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Fencing at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games

Host City: Montreal, Canada
Date Started: July 20, 1976
Date Finished: July 29, 1976
Events: 8

Participants: 281 (211 men and 70 women) from 34 countries
Youngest Participant: Nili Drori (15 years, 351 days)
Oldest Participant: Bill Hoskyns (45 years, 132 days)
Most Medals (Athlete): 9 athletes with 2 medals
Most Medals (Country): Soviet Union (7 medals)

Participating nations

A total of 281 fencers (211 men and 70 women) from 34 nations competed at the Montreal Games:

Argentina (7)
Australia (3)
Austria (5)
Belgium (4)
Brazil (1)
Bulgaria (5)
Canada (13)
Chile (1)
Cuba (13)
Czechoslovakia (3)
Denmark (1)

East Germany (1)
Finland (4)
France (18)
Great Britain (18)
Hong Kong (4)
Hungary (18)
Iran (13)
Israel (1)
Italy (18)
Japan (8)
Kuwait (4)
Luxembourg (2)

Norway (5)
Paraguay (1)
Poland (18)
Puerto Rico (4)
Romania (18)
Soviet Union (18)
Sweden (7)
Switzerland (6)
Thailand (5)
United States (18)
West Germany (16)

Overview

The fencing tournament took place at the [Stade d'Hiver] on the campus of University of Montreal with the same six events for men and two for women that had been contested since 1960.

For the second games in succession Europe swept up all the medals but this time there was greater parity between East and West. The Soviet Union were the most successful nation both in winning gold medals (3) and total medals (7) with West Germany the other nation to pick up more than one Olympic title. [Viktor Krovopuskov] of the USSR was the only double gold medallist of the Games.

[Thomas Bach], member of the victorious West German foil team, would later take a number of leading roles in the Olympic Movement, replacing [Jacques Rogge] as the President of the IOC in 2013.

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, eight events in fencing were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types (épée, foil and sabre), but women competed only in foil events.

One of the gold medalists from West Germany team was Thomas Bach, who currently serves as President of the International Olympic Committee.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual épée	Alexander Pusch West Germany	Hans-Jürgen Hehn West Germany	Gyözö Kulcsar Hungary
team épée	Sweden (SWE) Carl von Essen Hans Jacobson Rolf Edling Leif Högström Göran Flodström	West Germany (FRG) Alexander Pusch Hans-Jürgen Hehn Reinhold Behr Volker Fischer Hanns Jana	Switzerland (SUI) François Suchanecki Michel Poffet Daniel Giger Christian Kauter Jean-Blaise Evequoz
Individual foil	Fabio dal Zotto Italy	Aleksander Romankov Soviet Union	Bernard Talvard France
team foil	West Germany (FRG) Matthias Behr Thomas Bach Harald Hein Klaus Reichert Erik Sens-Gorius	Italy (ITA) Fabio dal Zotto Carlo Montano Stefano Simoncelli Giovanni Battista Coletti Attilio Calatroni	France (FRA) Christian Noël Bernard Talvard Didier Flament Frederic Pietruszka Daniel Revenu
Individual sabre	Viktor Krovopuskov Soviet Union	Vladimir Nazlymov Soviet Union	Viktor Sidyak Soviet Union
team sabre	Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Krovopuskov Eduard Vinokurov Viktor Sidyak Vladimir Nazlymov Mikhail Burtsev	Italy (ITA) Mario Aldo Montano Michele Maffei Angelo Arcidiacono Tommaso Montano Mario Tullio Montano	Romania (ROU) Daniel Irimiciuc Ioan Pop Marin Mustata Corneliu Marin Alexandru Nilca

Medal table (both men & women)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	3	2	2	7
2	West Germany (FRG)	2	2	0	4
3	Italy (ITA)	1	3	0	4
4	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	2	3
5	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
6	France (FRA)	0	1	2	3
7	Romania (ROU)	0	0	1	1
7	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 nations)		8	8	8	24

Men's Foil, Individual

Host City: Montreal, Canada
Venue(s): University of Montreal Winter Stadium, Montreal, Quebec
Date Started: July 20, 1976
Date Finished: July 21, 1976

Competitors 56from 23 nations

Summary

[Fabio Dal Zotto] celebrated his 19th birthday on the opening day of the 1976 Olympics. A bronze medallist at the World Youth Championships earlier in 1976, he was included in the Italian team only to gain experience for future Olympics. Things did not start well for him as he came within a single hit of elimination in the first phase of the competition but from then on his form improved and he moved into the final stage by placing second in the semi-final. Dal Zotto won four of his five bouts in the final pool which tied him with former World Champion [Aleksandr Romankov] of the USSR. Much to everyone surprise the Italian then proceeded to defeat his Russian opponent with little difficulty and claim the Olympic title. Franceâs [Bernard Talvard] was the bronze medallist.

Dal Zotto appeared on the brink of a glittering career but this was to be his only major championship title. He was a regular member of Italian medal winning teams until a dispute with a teammate at a training camp led to him withdrawing from consideration for the Moskva Olympics. Recalled for the 1981 World Championships he was expelled from the team for breaches of discipline.

The men's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 20 to 21 1976. 56 fencers from 23 nations competed

Results

Fencer	Country
Fabio Dal Zotto	Italy
Aleksandr Romankov	Soviet Union
Bernard Talvard	France
Vasyl Stankovych	Soviet Union
Frédéric Pietruszka	France
Greg Benko	Australia
Vladimir Denisov	Soviet Union
Christian Noël	France
József Komatits	Hungary
Petru Kuki	Romania
Harald Hein	West Germany
Marek Dąbrowski	Poland
Matthias Behr	West Germany
Klaus Haertter	East Germany
Klaus Reichert	West Germany
Edward Donofrio	United States
Enrique Salvat	Cuba
Ed Ballinger	United States
František Koukal	Czechoslovakia
Graham Paul	Great Britain
Lech Koziejowski	Poland
Jorge Garbey	Cuba
Rob Bruniges	Great Britain
Ziemowit Wojciechowski	Poland
Mihai Țiu	Romania
Carlo Montano	Italy
Jaroslav Jurka	Czechoslovakia
Patrice Gaille	Switzerland
Masanori Kawatsu	Japan
Noriyuki Sato	Japan
Barry Paul	Great Britain
Lajos Somodi Jr.	Hungary
Hossein Niknam	Iran
Eduardo Jhons	Cuba
Martin Lang	United States
Toshio Jingu	Japan
Stefano Simoncelli	Italy
Ahmed Akbari	Iran
Ali Asghar Pashapour-Alamdari	Iran
Jenő Kamuti	Hungary
Michel Dessureault	Canada
Ernest Simon	Australia
José Samalot	Puerto Rico
Fernando Lupiz	Argentina
Tudor Petruș	Romania
Thierry Soumagne	Belgium
Lehel Fekete	Canada
Ng Wing Biu	Hong Kong
Kam Roger	Hong Kong
Chan Matthew	Hong Kong
Omar Vergara	Argentina
Daniel Feraud	Argentina
Göran Malkar	Sweden
Jamal Ameen	Kuwait
Abdul Nasser Al-Sayegh	Kuwait
Ahmed Al-Arbeed	Kuwait

Final Pool Barrage for 1/2

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Fabio Dal Zotto	19	Italy	ITA	1	0	5	1
2	Aleksandr Romankov	22	Soviet Union	URS	0	1	1	5

Final Pool

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Fabio Dal Zotto	19	Italy	ITA	4	1	24	15
2	Aleksandr Romankov	22	Soviet Union	URS	4	1	21	13
3	Bernard Talvard	28	France	FRA	3	2	19	21
4	Vasyl Stankovych	30	Soviet Union	URS	2	3	19	18
5	Frederic Pietruszka	22	France	FRA	2	3	13	19
6	Greg Benko	23	Australia	AUS	0	5	15	25

