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Épée, Team, Men

Date10 – 11 August 1984
StatusOlympic
LocationTerrace Theater, Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, Long Beach, California / Exhibit Hall, Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, Long Beach, California
Participants75 from 16 countries

France, World champions in 1982 and 1983, were considered favourites for the Olympic title as Philippe Boisse and Philippe Riboud had won gold and bronze in the individual event in Los Angeles. They duly reached the final against West Germany but the German team, which included 1980 Olympic champion Alexander Pusch and reigning World champion Elmar Borrmann, rose to the occasion and win gold with 9-5 victory over the French. Italy defeated Canada for bronze.

PosNumberCompetitorsNOC
1West GermanyFRGGold
Elmar BorrmannVolker FischerGerhard HeerRafael NickelAlexander Pusch
2FranceFRASilver
Philippe BoisseJean-Michel HenryOlivier LengletPhilippe RiboudMichel Salesse
3ItalyITABronze
Stefano BelloneSandro CuomoCosimo FerroRoberto ManziAngelo Mazzoni
4CanadaCAN
Jacques CardynJean-Marc ChouinardAlain CôtéMichel DessureaultDaniel Perreault
5SwedenSWE
Jerri BergströmGreger ForslöwKent HjerpeJonas RosénBjörne Väggö
6People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Cui YiningPang JinZhao ZhizhongZong Xiangqing
7Republic of KoreaKOR
Kim Bong-ManKim Seong-MunLee Il-HuiMin Gyeong-SeungYun Nam-Jin
8Great BritainGBR
Ralph JohnsonJohn LlewellynNeal MallettSteven PaulJonathan Stanbury
9SwitzerlandSUI
Olivier CarrardDaniel GigerGabriel NigonMichel PoffetFrançois SuchaneckiJean-Blaise Evéquoz (DNS)Gérald Pfefferle (DNS)
10United StatesUSA
Robert MarxJohn MoreauPeter SchifrinLee ShelleyStephen Trevor
11NorwayNOR
Paal FrisvoldNils KoppangJohn Hugo PedersenIvar SchjøttBård Vonen
12EgyptEGY
Ihab MufrihAhmed DiabAbdel Monem SalemKhaled Abdulrahman
13ArgentinaARG
Csaba GasparSergio LucchettiMarcelo MagnascoSergio Turiace
14KuwaitKUW
Osama Al-KhurafiAbdul Nasser Al-SayeghAli HasanKazem HasanMohamed Al-Thuwani
15Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKSA
Mohamed Ahmed Abu AliRashid Fahd Al-RasheedJamil Mohamed BubashitNassar Al-DosariFahad Mousa Al-Baishi (DNS)
16Hong KongHKG
Denis CunninghamRod LaiTerence LamNeutron Liu
DNSBelgiumBEL
Stéphane GaneffPeter JoosStefan JoosThierry Soumagne

Round One

Date10 August 1984 — 9:00
FormatTop two teams in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool #1

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCMatchesMatches TiedBouts
1FranceFRA2-0126-9Q
Philippe BoisseJean-Michel HenryOlivier LengletPhilippe RiboudMichel Salesse
2People's Republic of ChinaCHN2-1019-13Q
Cui YiningPang JinZhao ZhizhongZong Xiangqing
3United StatesUSA1-1120-22
Robert MarxJohn MoreauPeter SchifrinLee ShelleyStephen Trevor
4Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKSA0-305-26
Mohamed Ahmed Abu AliRashid Fahd Al-RasheedJamil Mohamed BubashitNassar Al-Dosari
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #110 AugFranceFRA9 – 1People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #210 AugFranceFRA8 – 8United StatesUSADraw
Match #310 AugFranceFRA9 – 0Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKSA
Match #410 AugPeople's Republic of ChinaCHN9 – 4United StatesUSA
Match #510 AugPeople's Republic of ChinaCHN9 – 0Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKSA
Match #610 AugUnited StatesUSA8 – 5Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKSA

