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Épée, Team, Men

Date	29 – 30 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Pen-sing Gyeong-ji-jang, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul
Participants	85 from 18 countries

The final of the team épée was a rematch of the final from the Los Angeles Olympics between West Germany and France. France had already eliminated the World Champion team from the Soviet Union in the semi-finals. In 1984 West Germany recorded a comfortable victory over France but in 1988 the tables were turned and the French, with Olivier Lenglet winning all his bouts, recorded an easy 8-3 victory. The Soviet Union’s bronze medal was their last in the sport of fencing.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC
1	–	France	FRA	Gold
		Frédéric Delpla • Jean-Michel Henry • Olivier Lenglet • Philippe Riboud • Éric Srecki
2	–	West Germany	FRG	Silver
		Elmar Borrmann • Volker Fischer • Thomas Gerull • Alexander Pusch • Arnd Schmitt
3	–	Soviet Union	URS	Bronze
		Andrey Shuvalov • Pavel Kolobkov • Vladimir Reznichenko • Mikhail Tishko • Igor Tikhomirov
4	–	Italy	ITA
		Stefano Bellone • Andrea Bermond Des Ambrois • Sandro Cuomo • Angelo Mazzoni • Stefano Pantano
5	–	Switzerland	SUI
		Patrice Gaille • André Kuhn • Zsolt Madarasz • Gérald Pfefferle • Michel Poffet
6	–	Hungary	HUN
		László Fábián • Ferenc Hegedűs • Ernő Kolczonay • Szabolcs Pásztor • Zoltán Székely
7	–	Republic of Korea	KOR
		Jo Hui-Je • Lee Il-Hui • Lee Sang-Gi • Yang Dal-Sik • Yun Nam-Jin
8	–	Sweden	SWE
		Johan Bergdahl • Jerri Bergström • Otto Drakenberg • Ulf Sandegren • Péter Vánky
9	–	Colombia	COL
		Óscar Arango • William González Taborda • Juan Miguel Paz • Joaquín Pinto • Mauricio Rivas
10	–	Poland	POL
		Ludomir Chronowski • Witold Gadomski • Piotr Kiełpikowski • Cezary Siess • Bogusław Zych
11	–	United States	USA
		Robert Marx • Lee Shelley • Rob Stull • Stephen Trevor • John Moreau (DNS)
12	–	Canada	CAN
		Ian Bramall • Jean-Marc Chouinard • Alain Côté • Michel Dessureault • Danek Nowosielski
13	–	Spain	ESP
		Ángel Fernández • Óscar Fernández • Raúl Maroto • Fernando de la Peña • Manuel Pereira
14	–	Netherlands	NED
		Paul Besselink • Michiel Driessen • Stéphane Ganeff • Arwin Kardolus • Olaf Kardolus
15	–	Brazil	BRA
		Régis Ávila • Douglas Fonseca • Roberto Lazzarini • Antônio Machado
16	–	Bahrain	BRN
		Ahmed Al-Doseri • Saleh Sultan Farhan Faraj • Abdul Rahman Khalid • Khalifa Khamis
17	–	Hong Kong	HKG
		Chan Kai Sang • Choy Kam Shing • Tang Wing Keung • Tong King King
18	–	Kuwait	KUW
		Mohamed Al-Hamar • Younes Al-Mashmoum • Nahedh Al-Murdh • Khaled Jahrami

Round One

Date	29 September 1988 — 8:30
Format	Teams ranked 1-4, based on percentage of wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to quarter-finals. Teams ranked 5-12, based on percentage of wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to round two.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Matches Won %%%	Bouts	Bouts Won Margin
=1	France	FRA	2-0	1.000	18-4	14	Q
=1	Hungary	HUN	2-0	1.000	18-4	14	q
3	West Germany	FRG	2-0	1.000	18-5	13	Q
4	Soviet Union	URS	2-0	1.000	17-4	13	Q
5	Switzerland	SUI	2-0	1.000	17-8	9	q
6	Italy	ITA	2-0	1.000	16-11	5	Q
7	Colombia	COL	1-1	0.500	16-10	6	q
8	Poland	POL	1-1	0.500	13-10	3	q
9	United States	USA	1-1	0.500	11-10	1	q
10	Republic of Korea	KOR	1-1	0.500	15-15	0	q
11	Sweden	SWE	1-1	0.500	12-12	0	q
12	Canada	CAN	1-1	0.500	11-16	-5	q
13	Spain	ESP	0-2	0.000	12-17	-5
14	Netherlands	NED	0-2	0.000	8-16	-8
=15	Brazil	BRA	0-2	0.000	4-18	-14
=15	Bahrain	BRN	0-2	0.000	4-18	-14
17	Hong Kong	HKG	0-2	0.000	3-18	-15
18	Kuwait	KUW	0-2	0.000	1-18	-17

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	West Germany	FRG	2-0	18-5
		Elmar Borrmann • Volker Fischer • Thomas Gerull • Alexander Pusch • Arnd Schmitt
2	–	United States	USA	1-1	11-10
		Robert Marx • Lee Shelley • Rob Stull • Stephen Trevor
3	–	Brazil	BRA	0-2	4-18
		Régis Ávila • Douglas Fonseca • Roberto Lazzarini • Antônio Machado

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	West Germany	FRG	9 – 2	United States	USA
Match #2	29 Sep	West Germany	FRG	9 – 3	Brazil	BRA
Match #3	29 Sep	United States	USA	9 – 1	Brazil	BRA

