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Épée, Individual, Men

Date22 – 23 July 1976
StatusOlympic
LocationStade d'Hiver de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Participants64 from 26 countries

Sweden and West Germany had emerged as major players in the world of épée in the years since the München Olympics with Rolf Edling of Sweden winning the World title in 1973 and 1974 and West Germany’s Alexander Pusch matching that feat in 1975. Both men qualified for the medal pool in Montréal 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-Jürgen Hehn and the 1968 champion Győző Kulcsár of Hungary. If one ignores the 1906 Intercalated Games, Pusch was the first German male to win an Olympic fencing title.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Alexander PuschFRGGold
2Hans-Jürgen HehnFRGSilver
3Győző KulcsárHUNBronze
4István OsztricsHUN
5Jerzy JanikowskiPOL
6Rolf EdlingSWE
=7Csaba FenyvesiHUN
=7Göran FlodströmSWE
=9Hans JacobsonSWE
=9John PezzaITA
=9Reinhold BehrFRG
=9Philippe BoisseFRA
=13Nicolae IorguROU
=13Christian KauterSUI
=13Ralph JohnsonGBR
=13Jaroslav JurkaTCH
17Boris LukomskyURS
18Nils KoppangNOR
19Paul SzaboROU
20Aleksandr BykovURS
21Karl-Heinz MüllerAUT
22François SuchaneckiSUI
23Nicola GranieriITA
24Jeppe NormannNOR
25Daniel GigerSUI
26Aleksandr AbushakhmetovURS
27Greg BenkoAUS
28Teddy BourneGBR
29Ole MørchNOR
30Zbigniew MatwiejewPOL
31Thierry SoumagneBEL
32Sarkis AssatourianIRI
33Anton PongratzROU
=34Peter Zobl-WesselyAUT
=34Omar VergaraARG
36Herbert LindnerAUT
37Philippe RiboudFRA
38Arthur CramerBRA
39Tim BelsonGBR
40Marceli WiechPOL
41Scotty BozekUSA
43Daniel FeraudARG
42Roger MenghiLUX
44Brooke MaklerUSA
45Taweewat HorrapunTHA
=46Sneh ChousurinTHA
=46George MasinUSA
48Robert SchielLUX
49Iraj DastgerdiIRI
50Jacques LadègaillerieFRA
51Alain DansereauCAN
52George VaraljayCAN
53Geza TatrallyayCAN
54Marcello BertinettiITA
55Gilberto PeñaPUR
56Sutipong SantitavakulTHA
57Juan InostrozaCHI
=58Veikko SalminenFIN
=58Esfandihar ZarnegarIRI
60Roger KamHKG
61Juan Daniel PiránARG
62Rubén HernándezPUR
63Denis CunninghamHKG
64Matthew ChanHKG
DNSJuan VelázquezCUB
DNSJulio GonzálezCUB
DNSIoan PopaROU
DNSRamón NenadichPUR
DNSClaus ClausnitzerGDR

Round One (22 July 1976 — 8:30)

Top three finishers in each pool advanced to round two.

Pool 1

Jury PresidentK. D'HalluinFRA
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Ralph JohnsonGBR31197Q
2Alexander PuschFRG31168Q
3John PezzaITA311713Q
4Geza TatrallyayCAN13816
5Juan Daniel PiránARG04420

Bout #1 Ralph JohnsonGBR 5 – 1Alexander PuschFRG
Bout #2 Ralph JohnsonGBR 5 – 1Geza TatrallyayCAN
Bout #3 Ralph JohnsonGBR 5 – 0Juan Daniel PiránARG
Bout #4 Alexander PuschFRG 5 – 2John PezzaITA
Bout #5 Alexander PuschFRG 5 – 0Geza TatrallyayCAN
Bout #6 Alexander PuschFRG 5 – 1Juan Daniel PiránARG
Bout #7 John PezzaITA 5 – 4Ralph JohnsonGBR
Bout #8 John PezzaITA 5 – 2Geza TatrallyayCAN
Bout #9 John PezzaITA 5 – 2Juan Daniel PiránARG
Bout #10 Geza TatrallyayCAN 5 – 1Juan Daniel PiránARG