Pool #2

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCMatchesBouts
1West GermanyFRG3-027-6Q
Elmar BorrmannVolker FischerGerhard HeerRafael NickelAlexander Pusch
2Great BritainGBR2-121-13Q
Ralph JohnsonJohn LlewellynNeal MallettSteven PaulJonathan Stanbury
3NorwayNOR1-215-20
Paal FrisvoldNils KoppangJohn Hugo PedersenIvar SchjøttBård Vonen
4Hong KongHKG0-33-27
Denis CunninghamRod LaiTerence LamNeutron Liu
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #110 AugWest GermanyFRG9 – 3Great BritainGBR
Match #210 AugWest GermanyFRG9 – 2NorwayNOR
Match #310 AugWest GermanyFRG9 – 1Hong KongHKG
Match #410 AugGreat BritainGBR9 – 4NorwayNOR
Match #510 AugGreat BritainGBR9 – 0Hong KongHKG
Match #610 AugNorwayNOR9 – 2Hong KongHKG

Pool #3

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCMatchesBouts
1ItalyITA3-027-6Q
Stefano BelloneSandro CuomoCosimo FerroRoberto ManziAngelo Mazzoni
2CanadaCAN2-121-12Q
Jacques CardynJean-Marc ChouinardAlain CôtéMichel DessureaultDaniel Perreault
3EgyptEGY1-29-21
Ihab MufrihAhmed DiabAbdel Monem SalemKhaled Abdulrahman
4ArgentinaARG0-38-26
Csaba GasparSergio LucchettiMarcelo MagnascoSergio Turiace
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #110 AugItalyITA9 – 5CanadaCAN
Match #210 AugItalyITA9 – 0EgyptEGY
Match #310 AugItalyITA9 – 1ArgentinaARG
Match #410 AugCanadaCAN8 – 0EgyptEGY
Match #510 AugCanadaCAN8 – 3ArgentinaARG
Match #610 AugEgyptEGY9 – 4ArgentinaARG

Pool #4

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCMatchesBouts
1Republic of KoreaKOR2-121-14Q
Kim Bong-ManKim Seong-MunLee Il-HuiMin Gyeong-SeungYun Nam-Jin
2SwedenSWE2-120-13Q
Jerri BergströmGreger ForslöwKent HjerpeJonas RosénBjörne Väggö
3SwitzerlandSUI2-122-16
Olivier CarrardDaniel GigerGabriel NigonMichel PoffetFrançois Suchanecki
4KuwaitKUW0-37-27
Osama Al-KhurafiAbdul Nasser Al-SayeghAli HasanKazem HasanMohamed Al-Thuwani
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #110 AugRepublic of KoreaKOR7 – 3SwedenSWE
Match #210 AugSwedenSWE8 – 4SwitzerlandSUI
Match #310 AugSwedenSWE9 – 2KuwaitKUW
Match #410 AugSwitzerlandSUI9 – 5Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #510 AugRepublic of KoreaKOR9 – 1KuwaitKUW
Match #610 AugSwitzerlandSUI9 – 3KuwaitKUW

Quarter-Finals

Date11 August 1984
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #111 AugWest GermanyFRG9 – 2People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #211 AugItalyITA9 – 2SwedenSWE
Match #311 AugCanadaCAN8 – 5Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #411 AugFranceFRA9 – 3Great BritainGBR

Semi-Finals

Date11 August 1984
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #111 AugWest GermanyFRG9 – 1CanadaCAN
Match #211 AugFranceFRA9 – 4ItalyITA

Classification Round 5-8

Date11 August 1984
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #111 AugPeople's Republic of ChinaCHN8 – 5Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #211 AugSwedenSWE8 – 4Great BritainGBR

Final Pool

Date11 August 1984 — 9:00
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/211 AugWest GermanyFRG8 – 5FranceFRA
Match 3/411 AugItalyITA8 – 2CanadaCAN
Match 5/611 AugSwedenSWE8 – 6People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match 7/811 AugRepublic of KoreaKOR8 – 8Great BritainGBR