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Foil, Individual, Men

Date22 – 23 July 1980
StatusOlympic
LocationFutbolny polya, Legkoatletichesky futbolny kompleks, Moskva
Participants37 from 16 countries

After winning the world title in 1977 and 1979 Aleksandr Romankov of the USSR had every right to be considered favourite for the Olympic title. His title hopes was increased when 1976 Olympic champion Fabio Dal Zotto withdrew himself from consideration for a place on the Italian team. Romankov would have won the Olympic title had he beaten teammate Volodymyr Smyrnov in the final pool but a defeat forced him into a three-way barrage with Smyrnov and Frenchman Pascal Jolyot, the reigning World silver medallist. Smyrnov beat Jolyot with ease but then Jolyot scored an equally decisive win over Romankov. Smyrnov then defeated Romankov in a close fought match to claim the title. Volodymyr Smyrnov’s life ended in tragic circumstances. He was competing at the 1982 World Championships when his opponent’s weapon broke, pierced his mask and went into his brain. He died a few days later.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Vladimir SmirnovURSGold
2Pascal JolyotFRASilver
3Aleksandr RomankovURSBronze
4Sabirzhan RuziyevURS
5Lech KoziejowskiPOL
6Petru KukiROU
7István SzeleiHUN
8Frédéric PietruszkaFRA
=9Hartmuth BehrensGDR
=9Adam RobakPOL
=9Greg BenkoAUS
=9Klaus KotzmannGDR
=13Pierre HarperGBR
=13Jaroslav JurkaTCH
=13Bogusław ZychPOL
=13Klaus HaertterGDR
17Heriberto GonzálezCUB
18Stéphane GaneffBEL
19Rob BrunigesGBR
20Thierry SoumagneBEL
21Federico CerviITA
22Miguel RocaESP
23Didier FlamentFRA
24László DeményHUN
25Mihai ȚiuROU
26András PappHUN
27Efigenio FavierCUB
28Tahar HamouALG
29František KoukalTCH
30Jesús EsperanzaESP
31Khaled Al-AwadhiKUW
32Guillermo BetancourtCUB
33Dany HaddadLBN
34Kifah Al-MutawaKUW
35Tudor PetrușROU
36Hassan HamzeLBN
37Ahmed Al-AhmedKUW

Round One (22 July 1980)

Top three finishers in each pool advanced to round two.

Pool 1

Jury PresidentPatrice RousseletFRA
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Adam RobakPOL402013Q
2Vladimir SmirnovURS311911Q
3István SzeleiHUN221615Q
4Tahar HamouALG131317
5Dany HaddadLBN04820

Bout #1 Adam RobakPOL 5 – 4Vladimir SmirnovURS
Bout #2 Adam RobakPOL 5 – 3István SzeleiHUN
Bout #3 Adam RobakPOL 5 – 3Tahar HamouALG
Bout #4 Adam RobakPOL 5 – 3Dany HaddadLBN
Bout #5 Vladimir SmirnovURS 5 – 3István SzeleiHUN
Bout #6 Vladimir SmirnovURS 5 – 2Tahar HamouALG
Bout #7 Vladimir SmirnovURS 5 – 1Dany HaddadLBN
Bout #8 István SzeleiHUN 5 – 3Tahar HamouALG
Bout #9 István SzeleiHUN 5 – 2Dany HaddadLBN
Bout #10 Tahar HamouALG 5 – 2Dany HaddadLBN

Pool 2

Jury PresidentSándor SzabóHUN
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
=1Greg BenkoAUS311811Q
=1Rob BrunigesGBR311811Q
3Aleksandr RomankovURS311812Q
4Jesús EsperanzaESP131419
5Hassan HamzeLBN04520