Pool 2

Jury PresidentArístides MartínezCUB
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Hans JacobsonSWE31178Q
2Boris LukomskyURS221815Q
3Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG221412Q
4Daniel FeraudARG221219
5George VaraljayCAN131219

Bout #1 Hans JacobsonSWE 5 – 1Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG
Bout #2 Hans JacobsonSWE 5 – 1Daniel FeraudARG
Bout #3 Hans JacobsonSWE 5 – 1George VaraljayCAN
Bout #4 Boris LukomskyURS 5 – 2Hans JacobsonSWE
Bout #5 Boris LukomskyURS 5 – 3Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG
Bout #6 Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG 5 – 1Daniel FeraudARG
Bout #7 Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG 5 – 1George VaraljayCAN
Bout #8 Daniel FeraudARG 5 – 4Boris LukomskyURS
Bout #9 Daniel FeraudARG 5+ – 5-George VaraljayCAN
Bout #10 George VaraljayCAN 5 – 4Boris LukomskyURS

Pool 3

Jury PresidentBizhan ZarnegarIRI
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Thierry SoumagneBEL311712Q
2István OsztricsHUN221514Q
3Nicola GranieriITA221615Q
4Tim BelsonGBR221414
5Alain DansereauCAN131017

Bout #1 Thierry SoumagneBEL 5 – 2István OsztricsHUN
Bout #2 Thierry SoumagneBEL 5 – 3Nicola GranieriITA
Bout #3 Thierry SoumagneBEL 5 – 2Tim BelsonGBR
Bout #4 István OsztricsHUN 5 – 2Tim BelsonGBR
Bout #5 István OsztricsHUN 5 – 2Alain DansereauCAN
Bout #6 Nicola GranieriITA 5 – 3István OsztricsHUN
Bout #7 Nicola GranieriITA 5 – 2Alain DansereauCAN
Bout #8 Tim BelsonGBR 5 – 3Nicola GranieriITA
Bout #9 Tim BelsonGBR 5 – 1Alain DansereauCAN
Bout #10 Alain DansereauCAN 5 – 2Thierry SoumagneBEL

Pool 4

Jury PresidentDieter JungFRG
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Herbert LindnerAUT311710Q
2Jerzy JanikowskiPOL311516Q
3Greg BenkoAUS221813Q
4Jacques LadègaillerieFRA131716
5Veikko SalminenFIN04820

Bout #1 Herbert LindnerAUT 5 – 3Jacques LadègaillerieFRA
Bout #2 Herbert LindnerAUT 5 – 2Veikko SalminenFIN
Bout #3 Herbert LindnerAUT 5 – 0Jerzy JanikowskiPOL
Bout #4 Jerzy JanikowskiPOL 5 – 4Jacques LadègaillerieFRA
Bout #5 Jerzy JanikowskiPOL 5 – 3Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #6 Jerzy JanikowskiPOL 5 – 4Veikko SalminenFIN
Bout #7 Greg BenkoAUS 5 – 2Herbert LindnerAUT
Bout #8 Greg BenkoAUS 5 – 1Veikko SalminenFIN
Bout #9 Jacques LadègaillerieFRA 5 – 5Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #10 Jacques LadègaillerieFRA 5 – 1Veikko SalminenFIN

Pool 5

Jury PresidentBernard GauthierFRA
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Reinhold BehrFRG221914Q
2Anton PongratzROU221915Q
3Aleksandr AbushakhmetovURS222016Q
4Arthur CramerBRA221816
5Roger KamHKG04520

Bout #1 Reinhold BehrFRG 5 – 4Anton PongratzROU
Bout #2 Reinhold BehrFRG 5 – 5Aleksandr AbushakhmetovURS
Bout #3 Reinhold BehrFRG 5 – 0Roger KamHKG
Bout #4 Anton PongratzROU 5 – 5Aleksandr AbushakhmetovURS
Bout #5 Anton PongratzROU 5 – 4Arthur CramerBRA
Bout #6 Anton PongratzROU 5 – 1Roger KamHKG
Bout #7 Aleksandr AbushakhmetovURS 5 – 4Arthur CramerBRA
Bout #8 Aleksandr AbushakhmetovURS 5 – 2Roger KamHKG
Bout #9 Arthur CramerBRA 5 – 4Reinhold BehrFRG
Bout #10 Arthur CramerBRA 5 – 2Roger KamHKG

