Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 29 to 30 August 1972. 57 fencers from 25 nations competed.[1] Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by Witold Woyda of Poland, the nation's second victory in the men's foil in three Games. Jenő Kamuti of Hungary repeated as the silver medalist, the seventh man to win multiple medals in the event. France took bronze for the third consecutive Games, this time with Christian Noël earning the honor.

Men's foil
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Witold Woyda (1974)
VenueExhibition Halls 12 & 20
Dates29–30 August 1972
Competitors57 from 25 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Witold Woyda  Poland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jenő Kamuti  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christian Noël  France
← 1968
1976 →

Background

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This was the 16th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1908 (when there was a foil display only rather than a medal event). Four of the six finalists from 1968 returned: silver medalist (and 1964 fifth-place finisher) Jenő Kamuti of Hungary, two-time bronze medalist Daniel Revenu of France, fourth-place finisher Christian Noël of France, and sixth-place finisher Mihai Țiu of Romania. Vasyl Stankovych of the Soviet Union was the reigning world champion; Friedrich Wessel of West Germany had won the previous two. Another significant contender was Witold Woyda, who had ten world championship and Olympic medals for the Polish foil team (and an individual silver at the 1962 world championship).[2]

Hong Kong and Israel each made their debut in the men's foil. The United States made its 15th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 competition.

Competition format

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After two Games of hybrid pool/knockout play, the 1972 tournament returned to an all-pool format, with each fencer facing the other fencers in the pool in a round robin. Bouts were to 5 touches. There were no barrages; ties were broken by touch quotient: touches scored divided by touches received. Unlike previous Games, all bouts were finished in the round robins. The 1972 format also eliminated the 8-fencer final pools of previous Games; for all rounds after the first, the number of fencers was set at 6.[3]

There were five rounds:

  • Round 1 (or "eliminating round"): The 57 fencers were divided into 9 pools, mostly of 6 fencers each but some with 7. The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced; this narrowed the field from 57 to 36.
  • Round 2 (or "1/8 finals"): The 36 fencers were divided into 6 pools of 6 fencers each. The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced, cutting the field from 36 to 24.
  • Quarterfinals: With 24 fencers remaining, there were 4 pools of 6 fencers each. Now, only the top 3 in each pool advanced. This split the field in half, from 24 to 12.
  • Semifinals: There were 2 pools of 6 fencers each. Again, only the top 3 advanced, resulting in a final pool of 6.
  • Final: The final pool featured the remaining 6 fencers.

Schedule

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All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 29 August 1972 8:00
14:00
 
Round 1
Round 2
Quarterfinals
Thursday, 30 August 1972 15:30
19:39
Semifinals
Final

Results

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Round 1

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Round 1 Pool A

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Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. FW JK VS CC AAP CM
1   Friedrich Wessel (FRG) 5 0 25 12 Q 5–2 5–4 5–3 5–1 5–2
2   Jenő Kamuti (HUN) 4 1 22 12 2–5 5–1 5–2 5–2 5–2
3   Vasyl Stankovych (URS) 3 2 20 13 4–5 1–5 5–0 5–1 5–2
4   Carlos Calderón (MEX) 2 3 15 17 3–5 2–5 0–5 5–2 5–0
5   Ali Asghar Pashapour (IRI) 1 4 11 23 1–5 2–5 1–5 2–5 5–3
6   Chan Matthew (HKG) 0 5 9 25 2–5 2–5 2–5 0–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 247

Round 1 Pool B

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Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. GP VD MD YW SS JN
1   Graham Paul (GBR) 5 0 23 13 Q 5–3 5–1 3–5 5–1 5–3
2   Vladimir Denisov (URS) 4 1 23 21 3–5 5–4 5–4 5–4 5–4
3   Marek Dąbrowski (POL) 3 2 20 18 1–5 4–5 5–3 5–2 5–3
4   Yehuda Weisenstein (ISR) 2 3 19 20 5–3 4–5 3–5 2–5 5–2
5   Stefano Simoncelli (ITA) 1 4 17 18 1–5 4–5 2–5 5–2 5–1
6   John Nonna (USA) 0 5 13 25 3–5 4–5 3–5 2–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 247

