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Foil, Team, Men

Date	18 – 19 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Sala de Armas Fernando Montes de Oca, Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca, Ciudad de México
Participants	79 from 17 countries

Although the Soviet Union had ruled the world of team foil since before the Rome Olympics they had suffered a shock defeat and dropped their World title to Romania in 1967. In Mexico the two teams met at the semi-final stage with the Soviets winning only by the tiebreaker of hits conceded after both teams had won eight bouts each.

This put the Soviets into the final where they would face France. World Champion Viktor Putiatin was off form at these Olympic Games and would lose all three of his matches in the final. This gave France the momentum to record a 9-6 victory and regain the title for the first time since Helsinki. Poland won the bronze medal by defeating Romania.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC
1	–	France	FRA	Gold
		Jean-Claude Magnan • Daniel Revenu • Christian Noël • Gilles Berolatti • Jacques Dimont
2	–	Soviet Union	URS	Silver
		Yury Sisikin • Viktor Putyatin • German Sveshnikov • Yury Sharov • Vasily Stankovich
3	–	Poland	POL	Bronze
		Zbigniew Skrudlik • Witold Woyda • Egon Franke • Ryszard Parulski • Adam Lisewski
4	–	Romania	ROU
		Ion Drîmbă • Mihai Țiu • Ștefan Haukler • Tănase Mureșanu • Iuliu Falb
5	–	Hungary	HUN
		Sándor Szabó • Jenő Kamuti • László Kamuti • Gábor Füredi • Attila May
6	–	West Germany	FRG
		Jürgen Theuerkauff • Fritz Wessel • Tim Gerresheim • Jürgen Brecht • Dieter Wellmann
=7	–	Italy	ITA
		Pasquale La Ragione • Alfredo Del Francia • Nicola Granieri • Arcangelo Pinelli • Michele Maffei • Aldo Stefanini (DNS)
=7	–	Japan	JPN
		Masaya Fukuda • Heizaburo Okawa • Fujio Shimizu • Kazuhiko Wakasugi • Kazuo Mano
=9	–	Great Britain	GBR
		Allan Jay • Graham Paul • Nick Halsted • Mike Breckin • Bill Hoskyns
=9	–	Cuba	CUB
		Eduardo Jhons • Orlando Ruiz • Jesús Gil • Dagoberto Borges
=11	–	Mexico	MEX
		Vicente Calderón • Román Gómez • Carlos Calderón • Gustavo Chapela • Héctor Abaúnza
=11	–	United States	USA
		Herb Cohen • Albie Axelrod • Uriah Jones • Larry Anastasi • Jeffrey Checkes
13	–	Argentina	ARG
		Orlando Nannini • Guillermo Saucedo • Omar Vergara • Evaristo Prendes • Alberto Balestrini (DNS)
14	–	Venezuela	VEN
		Silvio Fernández • Félix Piñero • Freddy Salazar • Luis García
15	–	United Arab Republic	EGY
		El-Hamy El-Husseini • Gamil Kalyoubi • Moustafa Soheim • Ahmed Zein El-Abidin • Sameh Abdel Rahman (DNS)
16	–	Canada	CAN
		Magdi Conyd • Peter Bakonyi • Gerry Wiedel • John Andru
17	–	Ireland	IRL
		Fionbarr Farrell • John Bouchier-Hayes • Michael Ryan • Colm O'Brien
DNS	–	Australia	AUS
		Russell Hobby • Graeme Jennings • Bill Ronald

Round One

Date	18 October 1968 — 08:00-13:00-16:00
Format	Top 10 teams, based on percentage of matchs won/lost and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to further competition. Teams ranked 1-6 advanced to quarter-finals. Teams ranked 7-10 advanced to round two.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Percentage Won	Bouts	Bouts Won Margin
1	West Germany	FRG	3-0	1.000	37-5	32	Q
=2	France	FRA	2-0	1.000	21-4	17	Q
=2	Soviet Union	URS	2-0	1.000	21-4	17	Q
4	Poland	POL	3-0	1.000	30-15	15	Q
5	Romania	ROU	2-0	1.000	21-11	10	Q
6	Italy	ITA	2-1	0.667	31-11	20	Q
7	Hungary	HUN	2-1	0.667	33-12	21	q
8	Japan	JPN	1-1	0.500	21-11	10	q
9	Cuba	CUB	1-1	0.500	12-16	-4	q
10	Great Britain	GBR	1-1	0.500	9-16	-7	q
=11	Mexico	MEX	0-2	0.000	11-21	-10
=11	United States	USA	0-2	0.000	11-21	-10
13	Argentina	ARG	0-2	0.000	7-25	-18
14	Venezuela	VEN	0-2	0.000	7-25	-18
15	United Arab Republic	EGY	0-2	0.000	6-26	-20
16	Canada	CAN	0-2	0.000	4-28	-24
17	Ireland	IRL	0-2	0.000	2-30	-28

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	France	FRA	2-0	21-7	Q
		Jean-Claude Magnan • Christian Noël • Gilles Berolatti • Jacques Dimont
2	–	Cuba	CUB	1-1	12-16	Q
		Eduardo Jhons • Orlando Ruiz • Jesús Gil • Dagoberto Borges
3	–	Mexico	MEX	0-2	11-21
		Vicente Calderón • Román Gómez • Carlos Calderón • Gustavo Chapela • Héctor Abaúnza

