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

Men's team foil at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Fernando Montes de Oca Fencing Hall
Dates	18–19 October
Competitors	79 from 17 nations
Medalists
Jean-Claude Magnan Daniel Revenu Christian Noël Gilles Berolatti Jacques Dimont   France Yury Sisikin Viktor Putyatin German Sveshnikov Yury Sharov Vasyl Stankovych   Soviet Union Zbigniew Skrudlik Witold Woyda Egon Franke Ryszard Parulski Adam Lisewski   Poland
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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]

Rosters

Argentina Orlando Nannini Guillermo Saucedo Omar Vergara Evaristo Prendes Canada Magdy Conyd Peter Bakonyi Gerry Wiedel John Andru Cuba Eduardo Jhons Orlando Ruíz Jesús Gil Dagoberto Borges Egypt Ahmed El-Hamy El-Husseini Mohamed Gamil El-Kalyoubi Moustafa Soheim Ahmed Zein El-Abidin France Jean-Claude Magnan Daniel Revenu Christian Noël Gilles Berolatti Jacques Dimont Great Britain Allan Jay Graham Paul Nick Halsted Mike Breckin Bill Hoskyns

Hungary Sándor Szabó Jenő Kamuti László Kamuti Gábor Füredi Attila May Ireland Fionbarr Farrell John Bouchier-Hayes Michael Ryan Colm O'Brien Italy Pasquale La Ragione Alfredo Del Francia Nicola Granieri Arcangelo Pinelli Michele Maffei Japan Masaya Fukuda Heizaburo Okawa Fujio Shimizu Kazuhiko Wakasugi Kazuo Mano Mexico Vicente Calderón Román Gómez Carlos Calderón Gustavo Chapela Héctor Abaunza

Poland Zbigniew Skrudlik Witold Woyda Egon Franke Ryszard Parulski Adam Lisewski Romania Ion Drîmbă Mihai Țiu Ștefan Haukler Tănase Mureșanu Iuliu Falb Soviet Union Yury Sisikin Viktor Putyatin German Sveshnikov Yury Sharov Vasyl Stankovych United States Herbert Cohen Albie Axelrod Uriah Jones Larry Anastasi Jeffrey Checkes Venezuela Silvio Fernández Félix Piñero Freddy Salazar Luis García West Germany Jürgen Theuerkauff Friedrich Wessel Tim Gerresheim Jürgen Brecht Dieter Wellmann

Results

Round 1

Pool A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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