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

Men's team sabre
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue Fernando Montes de Oca Fencing Hall
Dates 20 – 21 October
Competitors 56 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Umyar Mavlikhanov, Mark Rakita, Viktor Sidyak, Vladimir Nazlymov, Eduard Vinokurov  Soviet Union
2nd, silver medalist(s) Wladimiro Calarese, Rolando Rigoli, Pierluigi Chicca, Michele Maffei, Cesare Salvadori  Italy
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Tibor Pézsa, Miklós Meszéna, János Kalmár, Péter Bakonyi, Tamás Kovács  Hungary

The men's team sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 20 to 21 October 1968. 56 fencers from 12 nations competed.[1]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Soviet Union (URS)  Italy (ITA)  Hungary (HUN)

Results

Round 1

Ties between teams were broken by individual victories (in parentheses), then by touches received.

Pool A
1. Soviet Union (URS)2-0 (24:2)Q2
2. Great Britain (GBR)1-1 (12:4)Q2
3. Mexico (MEX)0-2 (6:26)
Pool B
1. Hungary (HUN)2-0 (29:3)Q2
2. West Germany (FRG)1-1 (17:15)Q2
3. Ireland (IRL)0-2 (2:30)
Pool C
1. Italy (ITA)2-0 (24:3)Q2
2. United States (USA)1-1 (13:14)Q2
3. Argentina (ARG)0-2 (6:26)
Pool D
1. France (FRA)2-0 (22:10)Q2
2. Poland (POL)1-1 (20:12)Q2
3. Cuba (CUB)0-2 (6:26)

Championship rounds

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Soviet Union (URS)9
 
 
 
 Great Britain (GBR)1
 
 Soviet Union (URS)9
 
 
 
 France (FRA)4
 
 France (FRA)9
 
 
 
 Poland (POL)2
 
 Soviet Union (URS)9
 
 
 
 Italy (ITA)7
 
 Italy (ITA)8
 
 
 
 United States (USA)6
 
 Italy (ITA)9
 
 
 
 Hungary (HUN)6 Third place
 
 Hungary (HUN)9
 
 
 
 West Germany (FRG)4
 
 Hungary (HUN)9
 
 
 France (FRA)5
 

Fifth place semifinal

 
Fifth place semifinalsFifth place match
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Poland (POL)9
 
 
 
 Great Britain (GBR)2
 
 Poland (POL)9
 
 
 
 United States (USA)5
 
 United States (USA)9
 
 
 West Germany (FRG)7
 

Rosters

References

  1. ↑ "Fencing: 1968 Olympic Results - Men's team sabre". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
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