Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

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Men's team foil
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue Central Army Sports Club Complex
Dates2526 July 1980
Competitors40 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Frédéric Pietruszka
Didier Flament
Pascal Jolyot
Philippe Bonnin
Bruno Boscherie
Olympic flag.svg  France
Silver medal icon.svg Aleksandr Romankov
Volodymyr Smyrnov
Sabirzhan Ruziyev
Ashot Karagyan
Vladimir Lapitsky
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Adam Robak
Bogusław Zych
Lech Koziejowski
Marian Sypniewski
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
  1976
1984  

The men's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 25 to 26 July 1980. 40 fencers from 9 nations competed. [1]

Rosters

Cuba
East Germany
France
Great Britain
Hungary
Kuwait
Poland
Romania
Soviet Union

Results

Round 1

Round 1 Pool A

Romania and the Soviet Union each defeated Great Britain, 12–4 and 13–3, respectively. The two victors then faced off. The Soviet Union won 9–2.

PosTeamWLBWBLQual.URSROUGBR
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 20225QS9–213–3
2Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 111413QQ2–912–4
3Olympic flag.svg  Great Britain 027253–134–12
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 239

Round 1 Pool B

Cuba and Hungary tied at 8–8, with 58 touches apiece. France then defeated both of the other teams, 10–6 each.

PosTeamWLBWBLQual.FRAHUNCUB
1Olympic flag.svg  France 202012QS10–610–6
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0.51.51418QQ6–108–8
3Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 0.51.514186–108–8
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 239–40

Round 1 Pool C

East Germany and Poland each defeated Kuwait, 14–2 and 15–1, respectively. The two victors then faced off. Poland won 9–5.

PosTeamWLBWBLQual.POLGDRKUW
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 20246QQ9–515–1
2Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1119115–914–2
3Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 023291–152–14
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 240

Elimination rounds

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
A2 Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 5
C2 Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 8
C2 Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 7
B1 Olympic flag.svg  France 9
B1 Olympic flag.svg  France
Bye
B1 Olympic flag.svg  France 8 (68)
A1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 8 (60)
B2 Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 7
C1 Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 9
C1 Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 7 Third place
A1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9
A1 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union C2 Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 5
ByeC1 Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 9
Fifth Place
   
A2 Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 9
B2 Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 7

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References

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