Bout #1 Greg BenkoAUS 5 – 3Rob BrunigesGBR
Bout #2 Greg BenkoAUS 5 – 3Jesús EsperanzaESP
Bout #3 Greg BenkoAUS 5 – 0Hassan HamzeLBN
Bout #4 Rob BrunigesGBR 5 – 3Aleksandr RomankovURS
Bout #5 Rob BrunigesGBR 5 – 3Jesús EsperanzaESP
Bout #6 Rob BrunigesGBR 5 – 0Hassan HamzeLBN
Bout #7 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 3Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #8 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 3Jesús EsperanzaESP
Bout #9 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 1Hassan HamzeLBN
Bout #10 Jesús EsperanzaESP 5 – 4Hassan HamzeLBN

Pool 3

Jury PresidentAlessandro CarpintieriITA
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Didier FlamentFRA40209Q
2Klaus KotzmannGDR311814Q
3Stéphane GaneffBEL221714Q
4František KoukalTCH131318
5Kifah Al-MutawaKUW04720

Bout #1 Didier FlamentFRA 5 – 3Klaus KotzmannGDR
Bout #2 Didier FlamentFRA 5 – 3Stéphane GaneffBEL
Bout #3 Didier FlamentFRA 5 – 3František KoukalTCH
Bout #4 Didier FlamentFRA 5 – 0Kifah Al-MutawaKUW
Bout #5 Klaus KotzmannGDR 5 – 4František KoukalTCH
Bout #6 Klaus KotzmannGDR 5 – 4Stéphane GaneffBEL
Bout #7 Klaus KotzmannGDR 5 – 1Kifah Al-MutawaKUW
Bout #8 Stéphane GaneffBEL 5 – 1František KoukalTCH
Bout #9 Stéphane GaneffBEL 5 – 3Kifah Al-MutawaKUW
Bout #10 František KoukalTCH 5 – 3Kifah Al-MutawaKUW

Pool 4

Jury PresidentYury SharovURS
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Pascal JolyotFRA31159Q
2Thierry SoumagneBEL221811Q
3Miguel RocaESP221515Q
4Mihai ȚiuROU221516
5Khaled Al-AwadhiKUW13719

Bout #1 Pascal JolyotFRA 5 – 3Miguel RocaESP
Bout #2 Pascal JolyotFRA 5 – 1Mihai ȚiuROU
Bout #3 Pascal JolyotFRA 5 – 0Khaled Al-AwadhiKUW
Bout #4 Thierry SoumagneBEL 5 – 0Pascal JolyotFRA
Bout #5 Thierry SoumagneBEL 5 – 1Khaled Al-AwadhiKUW
Bout #6 Miguel RocaESP 5 – 4Thierry SoumagneBEL
Bout #7 Miguel RocaESP 5 – 1Khaled Al-AwadhiKUW
Bout #8 Mihai ȚiuROU 5 – 4Thierry SoumagneBEL
Bout #9 Mihai ȚiuROU 5 – 2Miguel RocaESP
Bout #10 Khaled Al-AwadhiKUW 5 – 4Mihai ȚiuROU

Pool 5

Jury PresidentAsen DyakovskiBUL
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Petru KukiROU40208Q
2Bogusław ZychPOL311713Q
3Hartmuth BehrensGDR221312Q
4Efigenio FavierCUB131415
5Ahmed Al-AhmedKUW04420

Bout #1 Petru KukiROU 5 – 2Bogusław ZychPOL
Bout #2 Petru KukiROU 5 – 1Hartmuth BehrensGDR
Bout #3 Petru KukiROU 5 – 3Efigenio FavierCUB
Bout #4 Petru KukiROU 5 – 2Ahmed Al-AhmedKUW
Bout #5 Bogusław ZychPOL 5 – 2Hartmuth BehrensGDR
Bout #6 Bogusław ZychPOL 5 – 4Efigenio FavierCUB
Bout #7 Bogusław ZychPOL 5 – 2Ahmed Al-AhmedKUW
Bout #8 Hartmuth BehrensGDR 5 – 2Efigenio FavierCUB
Bout #9 Hartmuth BehrensGDR 5 – 0Ahmed Al-AhmedKUW
Bout #10 Efigenio FavierCUB 5 – 0Ahmed Al-AhmedKUW