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Soviet Union	URS	2-0	17-4
		Andrey Shuvalov • Pavel Kolobkov • Vladimir Reznichenko • Mikhail Tishko • Igor Tikhomirov
2	–	Canada	CAN	1-1	11-16
		Ian Bramall • Jean-Marc Chouinard • Alain Côté • Michel Dessureault • Danek Nowosielski
3	–	Netherlands	NED	0-2	8-16
		Paul Besselink • Michiel Driessen • Stéphane Ganeff • Arwin Kardolus • Olaf Kardolus

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 3	Canada	CAN
Match #2	29 Sep	Soviet Union	URS	8 – 1	Netherlands	NED
Match #3	29 Sep	Canada	CAN	8 – 7	Netherlands	NED

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	France	FRA	2-0	18-4
		Frédéric Delpla • Jean-Michel Henry • Olivier Lenglet • Philippe Riboud • Éric Srecki
2	–	Poland	POL	1-1	13-10
		Ludomir Chronowski • Witold Gadomski • Piotr Kiełpikowski • Cezary Siess
3	–	Kuwait	KUW	0-2	1-18
		Mohamed Al-Hamar • Younes Al-Mashmoum • Nahedh Al-Murdh • Khaled Jahrami

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	France	FRA	9 – 4	Poland	POL
Match #2	29 Sep	France	FRA	9 – 0	Kuwait	KUW
Match #3	29 Sep	Poland	POL	9 – 1	Kuwait	KUW

Pool #4

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Bouts	Touches
1	–	Italy	ITA	2-0	16-11
		Stefano Bellone • Andrea Bermond Des Ambrois • Sandro Cuomo • Angelo Mazzoni • Stefano Pantano
2	–	Republic of Korea	KOR	1-1	15-15
		Jo Hui-Je • Lee Il-Hui • Lee Sang-Gi • Yang Dal-Sik • Yun Nam-Jin
3	–	Spain	ESP	0-2	12-17
		Ángel Fernández • Óscar Fernández • Raúl Maroto • Fernando de la Peña • Manuel Pereira

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	Italy	ITA	8 – 6	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #2	29 Sep	Italy	ITA	8 – 5	Spain	ESP
Match #3	29 Sep	Republic of Korea	KOR	9 – 7	Spain	ESP

Pool #5

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Bouts	Touches
1	–	Switzerland	SUI	2-0	17-8
		Patrice Gaille • André Kuhn • Zsolt Madarasz • Gérald Pfefferle • Michel Poffet
2	–	Colombia	COL	1-1	16-10
		Óscar Arango • Juan Miguel Paz • Joaquín Pinto • Mauricio Rivas
3	–	Hong Kong	HKG	0-2	3-18
		Chan Kai Sang • Choy Kam Shing • Tang Wing Keung • Tong King King

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	Switzerland	SUI	8 – 7	Colombia	COL
Match #2	29 Sep	Switzerland	SUI	9 – 1	Hong Kong	HKG
Match #3	29 Sep	Colombia	COL	9 – 2	Hong Kong	HKG

Pool #6

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Bouts	Touches
1	–	Hungary	HUN	2-0	18-4
		László Fábián • Ferenc Hegedűs • Ernő Kolczonay • Szabolcs Pásztor • Zoltán Székely
2	–	Sweden	SWE	1-1	12-12
		Johan Bergdahl • Jerri Bergström • Otto Drakenberg • Ulf Sandegren • Péter Vánky
3	–	Bahrain	BRN	0-2	4-18
		Ahmed Al-Doseri • Saleh Sultan Farhan Faraj • Abdul Rahman Khalid • Khalifa Khamis

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	Hungary	HUN	9 – 3	Sweden	SWE
Match #2	29 Sep	Hungary	HUN	9 – 1	Bahrain	BRN
Match #3	29 Sep	Sweden	SWE	9 – 3	Bahrain	BRN

Round Two

Date	30 September 1988
Format	Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Sep		Soviet Union	URS				bye
Match #2	30 Sep		France	FRA				bye
Match #3	30 Sep		Italy	ITA				bye
Match #4	30 Sep		West Germany	FRG				bye
Match #5	30 Sep	Piste 15	Sweden	SWE	9 – 6	Poland	POL
Match #6	30 Sep	Piste 2	Hungary	HUN	8 – 3	United States	USA
Match #7	30 Sep	Piste 4	Switzerland	SUI	9 – 6	Canada	CAN
Match #8	30 Sep	Piste 12	Republic of Korea	KOR	9 – 4	Colombia	COL

Quarter-Finals

Date	30 September 1988
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Sep	Piste 15	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 5	Sweden	SWE
Match #2	30 Sep	Piste 2	France	FRA	8 – 7	Hungary	HUN
Match #3	30 Sep	Piste 4	Italy	ITA	9 – 5	Switzerland	SUI
Match #4	30 Sep	Piste 12	West Germany	FRG	8 – 6	Republic of Korea	KOR

Semi-Finals

Date	30 September 1988

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Sep	Piste 15	France	FRA	9 – 5	Soviet Union	URS
Match #2	30 Sep	Piste 2	West Germany	FRG	8 – 7	Italy	ITA

Classification Round 5-8

Date	30 September 1988

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	30 Sep	Piste 12	Hungary	HUN	8 – 5	Sweden	SWE
Match #2	30 Sep	Piste 4	Switzerland	SUI	8 – 8	Republic of Korea	KOR

Final Pool

Date	30 September 1988 — 9:00
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	30 Sep	Piste Final	France	FRA	8 – 3	West Germany	FRG
Match 3/4	30 Sep	Piste Final	Soviet Union	URS	8 – 8	Italy	ITA
Match 5/6	30 Sep	Piste 12	Switzerland	SUI	8 – 4	Hungary	HUN
Match 7/8	30 Sep	Piste 4	Republic of Korea	KOR	8 – 8	Sweden	SWE