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Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 8 to 9 September 1972. 94 fencers from 20 nations competed.[1]

Men's team épée
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueExhibition Halls 12 & 20
Dates8 – 9 September 1972
Competitors94 from 20 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Csaba Fenyvesi
Győző Kulcsár
Pál Schmitt
Sándor Erdős
István Osztrics		  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Guy Evéquoz
Peter Lötscher
Daniel Giger
Christian Kauter
François Suchanecki		  Switzerland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Grigory Kriss
Viktor Modzolevsky
Georgi Zažitski
Sergey Paramonov
Igor Valetov		  Soviet Union
← 1968
1976 →

Rosters edit

Results edit

Round 1 edit

Round 1 Pool A edit

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. FRA NOR GBR LIB
1   France 3 0 31 14 QQ 9–4 10–6 12–4
2   Norway 2 1 26 19 Q16 4–9 9–7 13–3
3   Great Britain 0 2 13 19 6–10 7–9
4   Lebanon 0 2 7 25 4–12 3–13
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 271–74

Round 1 Pool B edit

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. URS AUT ITA CAN
1   Soviet Union 3 0 35 9 QQ 9–3 13–3 13–3
2   Austria 2 1 24 20 Q16 3–9 9–7 12–4
3   Italy 0 2 10 22 3–13 7–9
4   Canada 0 2 7 25 3–13 4–12
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 271–74

Round 1 Pool C edit

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. HUN SWE FRG DEN
1   Hungary 2 1 31 14 QQ 5–10 10–4 16–0
2   Sweden 2 1 27 18 Q16 10–5 7–8 10–5
3   West Germany 2 1 20 21 4–10 8–7 8–4
4   Denmark 0 3 9 34 0–16 5–10 4–8
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 271–74

Round 1 Pool D edit

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. SUI POL LUX MEX
1   Switzerland 3 0 36 11 QQ 9–6 12–4 15–1
2   Poland 2 1 26 20 6–9 9–6 11–5
3   Luxembourg 0 2 10 21 4–12 6–9
4   Mexico 0 2 6 26 1–15 5–11
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 271–74

Round 1 Pool E edit

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. ROU USA GDR ARG
1   Romania 2 1 32 16 QQ 8.59–8.64 11–5 13–3
2   United States 2 1 30 18 Q16 8.64–8.59 8.61–8.65 14–2
3   East Germany 2 1 26 22 5–11 8.65–8.61 13–3
4   Argentina 0 3 7 25 3–13 2–14 3–13
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 271–74

Elimination rounds edit

Main bracket edit

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
            
A2   Norway 8
B2   Austria 2
A2   Norway 2
A1   France 8
A1   France 5
D1   Switzerland 8
D1   Switzerland 9
E1   Romania 2
D1   Switzerland 4
C1   Hungary 8
C2   Sweden 9
E2   United States 2
C2   Sweden 7
B1   Soviet Union 8
B1   Soviet Union 5
C1   Hungary 8
Third place
C1   Hungary 9 A1   France 4
D2   Poland 1 B1   Soviet Union 9

5th place consolation bracket edit

Semifinals Finals
      
A2   Norway 5
E1   Romania 9
E1   Romania 9
D2   Poland 3
C2   Sweden 7
D2   Poland 9

References edit

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1972 Olympic Results - Men's team épée". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
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