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Fencing At The 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's Sabre
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 12 August 1948 to 13 August 1948. 60 fencers from 24 nations competed. Nations were limited to three fencers each. The event was won by Aladár Gerevich, the fifth of nine straight Games in which a Hungarian would win the event. Gerevich became the third man to win multiple medals in the individual sabre, adding to his 1936 bronze. Vincenzo Pinton of Italy took silver and Pál Kovács of Hungary took bronze; it was the third straight Games where the sabre podium was Hungary-Italy-Hungary. Background This was the 11th appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Three of the nine finalists from 1936 returned after the 12-year break: bronze medalist Aladár Gerevich of Hungary, fifth-place finisher Vincenzo Pinton of Italy, and seventh-place finis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Empire Exhibition
The British Empire Exhibition was a colonial exhibition held at Wembley Park, London England from 23 April to 1 November 1924 and from 9 May to 31 October 1925. Background In 1920 the British Government decided to site the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park, on the site of the pleasure gardens created by Edward Watkin in the 1890s. A British Empire Exhibition had first been proposed in 1902, by the British Empire League, and again in 1913. The Russo-Japanese War had prevented the first plan from being developed and World War I put an end to the second, though there had been a Festival of Empire in 1911, held in part at Crystal Palace.Ian Grosvenor - "Teaching the Empire: The Weekly Bulletin of Empire Study and the British Empire Exhibition", in Martin Lawn (ed.) - ''Modelling the Future: Exhibitions and the Materiality of Education'' (Symposium Books, 2009) p. 107-8 One of the reasons for the suggestion was a sense that other powers, ie America and Japan, were challenging ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Cetrulo
Dean Cetrulo (February 24, 1919 – May 9, 2010) was an American fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team sabre event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1919 births 2010 deaths American male sabre fencers Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in fencing People from Bay Head, New Jersey Sportspeople from Newark, New Jersey Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Ocean County, New Jersey {{US-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benito Ramos
Benito Ramos (born 26 March 1913, date of death unknown) was a Mexican épée, foil and sabre fencer. He competed at the 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held .... References External links * 1913 births Year of death missing Mexican male épée fencers Olympic fencers of Mexico Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Guadalajara, Jalisco Pan American Games medalists in fencing Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Fencers at the 1951 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games Mexican male foil fencers Mexican male sabre fencers 20th-century Mexican people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Brook
Sir Ralph Ellis "Robin" Brook (19 June 1908 – 25 October 1998) was a British merchant banker and a director of the Bank of England. His wife Helen Brook was founder of the Brook Advisory Centres. As a fencing, fencer, he competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics, 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics. In 1936, he won the Sabre (fencing), sabre title at the British Fencing Championships. The son of a surgeon, Brook was educated, through scholarships, at Eton College and subsequently at King's College, Cambridge, where he studied under Maynard Keynes, earning a double first in Economics. Honours Brook was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on 2 August 1945, and a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1954 New Year Honours. He was Knight Bachelor, knighted in the 1974 New Year Honours for services to export, in his role as President of the British Chambers of Commerce, Association of British Chambers of Commerce. References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem Van Den Berg
Willem van den Berg (1 August 1910 – 8 November 1987) was a Dutch fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre and team foil events at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References 1910 births 1987 deaths Dutch male fencers Olympic fencers for the Netherlands Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Rotterdam 20th-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Lefèvre (fencer)
Jacques Lefèvre (born 1 February 1928) was a French fencer. At the 1952 Summer Olympics, Lefèvre won a team bronze medal for fencing, as a member of the French Men's Sabre team. He competed for France in the individual and team sabre events at each Summer Olympics from 1948 to 1964. See also * List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games A small fraction of the world's population ever competes at the Olympic Games; an even smaller fraction ever competes in multiple Games. 849 athletes (260 women and 589 men) have participated in at least five Olympics from Athens 1896 to Beiji ... References External linksOlympic medals* 1928 births Possibly living people French male sabre fencers Olympic fencers of France Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kauko Jalkanen
Kauko Jalkanen (8 December 1918 – 3 September 2007) was a Finnish épée, foil and sabre fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin .... References External links * 1918 births 2007 deaths People from Heinola Finnish male épée fencers Olympic fencers for Finland Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Finnish male foil fencers Finnish male sabre fencers Sportspeople from Päijät-Häme {{Finland-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rıza Arseven
Turkey competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 58 competitors, 57 men and 1 woman, took part in 42 events in 7 sports. Medalists Athletics Cycling Four cyclists, all male, represented Turkey in 1948 ; Individual road race * Ali Çetiner * Mustafa Osmanlı * Orhan Suda * Talat Tunçalp ; Team road race * Ali Çetiner * Mustafa Osmanlı * Orhan Suda * Talat Tunçalp Equestrian Fencing Six fencers, all men, represented Turkey in 1948. ; Men's foil * Nihat Balkan * Nejat Tulgar ; Men's sabre * Sabri Tezcan * Rıza Arseven * Merih Sezen ; Men's team sabre * Merih Sezen, Nihat Balkan, Rıza Arseven, Sabri Tezcan, Vural Balcan Football Wrestling Art competitions References External linksOfficial Olympic Reports [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Pilbrow
Arthur Gordon Pilbrow (18 May 1902 – 16 July 1987) was a British fencer. Fencing career He competed at the 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics. He represented England and won three gold medals in fencing at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand. He was a four times British fencing champion, winning the sabre A sabre ( French: sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as th ... title at the British Fencing Championships in 1932, 1935, 1938 and 1950. References 1902 births 1987 deaths British male fencers Olympic fencers for Great Britain Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics People from Bromley Sportspeople from the London Borough of Bromley Fencers from London Commonwealth Games medallists in fencing Commonwealth Games gold medallist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Mañalich
Roberto Mañalich Alfonso (born 4 March 1906, date of death unknown) was a Cuban fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée and individual sabre events at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * * 1906 births Year of death missing Cuban male fencers Olympic fencers for Cuba Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Fencers from Havana Pan American Games medalists in fencing Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Fencers at the 1951 Pan American Games Fencers at the 1959 Pan American Games 20th-century Cuban people Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games {{Cuba-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svatopluk Skýva
Svatopluk Skýva (13 January 1910 – December 1979) was a Czech fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1910 births 1979 deaths Czech male fencers Czechoslovak male fencers Olympic fencers for Czechoslovakia Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics {{CzechRepublic-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Haro
Antonio Haro (26 October 1910 – 22 September 2002) was a Mexican épée and sabre fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games. References External links * 1910 births 2002 deaths Mexican male épée fencers Olympic fencers for Mexico Fencers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Fencers from Mexico City Pan American Games medalists in fencing Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Fencers at the 1955 Pan American Games Mexican male sabre fencers 20th-century Mexican people {{Mexico-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
