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Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 24 to 25 October 1968. 91 fencers from 20 nations competed.[1] For the first time in 60 years, Italy failed to finish in the top three positions.[2]

Men's team épée
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueFernando Montes de Oca Fencing Hall
Dates24 – 25 October
Competitors91 from 20 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Zoltán Nemere
Győző Kulcsár
Pál B. Nagy
Csaba Fenyvesi
Pál Schmitt		  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Grigory Kriss
Viktor Modzolevsky
Iosif Vitebsky
Aleksey Nikanchikov
Yury Smolyakov		  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bohdan Andrzejewski
Michał Butkiewicz
Bogdan Gonsior
Henryk Nielaba
Kazimierz Barburski		  Poland
← 1964
1972 →

Rosters edit

Results edit

Round 1 edit

Pool A edit

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. URS ITA USA POR
1   Soviet Union 3 0 33 11 Q 10–4 10–5 13–2
2   Italy 2 1 29 17 4–10 10–6 15–1
3   United States 0 2 11 20 5–10 6–10
4   Portugal 0 2 3 28 2–13 1–15
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 650–52

Pool B edit

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. HUN AUT MEX AUS
1   Hungary 3 0 33 9 Q 8–3 11–4 14–2
2   Austria 2 1 25 18 3–8 10–6 12–4
3   Mexico 1 2 18 28 4–11 6–10 8–7
4   Australia 0 3 13 34 2–14 4–12 7–8
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 650–52

Pool C edit

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. POL GDR CAN ARG
1   Poland 3 0 35 13 Q 9–7 10–6 16–0
2   East Germany 2 1 34 14 7–9 14–2 13–3
3   Canada 0 2 8 24 6–10 2–14
4   Argentina 0 2 3 29 0–16 3–13
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 650–52

Pool D edit

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. FRG SWE SUI IRL
1   West Germany 3 0 35 8 Q 9–2 11–5 15–1
2   Sweden 2 1 26 16 2–9 11–4 13–3
3   Switzerland 0 2 9 22 5–11 4–11
4   Ireland 0 2 4 28 1–15 3–13
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 650–52

Pool E edit

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. GBR FRA BRA CUB
1   Great Britain 3 0 33 12 Q 9–4 10–6 14–2
2   France 2 1 30 14 4–9 13–3 13–2
3   Brazil 0 2 9 23 6–10 3–13
4   Cuba 0 2 4 27 2–14 2–13
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 650–52

Elimination rounds edit

Main bracket
Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
            
A2   Italy 8
B2   Austria 2
A2   Italy 0
A1   Soviet Union 7
A1   Soviet Union 9
D1   West Germany 3
D1   West Germany 9
E1   Great Britain 5
A1   Soviet Union 4
B1   Hungary 7
C2   East Germany 8 (58)
D2   Sweden 8 (59)
C2   East Germany 3
B1   Hungary 9
B1   Hungary 9
C1   Poland 5
Bronze
C1   Poland 9 D1   West Germany 6
E2   France 7 C1   Poland 9
Consolation
Consol. semifinals 5th/6th
      
A2   Italy 9
E1   Great Britain 4
A2   Italy 6
C2   East Germany 9
C2   East Germany 8
E2   France 4

Final ranking edit

Rank Nation
    Hungary
    Soviet Union
    Poland
4   West Germany
5   East Germany
6   Italy
7   France
  Great Britain
9   Austria
  Sweden
11   Brazil
  Canada
  Mexico
  Switzerland
  United States
16   Argentina
  Australia
  Cuba
  Ireland
  Portugal

References edit

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1968 Olympic Results - Men's team épée". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
  2. ^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 258. ISBN 0140066322.
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