Round 1 Pool C

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Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. KU LK GS TM HH AV AS
1   Kiyoshi Uehara (JPN) 6 0 30 10 Q 5–2 5–1 5–3 5–1 5–3 5–0
2   László Kamuti (HUN) 4 2 25 16 2–5 5–2 5–2 3–5 5–0 5–2
3   Guillermo Saucedo (ARG) 4 2 23 20 1–5 2–5 5–2 5–1 5–3 5–2
4   Tănase Mureșanu (ROU) 3 3 24 24 3–5 2–5 4–5 5–4 5–4 5–1
5   Harald Hein (FRG) 2 4 20 25 1–5 5–3 1–5 4–5 4–5 5–2
6   Andreas Vgenopoulos (GRE) 2 4 20 28 3–5 0–5 3–5 4–5 5–4 5–4
7   Ali Sleiman (LIB) 0 6 11 30 0–5 2–5 2–5 1–5 2–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 247

Round 1 Pool D

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Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. BT KR EJ DA AP JBH
1   Bernard Talvard (FRA) 4 1 22 9 Q 2–5 5–3 5–0 5–1 5–0
2   Klaus Reichert (FRG) 3 2 20 14 5–2 2–5 3–5 5–2 5–0
3   Eduardo Jhons (CUB) 3 2 21 15 3–5 5–2 5–3 3–5 5–0
4   Dan Alon (ISR) 3 2 18 17 0–5 5–3 3–5 5–3 5–1
5   Arcangelo Pinelli (ITA) 2 3 16 22 1–5 2–5 5–3 3–5 5–4
6   John Bouchier-Hayes (IRL) 0 5 5 25 0–5 0–5 0–5 1–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 247

Round 1 Pool E

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The four-way tie for 3rd place was broken by touch quotient (touches scored divided by touches received). Benko was highest at 0.950, then Losert at 0.944; those two qualified for the next round at 3rd and 4th place. Salvat (0.933) and Darricau (0.714) were eliminated.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. WW SH GB RL ES YDD
1   Witold Woyda (POL) 4 1 20 16 Q 5–4 5–4 0–5 5–1 5–2
2   Ștefan Haukler (ROU) 3 2 22 17 4–5 5–2 3–5 5–2 5–3
3   Greg Benko (AUS) 2 3 19 20 4–5 2–5 5–4 5–1 3–5
4   Roland Losert (AUT) 2 3 17 18 5–0 5–3 4–5 0–5 3–5
5   Enrique Salvat (CUB) 2 3 14 15 1–5 2–5 1–5 5–0 5–0
6   Yves Daniel Darricau (LIB) 2 3 15 21 2–5 3–5 5–3 5–3 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 248

Round 1 Pool F

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The three-way tie for third place was broken by touch quotient (touches for divided by touches against). Paul (1.250) and Simon (1.182) each scored more touches than they received, while Lupiz (0.917) was hit more often than he connected. The former two advanced.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. LK SS BP ES FL FM RE
1   Lech Koziejowski (POL) 6 0 30 9 Q 5–2 5–2 5–3 5–1 5–1 5–0
2   Sándor Szabó (HUN) 4 2 25 20 2–5 5–4 5–4 3–5 5–0 5–2
3   Barry Paul (GBR) 3 3 25 20 2–5 4–5 4–5 5–4 5–1 5–0
4   Ernest Simon (AUS) 3 3 26 22 3–5 4–5 5–4 4–5 5–2 5–1
5   Fernando Lupiz (ARG) 3 3 22 24 1–5 5–3 4–5 5–4 2–5 5–2
6   Fawzi Merhi (LIB) 2 4 14 25 1–5 0–5 1–5 2–5 5–2 5–3
7   Robert Elliott (HKG) 0 6 8 30 0–5 2–5 0–5 1–5 2–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 248

Round 1 Pool G

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Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. DR JF AK MB VC BE LW
1   Daniel Revenu (FRA) 6 0 30 5 Q 5–2 5–0 5–0 5–3 5–0 5–0
2   Joseph Freeman (USA) 5 1 27 15 2–5 5–3 5–2 5–1 5–1 5–3
3   Anatoly Koteshev (URS) 4 2 23 19 0–5 3–5 5–1 5–3 5–1 5–4
4   Mike Breckin (GBR) 3 3 18 23 0–5 2–5 1–5 5–4 5–4 5–0
5   Vicente Calderón (MEX) 2 4 21 25 3–5 1–5 3–5 4–5 5–2 5–3
6   Bülent Erdem (TUR) 1 5 13 28 0–5 1–5 1–5 4–5 2–5 5–3
7   Lester Wong (CAN) 0 6 13 30 0–5 3–5 4–5 0–5 3–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 248

