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Foil, Team, Men

Date	4 – 5 August 1984
Status	Olympic
Location	Exhibit Hall, Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, Long Beach, California
Participants	65 from 14 countries

The reigning World Champions from West Germany would not face opposition from either East Germany or Cuba, the other medallists in 1983, nor from the Soviet Union who had usually been the best in the world since the last Olympics. West Germany, Italy and France, whose fencers had impressed during the individual event, were joined by underdogs Austria in the semi-finals. The Austrians proved no match for the Germans in one semi-final but the other between Italy and France was much closer and was won by the Italians only by 9-7. A few days after winning individual gold, Italy’s Mauro Numa added another gold with a faultless display that enabled his team to defeat West Germany and win the event for the first time since 1956.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC
1	–	Italy	ITA	Gold
		Mauro Numa • Andrea Borella • Andrea Cipressa • Stefano Cerioni • Angelo Scuri • Luca Vitalesta (DNS)
2	–	West Germany	FRG	Silver
		Harald Hein • Matthias Behr • Mathias Gey • Klaus Reichert • Frank Beck
3	–	France	FRA	Bronze
		Frédéric Pietruszka • Pascal Jolyot • Patrick Groc • Philippe Omnès • Marc Cerboni
4	–	Austria	AUT
		Benny Wendt • Dieter Kotlowski • Georg Somloi • Robert Blaschka • Georg Loisel
5	–	United States	USA
		Mike Marx • Greg Massialas • Peter Lewison • Mark Smith • Mike McCahey
6	–	Great Britain	GBR
		Bill Gosbee • Pierre Harper • Nick Bell • Rob Bruniges • Graham Paul
7	–	People's Republic of China	CHN
		Chu Shisheng • Cui Yining • Yu Yifeng • Wang Wei • Zhang Jian • Liu Yunhong
8	–	Belgium	BEL
		Thierry Soumagne • Peter Joos • Stefan Joos • Stéphane Ganeff
9	–	Japan	JPN
		Nobuyuki Azuma • Yoshihiko Kanatsu • Hidehachi Koyasu • Tadashi Shimokawa • Kenichi Umezawa
10	–	Argentina	ARG
		Csaba Gaspar • Sergio Lucchetti • Marcelo Magnasco • Sergio Turiace
11	–	Kuwait	KUW
		Ahmed Al-Ahmed • Khaled Al-Awadhi • Kifah Al-Mutawa • Mohamed Ghaloum
12	–	Egypt	EGY
		Ahmed Diab • Abdel Monem El-Husseini • Bilal Rifaat • Khaled Abdulrahman
13	–	Lebanon	LBN
		Henri Darricau • Yves Daniel Darricau • Dany Haddad • Michel Youssef
14	–	Hong Kong	HKG
		Jerome Ko • Rod Lai • Terence Lam • Neutron Liu • Denis Cunningham (DNS)
DNS	178	Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	KSA
		Khaled Fahd Al-Rasheed • Abdullah Al-Salim • Abdullah Al-Zawayed • Majed Abdul Rahim Habib Ullah

Round One

Date	4 August 1984 — 9:00
Format	Top two in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Italy	ITA	2-0	18-4	Q
		Andrea Borella • Andrea Cipressa • Stefano Cerioni • Angelo Scuri
2	–	United States	USA	1-1	12-11	Q
		Mike Marx • Greg Massialas • Peter Lewison • Mark Smith • Mike McCahey
3	–	Egypt	EGY	0-2	3-18
		Ahmed Diab • Abdel Monem El-Husseini • Bilal Rifaat • Khaled Abdulrahman

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	04 Aug	Italy	ITA	9 – 3	United States	USA
Match #2	04 Aug	Italy	ITA	9 – 1	Egypt	EGY
Match #3	04 Aug	United States	USA	9 – 2	Egypt	EGY