Final Pool

Unit	Date	Result
Bout #1	1976-07-21	Dal Zotto (ITA) 5, Romankov (URS) 1
Bout #2	1976-07-21	Dal Zotto (ITA) 5, Stankovych (URS) 4
Bout #3	1976-07-21	Dal Zotto (ITA) 5, Pietruszka (FRA) 1
Bout #4	1976-07-21	Dal Zotto (ITA) 5, Benko (AUS) 4
Bout #5	1976-07-21	Romankov (URS) 5, Talvard (FRA) 2
Bout #6	1976-07-21	Romankov (URS) 5, Stankovych (URS) 1
Bout #7	1976-07-21	Romankov (URS) 5, Pietruszka (FRA) 1
Bout #8	1976-07-21	Romankov (URS) 5, Benko (AUS) 4
Bout #9	1976-07-21	Talvard (FRA) 5, Dal Zotto (ITA) 4
Bout #10	1976-07-21	Talvard (FRA) 5, Stankovych (URS) 4
Bout #11	1976-07-21	Talvard (FRA) 5, Benko (AUS) 3
Bout #12	1976-07-21	Stankovych (URS) 5, Pietruszka (FRA) 1
Bout #13	1976-07-21	Stankovych (URS) 5, Benko (AUS) 2
Bout #14	1976-07-21	Pietruszka (FRA) 5, Talvard (FRA) 2
Bout #15	1976-07-21	Pietruszka (FRA) 5, Benko (AUS) 2

Semi-Finals Pool One

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Klaus Reichert	29	FRG	4	1	24	9	QU
2	Petru Kuki	21	ROU	4	1	22	19	QU
3	Greg Benko	23	AUS	2	3	17	19	QU
4	Marek DÄbrowski	26	POL	2	3	19	22	QU
5	Ed Ballinger	24	USA	2	3	14	21
6	Frantil¡ek Koukal	27	TCH	1	4	17	23

Semi-Finals Pool Two

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Vladimir Denisov	29	URS	4	1	23	13	QU
2	Harald Hein	26	FRG	4	1	21	18	QU
3	Frederic Pietruszka	22	FRA	3	2	20	16	QU
4	Matthias Behr	21	FRG	2	3	21	19	QU
5	Enrique Salvat	26	CUB	2	3	14	21
6	Ziemek Wojciechowski	27	POL	0	5	13	25

Semi-Finals Pool Three

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Aleksandr Romankov	22	URS	5	0	25	15	QU
2	Klaus Haertter	23	GDR	3	2	21	16	QU
3	Jozsef Komatits	25	HUN	3	2	21	20	QU
4	Bernard Talvard	28	FRA	2	3	21	19	QU
5	Graham Paul	29	GBR	1	4	14	23
6	Jorge Garbey	23	CUB	1	4	15	24

Semi-Finals Pool Four

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Christian Noe«l	31	FRA	5	0	25	13	QU
2	Fabio Dal Zotto	19	ITA	4	1	24	11	QU
3	Vasyl Stankovych	30	URS	3	2	20	18	QU
4	Ed Donofrio	24	USA	1	4	17	23	QU
5	Lech Koziejowski	27	POL	1	4	14	23
6	Rob Bruniges	19	GBR	1	4	12	24

Elimination Rounds Round Three Barrage

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	TG	TR
AC	Aleksandr Romankov	22	URS	10	6	QU
AC	Frederic Pietruszka	22	FRA	10	1	QU
AC	Christian Noe«l	31	FRA	6	10
AC	Vladimir Denisov	29	URS	1	10

Elimination Rounds Round Two Barrage

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	TG	TR
AC	Christian Noe«l	31	FRA	10	5	QC
AC	Vladimir Denisov	29	URS	10	8	QC
AC	Aleksandr Romankov	22	URS	10	6	QC
AC	Frederic Pietruszka	22	FRA	10	3	QC
AC	Marek DÄbrowski	26	POL	5	10
AC	Petru Kuki	21	ROU	8	10
AC	Jozsef Komatits	25	HUN	6	10
AC	Harald Hein	26	FRG	3	10

Elimination Rounds Round One Barrage

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	TG	TR
AC	Christian Noe«l	31	FRA	10	7	QC
AC	Jozsef Komatits	25	HUN	10	5	QC
AC	Frederic Pietruszka	22	FRA	10	5	QC
AC	Petru Kuki	21	ROU	10	9	QC
AC	Klaus Haertter	23	GDR	7	10
AC	Klaus Reichert	29	FRG	5	10
AC	Ed Donofrio	24	USA	5	10
AC	Matthias Behr	21	FRG	9	10

Elimination Rounds Round Two

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	TG	TR
AC	Vasyl Stankovych	30	URS	10	3	QU
AC	Greg Benko	23	AUS	10	9	QU
AC	Fabio Dal Zotto	19	ITA	10	9	QU
AC	Bernard Talvard	28	FRA	10	3	QU
AC	Marek DÄbrowski	26	POL	3	10
AC	Vladimir Denisov	29	URS	9	10
AC	Harald Hein	26	FRG	9	10
AC	Aleksandr Romankov	22	URS	3	10

Elimination Rounds Round One

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	TG	TR
AC	Marek DÄbrowski	26	POL	10	8	QC
AC	Vasyl Stankovych	30	URS	10	2	QC
AC	Vladimir Denisov	29	URS	10	6	QC
AC	Greg Benko	23	AUS	10	9	QC
AC	Fabio Dal Zotto	19	ITA	10	4	QC
AC	Harald Hein	26	FRG	10	9	QC
AC	Bernard Talvard	28	FRA	10	5	QC
AC	Aleksandr Romankov	22	URS	10	5	QC
AC	Christian Noe«l	31	FRA	8	10
AC	Klaus Haertter	23	GDR	2	10
AC	Jozsef Komatits	25	HUN	6	10
AC	Klaus Reichert	29	FRG	9	10
AC	Ed Donofrio	24	USA	4	10
AC	Frederic Pietruszka	22	FRA	9	10
AC	Petru Kuki	21	ROU	5	10
AC	Matthias Behr	21	FRG	5	10

Round Two Pool One

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Christian Noe«l	31	FRA	4	1	23	14	QU
2	Vasyl Stankovych	30	URS	3	2	23	18	QU
3	Petru Kuki	21	ROU	3	2	18	18	QU
4	Lech Koziejowski	27	POL	2	3	18	20	QU
5	Jaroslav Jurka	27	TCH	2	3	19	21
6	Hossein Niknam	25	IRI	1	4	14	24

Round Two Pool Two

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Frantil¡ek Koukal	27	TCH	5	0	25	14	QU
2	Vladimir Denisov	29	URS	4	1	22	16	QU
3	Rob Bruniges	19	GBR	2	3	21	19	QU
4	Harald Hein	26	FRG	2	3	20	2	QU
5	Patrice Gaille	20	SUI	2	3	17	20
6	Marty Lang	27	USA	0	5	11	25

Round Two Pool Three

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Frederic Pietruszka	22	FRA	4	1	23	12	QU
2	Fabio Dal Zotto	19	ITA	4	1	23	14	QU
3	Matthias Behr	21	FRG	3	2	22	17	QU
4	Ed Donofrio	24	USA	3	2	20	18	QU
5	Lajos Somodi, Jr.	22	HUN	1	4	14	23
6	Toshio Jingo	28	JPN	0	5	7	25

Round Two Pool Four

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Klaus Reichert	29	FRG	4	1	24	18	QU
2	Klaus Haertter	23	GDR	3	2	23	18	QU
3	Ed Ballinger	24	USA	3	2	20	20	QU
4	Jozsef Komatits	25	HUN	3	2	19	22	QU
5	Mihai Èiu	30	ROU	2	3	18	16
6	Eduardo Jhons	25	CUB	0	5	14	25

Round Two Pool Five

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Bernard Talvard	28	FRA	4	1	22	16	QU
2	Ziemek Wojciechowski	27	POL	3	2	21	20	QU
3	Enrique Salvat	26	CUB	3	2	16	18	QU
4	Graham Paul	29	GBR	2	3	21	20	QU
5	Carlo Montano	23	ITA	2	3	17	19
6	Noriyuki Sato	22	JPN	1	4	19	24

Round Two Pool Six

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Aleksandr Romankov	22	URS	4	1	22	13	QU
2	Greg Benko	23	AUS	3	2	21	15	QU
3	Jorge Garbey	23	CUB	3	2	20	18	QU
4	Marek DÄbrowski	26	POL	2	3	18	22	QU
5	Masanori Kawatsu	28	JPN	2	3	16	23
6	Barry Paul	28	GBR	1	4	16	22

Round One Pool One

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Christian Noe«l	31	FRA	6	0	30	11	QU
2	Klaus Haertter	23	GDR	4	2	25	10	QU
3	Jorge Garbey	23	CUB	4	2	25	18	QU
4	Greg Benko	23	AUS	3	3	20	16	QU
5	Stefano Simoncelli	29	ITA	3	3	16	21
6	Roger Kam	26	HKG	1	5	13	29
7	Ahmed Al-Arbeed		KUW	0	6	6	30