Pool 6

Jury PresidentHerbert ObstCAN
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Aleksandr BykovURS311610Q
2Christian KauterSUI311712Q
3Göran FlodströmSWE221715Q
4Scotty BozekUSA221315
5Juan InostrozaCHI04920

Bout #1 Aleksandr BykovURS 5 – 3Göran FlodströmSWE
Bout #2 Aleksandr BykovURS 5 – 1Scotty BozekUSA
Bout #3 Aleksandr BykovURS 5 – 1Juan InostrozaCHI
Bout #4 Christian KauterSUI 5 – 1Aleksandr BykovURS
Bout #5 Christian KauterSUI 5 – 4Göran FlodströmSWE
Bout #6 Christian KauterSUI 5 – 2Juan InostrozaCHI
Bout #7 Göran FlodströmSWE 5 – 2Scotty BozekUSA
Bout #8 Göran FlodströmSWE 5 – 3Juan InostrozaCHI
Bout #9 Scotty BozekUSA 5 – 2Christian KauterSUI
Bout #10 Scotty BozekUSA 5 – 3Juan InostrozaCHI

Pool 7

Jury PresidentEndre SzakallAUS
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1François SuchaneckiSUI311611Q
2Omar VergaraARG311614Q
3Rolf EdlingSWE221711Q
4Marceli WiechPOL221516
5Esfandihar ZarnegarIRI04820

Bout #1 François SuchaneckiSUI 5 – 4Rolf EdlingSWE
Bout #2 François SuchaneckiSUI 5 – 1Marceli WiechPOL
Bout #3 François SuchaneckiSUI 5 – 1Esfandihar ZarnegarIRI
Bout #4 Omar VergaraARG 5 – 1François SuchaneckiSUI
Bout #5 Omar VergaraARG 5 – 4Marceli WiechPOL
Bout #6 Omar VergaraARG 5 – 4Esfandihar ZarnegarIRI
Bout #7 Rolf EdlingSWE 5 – 1Omar VergaraARG
Bout #8 Rolf EdlingSWE 5 – 0Esfandihar ZarnegarIRI
Bout #9 Marceli WiechPOL 5 – 3Rolf EdlingSWE
Bout #10 Marceli WiechPOL 5 – 3Esfandihar ZarnegarIRI

Pool 8

Jury PresidentAdrien GrazianisGRE
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Teddy BourneGBR412312Q
2Nils KoppangNOR322216Q
3Sarkis AssatourianIRI321720Q
=4George MasinUSA231720Q
=4Sneh ChousurinTHA231720
6Marcello BertinettiITA141321

Bout #1 Nils KoppangNOR 5 – 3Teddy BourneGBR
Bout #2 Teddy BourneGBR 5 – 3George MasinUSA
Bout #3 Teddy BourneGBR 5 – 2Sneh ChousurinTHA
Bout #4 Sarkis AssatourianIRI 5 – 4Nils KoppangNOR
Bout #5 George MasinUSA 5 – 3Nils KoppangNOR
Bout #6 Teddy BourneGBR 5 – 0Sarkis AssatourianIRI
Bout #7 George MasinUSA 5 – 2Sarkis AssatourianIRI
Bout #8 Sarkis AssatourianIRI 5 – 4Sneh ChousurinTHA
Bout #9 Sarkis AssatourianIRI 5 – 2Marcello BertinettiITA
Bout #10 Nils KoppangNOR 5 – 1Sneh ChousurinTHA
Bout #11 Sneh ChousurinTHA 5 – 3George MasinUSA
Bout #12 Teddy BourneGBR 5 – 2Marcello BertinettiITA
Bout #13 Nils KoppangNOR 5 – 2Marcello BertinettiITA
Bout #14 Marcello BertinettiITA 5 – 1George MasinUSA
Bout #15 Sneh ChousurinTHA 5 – 2Marcello BertinettiITA

