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

The men's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 18 to 19 October 1968. 79 fencers from 17 nations competed.[1]

Men's team foil
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueFernando Montes de Oca Fencing Hall
Dates18–19 October
Competitors79 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jean-Claude Magnan
Daniel Revenu
Christian Noël
Gilles Berolatti
Jacques Dimont		  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yury Sisikin
Viktor Putyatin
German Sveshnikov
Yury Sharov
Vasyl Stankovych		  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zbigniew Skrudlik
Witold Woyda
Egon Franke
Ryszard Parulski
Adam Lisewski		  Poland
← 1964
1972 →

Rosters edit

Results edit

Round 1 edit

Pool A edit

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. FRA CUB MEX
1   France 2 0 21 7 Q 9–3 12–4
2   Cuba 1 1 12 16 3–9 9–7
3   Mexico 0 2 11 21 4–12 7–9
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 645–47

Pool B edit

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. URS GBR USA
1   Soviet Union 2 0 21 4 Q 9–0 12–4
2   Great Britain 1 1 9 16 0–9 9–7
3   United States 0 2 11 21 4–12 7–9
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 645–47

Pool C edit

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. ROU JPN EGY
1   Romania 2 0 21 11 Q 8.61–8.57 13–3
2   Japan 1 1 21 11 8.57–8.61 13–3
3   Egypt 0 2 6 26 3–13 3–13
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 645–47

Pool D edit

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. POL HUN ARG VEN
1   Poland 3 0 30 15 Q 9–4 11–5 10–6
2   Hungary 2 1 33 12 4–9 14–2 15–1
3   Argentina 0 2 7 25 5–11 2–14
4   Venezuela 0 2 7 25 6–10 1–15
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 645–47

Pool E edit

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. FRG ITA CAN IRL
1   West Germany 3 0 37 5 Q 9–1 13–3 15–1
2   Italy 2 1 31 11 1–9 15–1 15–1
3   Canada 0 2 4 28 3–13 1–15
4   Ireland 0 2 2 30 1–15 1–15
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 645–47

Elimination rounds edit

Main bracket
Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
            
B2   Great Britain 8 (66)
C2   Japan 8 (64)
C2   Japan 8 (64)
A1   France 8 (60)
A1   France 9
D1   Poland 7
D1   Poland 9
E1   West Germany 4
A1   France 9
B1   Soviet Union 6
A2   Cuba 2
D2   Hungary 9
D2   Hungary 4
B1   Soviet Union 9
B1   Soviet Union 8 (60)
C1   Romania 8 (63)
Bronze
C1   Romania 8 D1   Poland 9
E2   Italy 7 C1   Romania 3
Consolation
Consol. semifinals 5th/6th
      
C2   Japan 8 (60)
E1   West Germany 8 (57)
E1   West Germany 4
D2   Hungary 9
D2   Hungary 9
E2   Italy 4

Final ranking edit

Rank Nation
    France
    Soviet Union
    Poland
4   Romania
5   Hungary
6   West Germany
7   Italy
  Japan
9   Cuba
  Great Britain
11   Argentina
  Canada
  Egypt
  Mexico
  United States
16   Ireland
  Venezuela

References edit

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1968 Olympic Results - Men's team foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
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