The men's team sabre was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventh appearance of the event. The competition was held from 12 August 1936 to 13 August 1936. 107 fencers from 21 nations competed. Each team could have a maximum of six fencers, with four participating in any given match.
The competition format continued the pool play round-robin from prior years. Each of the four fencers from one team would face each of the four from the other, for a total of 16 bouts per match. The team that won more bouts won the match, with competition potentially stopping when one team reached 9 points out of the possible 16 (this did not always occur and matches sometimes continued). If the bouts were 8–8, touches received was used to determine the winning team. Pool matches unnecessary to the result were not played.
Rosters
Austria
Josef Losert
Hugo Weczerek
Karl Sudrich
Hubert Loisel
Karl Hanisch
Karl Kaschka
Belgium
Eugène Laermans
Georges Heywaert
Robert Van Den Neucker
Henri Brasseur
Hubert Van Nerom
Canada
Ernest Dalton
Charles Otis
George Tully
Don Collinge
Chile
Efrain Díaz
Tomas Barraza
Ricardo Romero
Julio Moreno
Tomás Goyoaga
Czechoslovakia
Josef Jungmann
Jozef Benedik
Hervarth Frass von Friedenfeldt
Bohuslav Kirchmann
Josef Hildebrand
Denmark
Erik Hammer Sørensen
Preben Christiansen
Aage Leidersdorff
Svend Jacobsen
France
Marcel Faure
Maurice Gramain
Edward Gardère
Jean Piot
Roger Barisien
André Gardère
Germany
Richard Wahl
Julius Eisenecker
Erwin Casmir
August Heim
Hans Esser
Hans-Georg Jörger
Great Britain
Oliver Trinder
Arthur Pilbrow
Guy Harry
Robin Brook
Roger Tredgold
Greece
Nikolaos Manolesos
Nikolaos Paparrodou
Konstantinos Botasis
Menelaos Psarrakis
Hungary
Aladár Gerevich
Tibor Berczelly
Pál Kovács
Endre Kabos
László Rajcsányi
Imre Rajczy
Italy
Giulio Gaudini
Gustavo Marzi
Aldo Masciotta
Vincenzo Pinton
Aldo Montano
Athos Tanzini
Netherlands
Ate Faber
Antonius Montfoort
Frans Mosman
Pieter van Wieringen
Jacob Schriever
Poland
Antoni Sobik
Władysław Segda
Władysław Dobrowolski
Adam Papée
Marian Suski
Teodor Zaczyk
Romania
Nicolae Marinescu
Gheorghe Man
Kamilló Szathmáry
Denis Dolecsko
Sweden
Bengt Ljungquist
Knut Nordholm
Hubert de Bèsche
Ivar Tingdahl
Carl Johan Wachtmeister
Switzerland
Charles Glasstetter
Alphonse Ruckstuhl
Walter Widemann
Adolf Stocker
Turkey
Ilhami Çene
Enver Balkan
Cihat Teğin
Abdul Halim Tokmakçioğlu
Orhan Adaş
United States
Peter Bruder
Miguel de Capriles
Bela De Nagy
John Huffman
Samuel Stewart
Norman Cohn-Armitage
Uruguay
Carmelo Bentancur
José Julián de la Fuente
Hildemaro Lista
París Rodríguez
Jorge Rolando
Yugoslavia
Krešo Tretinjak
Milivoj Radović
Eugen Jakobčič
Edo Marion
Pavao Pintarić
Results
Round 1
The top two teams in each pool advanced to round 2.
Pool 1
Germany and Uruguay each defeated Romania, so Romania was eliminated and Germany and Uruguay did not face each other.
Pool 2
Brazil withdrew before competing, leaving Austria and Sweden to advance by default.
Pool 3
Hungary defeated Denmark 16–0. Belgium then defeated Denmark, with the match stopped at 9–1 when Denmark's loss (and elimination) was assured.
Pool 4
Czechoslovakia defeated Greece 11–5. Poland then defeated Greece, with the match stopped at 9–3 when Greece's loss (and elimination) was assured.
Pool 5
The Netherlands defeated Chile 13–3. Great Britain then defeated Chile, 10–6, resulting in Chile's elimination.
Pool 6
France defeated Canada 13–3. Italy then defeated Canada, 15–1, resulting in Canada's elimination.