Pool 6

Jury PresidentIuliu FalbROU
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Klaus HaertterGDR30158Q
2Lech KoziejowskiPOL21148Q
3Pierre HarperGBR121013Q
4Guillermo BetancourtCUB03515

Bout #1 Klaus HaertterGDR 5 – 4Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #2 Klaus HaertterGDR 5 – 4Pierre HarperGBR
Bout #3 Klaus HaertterGDR 5 – 0Guillermo BetancourtCUB
Bout #4 Lech KoziejowskiPOL 5 – 1Pierre HarperGBR
Bout #5 Lech KoziejowskiPOL 5 – 2Guillermo BetancourtCUB
Bout #6 Pierre HarperGBR 5 – 3Guillermo BetancourtCUB

Pool 7

Jury PresidentAlfredo Del FranciaITA
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Frédéric PietruszkaFRA301510Q
2Sabirzhan RuziyevURS121310Q
3Jaroslav JurkaTCH121114Q
4András PappHUN12813

Bout #1 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA 5 – 4Sabirzhan RuziyevURS
Bout #2 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA 5 – 3Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #3 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA 5 – 3András PappHUN
Bout #4 Sabirzhan RuziyevURS 5 – 0András PappHUN
Bout #5 Jaroslav JurkaTCH 5 – 4Sabirzhan RuziyevURS
Bout #6 András PappHUN 5 – 3Jaroslav JurkaTCH

Pool 8

Jury PresidentViktor PutyatinURS
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1László DeményHUN30154Q
2Federico CerviITA21128Q
3Heriberto GonzálezCUB12910Q
4Tudor PetrușROU03115

Bout #1 László DeményHUN 5 – 2Federico CerviITA
Bout #2 László DeményHUN 5 – 1Heriberto GonzálezCUB
Bout #3 László DeményHUN 5 – 1Tudor PetrușROU
Bout #4 Federico CerviITA 5 – 3Heriberto GonzálezCUB
Bout #5 Federico CerviITA 5 – 0Tudor PetrușROU
Bout #6 Heriberto GonzálezCUB 5 – 0Tudor PetrușROU

Round Two (22 July 1980)

Top four finishers in each pool advanced to elimination rounds.

Pool 1

Jury PresidentDavid DushmanURS
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Petru KukiROU412416Q
2Jaroslav JurkaTCH322017Q
3Hartmuth BehrensGDR321818Q
4Greg BenkoAUS231918Q
5Rob BrunigesGBR231118
6Thierry SoumagneBEL141520

Bout #1 Petru KukiROU 5 – 3Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #2 Petru KukiROU 5 – 3Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #3 Petru KukiROU 5 – 1Rob BrunigesGBR
Bout #4 Petru KukiROU 5 – 4Thierry SoumagneBEL
Bout #5 Jaroslav JurkaTCH 5 – 4Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #6 Jaroslav JurkaTCH 5 – 0Rob BrunigesGBR
Bout #7 Jaroslav JurkaTCH 5 – 3Thierry SoumagneBEL
Bout #8 Hartmuth BehrensGDR 5 – 4Petru KukiROU
Bout #9 Hartmuth BehrensGDR 5 – 2Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #10 Hartmuth BehrensGDR 5 – 2Thierry SoumagneBEL
Bout #11 Greg BenkoAUS 5 – 2Hartmuth BehrensGDR
Bout #12 Greg BenkoAUS 5 – 1Thierry SoumagneBEL
Bout #13 Rob BrunigesGBR 5 – 1Hartmuth BehrensGDR
Bout #14 Rob BrunigesGBR 5 – 2Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #15 Thierry SoumagneBEL 5 – 0Rob BrunigesGBR

Pool 2

PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Aleksandr RomankovURS412315Q
2Lech KoziejowskiPOL412216Q
3Frédéric PietruszkaFRA322118Q
4Pierre HarperGBR231921Q
5Stéphane GaneffBEL231722
6László DeményHUN051525

