Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from August 10 to 11 1984. 75 fencers from 16 nations competed.[1]

Men's team épée
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueLong Beach Convention Center
DatesAugust 10 – 11, 1984
Competitors75 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Elmar Borrmann
Volker Fischer
Gerhard Heer
Rafael Nickel
Alexander Pusch
 West Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Philippe Boisse
Jean-Michel Henry
Olivier Lenglet
Philippe Riboud
Michel Salesse
 France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Stefano Bellone
Sandro Cuomo
Cosimo Ferro
Roberto Manzi
Angelo Mazzoni
 Italy
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Rosters edit

Results edit

Round 1 edit

Round 1 Pool A edit

In the first set of matches, France beat Saudi Arabia 9–0 and China defeated the United States 9–4. The second set saw the winners both win or tie again (securing advancement) and the losers both lose or tie again (resulting in elimination), as France drew against the United States 8–8 (tied 59–59 on touches) and China won against Saudi Arabia 9–0. Finally, France took the top spot in the group by beating China 9–1 while Saudi Arabia finished last after losing to the United States 8–5.

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. FRA CHN USA KSA
1   France 2.5 0.5 26 9 Q 9–1 8.59–8.59 9–0
2   China 2 1 19 13 1–9 9–4 9–0
3   United States 1.5 1.5 20 22 8.59–8.59 4–9 8–5
4   Saudi Arabia 0 3 5 26 0–9 0–9 5–8
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 412

Round 1 Pool B edit

In the first set of matches, West Germany beat Hong Kong 9–1 and Great Britain defeated Norway 9–2. The second set saw the winners both win again (securing advancement) and the losers both lose again (resulting in elimination), as West Germany prevailed against Norway 9–2 and Great Britain won against Hong Kong 9–0. Finally, West Germany took the top spot in the group by beating Great Britain 9–3 while Hong Kong finished last after losing to Norway 9–2.

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. FRG GBR NOR HKG
1   West Germany 3 0 27 6 Q 9–3 9–2 9–1
2   Great Britain 2 1 21 13 3–9 9–4 9–0
3   Norway 1 2 15 20 2–9 4–9 9–2
4   Hong Kong 0 3 3 27 1–9 0–9 2–9
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 413

Round 1 Pool C edit

In the first set of matches, Italy beat Argentina 9–1 and Canada defeated Egypt 8–0 (with 2 double-losses). The second set saw the winners both win again (securing advancement) and the losers both lose again (resulting in elimination), as Italy prevailed against Egypt 9–0 and Canada won against Argentina 8–3 (2 double losses). Finally, Italy took the top spot in the group by beating Canada 9–5 while Argentina finished last after losing to Egypt 9–4.

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. ITA CAN EGY ARG
1   Italy 3 0 27 6 Q 9–5 9–0 9–1
2   Canada 2 1 21 16 5–9 8–0 8–3
3   Egypt 1 2 9 23 0–9 0–8 9–4
4   Argentina 0 3 8 28 1–9 3–8 4–9
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, pp. 413–14

Round 1 Pool D edit

In the first set of matches, Switzerland beat Kuwait 9–3 and South Korea defeated Sweden 7–3 (with 3 double-losses). The second set saw Sweden beat Switzerland 8–4 (2 double-losses) and South Korea prevail against Kuwait 9–1. In the final set, Switzerland defeated South Korea 9–5; this margin put both teams at 2–1 but South Korea led in bouts (21–16 vs. 18–18) and thus secured advancement; Kuwait was also eliminated at 0–2 before its match with Sweden. The match between Sweden and Kuwait would determine whether Sweden or Switzerland advanced; Sweden had already lost 16 bouts going into the match, so (to stay ahead of Switzerland on the first tie-breaker, bouts lost) could lose no more than 2 bouts against Kuwait to advance. Sweden won 9–2, matching Switzerland on bouts lost (18 to 18) but advancing on the second tie-breaker, bouts won (20 to 18).

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. KOR SWE SUI KUW
1   South Korea 2 1 21 16 Q 7–3 5–9 9–1
2   Sweden 2 1 20 18 3–7 8–4 9–2
3   Switzerland 2 1 18 18 9–5 4–8 9–3
4   Kuwait 0 3 6 27 1–9 2–9 3–9
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 414

Elimination rounds edit

Fifth placeConsolation semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
A1  France9
B2  Great Britain3
B2  Great Britain4A1  France9
D2  Sweden8C1  Italy4
C1  Italy9
D2  Sweden2
D2  Sweden8A1  France5
A2  China6B1  West Germany8
D1  South Korea5
C2  Canada8
Seventh placeD1  South Korea5C2  Canada1Third place
A2  China8B1  West Germany9
B2  Great Britain8 (62)B1  West Germany9C1  Italy8
D1  South Korea8 (69)A2  China2C2  Canada2

References edit

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1984 Olympic Results - Men's team épée". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2011.