Men's team foil at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |
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Venue | Palace of Metallurgy |
Dates | 4 – 5 August 1992 |
Competitors | 59 from 12 nations |
Medalists | |
Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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Épée | men | |
Team épée | men | |
Foil | men | women |
Team foil | men | women |
Sabre | men | |
Team sabre | men | |
The men's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 5 to 6 August 1992. 59 fencers from 12 nations competed. [1]
Team | Pld | W | L |
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Cuba (CUB) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Hungary (HUN) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Team | Pld | W | L |
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Italy (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Poland (POL) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
China (CHN) | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Team | Pld | W | L |
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Unified Team (EUN) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
France (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Spain (ESP) | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Team | Pld | W | L |
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Germany (GER) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
South Korea (KOR) | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Austria (AUT) | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Cuba (CUB) | 8 | |||||||||||||
South Korea (KOR) | 8 | |||||||||||||
Cuba (CUB) | 9 | |||||||||||||
Poland (POL) | 7 | |||||||||||||
Poland (POL) | 8 | |||||||||||||
Unified Team (EUN) | 8 | |||||||||||||
Cuba (CUB) | 8 | |||||||||||||
Germany (GER) | 8 | |||||||||||||
Germany (GER) | 9 | |||||||||||||
France (FRA) | 5 | |||||||||||||
Germany (GER) | 8 | Third place | ||||||||||||
Hungary (HUN) | 5 | |||||||||||||
Hungary (HUN) | 9 | Poland (POL) | 9 | |||||||||||
Italy (ITA) | 5 | Hungary (HUN) | 4 |
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