Bout #1 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 2Frédéric PietruszkaFRA
Bout #2 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 2Pierre HarperGBR
Bout #3 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 4Stéphane GaneffBEL
Bout #4 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 2László DeményHUN
Bout #5 Lech KoziejowskiPOL 5 – 3Aleksandr RomankovURS
Bout #6 Lech KoziejowskiPOL 5 – 4Pierre HarperGBR
Bout #7 Lech KoziejowskiPOL 5 – 1Stéphane GaneffBEL
Bout #8 Lech KoziejowskiPOL 5 – 3László DeményHUN
Bout #9 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA 5 – 2Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #10 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA 5 – 3Pierre HarperGBR
Bout #11 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA 5 – 3László DeményHUN
Bout #12 Pierre HarperGBR 5 – 2Stéphane GaneffBEL
Bout #13 Pierre HarperGBR 5 – 4László DeményHUN
Bout #14 Stéphane GaneffBEL 5 – 4Frédéric PietruszkaFRA
Bout #15 Stéphane GaneffBEL 5 – 3László DeményHUN

Pool 3

Jury PresidentLuigi RocaITA
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Vladimir SmirnovURS412413Q
2István SzeleiHUN322014Q
3Klaus KotzmannGDR321821Q
4Bogusław ZychPOL231921Q
5Heriberto GonzálezCUB232123
6Didier FlamentFRA141121

Bout #1 Vladimir SmirnovURS 5 – 1István SzeleiHUN
Bout #2 Vladimir SmirnovURS 5 – 3Bogusław ZychPOL
Bout #3 Vladimir SmirnovURS 5 – 4Heriberto GonzálezCUB
Bout #4 Vladimir SmirnovURS 5 – 0Didier FlamentFRA
Bout #5 István SzeleiHUN 5 – 2Klaus KotzmannGDR
Bout #6 István SzeleiHUN 5 – 2Bogusław ZychPOL
Bout #7 István SzeleiHUN 5 – 0Didier FlamentFRA
Bout #8 Klaus KotzmannGDR 5 – 4Vladimir SmirnovURS
Bout #9 Klaus KotzmannGDR 5 – 4Bogusław ZychPOL
Bout #10 Klaus KotzmannGDR 5 – 3Heriberto GonzálezCUB
Bout #11 Bogusław ZychPOL 5 – 4Heriberto GonzálezCUB
Bout #12 Bogusław ZychPOL 5 – 2Didier FlamentFRA
Bout #13 Heriberto GonzálezCUB 5 – 4István SzeleiHUN
Bout #14 Heriberto GonzálezCUB 5 – 4Didier FlamentFRA
Bout #15 Didier FlamentFRA 5 – 1Klaus KotzmannGDR

Pool 4

Jury PresidentSándor SzabóHUN
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Adam RobakPOL412112Q
2Sabirzhan RuziyevURS322213Q
3Pascal JolyotFRA321918Q
4Klaus HaertterGDR321618Q
5Federico CerviITA141422
6Miguel RocaESP141423

Bout #1 Adam RobakPOL 5 – 3Sabirzhan RuziyevURS
Bout #2 Adam RobakPOL 5 – 1Pascal JolyotFRA
Bout #3 Adam RobakPOL 5 – 1Federico CerviITA
Bout #4 Adam RobakPOL 5 – 2Miguel RocaESP
Bout #5 Sabirzhan RuziyevURS 5 – 0Klaus HaertterGDR
Bout #6 Sabirzhan RuziyevURS 5 – 2Federico CerviITA
Bout #7 Sabirzhan RuziyevURS 5 – 1Miguel RocaESP
Bout #8 Pascal JolyotFRA 5 – 4Sabirzhan RuziyevURS
Bout #9 Pascal JolyotFRA 5 – 1Klaus HaertterGDR
Bout #10 Pascal JolyotFRA 5 – 3Federico CerviITA
Bout #11 Klaus HaertterGDR 5 – 1Adam RobakPOL
Bout #12 Klaus HaertterGDR 5 – 3Federico CerviITA
Bout #13 Klaus HaertterGDR 5 – 4Miguel RocaESP
Bout #14 Federico CerviITA 5 – 2Miguel RocaESP
Bout #15 Miguel RocaESP 5 – 3Pascal JolyotFRA

Elimination Rounds (23 July 1980)

Double-elimination round. Winners of round two and round three repêchage advanced to final round.