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	West Germany	FRG	3-0	27-6	Q
		Harald Hein • Mathias Gey • Klaus Reichert • Frank Beck
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	2-1	19-17	Q
		Bill Gosbee • Pierre Harper • Nick Bell • Rob Bruniges • Graham Paul
3	–	Japan	JPN	1-2	21-18
		Nobuyuki Azuma • Yoshihiko Kanatsu • Hidehachi Koyasu • Tadashi Shimokawa • Kenichi Umezawa
4	–	Hong Kong	HKG	0-3	1-27
		Jerome Ko • Rod Lai • Terence Lam • Neutron Liu

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	04 Aug	West Germany	FRG	9 – 4	Japan	JPN
Match #2	04 Aug	West Germany	FRG	9 – 2	Great Britain	GBR
Match #3	04 Aug	West Germany	FRG	9 – 0	Hong Kong	HKG
Match #4	04 Aug	Great Britain	GBR	8 – 8	Japan	JPN
Match #5	04 Aug	Japan	JPN	9 – 1	Hong Kong	HKG
Match #6	04 Aug	Great Britain	GBR	9 – 0	Hong Kong	HKG

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	France	FRA	2-0	18-6	Q
		Frédéric Pietruszka • Pascal Jolyot • Patrick Groc • Philippe Omnès • Marc Cerboni
2	–	Austria	AUT	1-1	13-13	Q
		Benny Wendt • Dieter Kotlowski • Georg Somloi • Robert Blaschka • Georg Loisel
3	–	Argentina	ARG	0-2	6-18
		Csaba Gaspar • Sergio Lucchetti • Marcelo Magnasco • Sergio Turiace

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	04 Aug	France	FRA	9 – 4	Austria	AUT
Match #2	04 Aug	France	FRA	9 – 2	Argentina	ARG
Match #3	04 Aug	Austria	AUT	9 – 4	Argentina	ARG

Pool #4

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Belgium	BEL	3-0	26-9	Q
		Thierry Soumagne • Peter Joos • Stefan Joos • Stéphane Ganeff
2	–	People's Republic of China	CHN	2-1	26-15	Q
		Chu Shisheng • Yu Yifeng • Wang Wei • Liu Yunhong • Zhang Jian
3	–	Kuwait	KUW	0-2	4-18
		Ahmed Al-Ahmed • Khaled Al-Awadhi • Kifah Al-Mutawa • Mohamed Ghaloum
4	–	Lebanon	LBN	0-2	4-18
		Henri Darricau • Yves Daniel Darricau • Dany Haddad • Michel Youssef

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	04 Aug	Belgium	BEL	8 – 8	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #2	04 Aug	Belgium	BEL	9 – 1	Kuwait	KUW
Match #3	04 Aug	Belgium	BEL	9 – 0	Lebanon	LBN
Match #4	04 Aug	People's Republic of China	CHN	9 – 3	Kuwait	KUW
Match #5	04 Aug	People's Republic of China	CHN	9 – 4	Lebanon	LBN
Match #6	04 Aug

Quarter-Finals

Date	5 August 1984
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	05 Aug	Italy	ITA	9 – 2	Great Britain	GBR
Match #2	05 Aug	France	FRA	9 – 4	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #3	05 Aug	Austria	AUT	9 – 4	Belgium	BEL
Match #4	05 Aug	West Germany	FRG	9 – 2	United States	USA

Semi-Finals

Date	5 August 1984

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	05 Aug	Italy	ITA	9 – 7	France	FRA
Match #2	05 Aug	West Germany	FRG	9 – 3	Austria	AUT

Classification Round 5-8

Date	5 August 1984

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	05 Aug	Great Britain	GBR	9 – 4	People's Republic of China	CHN
Match #2	05 Aug	United States	USA	Not supported	Belgium	BEL	walkover

Final Pool

Date	5 August 1984 — 9:00

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	05 Aug	Italy	ITA	8 – 7	West Germany	FRG
Match 3/4	05 Aug	France	FRA	9 – 3	Austria	AUT
Match 5/6	05 Aug	United States	USA	9 – 6	Great Britain	GBR
Match 7/8	05 Aug	People's Republic of China	CHN	Not supported	Belgium	BEL	walkover