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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.