Round One Pool Two

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Mihai Èiu	30	ROU	5	1	29	16	QU
2	Enrique Salvat	26	CUB	5	1	27	15	QU
3	Bernard Talvard	28	FRA	4	2	24	16	QU
4	Barry Paul	28	GBR	4	2	25	22	QU
5	Ernest Simon	23	AUS	2	4	22	20
6	Edward Ng	31	HKG	1	5	11	26
7	Abdul Nasser Al-Sayegh	17	KUW	0	6	7	30

Round One Pool Three

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Vladimir Denisov	29	URS	5	0	25	11	QU
2	Noriyuki Sato	22	JPN	3	2	18	18	QU
3	Marek DÄbrowski	26	POL	2	3	19	19	QU
4	Marty Lang	27	USA	2	3	17	19	QU
5	Jenl Kamuti	38	HUN	2	3	15	20
6	Jose Samalot	29	PUR	1	4	16	23

Round One Pool Four

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Vasyl Stankovych	30	URS	4	1	24	14	QU
2	Harald Hein	26	FRG	4	1	24	18	QU
3	Ed Donofrio	24	USA	4	1	21	18	QU
4	Fabio Dal Zotto	19	ITA	2	3	22	22	QU
5	Fernando Leºpiz	23	ARG	1	4	16	24
6	Matthew Chan	28	HKG	0	5	14	25

Round One Pool Five

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Frederic Pietruszka	22	FRA	4	1	24	13	QU
2	Carlo Montano	23	ITA	3	2	23	14	QU
3	Jozsef Komatits	25	HUN	3	2	21	13	QU
4	Rob Bruniges	19	GBR	3	2	21	19	QU
5	Michel Dessureault	19	CAN	2	3	12	21
6	Jamal Ameen		KUW	0	5	4	25

Round One Pool Six

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Lajos Somodi, Jr.	22	HUN	5	0	25	13	QU
2	Frantil¡ek Koukal	27	TCH	4	1	23	14	QU
3	Patrice Gaille	20	SUI	3	2	21	16	QU
4	Graham Paul	29	GBR	2	3	19	16	QU
5	Thierry Soumagne	22	BEL	1	4	10	20
6	Goran Malkar	22	SWE	0	5	6	25

Round One Pool Seven

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Aleksandr Romankov	22	URS	4	1	23	10	QU
2	Ziemek Wojciechowski	27	POL	4	1	21	10	QU
3	Toshio Jingo	28	JPN	3	2	19	13	QU
4	Hossein Niknam	25	IRI	2	3	11	22	QU
5	Tudor PetruÈ	26	ROU	1	4	14	23
6	Lehel Fekete	19	CAN	1	4	13	23

Round One Pool Eight

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Matthias Behr	21	FRG	3	2	20	18	QU
2	Ed Ballinger	24	USA	3	2	22	20	QU
3	Ahmed Akbari	29	IRI	2	3	17	21	QU
4	Masanori Kawatsu	28	JPN	4	1	23	11	QU
5	Jaroslav Jurka	27	TCH	3	2	21	17
6	Omar Vergara	33	ARG	0	5	9	25

Round One Pool Nine

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Klaus Reichert	29	FRG	4	1	22	11	QU
2	Petru Kuki	21	ROU	4	1	23	15	QU
3	Lech Koziejowski	27	POL	3	2	21	17	QU
4	Eduardo Jhons	25	CUB	2	3	20	20	QU
5	Ali Asghar Pashapour-Alamdari	24	IRI	2	3	17	21
6	Daniel Feraud	22	ARG	0	5	6	25

Men's Foil, Team

Host City: Montreal, Canada
Venue(s): University of Montreal Winter Stadium, Montreal, Quebec
Date Started: July 24, 1976
Date Finished: July 25, 1976

Competitors 63from 14 nations

Summary

The Soviet Union had won the 1973-74 World Championships, while France won in 1975. The pool winners in round one were the Soviets, France, Italy, and Poland, the 1972 Olympic Champions. In pool three, Italy defeated West Germany, 9-7, but both teams advanced to the quarter-finals. The round one pool champions all won their quarter-final matches, except for Poland, which was defeated by the West Germans, 9-4. In the semi-finals, Italy and France tied on bouts, 8-8, but Italy won on fewer touches and advanced to the final, where they would have a re-match with West Germany. However, this time the Germans turned the tables, winning the gold medal, 9-6.

One member of the West German team would never compete again at the Olympics, but would become very influential within the Olympic Movement. [Thomas Bach] became an IOC Member in 1991 and in 2013 became President of the IOC.

The men's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 24 to 25 July 1976. 63 fencers from 14 nations competed^.

Final Standings

1

West Germany

Thomas Bach	22
Harald Hein	26
Klaus Reichert	29
Matthias Behr	21
Erk Sens-Gorius	30

FRG

Gold

2

Italy

Carlo Montano	23
Fabio Dal Zotto	19
Stefano Simoncelli	29
Giovanni Battista Coletti	27
Attilio Calatroni	26

ITA

Silver

3

France

Daniel Revenu	33
Christian Noe«l	31
Didier Flament	25
Bernard Talvard	28
Frederic Pietruszka	22

FRA

Bronze

4

Soviet Union

Sabirzhan Ruziyev	23
Aleksandr Romankov	22
Vladimir Denisov	29
Vasyl Stankovych	30

URS

5

Poland

Leszek Martewicz	21
Lech Koziejowski	27
Ziemek Wojciechowski	27
Arkadiusz Godel	24
Marek DÄbrowski	26

POL

6

Great Britain

Geoffrey Grimmett	25
Barry Paul	28
Rob Bruniges	19
Graham Paul	29
Nick Bell	25

GBR

7T

Hungary

Jozsef Komatits	25
Csaba Fenyvesi	33
Lajos Somodi, Jr.	22
Jenl Kamuti	38
Se¡ndor Erdls	28

HUN

7T

United States

Marty Lang	27
Ed Ballinger	24
Ed Wright	26
Ed Donofrio	24
Brooke Makler	25

USA

9T

Cuba

Eduardo Jhons	25
Enrique Salvat	26
Jorge Garbey	23
Pedro Herne¡ndez	21

CUB

9T

Iran

Hossein Niknam	25
Sarkis Assatourian	28
Ali Asghar Pashapour-Alamdari	24
Ahmed Akbari	29

IRI

9T

Hong Kong

Matthew Chan	28
Denis Cunningham	26
Roger Kam	26
Edward Ng	31

HKG

9T

Japan

Masanori Kawatsu	28
Hideaki Kamei	27
Toshio Jingo	28
Noriyuki Sato	22

JPN

9T

Kuwait

Ahmed Al-Arbeed
Jamal Ameen
Ali Al-Khawajah	19
Abdul Nasser Al-Sayegh	17

KUW

9T

Romania

Petru Kuki	21
Mihai Èiu	30
Tudor PetruÈ	26
PetricÄ Buricea	21

ROU

Final Pool Bout for 1/2

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	West Germany	FRG	1	0	9	6
2	Italy	ITA	0	1	6	9

Final Pool Bout for 3/4

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	France	FRA	1	0	9	4
2	Soviet Union	URS	0	1	4	9

Final Pool Bouts for 5-8

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	Poland	POL	2	0	18	4
2	Great Britain	GBR	1	1	9	16
3T	Hungary	HUN	0	1	3	9
3T	United States	USA	0	1	7	8

Semi-Finals Pool One

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	Italy	ITA	1	0	8	8	QU
2	France	FRA	0	1	8	8

Semi-Finals Pool Two

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	West Germany	FRG	1	0	9	7	QU
2	Soviet Union	URS	0	1	7	9

Quarter-Finals Pool One

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	France	FRA	1	0	9	3	QU
2	Great Britain	GBR	0	1	3	9

Quarter-Finals Pool Two

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	Italy	ITA	1	0	9	3	QU
2	United States	USA	0	1	3	9

Quarter-Finals Pool Three

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	West Germany	FRG	1	0	9	4	QU
2	Poland	POL	0	1	4	9

Quarter-Finals Pool Four

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	Soviet Union	URS	1	0	9	3	QU
2	Hungary	HUN	0	1	3	9