Round 1 Pool H

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Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. MT IS FK OV CB MC
1   Mihai Țiu (ROU) 4 1 21 7 Q 1–5 5–0 5–1 5–1 5–0
2   Ichiro Serizawa (JPN) 4 1 22 8 5–1 2–5 5–1 5–1 5–0
3   František Koukal (TCH) 4 1 20 14 0–5 5–2 5–2 5–3 5–2
4   Omar Vergara (ARG) 2 3 14 21 1–5 1–5 2–5 5–3 5–3
5   Carl Borack (USA) 1 4 13 21 1–5 1–5 3–5 3–5 5–1
6   Magdy Conyd (CAN) 0 5 6 25 0–5 0–5 2–5 3–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 248

Round 1 Pool I

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The three-way tie for third place was broken by touch quotient (touches for divided by touches against). Nakajima, despite losing more matches than he win, had actually scored more touches than he received—a quotient of 1.125. Gil was second among the tied fencers, with a quotient of 0.875; he advanced along with Nakajima. Obst was eliminated, at 0.700 and last among the tied men.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. CN NG HN JG HO PS
1   Christian Noël (FRA) 5 0 25 11 Q 5–4 5–2 5–1 5–1 5–3
2   Nicola Granieri (ITA) 3 2 20 15 4–5 5–3 1–5 5–1 5–1
3   Hiroshi Nakajima (JPN) 2 3 18 16 2–5 3–5 5–1 3–5 5–0
4   Jesús Gil (CUB) 2 3 14 16 1–5 5–1 1–5 2–5 5–0
5   Herbert Obst (CAN) 2 3 14 20 1–5 1–5 5–3 5–2 2–5
6   Per Sundberg (SWE) 1 4 9 22 3–5 1–5 0–5 0–5 5–2
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 249

Round 2

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Round 2 Pool A

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Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. DR WW FK BP DA OV
1   Daniel Revenu (FRA) 5 0 25 7 Q 5–2 5–0 5–3 5–0 5–2
2   Witold Woyda (POL) 4 1 21 12 2–5 4–5 5–1 5–0 5–1
3   František Koukal (TCH) 3 2 19 17 0–5 5–4 5–2 4–5 5–1
4   Barry Paul (GBR) 2 3 16 21 3–5 1–5 2–5 5–4 5–2
5   Dan Alon (ISR) 1 4 14 20 0–5 0–5 5–4 4–5 5–1
6   Omar Vergara (ARG) 0 5 7 25 2–5 1–5 1–5 2–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 249

Round 2 Pool B

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Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. LK VD GP SH JG ES
1   Lech Koziejowski (POL) 5 0 25 10 Q 5–1 5–3 5–1 5–4 5–1
2   Vladimir Denisov (URS) 4 1 21 12 1–5 5–1 5–1 5–4 5–1
3   Graham Paul (GBR) 3 2 19 15 3–5 1–5 5–2 5–1 5–2
4   Ștefan Haukler (ROU) 2 3 14 18 1–5 1–5 2–5 5–2 5–1
5   Jesús Gil (CUB) 1 4 16 22 4–5 4–5 1–5 2–5 5–2
6   Ernest Simon (AUS) 0 5 7 25 1–5 1–5 2–5 1–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 249

Round 2 Pool C

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Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. NG MD KU BT LK CC
1   Nicola Granieri (ITA) 4 1 24 11 Q 4–5 5–3 5–2 5–1 5–0
2   Marek Dąbrowski (POL) 4 1 22 14 5–4 5–2 2–5 5–3 5–0
3   Kiyoshi Uehara (JPN) 3 2 20 15 3–5 2–5 5–2 5–0 5–3
4   Bernard Talvard (FRA) 3 2 19 17 2–5 5–2 2–5 5–2 5–3
5   László Kamuti (HUN) 1 4 11 23 1–5 3–5 0–5 2–5 5–3
6   Carlos Calderón (MEX) 0 5 9 25 0–5 0–5 3–5 3–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 249

Round 2 Pool D

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Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. JK AK CN KR TM RL
1   Jenő Kamuti (HUN) 4 1 23 14 Q 5–1 5–3 5–4 3–5 5–1
2   Anatoly Koteshev (URS) 4 1 19 14 1–5 5–1 3–5 5–1 5–2
3   Christian Noël (FRA) 3 2 19 14 3–5 1–5 5–1 5–2 5–1
4   Klaus Reichert (FRG) 3 2 20 17 4–5 5–3 1–5 5–2 5–2
5   Tănase Mureșanu (ROU) 1 4 15 22 5–3 1–5 2–5 2–5 5–4
6   Roland Losert (AUT) 0 5 10 25 1–5 2–5 1–5 2–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 249

