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Épée, Team, Men

Date	24 – 25 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Sala de Armas Fernando Montes de Oca, Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca, Ciudad de México
Participants	91 from 20 countries

The Soviet Union were the hot favourites for gold having won the last two World Championships and with both the World and Olympic champions in their team. The Soviets were untroubled in reaching the gold medal match where they would face Hungary, who had been similarly impressive in the qualifying rounds. Newly crowned individual champion Győző Kulcsár surprisingly lost all of his bouts for Hungary in the final but his teammates rallied magnificently to post a 7-4 victory over the USSR.

The bronze medal went to Poland who defeated West Germany.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Hungary	HUN	Gold
	Zoltán Nemere • Győző Kulcsár • Pál B. Nagy • Csaba Fenyvesi • Pál Schmitt
2	Soviet Union	URS	Silver
	Grigory Kriss • Viktor Modzalevsky • Iosif Vitebsky • Aleksey Nikanchikov • Yury Smolyakov
3	Poland	POL	Bronze
	Bohdan Andrzejewski • Michał Butkiewicz • Bogdan Gonsior • Henryk Nielaba • Kazimierz Barburski
4	West Germany	FRG
	Dieter Jung • Franz Rompza • Fritz Zimmermann • Max Geuter • Paul Gnaier
5	East Germany	GDR
	Bernd Uhlig • Klaus Dumke • Harry Fiedler • Hans-Peter Schulze • Dieter Burger (DNS)
6	Italy	ITA
	Gianfranco Paolucci • Claudio Francesconi • Giovanni Battista Breda • Gianluigi Saccaro • Toni Albanese • Rolando Rigoli (DNS) • Cesare Salvadori (DNS)
=7	France	FRA
	François Jeanne • Claude Bourquard • Yves Boissier • Jacques Ladègaillerie • Jean-Pierre Allemand
=7	Great Britain	GBR
	Nick Halsted • Teddy Bourne • Bill Hoskyns • Ralph Johnson • Peter Jacobs
=9	Sweden	SWE
	Dicki Sörensen • Orvar Lindwall • Carl von Essen • Lars-Erik Larsson • Rolf Edling
=9	Austria	AUT
	Udo Birnbaum • Roland Losert • Herbert Polzhuber • Frank Battig • Rudolf Trost (DNS)
11	United States	USA
	Paul Pesthy • Stephen Netburn • David Micahnik • Dan Cantillon • Bob Beck
12	Switzerland	SUI
	Denys Chamay • Peter Loetscher • Christian Kauter • Alexandre Bretholz • Michel Steininger
13	Brazil	BRA
	Arthur Cramer • Darío do Amaral • José Maria Pereira • Carlos do Couto • Eric Marques (DNS)
14	Canada	CAN
	Peter Bakonyi • John Andru • Magdy Conyd • Gerry Wiedel
15	Mexico	MEX
	Carlos Calderón • Valeriano Pérez • Jorge Castillejos • Ernesto Fernández • William Fajardo (DNS)
16	Australia	AUS
	Russell Hobby • Peter Macken • Graeme Jennings • Bill Ronald • Duncan Page
17	Cuba	CUB
	Orlando Ruiz • Gustavo Oliveros • Manuel González • José Antonio Díaz
18	Ireland	IRL
	John Bouchier-Hayes • Fionbarr Farrell • Michael Ryan • Colm O'Brien
19	Portugal	POR
	Hélder Reis • José Pinheiro • João de Abreu • Francisco da Silva
20	Argentina	ARG
	Guillermo Saucedo • Alberto Balestrini • Guillermo Obeid • Omar Vergara
DNS	Romania	ROU
	Ion Drîmbă • Iuliu Falb • Ștefan Haukler • Tănase Mureșanu • Mihai Țiu

Round One (24 October 1968 — 08:00-13:00-16:00)

Top ten 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	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	PW	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost	BWM
1	West Germany	FRG	3	0	1.000	35	8	27	Q

2	Hungary	HUN	3	0	1.000	33	9	24	Q

3	Soviet Union	URS	3	0	1.000	33	11	22	Q

4	Poland	POL	3	0	1.000	35	13	22	Q

5	Great Britain	GBR	3	0	1.000	33	12	21	Q

6	France	FRA	2	1	0.667	30	14	16	Q

7	East Germany	GDR	2	1	0.667	34	14	20	q

8	Italy	ITA	2	1	0.667	29	17	12	q

9	Sweden	SWE	2	1	0.667	26	16	10	q

10	Austria	AUT	2	1	0.667	25	18	7	q

11	United States	USA	1	1	0.500	11	20	-9

12	Switzerland	SUI	1	1	0.500	9	22	-13

13	Brazil	BRA	1	1	0.500	9	23	-14

14	Canada	CAN	1	1	0.500	8	24	-16

15	Mexico	MEX	1	2	0.333	18	28	-10

16	Australia	AUS	0	3	0.000	13	34	-21

17	Cuba	CUB	0	2	0.000	4	27	-23

18	Ireland	IRL	0	2	0.000	4	28	-24

19	Portugal	POR	0	2	0.000	3	28	-25

20	Argentina	ARG	0	2	0.000	3	29	-26

Pool 1

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Soviet Union	URS	3	0	33	11	Q
	Grigory Kriss • Viktor Modzalevsky • Iosif Vitebsky • Aleksey Nikanchikov • Yury Smolyakov
2	Italy	ITA	2	1	29	17	Q
	Gianfranco Paolucci • Claudio Francesconi • Giovanni Battista Breda • Gianluigi Saccaro • Toni Albanese
3	United States	USA	0	2	11	20
	Paul Pesthy • Stephen Netburn • David Micahnik • Dan Cantillon • Bob Beck
4	Portugal	POR	0	2	3	28
	Hélder Reis • José Pinheiro • João de Abreu • Francisco da Silva