Pool 9

Jury PresidentMartin JoyceGBR
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Nicolae IorguROU412414Q
2Jeppe NormannNOR412417Q
3Daniel GigerSUI322216Q
4Robert SchielLUX231922
5Iraj DastgerdiIRI231620
6Rubén HernándezPUR05925

Bout #1 Nicolae IorguROU 5 – 3Daniel GigerSUI
Bout #2 Nicolae IorguROU 5 – 1Robert SchielLUX
Bout #3 Nicolae IorguROU 5 – 2Iraj DastgerdiIRI
Bout #4 Nicolae IorguROU 5 – 3Rubén HernándezPUR
Bout #5 Jeppe NormannNOR 5 – 4Nicolae IorguROU
Bout #6 Jeppe NormannNOR 5 – 4Daniel GigerSUI
Bout #7 Jeppe NormannNOR 5 – 3Iraj DastgerdiIRI
Bout #8 Jeppe NormannNOR 5 – 1Rubén HernándezPUR
Bout #9 Daniel GigerSUI 5 – 4Robert SchielLUX
Bout #10 Daniel GigerSUI 5 – 1Iraj DastgerdiIRI
Bout #11 Daniel GigerSUI 5 – 1Rubén HernándezPUR
Bout #12 Robert SchielLUX 5 – 4Jeppe NormannNOR
Bout #13 Robert SchielLUX 5 – 3Rubén HernándezPUR
Bout #14 Iraj DastgerdiIRI 5 – 4Robert SchielLUX
Bout #15 Iraj DastgerdiIRI 5 – 1Rubén HernándezPUR

Pool 10

Jury PresidentShahpour ZarnegarIRI
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Zbigniew MatwiejewPOL311910Q
2Karl-Heinz MüllerAUT311812Q
3Ole MørchNOR221415Q
4Roger MenghiLUX221317
5Sutipong SantitavakulTHA041020

Bout #1 Zbigniew MatwiejewPOL 5 – 3Karl-Heinz MüllerAUT
Bout #2 Zbigniew MatwiejewPOL 5 – 2Ole MørchNOR
Bout #3 Zbigniew MatwiejewPOL 5 – 0Sutipong SantitavakulTHA
Bout #4 Karl-Heinz MüllerAUT 5 – 2Ole MørchNOR
Bout #5 Karl-Heinz MüllerAUT 5 – 2Roger MenghiLUX
Bout #6 Karl-Heinz MüllerAUT 5 – 3Sutipong SantitavakulTHA
Bout #7 Ole MørchNOR 5 – 1Roger MenghiLUX
Bout #8 Ole MørchNOR 5 – 4Sutipong SantitavakulTHA
Bout #9 Roger MenghiLUX 5 – 4Zbigniew MatwiejewPOL
Bout #10 Roger MenghiLUX 5 – 3Sutipong SantitavakulTHA

Pool 11

Jury PresidentIuliu FalbROU
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Győző KulcsárHUN412116Q
2Philippe BoisseFRA412217Q
3Peter Zobl-WesselyAUT322317Q
4Brooke MaklerUSA232016
5Taweewat HorrapunTHA231619
6Denis CunninghamHKG05825

Bout #1 Győző KulcsárHUN 5 – 2Philippe BoisseFRA
Bout #2 Győző KulcsárHUN 5 – 3Brooke MaklerUSA
Bout #3 Győző KulcsárHUN 5 – 2Taweewat HorrapunTHA
Bout #4 Győző KulcsárHUN 5 – 4Denis CunninghamHKG
Bout #5 Philippe BoisseFRA 5 – 4Peter Zobl-WesselyAUT
Bout #6 Philippe BoisseFRA 5 – 4Brooke MaklerUSA
Bout #7 Philippe BoisseFRA 5 – 3Taweewat HorrapunTHA
Bout #8 Philippe BoisseFRA 5 – 1Denis CunninghamHKG
Bout #9 Peter Zobl-WesselyAUT 5 – 1Győző KulcsárHUN
Bout #10 Peter Zobl-WesselyAUT 5 – 3Brooke MaklerUSA
Bout #11 Peter Zobl-WesselyAUT 5 – 3Denis CunninghamHKG
Bout #12 Brooke MaklerUSA 5 – 1Taweewat HorrapunTHA
Bout #13 Brooke MaklerUSA 5 – 0Denis CunninghamHKG
Bout #14 Taweewat HorrapunTHA 5 – 4Peter Zobl-WesselyAUT
Bout #15 Taweewat HorrapunTHA 5 – 0Denis CunninghamHKG

