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Sabre, Team, Men

Date28 – 29 July 1980
StatusOlympic
LocationFutbolny polya, Legkoatletichesky futbolny kompleks, Moskva
Participants39 from 8 countries

It would have taken a brave man to have predicted anything other than a Soviet victory in the team sabre. After all they were World Champions in 1979, where they also swept the medals individually, and had just provided the winners of gold and silver in the individual foil. As such it came as a great shock when they lost their opening match against Romania by 9-7. They recovered to reach the semi-finals where, largely through the efforts of Viktor Krovopuskov, they defeated Hungary in a close fought contest. The Soviets finally regained their best form in the final and trounced Poland by 9-2 to retain the Olympic title. Hungary beat Poland for bronze.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Soviet UnionURSGold
Viktor SidyakVladimir NazlymovViktor KrovopuskovMikhail BurtsevNikolay Alyokhin
2ItalyITASilver
Mario Aldo MontanoMichele MaffeiFerdinando MeglioMarco RomanoGiovanni Scalzo
3HungaryHUNBronze
Imre GedőváriPál GerevichFerenc HammangRudolf NébaldGyörgy Nébald
4PolandPOL
Tadeusz PigułaLeszek JabłonowskiJacek BierkowskiAndrzej KostrzewaMarian Sypniewski
5RomaniaROU
Ioan PopMarin MustațăCornel MarinIon PantelimonescuAlexandru Nilca
6East GermanyGDR
Rüdiger MüllerHendrik JungPeter UlbrichFrank-Eberhard HöltjeGerd May
7CubaCUB
Manuel OrtizJesús OrtizJosé LaverdezaGuzmán Salazar
8BulgariaBUL
Hristo EtropolskiNikolay MarincheshkiVasil EtropolskiGeorgi ChomakovMarin Ivanov
DNSFranceFRA
Philippe BonninBruno BoscherieDidier FlamentJean-François Lamour

Round One (28 July 1980)

Top two teams, based on percentages of wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to semi-finals. Teams ranked 3-6, based on percentages of wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to quarter-finals.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMTMLMW%%%Bouts WonBouts LostBWM
1Soviet UnionURS1010.50017143Q
2ItalyITA1001.000871Q
3PolandPOL2001.00018144q
4RomaniaROU1010.50016160q
5East GermanyGDR0110.2501517-2q
6HungaryHUN0010.00078-1q
7CubaCUB1010.5001417-3
8BulgariaBUL0110.2501517-2
DNSFranceFRA

Pool 1

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1Soviet UnionURS111714
Viktor SidyakVladimir NazlymovViktor KrovopuskovMikhail BurtsevNikolay Alyokhin
2RomaniaROU111616
Ioan PopMarin MustațăCornel MarinAlexandru NilcaIon Pantelimonescu
3CubaCUB111417
Manuel OrtizJesús OrtizJosé LaverdezaGuzmán Salazar

Match #1 ROU 9 – 7URS
Match #2 URS 10 – 5CUB
Match #3 CUB 9 – 7ROU

Pool 2

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMTMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1PolandPOL2001814
Tadeusz PigułaLeszek JabłonowskiJacek BierkowskiAndrzej Kostrzewa
2East GermanyGDR0111517
Rüdiger MüllerHendrik JungPeter UlbrichFrank-Eberhard HöltjeGerd May
3BulgariaBUL0111517
Hristo EtropolskiNikolay MarincheshkiVasil EtropolskiGeorgi ChomakovMarin Ivanov

Match #1 POL 9 – 7GDR
Match #2 POL 9 – 7BUL
Match #3 GDR 8 – 8BUL

Pool 3

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1ItalyITA1087
Mario Aldo MontanoMichele MaffeiFerdinando MeglioMarco Romano
2HungaryHUN0178
Imre GedőváriGyörgy NébaldFerenc HammangRudolf NébaldPál Gerevich
DNSFranceFRA
Philippe BonninBruno BoscherieDidier FlamentJean-François Lamour

Match #1 ITA 8 – 7HUN

Quarter-Finals (29 July 1980)

Winner of each pool advanced to round three. Losers to 5-6 placement match.

Match #1 POL 9 – 7ROU
Match #2 HUN 9 – 7GDR

Semi-Finals (29 July 1980)

Winner of each match advanced to final.

Match #1 ITA 10 – 5POL
Match #2 URS 8 – 6HUN

Final Pool (29 July 1980)

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