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	18 Oct	France	FRA	9 – 4	Cuba	CUB
Match #2	18 Oct	France	FRA	12 – 4	Mexico	MEX
Match #3	18 Oct	Cuba	CUB	9 – 7	Mexico	MEX

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Soviet Union	URS	2-0	21-4	Q
		Yury Sisikin • Viktor Putyatin • German Sveshnikov • Yury Sharov • Vasily Stankovich
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	1-1	9-16	Q
		Allan Jay • Graham Paul • Nick Halsted • Bill Hoskyns • Mike Breckin
3	–	United States	USA	0-2	11-21
		Herb Cohen • Albie Axelrod • Uriah Jones • Larry Anastasi • Jeffrey Checkes

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	18 Oct	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 0	Great Britain	GBR
Match #2	18 Oct	Soviet Union	URS	12 – 4	United States	USA
Match #3	18 Oct	Great Britain	GBR	9 – 7	United States	USA

Pool #3

Jury President	Zygmunt Pawlas	POL

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Romania	ROU	2-0	21-11	Q
		Ion Drîmbă • Mihai Țiu • Ștefan Haukler • Tănase Mureșanu • Iuliu Falb
2	–	Japan	JPN	1-1	21-11	Q
		Masaya Fukuda • Heizaburo Okawa • Fujio Shimizu • Kazuhiko Wakasugi • Kazuo Mano
3	–	United Arab Republic	EGY	0-2	6-26
		El-Hamy El-Husseini • Gamil Kalyoubi • Moustafa Soheim • Ahmed Zein El-Abidin

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	18 Oct	Romania	ROU	8 – 8	Japan	JPN
Match #2	18 Oct	Romania	ROU	13 – 3	United Arab Republic	EGY
Match #3	18 Oct	Japan	JPN	13 – 3	United Arab Republic	EGY

Pool #4

Jury President	Pierre Rodocanachi	FRA

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Poland	POL	3-0	30-15	Q
		Zbigniew Skrudlik • Witold Woyda • Egon Franke • Ryszard Parulski • Adam Lisewski
2	–	Hungary	HUN	2-1	33-12	Q
		Sándor Szabó • Jenő Kamuti • László Kamuti • Gábor Füredi • Attila May
3	–	Argentina	ARG	0-2	7-25
		Orlando Nannini • Guillermo Saucedo • Omar Vergara • Evaristo Prendes
4	–	Venezuela	VEN	0-2	7-25
		Silvio Fernández • Félix Piñero • Freddy Salazar • Luis García

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	18 Oct	Poland	POL	9 – 4	Hungary	HUN
Match #2	18 Oct	Poland	POL	11 – 5	Argentina	ARG
Match #3	18 Oct	Poland	POL	10 – 6	Venezuela	VEN
Match #4	18 Oct	Hungary	HUN	14 – 2	Argentina	ARG
Match #5	18 Oct	Hungary	HUN	15 – 1	Venezuela	VEN

Pool #5

Jury President	Albie Axelrod	USA

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	West Germany	FRG	3-0	37-5	Q
		Jürgen Theuerkauff • Fritz Wessel • Tim Gerresheim • Jürgen Brecht • Dieter Wellmann
2	–	Italy	ITA	2-1	31-11	Q
		Pasquale La Ragione • Alfredo Del Francia • Nicola Granieri • Arcangelo Pinelli • Michele Maffei
3	–	Canada	CAN	0-2	4-28
		Magdi Conyd • Peter Bakonyi • Gerry Wiedel • John Andru
4	–	Ireland	IRL	0-2	2-30
		Fionbarr Farrell • John Bouchier-Hayes • Michael Ryan • Colm O'Brien

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	18 Oct	West Germany	FRG	9 – 1	Italy	ITA
Match #2	18 Oct	West Germany	FRG	13 – 3	Canada	CAN
Match #3	18 Oct	West Germany	FRG	15 – 1	Ireland	IRL
Match #4	18 Oct	Italy	ITA	15 – 1	Canada	CAN
Match #5	18 Oct	Italy	ITA	15 – 1	Ireland	IRL

Round Two

Date	18 October 1968
Format	Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	18 Oct	Hungary	HUN	9 – 2	Cuba	CUB
Match #2	18 Oct	Japan	JPN	8 – 8	Great Britain	GBR

Quarter-Finals

Date	19 October 1968
Format	Single-elimination matches.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	19 Oct	France	FRA	8 – 8	Japan	JPN
Match #2	19 Oct	Poland	POL	9 – 4	West Germany	FRG
Match #3	19 Oct	Romania	ROU	8 – 7	Italy	ITA
Match #4	19 Oct	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 4	Hungary	HUN

Semi-Finals

Date	19 October 1968
Format	Single-elimination matches.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	19 Oct	France	FRA	9 – 7	Poland	POL
Match #2	19 Oct	Soviet Union	URS	8 – 8	Romania	ROU

Classification Round 5-8

Date	19 October 1968
Format	Winners to meet for 5-6 placement match.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	19 Oct	West Germany	FRG	8 – 8	Japan	JPN
Match #2	19 Oct	Hungary	HUN	9 – 4	Italy	ITA

Final Pool

Date	19 October 1968 — 9:00
Format	Classification matches to determine places 1-6.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	19 Oct	France	FRA	9 – 6	Soviet Union	URS
Match 3/4	19 Oct	Poland	POL	9 – 3	Romania	ROU
Match 5/6	19 Oct	Hungary	HUN	9 – 4	West Germany	FRG