Round One Pool One

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	Soviet Union	URS	2	0	18	10	QU
2	Great Britain	GBR	1	1	11	17	QU
3	Romania	ROU	0	2	15	17

Round One Pool Two

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	France	FRA	2	0	20	6	QU
2	Hungary	HUN	1	1	11	15	QU
3	Cuba	CUB	0	2	11	21

Round One Pool Three

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	Italy	ITA	3	0	37	11	QU
2	West Germany	FRG	2	1	33	15	QU
3	Japan	JPN	1	2	25	23
4	Kuwait	KUW	0	3	1	47

Round One Pool Four

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	Poland	POL	3	0	37	6	QU
2	United States	USA	2	1	29	14	QU
3	Iran	IRI	1	2	16	32
4	Hong Kong	HKG	0	3	9	39

Men's epee, Individual

Host City: Montreal, Canada
Venue(s): University of Montreal Winter Stadium, Montreal, Quebec
Date Started: July 22, 1976
Date Finished: July 23, 1976

Competitors 64from 26 nations

Summary

Sweden and West Germany had emerged as major players in the world of epee in the years since the Munchen Olympics with [Rolf Edling] of Sweden winning the World title in 1973 and 1974 and West Germanyâs [Alexander Pusch] matching that feat in 1975. Both men qualified for the medal pool in Montreal which turned out to be the most evenly matched in Olympic history. Three men, including Pusch, were tied with a record of 3 wins and 2 losses whilst the other three, which included Edling, had 2 wins and 3 losses. Pusch won matches in the tie-breaking barrage to win gold ahead of teammate [Hans-Jurgen Hehn] and the 1968 champion [Gylzl Kulcse¡r] of Hungary. If one ignores the 1906 Intercalated Games, Pusch was the first German male to win an Olympic fencing title.

The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 22 to 23 1976. 64 fencers from 26 nations competed

Results

Fencer	Country
Alexander Pusch	West Germany
Hans-Jürgen Hehn	West Germany
Győző Kulcsár	Hungary
István Osztrics	Hungary
Jerzy Janikowski	Poland
Rolf Edling	Sweden
Csaba Fenyvesi	Hungary
Göran Flodström	Sweden
Hans Jacobson	Sweden
John Pezza	Italy
Reinhold Behr	West Germany
Philippe Boisse	France
Nicolae Iorgu	Romania
Christian Kauter	Switzerland
Ralph Johnson	Great Britain
Jaroslav Jurka	Czechoslovakia
Boris Lukomsky	Soviet Union
Nils Koppang	Norway
Paul Szabo	Romania
Aleksandr Bykov	Soviet Union
Karl-Heinz Müller	Austria
François Suchanecki	Switzerland
Nicola Granieri	Italy
Jeppe Normann	Norway
Daniel Giger	Switzerland
Aleksandr Abushakhmetov	Soviet Union
Greg Benko	Australia
Teddy Bourne	Great Britain
Ole Mørch	Norway
Zbigniew Matwiejew	Poland
Thierry Soumagne	Belgium
Sarkis Assatourian	Iran
Anton Pongratz	Romania
Peter Zobl-Wessely	Austria
Omar Vergara	Argentina
Herbert Lindner	Austria
Philippe Riboud	France
Arthur Ribeiro	Brazil
Tim Belson	Great Britain
Marceli Wiech	Poland
Scotty Bozek	United States
Daniel Feraud	Argentina
Roger Menghi	Luxembourg
Brooke Makler	United States
Taweewat Hurapan	Thailand
Sneh Chousurin	Thailand
George Masin	United States
Robert Schiel	Luxembourg
Iraj Dastgerdi	Iran
Jacques La Degaillerie	France
Alain Dansereau	Canada
George Varaljay	Canada
Geza Tatrallyay	Canada
Marcello Bertinetti	Italy
Gilberto Peña	Puerto Rico
Sutipong Santitevagul	Thailand
Juan Inostroza	Chile
Veikko Salminen	Finland
Esfandihar Zarnegar	Iran
Kam Roger	Hong Kong
Juan Daniel Pirán	Argentina
Rubén Hernández	Puerto Rico
Denis Cunningham	Hong Kong
Chan Matthew	Hong Kong

Final Pool Barrage for 1-3

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Alexander Pusch	21	West Germany	FRG	2	0	10	7
2	Hans-Jurgen Hehn	31	West Germany	FRG	1	1	9	7
3	Gylzl Kulcse¡r	35	Hungary	HUN	0	2	5	10

Final Pool

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Alexander Pusch	21	West Germany	FRG	3	2	22	18
2	Hans-Jurgen Hehn	31	West Germany	FRG	3	2	18	20
3	Gylzl Kulcse¡r	35	Hungary	HUN	3	2	22	19
4	Istve¡n Osztrics	26	Hungary	HUN	2	3	18	19
5	Jerzy Janikowski	24	Poland	POL	2	3	20	21
6	Rolf Edling	32	Sweden	SWE	2	3	18	21

Final Pool

Unit	Date	Result
Bout #1	1976-07-23	Pusch (FRG) 5, Hehn (FRG) 2
Bout #2	1976-07-23	Pusch (FRG) 5, Osztrics (HUN) 2
Bout #3	1976-07-23	Pusch (FRG) 5, Janikowski (POL) 4
Bout #4	1976-07-23	Hehn (FRG) 5, Kulcse¡r (HUN) 4
Bout #5	1976-07-23	Hehn (FRG) 5, Janikowski (POL) 3
Bout #6	1976-07-23	Hehn (FRG) 5, Edling (SWE) 3
Bout #7	1976-07-23	Kulcse¡r (HUN) 5, Pusch (FRG) 3
Bout #8	1976-07-23	Kulcse¡r (HUN) 5, Janikowski (POL) 3
Bout #9	1976-07-23	Kulcse¡r (HUN) 5, Edling (SWE) 3
Bout #10	1976-07-23	Osztrics (HUN) 5, Hehn (FRG) 1
Bout #11	1976-07-23	Osztrics (HUN) 5, Kulcse¡r (HUN) 3
Bout #12	1976-07-23	Janikowski (POL) 5, Osztrics (HUN) 4
Bout #13	1976-07-23	Janikowski (POL) 5, Edling (SWE) 2
Bout #14	1976-07-23	Edling (SWE) 5, Pusch (FRG) 4
Bout #15	1976-07-23	Edling (SWE) 5, Osztrics (HUN) 2

Semi-Finals Pool One

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Istve¡n Osztrics	26	HUN	5	0	25	6	QU
2	Reinhold Behr	27	FRG	4	1	21	15	QU
3	Rolf Edling	32	SWE	3	2	21	16	QU
4	Philippe Boisse	21	FRA	2	3	16	22	QU
5	Karl-Heinz Muller	27	AUT	1	4	11	20
6	Jeppe Normann	24	NOR	0	5	10	25

Semi-Finals Pool Two

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Nicolae Iorgu	32	ROU	4	0	25	10	QU
2	Gylzl Kulcse¡r	35	HUN	3	2	18	15	QU
3	Alexander Pusch	21	FRG	3	2	17	15	QU
4	Goran Flodstrom	23	SWE	2	1	23	18	QU
5	Frane§ois Suchanecki	26	SUI	1	4	11	24
6	Nicola Granieri	34	ITA	0	4	13	25

Semi-Finals Pool Three

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	John Pezza	23	ITA	4	1	25	16	QU
2	Hans Jacobson	29	SWE	4	1	24	17	QU
3	Ralph Johnson	28	GBR	2	3	20	22	QU
4	Jerzy Janikowski	24	POL	2	3	19	23	QU
5	Boris Lukomsky	25	URS	2	3	14	20
6	Paul Szabo	21	ROU	1	4	18	22

Semi-Finals Pool Four

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Christian Kauter	29	SUI	3	2	22	17	QU
2	Hans-Jurgen Hehn	31	FRG	3	2	21	18	QU
3T	Csaba Fenyvesi	33	HUN	3	2	22	20	QU
3T	Jaroslav Jurka	27	TCH	3	2	22	20	QU
5	Nils Koppang	18	NOR	2	3	17	23
6	Aleksandr Bykov	23	URS	1	4	18	24

