South Korea seized its third consecutive Olympic gold medal in the men’s sabre fencing team competition on Wednesday in Paris, becoming just the second country ever to win at least three gold medals in a row in that event.

World No. 1 South Korea defeated third-ranked Hungary 45-41 in the gold medal match of the Paris Summer Games at Grand Palais in the French capital.

Oh Sang-uk, Gu Bon-gil and Park Sang-won started in the final, with Do Gyeong-dong subbing in for Gu later.

Oh, who won the individual sabre title on Saturday, became the first South Korean fencer to win two gold medals at a single Olympics.

He is also South Korea’s first double gold medalist in Paris.

Gu, 34, has been on all three gold medal-winning teams. This is the first Olympic gold for Park and Do.

The men’s sabre team event was first contested at the 1908 Summer Olympic Games in London, and only one other country has won at least three gold medals in a row, with Hungary claiming seven straight titles from 1928 to 1960.

South Korea
started the streak in 2012. The men’s sabre team event was not part of the 2016 Olympics, with the now-defunct rotation system leaving it off the program, and it rejoined the Olympics in Tokyo in 2021.

Source: Yonhap News Agency