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Épée, Team, Men

Date	30 – 31 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Futbolny polya, Legkoatletichesky futbolny kompleks, Moskva
Participants	53 from 11 countries

The 1980 Olympics became a tremendous success for France as they won three of the four team titles. Their gold medal success in épée was the first time they had won a World or Olympic medal in the event since the 1967 World Championships. A bigger surprise might have been the ease of their victory as they were only threatened against Romania in their first pool match. After beating the Soviet World Champions in the semi-final, France were too powerful for Poland in the final. Missing from the event because of the boycott were World Championship silver medallists West Germany and bronze medallists Switzerland.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC
1	–	France	FRA	Gold
		Philippe Boisse • Hubert Gardas • Philippe Riboud • Patrick Picot • Michel Salesse
2	–	Poland	POL	Silver
		Andrzej Lis • Mariusz Strzałka • Leszek Swornowski • Ludomir Chronowski • Piotr Jabłkowski
3	–	Soviet Union	URS	Bronze
		Ashot Karagyan • Aleksandr Abushakhmetov • Aleksandr Mozhayev • Boris Lukomsky • Vladimir Smirnov
4	–	Romania	ROU
		Ioan Popa • Octavian Zidaru • Anton Pongratz • Costică Bărăgan • Petru Kuki
5	–	Sweden	SWE
		Johan Harmenberg • Rolf Edling • Leif Högström • Göran Malkar • Hans Jacobson
6	–	Czechoslovakia	TCH
		Jaroslav Jurka • Jaromír Holub • Jiří Douba • Jiří Adam • Oldřich Kubišta
7	–	Great Britain	GBR
		Steven Paul • John Llewellyn • Neal Mallett • Rob Bruniges
8	–	Hungary	HUN
		Ernő Kolczonay • István Osztrics • László Pető • Jenő Pap • Péter Takács
9	–	Finland	FIN
		Heikki Hulkkonen • Kimmo Puranen • Peter Grönholm • Peder Planting • Mikko Salminen
10	–	Cuba	CUB
		Efigenio Favier • Guillermo Betancourt • Heriberto González • Pedro Hernández
11	–	Kuwait	KUW
		Ebrahim Al-Cattan • Osama Al-Khurafi • Mohamed Al-Thuwani • Kazem Hasan • Kifah Al-Mutawa
DNS	–	Italy	ITA
		Stefano Bellone • Federico Cervi • Marco Falcone • Angelo Mazzoni

Round One

Date	30 July 1980
Format	Top two teams in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Sweden	SWE	1-0	8-3	Q
		Johan Harmenberg • Leif Högström • Göran Malkar • Hans Jacobson
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	0-1	3-8	Q
		Steven Paul • John Llewellyn • Neal Mallett • Rob Bruniges
DNS	–	Italy	ITA	–-–	–-–
		Stefano Bellone • Federico Cervi • Marco Falcone • Angelo Mazzoni

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Piste 6	Sweden	SWE	8 – 3	Great Britain	GBR

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Soviet Union	URS	2-0	22-6	Q
		Ashot Karagyan • Aleksandr Abushakhmetov • Aleksandr Mozhayev • Boris Lukomsky • Vladimir Smirnov
2	–	Poland	POL	1-1	17-11	Q
		Andrzej Lis • Mariusz Strzałka • Leszek Swornowski • Piotr Jabłkowski
3	–	Cuba	CUB	0-2	5-27
		Efigenio Favier • Guillermo Betancourt • Heriberto González • Pedro Hernández

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Piste 2	Soviet Union	URS	7 – 5	Poland	POL
Match #2	30 Jul	Piste 2	Soviet Union	URS	15 – 1	Cuba	CUB
Match #3	30 Jul	Piste 2	Poland	POL	12 – 4	Cuba	CUB

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Hungary	HUN	2-0	17-9	Q
		Ernő Kolczonay • István Osztrics • László Pető • Jenő Pap • Péter Takács
2	–	Czechoslovakia	TCH	1-1	14-12	Q
		Jaroslav Jurka • Jaromír Holub • Jiří Douba • Jiří Adam • Oldřich Kubišta
3	–	Finland	FIN	0-2	11-21
		Heikki Hulkkonen • Kimmo Puranen • Peter Grönholm • Peder Planting • Mikko Salminen

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Piste 3	Hungary	HUN	9 – 1	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #2	30 Jul	Piste 3	Hungary	HUN	8 – 8	Finland	FIN
Match #3	30 Jul	Piste 3	Czechoslovakia	TCH	13 – 3	Finland	FIN

Pool #4

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	France	FRA	2-0	25-6	Q
		Philippe Boisse • Hubert Gardas • Philippe Riboud • Patrick Picot • Michel Salesse
2	–	Romania	ROU	1-1	18-13	Q
		Ioan Popa • Octavian Zidaru • Anton Pongratz • Costică Bărăgan • Petru Kuki
3	–	Kuwait	KUW	0-2	4-28
		Ebrahim Al-Cattan • Osama Al-Khurafi • Mohamed Al-Thuwani • Kazem Hasan • Kifah Al-Mutawa

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Piste 4	France	FRA	9 – 6	Romania	ROU
Match #2	30 Jul	Piste 4	France	FRA	16 – 0	Kuwait	KUW
Match #3	30 Jul	Piste 4	Romania	ROU	12 – 4	Kuwait	KUW

Quarter-Finals

Date	31 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Piste 1	Poland	POL	8 – 6	Sweden	SWE
Match #2	31 Jul	Piste 2	Romania	ROU	8 – 5	Hungary	HUN
Match #3	31 Jul	Piste 7	France	FRA	9 – 3	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match #4	31 Jul	Piste 4	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 2	Great Britain	GBR

Semi-Finals

Date	31 July 1980
Format	Classification matches for places 1-8.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Piste 3	Poland	POL	8 – 4	Romania	ROU
Match #2	31 Jul	Piste 2	France	FRA	9 – 3	Soviet Union	URS

Classification Round 5-8

Date	31 July 1980
Format	Classification matches for places 1-8.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Piste 1	Czechoslovakia	TCH	9 – 4	Great Britain	GBR
Match #2	31 Jul	Piste 4	Sweden	SWE	9 – 4	Hungary	HUN

Final Pool

Date	31 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	31 Jul	Piste Final	France	FRA	8 – 4	Poland	POL
Match 3/4	31 Jul	Piste 3	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 5	Romania	ROU
Match 5/6	31 Jul	Piste 3	Sweden	SWE	9 – 2	Czechoslovakia	TCH
Match 7/8	31 Jul		Great Britain	GBR	Not supported	Hungary	HUN	walkover