Elimination Rounds Round One Barrage

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	TG	TR
AC	Hans-Jurgen Hehn	31	FRG	10	5	QC
AC	Gylzl Kulcse¡r	35	HUN	10	8	QC
AC	Philippe Boisse	21	FRA	10	10	QC
AC	Reinhold Behr	27	FRG	10	6	QC
AC	Ralph Johnson	28	GBR	5	10
AC	Nicolae Iorgu	32	ROU	8	10
AC	Jaroslav Jurka	27	TCH	10	10
AC	Christian Kauter	29	SUI	6	10

Elimination Rounds Round Two Barrage

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	TG	TR
AC	Hans-Jurgen Hehn	31	FRG	10	4	QC
AC	Gylzl Kulcse¡r	35	HUN	10	7	QC
AC	Goran Flodstrom	23	SWE	10	2	QC
AC	Csaba Fenyvesi	33	HUN	10	8	QC
AC	John Pezza	23	ITA	4	10
AC	Hans Jacobson	29	SWE	7	10
AC	Reinhold Behr	27	FRG	2	10
AC	Philippe Boisse	21	FRA	8	10

Elimination Rounds Round Three Barrage

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	TG	TR
AC	Hans-Jurgen Hehn	31	FRG	10	5	QU
AC	Gylzl Kulcse¡r	35	HUN	10	4	QU
AC	Csaba Fenyvesi	33	HUN	5	10
AC	Goran Flodstrom	23	SWE	4	10

Elimination Rounds Round One Barrage

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	TG	TR
AC	Hans-Jurgen Hehn	31	FRG	10	5	QC
AC	Gylzl Kulcse¡r	35	HUN	10	8	QC
AC	Philippe Boisse	21	FRA	10	10	QC
AC	Reinhold Behr	27	FRG	10	6	QC
AC	Ralph Johnson	28	GBR	5	10
AC	Nicolae Iorgu	32	ROU	8	10
AC	Jaroslav Jurka	27	TCH	10	10
AC	Christian Kauter	29	SUI	6	10

Elimination Rounds Round One

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	TG	TR
AC	Istve¡n Osztrics	26	HUN	10	5	QC
AC	John Pezza	23	ITA	10	6	QC
AC	Alexander Pusch	21	FRG	10	5	QC
AC	Goran Flodstrom	23	SWE	10	10	QC
AC	Rolf Edling	32	SWE	10	8	QC
AC	Csaba Fenyvesi	33	HUN	10	7	QC
AC	Hans Jacobson	29	SWE	10	6	QC
AC	Jerzy Janikowski	24	POL	10	9	QC
AC	Ralph Johnson	28	GBR	5	10
AC	Hans-Jurgen Hehn	31	FRG	6	10
AC	Gylzl Kulcse¡r	35	HUN	5	10
AC	Nicolae Iorgu	32	ROU	10	10
AC	Jaroslav Jurka	27	TCH	8	10
AC	Philippe Boisse	21	FRA	7	10
AC	Christian Kauter	29	SUI	6	10
AC	Reinhold Behr	27	FRG	9	10

Elimination Rounds Round Two

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	TG	TR
AC	Istve¡n Osztrics	26	HUN	10	6	QU
AC	Alexander Pusch	21	FRG	10	7	QU
AC	Rolf Edling	32	SWE	10	1	QU
AC	Jerzy Janikowski	24	POL	10	7	QU
AC	John Pezza	23	ITA	6	10
AC	Goran Flodstrom	23	SWE	7	10
AC	Csaba Fenyvesi	33	HUN	1	10
AC	Hans Jacobson	29	SWE	7	10

Round Two Pool One

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Csaba Fenyvesi	33	Hungary	4	0	25	15	QU
2	Paul Szabo	21	Romania	4	1	22	16	QU
3	Aleksandr Bykov	23	Soviet Union	3	2	21	17	QU
4	Karl-Heinz Muller	27	Austria	2	3	19	22	QU
5	Ole Me¸rch	26	Norway	1	3	16	22
6	Sarkis Assatourian	28	Iran	0	5	14	25

Round Two Pool Two

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Rolf Edling	32	SWE	4	0	25	9	QU
2	Frane§ois Suchanecki	26	SUI	4	0	25	19	QU
3	Jaroslav Jurka	27	TCH	2	3	20	19	QU
4	Nicola Granieri	34	ITA	2	3	18	21	QU
5	Teddy Bourne	27	GBR	2	3	16	21
6	Herbert Lindner	23	AUT	0	5	10	25

Round Two Pool Three

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Alexander Pusch	21	FRG	4	1	23	13	QU
2	Nicolae Iorgu	32	ROU	3	2	21	18	QU
3	Istve¡n Osztrics	26	HUN	3	2	18	19	QU
4	Nils Koppang	18	NOR	2	3	18	17	QU
5	Greg Benko	23	AUS	2	3	20	23
6	Thierry Soumagne	22	BEL	1	4	12	22

Round Two Pool Four

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Reinhold Behr	27	FRG	4	1	24	18	QU
2	Goran Flodstrom	23	SWE	3	1	23	16	QU
3	Christian Kauter	29	SUI	3	1	22	17	QU
4	Jeppe Normann	24	NOR	3	2	20	18	QU
5	Zbigniew Matwiejew	27	POL	1	4	18	24
6	Peter Zobl-Wessely	27	AUT	0	5	11	25

Round Two Pool Five

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Boris Lukomsky	25	URS	4	1	24	14	QU
2	Hans Jacobson	29	SWE	3	2	22	17	QU
3	Gylzl Kulcse¡r	35	HUN	3	2	20	21	QU
4	John Pezza	23	ITA	3	2	18	20	QU
5	Daniel Giger	26	SUI	2	3	18	17
6	Anton Pongratz	28	ROU	0	5	12	25

Round Two Pool Six

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Hans-Jurgen Hehn	31	FRG	4	1	23	16	QU
2	Philippe Boisse	21	FRA	4	1	21	18	QU
3	Jerzy Janikowski	24	POL	3	2	23	20	QU
4	Ralph Johnson	28	GBR	2	3	21	20	QU
5	Aleksandr Abushakhmetov	21	URS	2	3	22	22
6	Omar Vergara	33	ARG	0	5	11	25

Round One Pool One

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Ralph Johnson	28	GBR	3	1	19	7	QU
2	Alexander Pusch	21	FRG	3	1	16	8	QU
3	John Pezza	23	ITA	3	1	17	13	QU
4	Geza Tatrallyay	27	CAN	1	3	8	16
5	Juan Daniel Pire¡n	18	ARG	0	4	4	20

Round One Pool Two

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Hans Jacobson	29	SWE	3	1	17	8	QU
2	Boris Lukomsky	25	URS	2	2	18	15	QU
3	Hans-Jurgen Hehn	31	FRG	2	1	14	12	QU
4	Daniel Feraud	22	ARG	2	2	12	19
5	George Varaljay	35	CAN	1	3	12	19

Round One Pool Three

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Thierry Soumagne	22	BEL	3	1	17	12	QU
2	Istve¡n Osztrics	26	HUN	2	2	15	14	QU
3	Nicola Granieri	34	ITA	2	2	16	15	QU
4	Tim Belson	25	GBR	2	2	14	14
5	Alain Dansereau	21	CAN	1	3	10	17

Round One Pool Four

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Herbert Lindner	23	AUT	3	1	17	10	QU
2	Jerzy Janikowski	24	POL	3	1	15	16	QU
3	Greg Benko	23	AUS	2	1	18	13	QU
4	Jacques Lade¨gaillerie	36	FRA	1	2	17	16
5	Veikko Salminen	30	FIN	0	4	8	20

Round One Pool Five

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Reinhold Behr	27	FRG	2	1	19	14	QU
2	Anton Pongratz	28	ROU	2	1	19	15	QU
3	Aleksandr Abushakhmetov	21	URS	2	0	20	16	QU
4	Arthur Cramer	34	BRA	2	2	18	16
5	Roger Kam	26	HKG	0	4	5	20

Round One Pool Six

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Aleksandr Bykov	23	URS	3	1	16	10	QU
2	Christian Kauter	29	SUI	3	1	17	12	QU
3	Goran Flodstrom	23	SWE	2	2	17	15	QU
4	Scotty Bozek	25	USA	2	2	13	15
5	Juan Inostroza	33	CHI	0	4	9	20

Round One Pool Seven

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Frane§ois Suchanecki	26	SUI	3	1	16	11	QU
2	Omar Vergara	33	ARG	3	1	16	14	QU
3	Rolf Edling	32	SWE	2	2	17	11	QU
4	Marceli Wiech	21	POL	2	2	15	16
5	Esfandihar Zarnegar	34	IRI	0	4	8	20

