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Sabre, Team, Men

Date26 – 27 July 1976
StatusOlympic
LocationStade d'Hiver de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Participants63 from 14 countries

As World Champions the Soviet Union were always going to be the favourites for the Olympic title in 1976. After the individual championships held a few days earlier had produced a 1-2-3 for the Soviets this favourite’s role became overwhelming. The USSR started off with a series of overwhelming victories before their title aspirations nearly come unstuck against Romania in the semi-final. The match ended in an 8-8 tie which turned into a defeat for the Romanian by a single hit when the tiebreaker rules were invoked. The Soviets then regrouped and went on to win a comfortable victory over Italy in the Olympic final.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Soviet UnionURSGold
Viktor SidyakVladimir NazlymovViktor KrovopuskovMikhail BurtsevEduard Vinokurov
2ItalyITASilver
Mario Aldo MontanoMario Tullio MontanoMichele MaffeiTommaso MontanoAngelo Arcidiacono
3RomaniaROUBronze
Dan IrimiciucIoan PopMarin MustațăCornel MarinAlexandru Nilca
4HungaryHUN
Péter MarótTamás KovácsImre GedőváriFerenc HammangCsaba Körmöczi
5CubaCUB
Manuel OrtizFrancisco de la TorreGuzmán SalazarRamón HernándezLázaro Mora
6PolandPOL
Leszek JabłonowskiSylwester KrólikowskiJacek BierkowskiJózef Nowara
=7United StatesUSA
Paul ApostolPeter WestbrookStephen KaplanTom LosonczyAlex OrbanJack Keane (DNS)
=7FranceFRA
Philippe BenaRégis BonnissentBernard DumontDidier FlamentPatrick Quivrin
=9BulgariaBUL
Miroslav DudekovAnani MihaylovKonstantin DzhelepovHristo Hristov
=9CanadaCAN
Marc LavoiePeter UrbanImre NagyEli Sukunda
=9Great BritainGBR
Bill HoskynsPeter MatherJohn DeanfieldRichard Cohen
=9ThailandTHA
Taweewat HorrapunSamachai TrangjaroenngarmSutipong SantitavakulRoyengyot Srivorapongpant
=9ArgentinaARG
Marcelo MéndezJuan GavajdaFernando LúpizJosé María Casanova
=9IranIRI
Abdul Hamid FathiAhmed EskandarpourAhmed AkbariIsmail Pashapour-Alamdari

Round One (26 July 1976 — 8:30)

Top two teams in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool 1

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1Soviet UnionURS20206Q
Viktor SidyakVladimir NazlymovViktor KrovopuskovMikhail BurtsevEduard Vinokurov
2FranceFRA111214Q
Philippe BenaRégis BonnissentBernard DumontPatrick Quivrin
3BulgariaBUL021022
Miroslav DudekovAnani MihaylovKonstantin DzhelepovHristo Hristov

Match #1 URS 9 – 1FRA
Match #2 URS 11 – 5BUL
Match #3 FRA 11 – 5BUL

Pool 2

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1ItalyITA20226Q
Mario Aldo MontanoMario Tullio MontanoMichele MaffeiTommaso MontanoAngelo Arcidiacono
2United StatesUSA111216Q
Paul ApostolStephen KaplanTom LosonczyAlex Orban
3CanadaCAN021022
Marc LavoiePeter UrbanImre NagyEli Sukunda

Match #1 ITA 9 – 3USA
Match #2 ITA 13 – 3CAN
Match #3 USA 9 – 7CAN

Pool 3

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1RomaniaROU30395Q
Dan IrimiciucIoan PopMarin MustațăCornel MarinAlexandru Nilca
2CubaCUB212915Q
Manuel OrtizFrancisco de la TorreGuzmán SalazarRamón HernándezLázaro Mora
3Great BritainGBR02725
Bill HoskynsPeter MatherJohn DeanfieldRichard Cohen
4ThailandTHA02131
Taweewat HorrapunSamachai TrangjaroenngarmSutipong SantitavakulRoyengyot Srivorapongpant

Match #1 ROU 9 – 3CUB
Match #2 ROU 14 – 2GBR
Match #3 ROU 16 – 0THA
Match #4 CUB 11 – 5GBR
Match #5 CUB 15 – 1THA

Pool 4

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1HungaryHUN303610Q
Péter MarótTamás KovácsImre GedőváriFerenc HammangCsaba Körmöczi
2PolandPOL212521Q
Leszek JabłonowskiSylwester KrólikowskiJacek BierkowskiJózef Nowara
3ArgentinaARG121728
Marcelo MéndezJuan GavajdaFernando LúpizJosé María Casanova
4IranIRI031332
Abdul Hamid FathiAhmed EskandarpourAhmed AkbariIsmail Pashapour-Alamdari

Match #1 HUN 8 – 6POL
Match #2 HUN 14 – 2ARG
Match #3 HUN 14 – 2IRI
Match #4 POL 10 – 6ARG
Match #5 POL 9 – 7IRI
Match #6 ARG 9 – 4IRI

Quarter-Finals (26 July 1976 — 15:00)

Winner of each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Match #1 ITA 9 – 2FRA
Match #2 HUN 8 – 7CUB
Match #3 ROU 9 – 4POL
Match #4 URS 9 – 1USA

Semi-Finals (26 July 1976 — 16:00)

Winner of each pool advanced to final.

Match #1 ITA 9 – 5HUN
Match #2 URS 8 – 8ROU

Classification Round 5-8 (27 July 1976 — 15:00)

Match #1 POL 9 – 3USA
Match #2 CUB 9 – 5FRA

Final Pool (27 July 1976 — 18:00)

Match 1-2 URS 9 – 4ITA
Match 3-4 ROU 9 – 4HUN
Match 5-6 CUB 9 – 6POL