | 2–5 | 5–3 | | 4–5 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Pierluigi Chicca (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 20 | 22 | B | 3–5 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | | 3–5 |
| 6 | Josef Wanetschek (AUT) | 1 | 4 | 18 | 23 | | 3–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 5–3 | |

##### Barrage

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | MVDA | PC |
| 4 | Marcel Van Der Auwera (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | Q | | 5–3 |
| 5 | Pierluigi Chicca (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | | 3–5 | |

### Quarterfinals
#### Quarterfinal A

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | CA | JP | DT | AD | JT | AK |
| 1 | Claude Arabo (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 21 | 12 | Q | | 1–5 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Jerzy Pawłowski (POL) | 4 | 1 | 21 | 14 | Q | 5–1 | | 1–5 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–3 |
| 3 | David Tyshler (URS) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 13 | Q | 4–5 | 5–1 | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Asen Dyakovski (BUL) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | | 2–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| 5 | Jürgen Theuerkauff (EUA) | 0 | 4 | 6 | 20 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 0–5 | | |
| 6 | Allan Kwartler (USA) | 0 | 4 | 3 | 20 | | 0–5 | 3–5 | 0–5 | 0–5 | | |

#### Quarterfinal B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | YR | RF | ZH | RZ | MVDA | AM |
| 1 | Yakov Rylsky (URS) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 10 | Q | | 5–1 | 5–1 | 4–5 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Roberto Ferrari (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 21 | 16 | Q | 1–5 | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Zoltán Horváth (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | Q | 1–5 | 4–5 | | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Ryszard Zub (POL) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 22 | | 5–4 | 2–5 | 1–5 | | 4–5 | 5–3 |
| 5 | Marcel Van Der Auwera (BEL) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 22 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 5–4 | | 5–3 |
| 6 | Alfonso Morales (USA) | 0 | 5 | 13 | 25 | | 2–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | |

#### Quarterfinal C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | WZ | AG | JR | TG | NA | WK |
| 1 | Wojciech Zabłocki (POL) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | Q | | 3–5 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Aladár Gerevich (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 15 | Q | 5–3 | | 4–5 | 5–0 | 3–5 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Jacques Roulot (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 21 | Q | 1–5 | 5–4 | | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Teodoro Goliardi (URU) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 18 | | 2–5 | 0–5 | 3–5 | | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Nugzar Asatiani (URS) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 22 | | 3–5 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 2–5 | | 3–5 |
| 6 | Walter Köstner (EUA) | 1 | 4 | 15 | 23 | | 3–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 1–5 | 5–3 | |

#### Quarterfinal D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | RK | LR | WC | JL | MD | WW |
| 1 | Rudolf Kárpáti (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 14 | Q | | 2–5 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Ladislau Rohony (ROU) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 18 | Q | 5–2 | | 4–5 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Wladimiro Calarese (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 21 | Q | 1–5 | 5–4 | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 3–5 |
| 4 | Jacques Lefèvre (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 21 | 19 | | 4–5 | 5–2 | 4–5 | | 3–5 | 5–2 |
| 5 | Michael D'Asaro, Sr. (USA) | 1 | 3 | 12 | 18 | | 1–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 5–3 | | |
| 6 | Wilfried Wöhler (EUA) | 1 | 3 | 13 | 18 | | 3–5 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 2–5 | | |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal A

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | RK | CA | DT | WZ | RF | LR |
| 1 | Rudolf Kárpáti (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 17 | Q | | 3–5 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Claude Arabo (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 17 | Q | 5–3 | | 5–2 | 5–2 | 3–5 | 4–5 |
| 3 | David Tyshler (URS) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 19 | Q | 4–5 | 2–5 | | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Wojciech Zabłocki (POL) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 22 | B | 4–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Roberto Ferrari (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 21 | 22 | B | 3–5 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 4–5 | | 5–4 |
| 6 | Ladislau Rohony (ROU) | 1 | 4 | 15 | 24 | | 1–5 | 5–4 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | |

##### Barrage

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | WZ | RF |
| 4 | Wojciech Zabłocki (POL) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | Q | | 5–4 |
| 5 | Roberto Ferrari (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 4–5 | |

#### Semifinal B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | JP | ZH | WC | YR | AG | JR |
| 1 | Jerzy Pawłowski (POL) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 15 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Zoltán Horváth (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 18 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Wladimiro Calarese (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 22 | B | 1–5 | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–4 | 3–5 |
| 3 | Yakov Rylsky (URS) | 2 | 3 | 20 | 19 | B | 4–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Aladár Gerevich (HUN) | 2 | 3 | 21 | 22 | B | 5–4 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | | 5–3 |
| 6 | Jacques Roulot (FRA) | 1 | 4 | 13 | 23 | | 2–5 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 1–5 | 3–5 | |

##### Barrage

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | WC | YR | AG |
| 3 | Wladimiro Calarese (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | Q | | 3–5 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Yakov Rylsky (URS) | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | Q | 5–3 | | 3–5 |
| 5 | Aladár Gerevich (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | | 1–5 | 5–3 | |