Match #1	URS	10 – 4	ITA
Match #2	URS	10 – 5	USA
Match #3	URS	13 – 2	POR
Match #4	ITA	10 – 6	USA
Match #5	ITA	15 – 1	POR

Pool 2

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Hungary	HUN	3	0	33	9	Q
	Zoltán Nemere • Győző Kulcsár • Pál B. Nagy • Csaba Fenyvesi • Pál Schmitt
2	Austria	AUT	2	1	25	18	Q
	Udo Birnbaum • Roland Losert • Herbert Polzhuber • Frank Battig
3	Mexico	MEX	1	2	18	28
	Carlos Calderón • Valeriano Pérez • Jorge Castillejos • Ernesto Fernández
4	Australia	AUS	0	3	13	34
	Russell Hobby • Peter Macken • Graeme Jennings • Bill Ronald • Duncan Page

Match #1	HUN	8 – 3	AUT
Match #2	HUN	11 – 4	MEX
Match #3	HUN	14 – 2	AUS
Match #4	AUT	10 – 6	MEX
Match #5	AUT	12 – 4	AUS
Match #6	MEX	8 – 7	AUS

Pool 3

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Poland	POL	3	0	35	13	Q
	Bohdan Andrzejewski • Michał Butkiewicz • Bogdan Gonsior • Henryk Nielaba • Kazimierz Barburski
2	East Germany	GDR	2	1	34	14	Q
	Bernd Uhlig • Klaus Dumke • Harry Fiedler • Hans-Peter Schulze
3	Canada	CAN	0	2	8	24
	Peter Bakonyi • John Andru • Magdy Conyd • Gerry Wiedel
4	Argentina	ARG	0	2	3	29
	Guillermo Saucedo • Alberto Balestrini • Guillermo Obeid • Omar Vergara

Match #1	POL	9 – 7	GDR
Match #2	POL	10 – 6	CAN
Match #3	POL	16 – 0	ARG
Match #4	GDR	14 – 2	CAN
Match #5	GDR	13 – 3	ARG

Pool 4

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	West Germany	FRG	3	0	35	8	Q
	Dieter Jung • Franz Rompza • Fritz Zimmermann • Max Geuter • Paul Gnaier
2	Sweden	SWE	2	1	26	16	Q
	Dicki Sörensen • Orvar Lindwall • Carl von Essen • Rolf Edling • Lars-Erik Larsson
3	Switzerland	SUI	0	2	9	22
	Denys Chamay • Peter Loetscher • Christian Kauter • Alexandre Bretholz • Michel Steininger
4	Ireland	IRL	0	2	4	28
	John Bouchier-Hayes • Fionbarr Farrell • Michael Ryan • Colm O'Brien

Match #1	FRG	9 – 2	SWE
Match #2	FRG	11 – 5	SUI
Match #3	FRG	15 – 1	IRL
Match #4	SWE	11 – 4	SUI
Match #5	SWE	13 – 3	IRL

Pool 5

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Great Britain	GBR	3	0	33	12	Q
	Nick Halsted • Teddy Bourne • Bill Hoskyns • Ralph Johnson • Peter Jacobs
2	France	FRA	2	1	30	14	Q
	François Jeanne • Claude Bourquard • Yves Boissier • Jacques Ladègaillerie • Jean-Pierre Allemand
3	Brazil	BRA	0	2	9	23
	Arthur Cramer • Darío do Amaral • José Maria Pereira • Carlos do Couto
4	Cuba	CUB	0	2	4	27
	Orlando Ruiz • Gustavo Oliveros • Manuel González • José Antonio Díaz

Match #1	GBR	9 – 4	FRA
Match #2	GBR	10 – 6	BRA
Match #3	GBR	14 – 2	CUB
Match #4	FRA	13 – 3	BRA
Match #5	FRA	13 – 2	CUB

Round Two (25 October 1968)

Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.

Match #1	ITA	8 – 2	AUT
Match #2	GDR	8 – 8	SWE

Quarter-Finals (25 October 1968)

Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.

Match #1	HUN	9 – 3	GDR
Match #2	POL	9 – 7	FRA
Match #3	FRG	9 – 5	GBR
Match #4	URS	7 – 0	ITA

Semi-Finals (25 October 1968 — 8:00)

Single-elimination matches.

Match #1	HUN	9 – 5	POL
Match #2	URS	9 – 3	FRG

Classification Round 5-8 (25 October 1968)

Winners to meet for 5-6 placement match.

Match #1	GDR	8 – 4	FRA
Match #2	ITA	9 – 4	GBR

Final Pool (25 October 1968 — 15:30-19:00)

Classification matches to determine places 1-6.

Match 1-2	HUN	7 – 4	URS
Match 3-4	POL	9 – 6	FRG
Match 5-6	GDR	9 – 6	ITA