Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre
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. Karakalos had lost only to Georgiadis, while Nielsen had lost to those two and no others. Schmall's only victory was over Iatridis, who lost all four of his matches.Results
| Rank | Fencer | Nation | | | W | L |
| | | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| | | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| | | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | | | 7 | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | | | 3 | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| Match | Winner | Touches | Loser |
| 1 | | 3-0 | |
| 2 | | 3-0 | |
| 3 | | 3-2 | |
| 4 | | 3-2 | |
| 5 | | 3-1 | |
| 6 | | 3-1 | |
| 7 | | 3-2 | |
| 8 | | 3-2 | |
| 9 | | 3-0 | |
| 10 | | 3-2 | |