Round One Pool Eight

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Teddy Bourne	27	GBR	4	1	23	12	QU
2	Nils Koppang	18	NOR	3	2	22	16	QU
3	Sarkis Assatourian	28	IRI	3	2	17	20	QU
4T	George Masin	29	USA	2	3	17	20
4T	Sneh Chousurin	24	THA	2	3	17	20
6	Marcello Bertinetti	23	ITA	1	4	13	21

Round One Pool Nine

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Nicolae Iorgu	32	ROU	4	1	24	14	QU
2	Jeppe Normann	24	NOR	4	1	24	17	QU
3	Daniel Giger	26	SUI	3	2	22	16	QU
4	Robert Schiel	36	LUX	2	3	19	22
5	Iraj Dastgerdi	20	IRI	2	3	16	20
6	Ruben Herne¡ndez	22	PUR	0	5	9	25

Round One Pool Ten

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Zbigniew Matwiejew	27	POL	3	1	19	10	QU
2	Karl-Heinz Muller	27	AUT	3	1	18	12	QU
3	Ole Me¸rch	26	NOR	2	2	14	15	QU
4	Roger Menghi	40	LUX	2	2	13	17
5	Sutipong Santitavakul	26	THA	0	4	10	20

Round One Pool Eleven

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Gylzl Kulcse¡r	35	HUN	4	1	21	16	QU
2	Philippe Boisse	21	FRA	4	1	22	17	QU
3	Peter Zobl-Wessely	27	AUT	3	2	23	17	QU
4	Brooke Makler	25	USA	2	3	20	16
5	Taweewat Horrapun	26	THA	2	3	16	19
6	Denis Cunningham	26	HKG	0	5	8	25

Round One Pool Twelve

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Paul Szabo	21	ROU	5	0	25	9	QU
2	Jaroslav Jurka	27	TCH	3	2	22	17	QU
3	Csaba Fenyvesi	33	HUN	3	2	21	17	QU
4	Philippe Riboud	19	FRA	3	2	20	17
5	Gilberto Pee±a	33	PUR	1	4	12	22
6	Matthew Chan	28	HKG	0	5	7	25

Men's epee, Team

Host City: Montreal, Canada
Venue(s): University of Montreal Winter Stadium, Montreal, Quebec
Date Started: July 28, 1976
Date Finished: July 29, 1976

Competitors 85from 19 nations

Summary

Sweden and West Germany had emerged as major players in the world of epee in the years since the Munchen Olympics with [Rolf Edling] of Sweden winning the World title in 1973 and 1974 and West Germanyâs [Alexander Pusch] matching that feat in 1975. Both men qualified for the medal pool in Montreal which turned out to be the most evenly matched in Olympic history. Three men, including Pusch, were tied with a record of 3 wins and 2 losses whilst the other three, which included Edling, had 2 wins and 3 losses. Pusch won matches in the tie-breaking barrage to win gold ahead of teammate [Hans-Jurgen Hehn] and the 1968 champion [Gylzl Kulcse¡r] of Hungary. If one ignores the 1906 Intercalated Games, Pusch was the first German male to win an Olympic fencing title.

The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 28 to 29 1976. 85 fencers from 19 nations competed

Final Standings

1

Sweden

Carl von Essen	35
Hans Jacobson	29
Rolf Edling	32
Leif Hogstrom	21
Goran Flodstrom	23

SWE

Gold

2

West Germany

Thomas Bach	22
Harald Hein	26
Klaus Reichert	29
Matthias Behr	21
Erk Sens-Gorius	30

FRG

Silver

3

Switzerland

Daniel Giger	26
Christian Kauter	29
Michel Poffet	18
Frane§ois Suchanecki	26
Jean-Blaise Evequoz	22

SUI

Bronze

4

Hungary

Csaba Fenyvesi	33
Se¡ndor Erdls	28
Istve¡n Osztrics	26
Pe¡l Schmitt	34
Gylzl Kulcse¡r	35

HUN

5

Soviet Union

Aleksandr Abushakhmetov	21
Viktor Modzalevsky	33
Vasyl Stankovych	30
Aleksandr Bykov	23
Boris Lukomsky	25

URS

6

Romania

Ioan Popa	23
Anton Pongratz	28
Nicolae Iorgu	32
Paul Szabo	21

ROU

7T

Italy

John Pezza	23
Nicola Granieri	34
Fabio Dal Zotto	19
Marcello Bertinetti	23
Giovanni Battista Coletti	27

ITA

7T

Norway

Nils Koppang	18
Jeppe Normann	24
Kjell Otto Moe	20
Be¥rd Vonen	20
Ole Me¸rch	26

NOR

9T

Great Britain

Teddy Bourne	27
Bill Hoskyns	45
Ralph Johnson	28
Tim Belson	25
Martin Beevers	30

GBR

9T

France

Philippe Boisse	21
Frane§ois Jeanne	32
Philippe Riboud	19
Jacques Lade¨gaillerie	36

FRA

11T

Argentina

Daniel Feraud	22
Fernando Leºpiz	23
Juan Daniel Pire¡n	18
Omar Vergara	33

ARG

11T

Austria

Herbert Lindner	23
Karl-Heinz Muller	27
Herbert Polzhuber	38
Peter Zobl-Wessely	27

AUT

11T

Canada

Alain Dansereau	21
Michel Dessureault	19
Geza Tatrallyay	27
George Varaljay	35

CAN

11T

Finland

Heikki Hulkkonen	21
Risto Hurme	26
Jussi Pelli	21
Veikko Salminen	30

FIN

11T

Hong Kong

Matthew Chan	28
Denis Cunningham	26
Roger Kam	26
Edward Ng	31

HKG

11T

Iran

Sarkis Assatourian	28
Iraj Dastgerdi	20
Ali Asghar Pashapour-Alamdari	24
Esfandihar Zarnegar	34

IRI

11T

Poland

Jerzy Janikowski	24
Zbigniew Matwiejew	27
Leszek Swornowski	21
Marceli Wiech	21

POL

11T

Thailand

Sneh Chousurin	24
Taweewat Horrapun	26
Sutipong Santitavakul	26
Royengyot Srivorapongpant	23
Samachai Trangjaroenngarm	22

THA

11T

United States

Scotty Bozek	25
Brooke Makler	25
George Masin	29
Paul Pesthy	38

USA

Final Pool

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	Sweden	SWE	1	0	8	5
2	West Germany	FRG	0	1	5	8

Final Pool

Unit	Date	Result
Bout for 1/2	1976-07-29	SWE 8, FRG 5

Final Pool Bout for 3/4

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	Switzerland	SUI	1	0	9	3	QU
2	Hungary	HUN	0	1	3	9

Final Pool Bouts for 5-8

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	Soviet Union	URS	2	0	17	6
2	Romania	ROU	1	1	10	11
3T	Italy	ITA	0	1	2	8
3T	Norway	NOR	0	1	4	8

Final Pool

Unit	Date	Result
Bouts for 5-8	1976-07-29	ROU 8, ITA 2

Semi-Finals Pool One

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	West Germany	FRG	1	0	8	7	QU
2	Switzerland	SUI	0	1	7	8

Semi-Finals Pool Two

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	Sweden	SWE	1	0	7	6	QU
2	Hungary	HUN	0	1	6	7

Quarter-Finals Pool One

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	West Germany	FRG	1	0	9	2	QU
2	Italy	ITA	0	1	2	9

Quarter-Finals Pool Two

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	Switzerland	SUI	1	0	9	2	QU
2	Romania	ROU	0	1	2	9

Quarter-Finals Pool Three

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	Sweden	SWE	1	0	9	4	QU
2	Soviet Union	URS	0	1	4	9

Quarter-Finals Pool Four

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	Hungary	HUN	1	0	8	0	QU
2	Norway	NOR	0	1	0	8

Round Two Pool One

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	Italy	ITA	1	0	8	8	QU
2	France	FRA	0	1	8	8

Round Two Pool Two

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	Norway	NOR	1	0	8	5	QU
2	Great Britain	GBR	0	1	5	8

Round One Pool One

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	West Germany	FRG	2	0	19	11	QU
2	Great Britain	GBR	1	1	16	14	QC
3	Austria	AUT	0	2	11	21

Round One Pool Two

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	Hungary	HUN	3	0	30	11	QU
2	France	FRA	2	1	23	9	QC
3	Finland	FIN	0	2	5	19
4	Poland	POL	0	2	5	24

Round One Pool Three

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	Sweden	SWE	3	0	35	12	QU
2	Italy	ITA	2	1	33	15	QC
3	Iran	IRI	0	2	9	22
4	Hong Kong	HKG	0	2	2	30

Round One Pool Four

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	Switzerland	SUI	3	0	35	8	QU
2	Norway	NOR	2	1	31	14	QC
3	Canada	CAN	1	2	13	35
4	Argentina	ARG	0	3	13	35

Round One Pool Five

Rank	Team	NOC	MW	ML	BW	BL
1	Soviet Union	URS	3	0	32	13	QU
2	Romania	ROU	2	1	28	16	QU
3	United States	USA	1	2	18	26
4	Thailand	THA	0	3	11	34

Men's Sabre, Individual

Host City: Montreal, Canada
Venue(s): University of Montreal Winter Stadium, Montreal, Quebec
Date Started: July 21, 1976
Date Finished: July 22, 1976

Competitors 46from 18 nations

Summary

Once upon a time the sabre was almost the exclusive preserve of the Hungarians. By the mid-70s those days were long gone and instead it was now the Soviet Union that dominated the discipline. The high point of the Soviet era came in 1976 in Montreal where the team swept the podium. They were so dominant that the trio only lost 3 times in 51 matches against foreign opponents. The gold medal went to [Viktor Krovopuskov] with fellow Soviets [Vladimir Nazlymov] and 1972 champion [Viktor Sidyak] taking silver and bronze.

The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 21 to 22, 1976. 46 fencers from 18 nations competed

Results

Fencer	Country
Viktor Krovopuskov	Soviet Union
Vladimir Nazlymov	Soviet Union
Viktor Sidyak	Soviet Union
Ioan Pop	Romania
Mario Aldo Montano	Italy
Michele Maffei	Italy
Francisco de la Torre	Cuba
Imre Gedővári	Hungary
Jacek Bierkowski	Poland
Manuel Ortiz	Cuba
Dan Irimiciuc	Romania
Angelo Arcidiacono	Italy
Paul Apostol	United States
Peter Westbrook	United States
Józef Nowara	Poland
Patrick Quivrin	France
Tamás Kovács	Hungary
Péter Marót	Hungary
Régis Bonissent	France
Tycho Weißgerber	West Germany
Miroslav Dudekov	Bulgaria
Anani Mikhaylov	Bulgaria
Leszek Jabłonowski	Poland
Cornel Marin	Romania
Guzman Salazar	Cuba
Richard Cohen	Great Britain
Stephen Kaplan	United States
Philippe Bena	France
Marc Lavoie	Canada
John Deanfield	Great Britain
Eli Sukunda	Canada
Taweewat Hurapan	Thailand
Peter Mather	Great Britain
Ismail Pashapour-Alamdari	Iran
Peter Urban	Canada
Ahmed Eskandarpour	Iran
Trayan Dimitrov	Bulgaria
César Bejarano	Paraguay
José María Casanovas	Argentina
Hanns Brandstätter	Austria
Juan Gavajda	Argentina
Abdul Hamid Fathi	Iran
Sutipong Santitevagul	Thailand
Royengyot Srivorapongpant	Thailand
Kam Roger	Hong Kong

Final Pool

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Viktor Krovopuskov	27	Soviet Union	URS	5	0	25	14
2	Vladimir Nazlymov	30	Soviet Union	URS	4	1	23	18
3	Viktor Sidyak	32	Soviet Union	URS	3	2	22	20
4	Ioan Pop	21	Romania	ROU	2	3	19	20
5	Mario Aldo Montano	28	Italy	ITA	1	4	16	21
6	Michele Maffei	29	Italy	ITA	0	5	13	25

Final Pool

Unit	Date	Result
Bout #1	1976-07-22	Krovopuskov (URS) 5, Nazlymov (URS) 3
Bout #2	1976-07-22	Krovopuskov (URS) 5, Sidyak (URS) 4
Bout #3	1976-07-22	Krovopuskov (URS) 5, Pop (ROU) 3
Bout #4	1976-07-22	Krovopuskov (URS) 5, Montano (ITA) 2
Bout #5	1976-07-22	Krovopuskov (URS) 5, Maffei (ITA) 2
Bout #6	1976-07-22	Nazlymov (URS) 5, Sidyak (URS) 3
Bout #7	1976-07-22	Nazlymov (URS) 5, Pop (ROU) 3
Bout #8	1976-07-22	Nazlymov (URS) 5, Montano (ITA) 4
Bout #9	1976-07-22	Nazlymov (URS) 5, Maffei (ITA) 3
Bout #10	1976-07-22	Sidyak (URS) 5, Pop (ROU) 3
Bout #11	1976-07-22	Sidyak (URS) 5, Montano (ITA) 3
Bout #12	1976-07-22	Sidyak (URS) 5, Maffei (ITA) 4
Bout #13	1976-07-22	Pop (ROU) 5, Montano (ITA) 2
Bout #14	1976-07-22	Pop (ROU) 5, Maffei (ITA) 3
Bout #15	1976-07-22	Montano (ITA) 5, Maffei (ITA) 1

Semi-Finals Pool One

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Viktor Sidyak	32	URS	4	1	23	15	QU
2	Imre Gedlve¡ri	25	HUN	4	1	22	16	QU
3	Dan Irimiciuc	27	ROU	3	2	23	13	QU
4	Patrick Quivrin	23	FRA	2	3	17	21	QU
5	Tycho Weiegerber	24	FRG	1	4	15	24
6	Anani Mikhaylov	28	BUL	1	4	12	23

Semi-Finals Pool Two

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Ioan Pop	21	ROU	4	1	22	18	QU
2	Angelo Arcidiacono	20	ITA	3	2	21	18	QU
3	Jozef Nowara	31	POL	2	3	21	21	QU
4	Manuel Ortez	28	CUB	2	3	19	21	QU
5	Peter Marot	31	HUN	2	3	21	23
6	Regis Bonnissent	28	FRA	2	3	17	20

Semi-Finals Pool Three

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Viktor Krovopuskov	27	URS	5	0	25	13	QU
2	Michele Maffei	29	ITA	3	2	22	16	QU
3	Jacek Bierkowski	28	POL	3	2	18	21	QU
4	Paul Apostol	30	USA	2	3	20	20	QU
5	Tame¡s Kove¡cs	33	HUN	2	3	19	21
6	Cornel Marin	23	ROU	0	5	12	25

Semi-Finals Pool Four

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Vladimir Nazlymov	30	URS	5	0	25	14	QU
2	Mario Aldo Montano	28	ITA	4	1	24	10	QU
3	Francisco de la Torre	24	CUB	3	2	21	15	QU
4	Peter Westbrook	24	USA	2	3	13	22	QU
5	Miroslav Dudekov	21	BUL	1	4	13	23
6	Leszek Jablonowski	22	POL	0	5	13	25

Elimination Rounds Round Three Barrage

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	TG	TR
AC	Michele Maffei	29	ITA	10	3	QU
AC	Ioan Pop	21	ROU	10	5	QU
AC	Imre Gedlve¡ri	25	HUN	3	10
AC	Francisco de la Torre	24	CUB	5	10

Elimination Rounds Round Two Barrage

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	TG	TR
AC	Michele Maffei	29	ITA	10	9	QC
AC	Francisco de la Torre	24	CUB	10	9	QC
AC	Imre Gedlve¡ri	25	HUN	10	7	QC
AC	Ioan Pop	21	ROU	10	7	QC
AC	Dan Irimiciuc	27	ROU	9	10
AC	Jacek Bierkowski	28	POL	9	10
AC	Angelo Arcidiacono	20	ITA	7	10
AC	Manuel Ortez	28	CUB	7	10

Elimination Rounds Round One Barrage

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	TG	TR
AC	Dan Irimiciuc	27	ROU	10	6	QC
AC	Jacek Bierkowski	28	POL	10	8	QC
AC	Angelo Arcidiacono	20	ITA	10	6	QC
AC	Ioan Pop	21	ROU	10	9	QC
AC	Paul Apostol	30	USA	10	6
AC	Peter Westbrook	24	USA	10	8
AC	Jozef Nowara	31	POL	10	6
AC	Patrick Quivrin	23	FRA	10	9

Elimination Rounds Round Two

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	TG	TR
AC	Viktor Krovopuskov	27	URS	10	9	QU
AC	Vladimir Nazlymov	30	URS	10	7	QU
AC	Viktor Sidyak	32	URS	10	6	QU
AC	Mario Aldo Montano	28	ITA	10	5	QU
AC	Michele Maffei	29	ITA	9	10
AC	Francisco de la Torre	24	CUB	7	10
AC	Imre Gedlve¡ri	25	HUN	6	10
AC	Manuel Ortez	28	CUB	5	10

Elimination Rounds Round One

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	TG	TR
AC	Viktor Krovopuskov	27	URS	10	4	QC
AC	Michele Maffei	29	ITA	10	7	QC
AC	Francisco de la Torre	24	CUB	10	7	QC
AC	Vladimir Nazlymov	30	URS	10	4	QC
AC	Viktor Sidyak	32	URS	10	7	QC
AC	Imre Gedlve¡ri	25	HUN	10	3	QC
AC	Manuel Ortez	28	CUB	10	7	QC
AC	Mario Aldo Montano	28	ITA	10	1	QC
AC	Paul Apostol	30	USA	4	10
AC	Dan Irimiciuc	27	ROU	7	10
AC	Jacek Bierkowski	28	POL	7	10
AC	Peter Westbrook	24	USA	4	10
AC	Jozef Nowara	31	POL	7	10
AC	Angelo Arcidiacono	20	ITA	3	10
AC	Ioan Pop	21	ROU	7	10
AC	Patrick Quivrin	23	FRA	1	10

Round Two Pool One

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Francisco de la Torre	24	CUB	5	0	25	11	QU
2	Ioan Pop	21	ROU	4	1	23	14	QU
3	Anani Mikhaylov	28	BUL	3	2	20	19	QU
4	Paul Apostol	30	USA	2	3	17	19	QU
5	Richard Cohen	29	GBR	1	4	16	21
6	Taweewat Horrapun	26	THA	0	5	8	25

Round Two Pool Two

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Angelo Arcidiacono	20	ITA	4	1	24	13	QU
2	Vladimir Nazlymov	30	URS	4	1	23	15	QU
3	Tame¡s Kove¡cs	33	HUN	3	2	21	17	QU
4	Patrick Quivrin	23	FRA	3	2	20	19	QU
5	Stephen Kaplan	26	USA	1	4	16	24
6	Eli Sukunda	27	CAN	0	5	9	25

Round Two Pool Three

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Viktor Krovopuskov	27	URS	5	0	25	10	QU
2	Dan Irimiciuc	27	ROU	4	1	23	13	QU
3	Peter Marot	31	HUN	2	3	20	18	QU
4	Regis Bonnissent	28	FRA	2	3	16	19	QU
5	Guzman Salazar	24	CUB	2	3	15	20
6	Peter Mather	22	GBR	0	5	6	25

Round Two Pool Four

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Viktor Sidyak	32	URS	5	0	25	8	QU
2	Peter Westbrook	24	USA	3	2	21	14	QU
3	Cornel Marin	23	ROU	3	2	21	17	QU
4	Leszek Jablonowski	22	POL	2	3	19	21	QU
6	Ismail Pashapour-Alamdari	22	IRI	0	5	6	25

Round Two Pool Five

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Manuel Ortez	28	CUB	5	0	25	9	QU
2	Michele Maffei	29	ITA	4	1	21	10	QU
3	Jozef Nowara	31	POL	3	2	20	17	QU
4	Miroslav Dudekov	21	BUL	2	3	16	15	QU
5	Philippe Bena	24	FRA	1	4	12	24
6	Peter Urban	38	CAN	0	5	6	25

Round Two Pool Six

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Mario Aldo Montano	28	ITA	5	0	25	12	QU
2	Imre Gedlve¡ri	25	HUN	4	1	24	16	QU
3	Jacek Bierkowski	28	POL	3	2	23	14	QU
4	Tycho Weiegerber	24	FRG	2	3	17	21	QU
5	Marc Lavoie	22	CAN	1	4	11	24
6	John Deanfield	24	GBR	0	5	12	25

Round One Pool One

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Vladimir Nazlymov	30	URS	4	0	20	5	QU
2	Jozef Nowara	31	POL	2	2	15	11	QU
3	Regis Bonnissent	28	FRA	2	2	12	11	QU
5	Abdul Hamid Fathi	28	IRI	0	4	5	20

Round One Pool Two

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Anani Mikhaylov	28	Bulgaria	BUL	3	1	18	11	QU
2	Jacek Bierkowski	28	Poland	POL	3	1	18	14	QU
3	Paul Apostol	30	United States	USA	2	2	18	17	QU
4	John Deanfield	24	Great Britain	GBR	1	3	14	18	QU
5	Ahmed Eskandarpour	20	Iran	IRI	1	3	11	19

Round One Pool Three

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Ioan Pop	21	ROU	4	0	20	3	QU
2	Peter Westbrook	24	USA	3	1	17	12	QU
3	Peter Marot	31	HUN	2	2	15	15	QU
4	Peter Mather	22	GBR	1	3	9	17	QU
5	Juan Gavajda	25	ARG	0	4	6	20

Round One Pool Four

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Imre Gedlve¡ri	25	HUN	4	0	20	7	QU
2	Cornel Marin	23	ROU	3	1	18	9	QU
3	Leszek Jablonowski	22	POL	2	2	16	14	QU
4	Marc Lavoie	22	CAN	1	3	10	15	QU
5	Roger Kam	26	HKG	0	4	1	20

Round One Pool Five

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Viktor Krovopuskov	27	URS	3	1	19	8	QU
2	Tame¡s Kove¡cs	33	HUN	3	1	17	10	QU
3	Guzman Salazar	24	CUB	3	1	16	10	QU
4	Eli Sukunda	27	CAN	1	3	8	19	QU
5	Jose Marea Casanova	21	ARG	0	4	7	20

Round One Pool Six

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Michele Maffei	29	ITA	4	0	20	6	QU
2	Manuel Ortez	28	CUB	3	1	16	12	QU
3	Stephen Kaplan	26	USA	2	2	16	15	QU
4	Ismail Pashapour-Alamdari	22	IRI	1	3	10	16	QU
5	Hans Brandste¤tter	27	AUT	0	4	7	20

Round One Pool Seven

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Viktor Sidyak	32	URS	4	0	20	6	QU
2	Angelo Arcidiacono	20	ITA	3	1	19	12	QU
3	Patrick Quivrin	23	FRA	2	2	12	15	QU
4	Peter Urban	38	CAN	1	3	15	16	QU
5	Royengyot Srivorapongpant	23	THA	0	4	3	20

Round One Pool Eight

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Mario Aldo Montano	28	ITA	4	0	20	6	QU
2	Richard Cohen	29	GBR	3	1	19	12	QU
3	Francisco de la Torre	24	CUB	2	2	15	15	QU
4	Miroslav Dudekov	21	BUL	1	3	11	16	QU
5	Sutipong Santitavakul	26	THA	0	4	4	20

Round One Pool Nine

Rank	Athlete	Age	NOC	BW	BL	TG	TR
1	Dan Irimiciuc	27	ROU	5	0	25	10	QU
2	Philippe Bena	24	FRA	4	1	22	13	QU
3	Tycho Weiegerber	24	FRG	3	2	22	17	QU
4	Taweewat Horrapun	26	THA	1	4	14	23	QU
5	Trayan Dimitrov	29	BUL	1	4	15	24
6	Cesar Bejarano	35	PAR	1	4	13	24

Men's Sabre, Team

Host City: Montreal, Canada
Venue(s): University of Montreal Winter Stadium, Montreal, Quebec
Date Started: July 26, 1976
Date Finished: July 27, 1976

Competitors 63from 14 nations

Summary

As World Champions the Soviet Union were always going to be the favourites for the Olympic title in 1976. After the individual championships held a few days earlier had produced a 1-2-3 for the Soviets this favouriteâs role became overwhelming. The USSR started off with a series of overwhelming victories before their title aspirations nearly come unstuck against Romania in the semi-final. The match ended in an 8-8 tie which turned into a defeat for the Romanian by a single hit when the tiebreaker rules were invoked. The Soviets then regrouped and went on to win a comfortable victory over Italy in the Olympic final.

The men's team sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 26 to 27, 1976. 63 fencers from 14 nations competed.