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Foil, Team, Men

Date4 – 5 August 1984
StatusOlympic
LocationExhibit Hall, Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, Long Beach, California
Participants65 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.

PosNumberCompetitorsNOC
1–ItalyITAGold
Mauro Numa • Andrea Borella • Andrea Cipressa • Stefano Cerioni • Angelo Scuri • Luca Vitalesta (DNS)
2–West GermanyFRGSilver
Harald Hein • Matthias Behr • Mathias Gey • Klaus Reichert • Frank Beck
3–FranceFRABronze
Frédéric Pietruszka • Pascal Jolyot • Patrick Groc • Philippe Omnès • Marc Cerboni
4–AustriaAUT
Benny Wendt • Dieter Kotlowski • Georg Somloi • Robert Blaschka • Georg Loisel
5–United StatesUSA
Mike Marx • Greg Massialas • Peter Lewison • Mark Smith • Mike McCahey
6–Great BritainGBR
Bill Gosbee • Pierre Harper • Nick Bell • Rob Bruniges • Graham Paul
7–People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Chu Shisheng • Cui Yining • Yu Yifeng • Wang Wei • Zhang Jian • Liu Yunhong
8–BelgiumBEL
Thierry Soumagne • Peter Joos • Stefan Joos • Stéphane Ganeff
9–JapanJPN
Nobuyuki Azuma • Yoshihiko Kanatsu • Hidehachi Koyasu • Tadashi Shimokawa • Kenichi Umezawa
10–ArgentinaARG
Csaba Gaspar • Sergio Lucchetti • Marcelo Magnasco • Sergio Turiace
11–KuwaitKUW
Ahmed Al-Ahmed • Khaled Al-Awadhi • Kifah Al-Mutawa • Mohamed Ghaloum
12–EgyptEGY
Ahmed Diab • Abdel Monem El-Husseini • Bilal Rifaat • Khaled Abdulrahman
13–LebanonLBN
Henri Darricau • Yves Daniel Darricau • Dany Haddad • Michel Youssef
14–Hong KongHKG
Jerome Ko • Rod Lai • Terence Lam • Neutron Liu • Denis Cunningham (DNS)
DNS178Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKSA
Khaled Fahd Al-Rasheed • Abdullah Al-Salim • Abdullah Al-Zawayed • Majed Abdul Rahim Habib Ullah

Round One

Date4 August 1984 — 9:00
FormatTop 2 in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool #1

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCMatchesBouts
1–ItalyITA2-018-4Q
Andrea Borella • Andrea Cipressa • Stefano Cerioni • Angelo Scuri
2–United StatesUSA1-112-11Q
Mike Marx • Greg Massialas • Peter Lewison • Mark Smith • Mike McCahey
3–EgyptEGY0-23-18
Ahmed Diab • Abdel Monem El-Husseini • Bilal Rifaat • Khaled Abdulrahman
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #104 AugItalyITA9 – 3United StatesUSA
Match #204 AugItalyITA9 – 1EgyptEGY
Match #304 AugUnited StatesUSA9 – 2EgyptEGY

Pool #2

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCMatchesBouts
1–West GermanyFRG3-027-6Q
Harald Hein • Mathias Gey • Klaus Reichert • Frank Beck
2–Great BritainGBR2-119-17Q
Bill Gosbee • Pierre Harper • Nick Bell • Rob Bruniges • Graham Paul
3–JapanJPN1-221-18
Nobuyuki Azuma • Yoshihiko Kanatsu • Hidehachi Koyasu • Tadashi Shimokawa • Kenichi Umezawa
4–Hong KongHKG0-31-27
Jerome Ko • Rod Lai • Terence Lam • Neutron Liu
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #104 AugWest GermanyFRG9 – 4JapanJPN
Match #204 AugWest GermanyFRG9 – 2Great BritainGBR
Match #304 AugWest GermanyFRG9 – 0Hong KongHKG
Match #404 AugGreat BritainGBR8 – 8JapanJPN
Match #504 AugJapanJPN9 – 1Hong KongHKG
Match #604 AugGreat BritainGBR9 – 0Hong KongHKG

Pool #3

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCMatchesBouts
1–FranceFRA2-018-6Q
Frédéric Pietruszka • Pascal Jolyot • Patrick Groc • Philippe Omnès • Marc Cerboni
2–AustriaAUT1-113-13Q
Benny Wendt • Dieter Kotlowski • Georg Somloi • Robert Blaschka • Georg Loisel
3–ArgentinaARG0-26-18
Csaba Gaspar • Sergio Lucchetti • Marcelo Magnasco • Sergio Turiace
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #104 AugFranceFRA9 – 4AustriaAUT
Match #204 AugFranceFRA9 – 2ArgentinaARG
Match #304 AugAustriaAUT9 – 4ArgentinaARG

Pool #4

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCMatchesBouts
1–BelgiumBEL3-026-9Q
Thierry Soumagne • Peter Joos • Stefan Joos • Stéphane Ganeff
2–People's Republic of ChinaCHN2-126-15Q
Chu Shisheng • Yu Yifeng • Wang Wei • Liu Yunhong • Zhang Jian
3–KuwaitKUW0-24-18
Ahmed Al-Ahmed • Khaled Al-Awadhi • Kifah Al-Mutawa • Mohamed Ghaloum
4–LebanonLBN0-24-18
Henri Darricau • Yves Daniel Darricau • Dany Haddad • Michel Youssef
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #104 AugBelgiumBEL8 – 8People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #204 AugBelgiumBEL9 – 1KuwaitKUW
Match #304 AugBelgiumBEL9 – 0LebanonLBN
Match #404 AugPeople's Republic of ChinaCHN9 – 3KuwaitKUW
Match #504 AugPeople's Republic of ChinaCHN9 – 4LebanonLBN
Match #604 Aug

Quarter-Finals

Date5 August 1984
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #105 AugItalyITA9 – 2Great BritainGBR
Match #205 AugFranceFRA9 – 4People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #305 AugAustriaAUT9 – 4BelgiumBEL
Match #405 AugWest GermanyFRG9 – 2United StatesUSA

Semi-Finals

Date5 August 1984
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #105 AugItalyITA9 – 7FranceFRA
Match #205 AugWest GermanyFRG9 – 3AustriaAUT

Classification Round 5-8

Date5 August 1984
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #105 AugGreat BritainGBR9 – 4People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #205 AugUnited StatesUSANot supportedBelgiumBELwalkover

Final Pool

Date5 August 1984 — 9:00
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/205 AugItalyITA8 – 7West GermanyFRG
Match 3/405 AugFranceFRA9 – 3AustriaAUT
Match 5/605 AugUnited StatesUSA9 – 6Great BritainGBR
Match 7/805 AugPeople's Republic of ChinaCHNNot supportedBelgiumBELwalkover