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Foil, Team, Men

Date	15 – 16 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Memorial Hall, Waseda Daigaku, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	78 from 16 countries

After their success at the 1960 games, the Soviet Union had continued to be the strongest team in the world and had won three successive world titles in 1961, 1962 and 1963. They were untroubled in reaching the semi-final where they were joined by Poland, France and the surprise qualifiers, Japan, who had caused a major upset by eliminating Hungary. The Soviets and Poles were too good for their respective semi-final opponents and faced off for the gold medal. USSR beat Poland by 9-7 with a valuable contribution from German Sveshnikov who won all four of his matches and retained the title. Italy, who had won a medal in this event at every Olympic Games since 1928, were eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC
1	–	Soviet Union	URS	Gold
		Viktor Zhdanovich • Yury Sisikin • Mark Midler • German Sveshnikov • Yury Sharov
2	–	Poland	POL	Silver
		Zbigniew Skrudlik • Witold Woyda • Egon Franke • Ryszard Parulski • Jan Różycki • Henryk Nielaba (DNS)
3	–	France	FRA	Bronze
		Jean-Claude Magnan • Daniel Revenu • Jacky Courtillat • Pierre Rodocanachi • Christian Noël
4	–	Japan	JPN
		Kazuhiko Tabuchi • Fujio Shimizu • Kazuo Mano • Heizaburo Okawa • Sosuke Toda
5	–	Unified Team of Germany	GER
		Jürgen Brecht • Dieter Wellmann • Eberhard Mehl • Tim Gerresheim • Jürgen Theuerkauff • Dieter Schmitt (DNS)
6	–	Romania	ROU
		Tănase Mureșanu • Ion Drîmbă • Iuliu Falb • Ștefan Haukler • Attila Csipler
=7	–	Hungary	HUN
		Jenő Kamuti • László Kamuti • József Gyuricza • Sándor Szabó • Béla Gyarmati
=7	–	Italy	ITA
		Gianguido Milanesi • Pasquale La Ragione • Arcangelo Pinelli • Nicola Granieri • Mario Curletto
=9	–	United States	USA
		Larry Anastasi • Gene Glazer • Herb Cohen • Albie Axelrod • Ed Richards
=9	–	Great Britain	GBR
		Bill Hoskyns • Allan Jay • Sandy Leckie • Ralph Cooperman • Derrick Cawthorne
=9	–	United Arab Republic	EGY
		Moustafa Soheim • Farid El-Ashmawi • El-Hamy El-Husseini • Gamil Kalyoubi • Sameh Abdel Rahman
=9	–	Iran	IRI
		Houshmand Almasi • Nasser Madani • Shahpour Zarnegar • Bizhan Zarnegar
=13	–	Argentina	ARG
		Adolfo Bisellach • Jesús Taboada • Alberto Lanteri • Orlando Nannini • Félix Galimi
=13	–	Australia	AUS
		Gérard Tubier • David McKenzie • John Douglas • Brian McCowage • Ivan Lund
=13	–	Republic of Korea	KOR
		Sin Du-Ho • Han Myeong-Seok • Kim Man-Sik • Kim Chang-Hwan
=13	–	Colombia	COL
		Ignacio Posada • Dibier Tamayo • Emilio Echeverri • Ernesto Sastre • Humberto Posada

Round One

Date	15 October 1964 — 8:30
Format	Top 2 teams in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	% Matches Won	Bouts	Bouts Won Margin
1	Soviet Union	URS	2-0	1.000	26-0	26
2	Unified Team of Germany	GER	2-0	1.000	23-2	21
3	Japan	JPN	2-0	1.000	22-5	17
4	Hungary	HUN	2-0	1.000	22-7	15
5	Poland	POL	2-0	1.000	22-8	14
6	Italy	ITA	2-0	1.000	22-10	12
7	France	FRA	2-1	0.667	30-14	16
8	Romania	ROU	2-1	0.667	28-13	15
9	United States	USA	2-1	0.667	22-22	0
10	Great Britain	GBR	0-2	0.000	12-18	-6
11	United Arab Republic	EGY	0-2	0.000	9-20	-11
12	Australia	AUS	0-2	0.000	6-26	-20
13	Republic of Korea	KOR	0-2	0.000	3-24	-21
14	Iran	IRI	0-2	0.000	2-24	-22
15	Colombia	COL	0-2	0.000	0-25	-25
16	Argentina	ARG	0-3	0.000	5-36	-31

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	France	FRA	2-1	30-14	Q
		Jean-Claude Magnan • Daniel Revenu • Jacky Courtillat • Pierre Rodocanachi • Christian Noël
2	–	Romania	ROU	2-1	28-13	Q
		Tănase Mureșanu • Ion Drîmbă • Iuliu Falb • Ștefan Haukler • Attila Csipler
3	–	United States	USA	2-1	22-22
		Larry Anastasi • Gene Glazer • Herb Cohen • Albie Axelrod • Ed Richards
4	–	Argentina	ARG	0-3	5-36
		Adolfo Bisellach • Jesús Taboada • Alberto Lanteri • Orlando Nannini • Félix Galimi

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	15 Oct	Piste A	Romania	ROU	11 – 5	France	FRA
Match #2	15 Oct	Piste B	France	FRA	9 – 3	United States	USA
Match #3	15 Oct	Piste A	France	FRA	16 – 0	Argentina	ARG
Match #4	15 Oct	Piste B	United States	USA	8 – 8	Romania	ROU
Match #5	15 Oct	Piste A	Romania	ROU	9 – 0	Argentina	ARG
Match #6	15 Oct	Piste B	United States	USA	11 – 5	Argentina	ARG

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Poland	POL	2-0	22-8	Q
		Zbigniew Skrudlik • Witold Woyda • Ryszard Parulski • Jan Różycki
2	–	Italy	ITA	2-0	22-10	Q
		Gianguido Milanesi • Pasquale La Ragione • Arcangelo Pinelli • Nicola Granieri • Mario Curletto
3	–	Great Britain	GBR	0-2	12-18
		Bill Hoskyns • Allan Jay • Sandy Leckie • Ralph Cooperman • Derrick Cawthorne
4	–	Australia	AUS	0-2	6-26
		Gérard Tubier • David McKenzie • John Douglas • Brian McCowage • Ivan Lund

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	15 Oct	Piste C	Poland	POL	9 – 5	Great Britain	GBR
Match #2	15 Oct	Piste C	Poland	POL	13 – 3	Australia	AUS
Match #3	15 Oct	Piste D	Italy	ITA	9 – 7	Great Britain	GBR
Match #4	15 Oct	Piste D	Italy	ITA	13 – 3	Australia	AUS

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Japan	JPN	2-0	22-5	Q
		Kazuhiko Tabuchi • Fujio Shimizu • Kazuo Mano • Heizaburo Okawa • Sosuke Toda
2	–	Hungary	HUN	2-0	22-7	Q
		Jenő Kamuti • László Kamuti • József Gyuricza • Sándor Szabó • Béla Gyarmati
3	–	United Arab Republic	EGY	0-2	9-20
		Moustafa Soheim • Farid El-Ashmawi • El-Hamy El-Husseini • Gamil Kalyoubi • Sameh Abdel Rahman
4	–	Republic of Korea	KOR	0-2	3-24
		Sin Du-Ho • Han Myeong-Seok • Kim Man-Sik • Kim Chang-Hwan

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	15 Oct	Piste G	Japan	JPN	11 – 5	United Arab Republic	EGY
Match #2	15 Oct	Piste G	Japan	JPN	11 – 0	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #3	15 Oct	Piste E	Hungary	HUN	9 – 4	United Arab Republic	EGY
Match #4	15 Oct	Piste F	Hungary	HUN	13 – 3	Republic of Korea	KOR

Pool #4

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Soviet Union	URS	2-0	26-0	Q
		Viktor Zhdanovich • Yury Sisikin • Mark Midler • German Sveshnikov • Yury Sharov
2	–	Unified Team of Germany	GER	2-0	23-2	Q
		Jürgen Brecht • Dieter Wellmann • Eberhard Mehl • Tim Gerresheim • Jürgen Theuerkauff
3	–	Iran	IRI	0-2	2-24
		Houshmand Almasi • Nasser Madani • Shahpour Zarnegar • Bizhan Zarnegar
4	–	Colombia	COL	0-2	0-25
		Ignacio Posada • Dibier Tamayo • Emilio Echeverri • Ernesto Sastre • Humberto Posada

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	15 Oct	Piste H	Soviet Union	URS	10 – 0	Iran	IRI
Match #2	15 Oct	Piste H	Soviet Union	URS	16 – 0	Colombia	COL
Match #3	15 Oct	Piste I	Unified Team of Germany	GER	14 – 2	Iran	IRI
Match #4	15 Oct	Piste I	Unified Team of Germany	GER	9 – 0	Colombia	COL

Quarter-Finals

Date	15 October 1964
Format	Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	15 Oct	Piste I	Poland	POL	9 – 2	Romania	ROU
Match #2	15 Oct	Piste F	France	FRA	9 – 5	Italy	ITA
Match #3	15 Oct	Piste H	Japan	JPN	9 – 7	Hungary	HUN
Match #4	15 Oct	Piste G	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 3	Unified Team of Germany	GER

Semi-Finals

Date	16 October 1964
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	16 Oct	Piste F	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 6	France	FRA
Match #2	16 Oct	Piste H	Poland	POL	9 – 4	Japan	JPN

Final Pool

Date	16 October 1964 — 17:00

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	16 Oct	Piste L	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 7	Poland	POL
Match 3/4	16 Oct	Piste F	France	FRA	9 – 4	Japan	JPN

Classification Round 5-8

Date	16 October 1964 — 8:30

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	16 Oct	Piste G	Unified Team of Germany	GER	9 – 5	Italy	ITA
Match #2	16 Oct	Piste I	Romania	ROU	9 – 5	Hungary	HUN
Match 5/6	16 Oct	Piste G	Unified Team of Germany	GER	8 – 8	Romania	ROU