Round 2 Pool E

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The three-way tie for third was broken by touch quotient. Serizawa was even on touches for and touches received, at 1.000. Wessel was at 17–21 (0.810), beating Breckin by one touch for at 16–21 (0.762). Breckin, at fifth place, was eliminated.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. SS EJ IS FW MB GB
1   Sándor Szabó (HUN) 5 0 25 13 Q 5–2 5–3 5–3 5–3 5–2
2   Eduardo Jhons (CUB) 3 2 21 17 2–5 4–5 5–1 5–2 5–4
3   Ichiro Serizawa (JPN) 2 3 20 20 3–5 5–4 4–5 5–1 3–5
4   Friedrich Wessel (FRG) 2 3 17 21 3–5 1–5 5–4 3–5 5–2
5   Mike Breckin (GBR) 2 3 16 21 3–5 2–5 2–5 5–3 5–3
6   Greg Benko (AUS) 1 4 16 23 2–5 4–5 5–3 2–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 250

Round 2 Pool F

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Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. VS MT GS HN JF YW
1   Vasyl Stankovych (URS) 4 1 23 13 Q 3–5 5–2 5–3 5–3 5–0
2   Mihai Țiu (ROU) 4 1 24 15 5–3 5–4 5–3 4–5 5–0
3   Guillermo Saucedo (ARG) 3 2 21 16 2–5 4–5 5–4 5–1 5–1
4   Hiroshi Nakajima (JPN) 2 3 20 20 3–5 3–5 4–5 5–2 5–3
5   Joseph Freeman (USA) 2 3 16 19 3–5 5–4 1–5 2–5 5–0
6   Yehuda Weisenstein (ISR) 0 5 4 25 0–5 0–5 1–5 3–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 250

Quarterfinals

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Quarterfinal Pool A

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Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. DR MT MD EJ KR BP
1   Daniel Revenu (FRA) 4 1 24 12 Q 4–5 5–2 5–2 5–2 5–1
2   Mihai Țiu (ROU) 4 1 24 17 5–4 5–4 5–2 5–2 4–5
3   Marek Dąbrowski (POL) 3 2 21 17 2–5 4–5 5–4 5–2 5–1
4   Eduardo Jhons (CUB) 2 3 18 18 2–5 2–5 4–5 5–0 5–3
5   Klaus Reichert (FRG) 1 4 11 20 2–5 2–5 2–5 0–5 5–0
6   Barry Paul (GBR) 1 4 10 24 1–5 5–4 1–5 3–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 250

Quarterfinal Pool B

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Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. LK JK BT AK IS GP
1   Lech Koziejowski (POL) 4 1 21 11 Q 5–3 1–5 5–1 5–0 5–2
2   Jenő Kamuti (HUN) 4 1 23 16 3–5 5–3 5–3 5–4 5–1
3   Bernard Talvard (FRA) 3 2 19 16 5–1 3–5 5–3 1–5 5–2
4   Anatoly Koteshev (URS) 2 3 17 17 1–5 3–5 3–5 5–1 5–1
5   Ichiro Serizawa (JPN) 2 3 15 19 0–5 4–5 5–1 1–5 5–3
6   Graham Paul (GBR) 0 5 9 25 2–5 1–5 2–5 1–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 250

Quarterfinal Pool C

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Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. WW VD SS HN FK GS
1   Witold Woyda (POL) 4 1 23 15 Q 5–4 5–2 3–5 5–2 5–2
2   Vladimir Denisov (URS) 4 1 24 16 4–5 5–3 5–4 5–2 5–2
3   Sándor Szabó (HUN) 3 2 20 18 2–5 3–5 5–2 5–3 5–3
4   Hiroshi Nakajima (JPN) 2 3 20 22 5–3 4–5 2–5 4–5 5–4
5   František Koukal (TCH) 2 3 17 19 2–5 2–5 3–5 5–4 5–0
6   Guillermo Saucedo (ARG) 0 5 11 25 2–5 2–5 3–5 4–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 250

Quarterfinal Pool D

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Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. FW NG CN VS KU SH
1   Friedrich Wessel (FRG) 4 1 24 18 Q 5–4 5–3 4–5 5–3 5–3
2   Nicola Granieri (ITA) 3 2 23 17 4–5 5–4 5–3 5–0 4–5
3   Christian Noël (FRA) 3 2 22 17 3–5 4–5 5–3 5–3 5–1
4   Vasyl Stankovych (URS) 2 3 18 20 5–4 3–5 3–5 2–5 5–1
5   Kiyoshi Uehara (JPN) 2 3 16 21 3–5 0–5 3–5 5–2 5–4
6   Ștefan Haukler (ROU) 1 4 14 24 3–5 5–4 1–5 1–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 251