### Final

A four-way tie for second place required a barrage to determine the silver and bronze medals (as well as 4th and 5th place). The tie for 7th and 8th place was broken based on touches received.
| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | RK | ZH | WC | CA | WZ | JP | DT | YR |
| | Rudolf Kárpáti (HUN) | 5 | 2 | 31 | 25 | | | 5–4 | 3–5 | 5–4 | 5–0 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 3–5 |
| 2 | Zoltán Horváth (HUN) | 4 | 3 | 29 | 26 | B | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–3 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Wladimiro Calarese (ITA) | 4 | 3 | 31 | 29 | B | 5–3 | 3–5 | | 5–4 | 4–5 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 4–5 |
| 2 | Claude Arabo (FRA) | 4 | 3 | 31 | 29 | B | 4–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Wojciech Zabłocki (POL) | 4 | 3 | 26 | 26 | B | 0–5 | 5–2 | 5–4 | 3–5 | | 3–5 | 5–1 | 5–4 |
| 6 | Jerzy Pawłowski (POL) | 3 | 4 | 28 | 28 | | 4–5 | 5–3 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 5–3 | | 3–5 | 5–2 |
| 7 | David Tyshler (URS) | 2 | 5 | 24 | 29 | | 3–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 5–3 | | 5–1 |
| 8 | Yakov Rylsky (URS) | 2 | 5 | 23 | 32 | | 5–3 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | |

#### Barrage

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | ZH | WC | CA | WZ |
| | Zoltán Horváth (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | | 4–5 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| | Wladimiro Calarese (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 5–4 | | 3–5 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Claude Arabo (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 1–5 | 5–3 | | 5–4 |
| 5 | Wojciech Zabłocki (POL) | 0 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | |

## Overall standings

| Rank | Fencer | Nation | Round 1 | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
| | Rudolf Kárpáti | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| | Zoltán Horváth | Hungary | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| | Wladimiro Calarese | Italy | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Claude Arabo | France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Wojciech Zabłocki | Poland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Jerzy Pawłowski | Poland | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | David Tyshler | Soviet Union | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Yakov Rylsky | Soviet Union | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | Roberto Ferrari | Italy | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Did not advance |
| 9 | Aladár Gerevich | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Did not advance |
| 11 | Ladislau Rohony | Romania | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | Did not advance |
| 11 | Jacques Roulot | France | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | Did not advance |
| 13 | Asen Dyakovski | Bulgaria | 3 | 4 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 13 | Ryszard Zub | Poland | 2 | 1 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 13 | Teodoro Goliardi | Uruguay | 2 | 3 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 13 | Jacques Lefèvre | France | 3 | 1 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 17 | Jürgen Theuerkauff | United Team of Germany | 1 | 3 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 17 | Marcel Van Der Auwera | Belgium | 3 | 4 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 17 | Nugzar Asatiani | Soviet Union | 2 | 4 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 17 | Michael D'Asaro, Sr. | United States | 2 | 3 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 21 | Allan Kwartler | United States | 1 | 3 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 21 | Alfonso Morales | United States | 3 | 4 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 21 | Walter Köstner | United Team of Germany | 2 | 3 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 21 | Wilfried Wöhler | United Team of Germany | 2 | 4 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 25 | Juan Paladino | Uruguay | 2 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 25 | José Van Baelen | Belgium | 2 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 25 | Helmuth Resch | Austria | 2 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 25 | Aleksandar Vasin | Yugoslavia | 3 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 25 | Daniel Sande | Argentina | 3 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 25 | Pierluigi Chicca | Italy | 3 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 31 | Günther Ulrich | Austria | 3 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 31 | Boris Stavrev | Bulgaria | 3 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 31 | Emeric Arus | Romania | 3 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 31 | Dumitru Mustață | Romania | 2 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 31 | Sandy Leckie | Great Britain | 3 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 31 | Josef Wanetschek | Austria | 3 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Augusto Gutiérrez | Venezuela | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Michael Sichel | Australia | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Tsugeo Ozawa | Japan | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Benito Ramos | Mexico | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Juan Larrea | Argentina | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Ramón Martínez | Spain | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Gustavo Vassallo | Argentina | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Ralph Cooperman | Great Britain | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Gustave Ballister | Belgium | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Joaquim Rodrigues | Portugal | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Jushar Haschja | Indonesia | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Mitsuyuki Funamizu | Japan | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | Orlando Azinhais | Portugal | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | Pablo Ordejón | Spain | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | Jacques Ben Gualid | Morocco | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | César de Diego | Spain | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | William Fajardo | Mexico | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | Sonosuke Fujimaki | Japan | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | Palle Frey | Denmark | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | Raoul Barouch | Tunisia | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | Michael Ron | Israel | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | Keith Hackshall | Australia | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | Michael Amberg | Great Britain | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | Trần Văn Xuan | Vietnam | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | Jean Khayat | Tunisia | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | Abderrahman Sebti | Morocco | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | Luis García | Venezuela | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | Jaime Duque | Colombia | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | António Marquilhas | Portugal | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | Ali Annabi | Tunisia | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | Emilio Echeverry | Colombia | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | Mohamed Ben Joullon | Morocco | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | Brian Pickworth | New Zealand | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | David van Gelder | Israel | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |