| | Event type

Épée, Team, Men

Date	20 – 21 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Memorial Hall, Waseda Daigaku, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	84 from 18 countries

The 44-year long domination of the event by France and Italy seemed due to be broken at the Tokyo Olympics. Neither country had won a world title since the 1960 Games with the Soviet Union in 1961 and 1962 and then Poland, on home soil in 1963, emerging as champions. After the events of the individual competition where the USSR had placed first and third it seemed inevitable that they would be the nation to break the Franco-Italian monopoly but it was not to be. The Soviets lost in the semi-finals to a Hungarian team inspired by Győző Kulcsár. Kulcsár’s performance formed the bedrock of the eventual Hungarian gold medal victory. He fought 20 times in the competition and won every single one of them, culminating in his four victories against Italy in the final. France beat Sweden for bronze.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Hungary	HUN	Gold
	Győző Kulcsár • Zoltán Nemere • Tamás Gábor • István Kausz • Árpád Bárány
2	Italy	ITA	Silver
	Giuseppe Delfino • Alberto Pellegrino • Gianluigi Saccaro • Gianfranco Paolucci • Giovanni Battista Breda
3	France	FRA	Bronze
	Claude Brodin • Yves Dreyfus • Claude Bourquard • Jack Guittet • Jacques Brodin
4	Sweden	SWE
	Ivar Genesjö • Orvar Lindwall • Hans Lagerwall • Göran Abrahamsson • Carl-Wilhelm Engdahl
5	Poland	POL
	Henryk Nielaba • Mikołaj Pomarnacki • Bogdan Gonsior • Bohdan Andrzejewski • Jerzy Pawłowski • Wiesław Glos (DNS) • Ryszard Parulski (DNS) • Wojciech Zabłocki (DNS)
6	Unified Team of Germany	GER
	Franz Rompza • Max Geuter • Volkmar Würtz • Paul Gnaier • Haakon Stein
=7	Soviet Union	URS
	Bruno Habārovs • Guram Kostava • Yury Smolyakov • Grigory Kriss • Aleksey Nikanchikov
=7	Switzerland	SUI
	Claudio Polledri • Paul Meister • Walter Bar • Jean Gontier • Michel Steininger
=9	Great Britain	GBR
	Bill Hoskyns • John Pelling • Peter Jacobs • Michael Howard • Allan Jay
=9	Austria	AUT
	Udo Birnbaum • Herbert Polzhuber • Roland Losert • Rudolf Trost • Marcus Leyrer • Martin Becher (DNS)
=11	Argentina	ARG
	Félix Galimi • Zelmar Casco • Jesús Taboada • Francisco Serp • Adolfo Bisellach (DNS)
=11	Australia	AUS
	Russell Hobby • John Humphreys • Imants Terauds • Ivan Lund • Ian Bowditch
=11	Japan	JPN
	Toshiaki Araki • Katsutada Minatoi • Kazuhiko Tabuchi • Heizaburo Okawa • Takeshi Teshima
=11	United States	USA
	Paul Pesthy • Frank Anger • David Micahnik • Larry Anastasi • Leslie Bleamaster
=11	Republic of Korea	KOR
	Sin Du-Ho • Kim Chang-Hwan • Han Myeong-Seok • Kim Man-Sik
=16	Lebanon	LBN
	Michel Saykali • Joseph Gemayel • Hassan El-Said • Ibrahim Osman
=16	Colombia	COL
	Emilio Echeverri • Ernesto Sastre • Dibier Tamayo • Humberto Posada • Hermann Tavera (DNS)
=16	Iran	IRI
	Houshmand Almasi • Nasser Madani • Bizhan Zarnegar • Shahpour Zarnegar

Round One (20 October 1964 — 8:30)

Top six teams, based on percentage of wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to quarter-finals. Teams ranked 7-10, based on percentage of wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to round two.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	MW%%%	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost	BWM
1	Italy	ITA	2	0	1.000	25	2	23	Q

2	Soviet Union	URS	2	0	1.000	24	2	22	Q

3	Sweden	SWE	2	0	1.000	23	5	18	Q

4	Poland	POL	1	0	1.000	14	2	12	Q

5	France	FRA	1	0	1.000	9	0	9	Q

6	Unified Team of Germany	GER	1	1	0.500	17	14	3	Q

7	Hungary	HUN	2	0	1.000	25	5	20	q

8	Austria	AUT	2	0	1.000	24	4	20	q

9	Switzerland	SUI	2	0	1.000	21	8	13	q

10	Great Britain	GBR	1	1	0.500	16	16	0	q

11	United States	USA	1	1	0.500	14	17	-3

=12	Australia	AUS	0	2	0.000	6	20	-14

=12	Japan	JPN	0	2	0.000	6	20	-14

14	Lebanon	LBN	0	2	0.000	4	21	-17

15	Argentina	ARG	0	2	0.000	6	24	-18

16	Republic of Korea	KOR	0	2	0.000	2	23	-21

17	Colombia	COL	0	2	0.000	3	27	-24

18	Iran	IRI	0	2	0.000	1	30	-29

Pool 1

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Soviet Union	URS	2	0	24	2
	Bruno Habārovs • Guram Kostava • Yury Smolyakov • Grigory Kriss • Aleksey Nikanchikov
2	Switzerland	SUI	2	0	21	8
	Claudio Polledri • Paul Meister • Walter Bar • Jean Gontier • Michel Steininger
3	Argentina	ARG	0	2	6	24
	Félix Galimi • Zelmar Casco • Jesús Taboada • Francisco Serp
4	Lebanon	LBN	0	2	4	21
	Michel Saykali • Joseph Gemayel • Hassan El-Said • Ibrahim Osman

Match #1	URS	15 – 1	ARG
Match #2	URS	9 – 1	LBN
Match #3	SUI	9 – 5	ARG
Match #4	SUI	12 – 3	LBN

Pool 2

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Austria	AUT	2	0	24	4
	Udo Birnbaum • Herbert Polzhuber • Roland Losert • Rudolf Trost • Marcus Leyrer
2	Sweden	SWE	2	0	23	5
	Ivar Genesjö • Hans Lagerwall • Göran Abrahamsson • Carl-Wilhelm Engdahl
3	Australia	AUS	0	2	6	20
	Russell Hobby • John Humphreys • Imants Terauds • Ivan Lund • Ian Bowditch
4	Colombia	COL	0	2	3	27
	Emilio Echeverri • Ernesto Sastre • Dibier Tamayo • Humberto Posada

Match #1	AUT	11 – 3	AUS
Match #2	AUT	13 – 1	COL
Match #3	SWE	9 – 3	AUS
Match #4	SWE	14 – 2	COL

Pool 3

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Italy	ITA	2	0	25	2
	Alberto Pellegrino • Gianluigi Saccaro • Gianfranco Paolucci • Giovanni Battista Breda
2	Hungary	HUN	2	0	25	5
	Győző Kulcsár • Zoltán Nemere • Tamás Gábor • István Kausz • Árpád Bárány
3	Japan	JPN	0	2	6	20
	Toshiaki Araki • Katsutada Minatoi • Kazuhiko Tabuchi • Heizaburo Okawa • Takeshi Teshima
4	Iran	IRI	0	2	1	30
	Houshmand Almasi • Nasser Madani • Bizhan Zarnegar • Shahpour Zarnegar

Match #1	ITA	9 – 2	JPN
Match #2	ITA	16 – 0	IRI
Match #3	HUN	11 – 4	JPN
Match #4	HUN	14 – 1	IRI

Pool 4

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Unified Team of Germany	GER	1	1	17	14
	Franz Rompza • Max Geuter • Volkmar Würtz • Paul Gnaier • Haakon Stein
2	Great Britain	GBR	1	1	16	16
	Bill Hoskyns • John Pelling • Peter Jacobs • Michael Howard • Allan Jay
3	United States	USA	1	1	14	17
	Paul Pesthy • Frank Anger • David Micahnik • Larry Anastasi

Match #1	GBR	8 – 8	GER
Match #2	GER	9 – 6	USA
Match #3	USA	8 – 8	GBR

Pool 5

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Poland	POL	1	0	14	2
	Henryk Nielaba • Mikołaj Pomarnacki • Bohdan Andrzejewski • Jerzy Pawłowski
2	France	FRA	1	0	9	0
	Claude Brodin • Yves Dreyfus • Claude Bourquard • Jacques Brodin
3	Republic of Korea	KOR	0	2	2	23
	Sin Du-Ho • Kim Chang-Hwan • Han Myeong-Seok • Kim Man-Sik

Match #1	POL	14 – 2	KOR
Match #2	FRA	9 – 0	KOR

Round Two (20 October 1964)

Winner of each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Match #1	HUN	8 – 1	AUT
Match #2	SUI	8 – 4	GBR

Quarter-Finals (21 October 1964 — 8:30)

Winner of each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Match #1	ITA	9 – 6	POL
Match #2	HUN	8 – 4	URS
Match #3	FRA	8 – 4	GER
Match #4	SWE	9 – 1	SUI

Semi-Finals (21 October 1964)

Winner of each pool advanced to final.

Match #1	HUN	9 – 3	FRA
Match #2	ITA	8 – 2	SWE

Final Pool (21 October 1964 — 17:00)

Match 1-2	HUN	8 – 3	ITA
Match 3-4	FRA	8 – 8	SWE

Classification 5-8 (21 October 1964)

Match #1	GER	8 – 3	URS
Match #2	POL	9 – 5	SUI
Match 5-6	POL	8 – 8	GER