Elimination Rounds, Round One (23 July 1980)

Winner of each match advanced to round two. Losers advanced to round one repêchage.

Bout #1 Petru KukiROU Pierre HarperGBR
Bout #2 Pascal JolyotFRA Klaus KotzmannGDR
Bout #3 Lech KoziejowskiPOL Hartmuth BehrensGDR
Bout #4 Aleksandr RomankovURS Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #5 Vladimir SmirnovURS Bogusław ZychPOL
Bout #6 István SzeleiHUN Frédéric PietruszkaFRA
Bout #7 Greg BenkoAUS Klaus HaertterGDR
Bout #8 Sabirzhan RuziyevURS Adam RobakPOL

Elimination Rounds, Round Two (23 July 1980)

Winner of each match advanced to final pool. Losers advanced to round two repêchage.

Bout #1 Pascal JolyotFRA Petru KukiROU
Bout #2 Aleksandr RomankovURS Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #3 Vladimir SmirnovURS István SzeleiHUN
Bout #4 Sabirzhan RuziyevURS Greg BenkoAUS

Elimination Rounds, Round One Repêchage (23 July 1980)

Winner of each match advanced to round two repêchage.

Bout #1 Klaus KotzmannGDR Pierre HarperGBR
Bout #2 Hartmuth BehrensGDR Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #3 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA Bogusław ZychPOL
Bout #4 Adam RobakPOL Klaus HaertterGDR

Elimination Rounds, Round Two Repêchage (23 July 1980)

Winner of each match advanced to round three repêchage.

Bout #1 Petru KukiROU Hartmuth BehrensGDR
Bout #2 Lech KoziejowskiPOL Klaus KotzmannGDR
Bout #3 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #4 István SzeleiHUN Adam RobakPOL

Elimination Rounds, Round Three Repêchage (23 July 1980)

Winner of each match advanced to final pool.

Bout #1 Petru KukiROU István SzeleiHUN
Bout #2 Lech KoziejowskiPOL Frédéric PietruszkaFRA

Final Pool (23 July 1980)

Jury PresidentSándor SzabóHUN
Jury PresidentAlessandro CarpintieriITA
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Vladimir SmirnovURS412416
2Pascal JolyotFRA412417
3Aleksandr RomankovURS412215
4Sabirzhan RuziyevURS232019
5Lech KoziejowskiPOL141521
6Petru KukiROU05825

Bout #1 Vladimir SmirnovURS 5 – 2Aleksandr RomankovURS
Bout #2 Vladimir SmirnovURS 5 – 4Sabirzhan RuziyevURS
Bout #3 Vladimir SmirnovURS 5 – 2Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #4 Vladimir SmirnovURS 5 – 3Petru KukiROU
Bout #5 Pascal JolyotFRA 5 – 4Vladimir SmirnovURS
Bout #6 Pascal JolyotFRA 5 – 3Sabirzhan RuziyevURS
Bout #7 Pascal JolyotFRA 5 – 4Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #8 Pascal JolyotFRA 5 – 1Petru KukiROU
Bout #9 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 4Pascal JolyotFRA
Bout #10 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 3Sabirzhan RuziyevURS
Bout #11 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 2Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #12 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 1Petru KukiROU
Bout #13 Sabirzhan RuziyevURS 5 – 2Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #14 Sabirzhan RuziyevURS 5 – 2Petru KukiROU
Bout #15 Lech KoziejowskiPOL 5 – 1Petru KukiROU

Final Pool, Barrage 1-3

Jury PresidentSándor SzabóHUN
Jury PresidentAlessandro CarpintieriITA
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Vladimir SmirnovURS1195
2Pascal JolyotFRA1155
3Aleksandr RomankovURS1159

Bout #1 Vladimir SmirnovURS 5 – 0Pascal JolyotFRA
Bout #2 Pascal JolyotFRA 5 – 0Aleksandr RomankovURS
Bout #3 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 4Vladimir SmirnovURS