Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre
The silver medal went to Claude Arabo of France, with Umyar Mavlikhanov of the Soviet Union taking bronze.Four of the eight finalists from 1960 returned: bronze medalist Wladimiro Calarese of Italy, fourth-place finisher Claude Arabo of France, sixth-place finisher (and 1956 silver medalist) Jerzy Pawłowski of Poland (who, in 1968, would finally break the Hungarian run of nine straight gold medals in the event), and eighth-place finisher Yakov Rylsky of the Soviet Union.Hungary, dominant in men's sabre since 1908, was finally thought vulnerable to the rising stars of Poland and the Soviet Union; the French champion, Arabo, was also a strong contender.[2] Ireland, Iran, Malaysia, and the Netherlands Antilles each made their debut in the men's sabre.These rounds used a single-elimination tournament format to reduce the remaining field from 24 to 16, then from 16 to 8, then from 8 to 4.