Semifinals

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Semifinal Pool A

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Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. MD JK WW NG DR SS
1   Marek Dąbrowski (POL) 4 1 24 19 Q 5–3 4–5 5–3 5–4 5–4
2   Jenő Kamuti (HUN) 3 2 20 19 3–5 2–5 5–4 5–4 5–1
3   Witold Woyda (POL) 3 2 20 20 5–4 5–2 5–4 4–5 1–5
4   Nicola Granieri (ITA) 2 3 21 19 3–5 4–5 4–5 5–2 5–2
5   Daniel Revenu (FRA) 2 3 20 22 4–5 4–5 5–4 2–5 5–3
6   Sándor Szabó (HUN) 1 4 15 21 4–5 1–5 5–1 2–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 251

Semifinal Pool B

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Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. CN VD MT FW BT LK
1   Christian Noël (FRA) 5 0 25 16 Q 5–3 5–2 5–3 5–4 5–4
2   Vladimir Denisov (URS) 3 2 20 13 3–5 2–5 5–1 5–2 5–0
3   Mihai Țiu (ROU) 3 2 21 17 2–5 5–2 5–4 5–1 4–5
4   Friedrich Wessel (FRG) 2 3 18 17 3–5 1–5 4–5 5–1 5–1
5   Bernard Talvard (FRA) 1 4 13 22 4–5 2–5 1–5 1–5 5–2
6   Lech Koziejowski (POL) 1 4 12 24 4–5 0–5 5–4 1–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 251

Final

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The tie for bronze was determined on touch quotient, with Noël (1.000) winning it followed by Țiu (0.850) and Denisov (0.810).

Pos Fencer W L TF TA WW JK CN MT VD MD
    Witold Woyda (POL) 5 0 25 7 5–3 5–2 5–0 5–2 5–0
    Jenő Kamuti (HUN) 4 1 23 19 3–5 5–2 5–4 5–4 5–4
    Christian Noël (FRA) 2 3 18 18 2–5 2–5 4–5 5–1 5–2
4   Mihai Țiu (ROU) 2 3 17 20 0–5 4–5 5–4 3–5 5–1
5   Vladimir Denisov (URS) 2 3 17 21 2–5 4–5 1–5 5–3 5–3
6   Marek Dąbrowski (POL) 0 5 10 25 0–5 4–5 2–5 1–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 251
Fencer Country
Witold Woyda   Poland
Jenő Kamuti   Hungary
Christian Noël   France
Mihai Țiu   Romania
Vladimir Denisov   Soviet Union
Marek Dąbrowski   Poland
Nicola Granieri   Italy
Friedrich Wessel   West Germany
Daniel Revenu   France
Bernard Talvard   France
Sándor Szabó   Hungary
Lech Koziejowski   Poland
Eduardo Jhons   Cuba
Anatoly Koteshev   Soviet Union
Hiroshi Nakajima   Japan
Vasyl Stankovych   Soviet Union
Klaus Reichert   West Germany
Ichiro Serizawa   Japan
František Koukal   Czechoslovakia
Kiyoshi Uehara   Japan
Barry Paul   Great Britain
Graham Paul   Great Britain
Guillermo Saucedo   Argentina
Ștefan Haukler   Romania
Dan Alon   Israel
Jesús Gil   Cuba
László Kamuti   Hungary
Tănase Mureșanu   Romania
Mike Breckin   Great Britain
Joseph Freeman   United States
Omar Vergara   Argentina
Ernest Simon   Australia
Carlos Calderón   Mexico
Roland Losert   Austria
Greg Benko   Australia
Yehuda Weisenstein   Israel
Ali Asghar Pashapour   Iran
Stefano Simoncelli   Italy
Harald Hein   West Germany
Arcangelo Pinelli   Italy
Enrique Salvat   Cuba
Fernando Lupiz   Argentina
Vicente Calderón   Mexico
Carl Borack   United States
Herbert Obst   Canada
Chan Matthew   Hong Kong
John Nonna   United States
Andreas Vgenopoulos   Greece
John Bouchier-Hayes   Ireland
Yves Daniel Darricau   Lebanon
Fawzi Merhi   Lebanon
Bülent Erdem   Turkey
Magdy Conyd   Canada
Per Sundberg   Sweden
Ali Sleiman   Lebanon
Robert Elliott   Hong Kong
Lester Wong   Canada

References

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  1. ^ "Fencing: 1972 Olympic Results - Men's foil". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Foil, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 248–51.