Pool 12

Jury PresidentGöran AbrahamssonSWE
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Paul SzaboROU50259Q
2Jaroslav JurkaTCH322217Q
3Csaba FenyvesiHUN322117Q
4Philippe RiboudFRA322017
5Gilberto PeñaPUR141222
6Matthew ChanHKG05725

Bout #1 Paul SzaboROU 5 – 3Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #2 Paul SzaboROU 5 – 4Csaba FenyvesiHUN
Bout #3 Paul SzaboROU 5 – 1Philippe RiboudFRA
Bout #4 Paul SzaboROU 5 – 1Gilberto PeñaPUR
Bout #5 Paul SzaboROU 5 – 0Matthew ChanHKG
Bout #6 Jaroslav JurkaTCH 5 – 4Philippe RiboudFRA
Bout #7 Jaroslav JurkaTCH 5 – 3Gilberto PeñaPUR
Bout #8 Jaroslav JurkaTCH 5 – 0Matthew ChanHKG
Bout #9 Csaba FenyvesiHUN 5 – 4Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #10 Csaba FenyvesiHUN 5 – 1Gilberto PeñaPUR
Bout #11 Csaba FenyvesiHUN 5 – 2Matthew ChanHKG
Bout #12 Philippe RiboudFRA 5 – 2Csaba FenyvesiHUN
Bout #13 Philippe RiboudFRA 5 – 2Gilberto PeñaPUR
Bout #14 Philippe RiboudFRA 5 – 3Matthew ChanHKG
Bout #15 Gilberto PeñaPUR 5 – 2Matthew ChanHKG

Round Two (22 July 1976 — 11:00)

Top four finishers in each pool advanced to round three.

Pool 1

Jury President ReyUNK
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Csaba FenyvesiHUN412515Q
2Paul SzaboROU412216Q
3Aleksandr BykovURS322117Q
4Karl-Heinz MüllerAUT231922Q
5Ole MørchNOR141622
6Sarkis AssatourianIRI051425

Bout #1 Csaba FenyvesiHUN 5 – 2Paul SzaboROU
Bout #2 Csaba FenyvesiHUN 5 – 3Aleksandr BykovURS
Bout #3 Csaba FenyvesiHUN 5 – 2Karl-Heinz MüllerAUT
Bout #4 Csaba FenyvesiHUN 5 – 5Ole MørchNOR
Bout #5 Csaba FenyvesiHUN 5 – 3Sarkis AssatourianIRI
Bout #6 Paul SzaboROU 5 – 3Aleksandr BykovURS
Bout #7 Paul SzaboROU 5 – 4Karl-Heinz MüllerAUT
Bout #8 Paul SzaboROU 5 – 2Ole MørchNOR
Bout #9 Paul SzaboROU 5 – 2Sarkis AssatourianIRI
Bout #10 Aleksandr BykovURS 5 – 3Karl-Heinz MüllerAUT
Bout #11 Aleksandr BykovURS 5 – 1Ole MørchNOR
Bout #12 Aleksandr BykovURS 5 – 3Sarkis AssatourianIRI
Bout #13 Karl-Heinz MüllerAUT 5 – 3Ole MørchNOR
Bout #14 Karl-Heinz MüllerAUT 5 – 4Sarkis AssatourianIRI
Bout #15 Ole MørchNOR 5 – 2Sarkis AssatourianIRI

Pool 2

Jury PresidentTamás GáborHUN
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Rolf EdlingSWE41259Q
2François SuchaneckiSUI412519Q
3Jaroslav JurkaTCH232019Q
4Nicola GranieriITA231821Q
5Teddy BourneGBR231621
6Herbert LindnerAUT051025

Bout #1 Rolf EdlingSWE 5 – 5François SuchaneckiSUI
Bout #2 Rolf EdlingSWE 5 – 3Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #3 Rolf EdlingSWE 5 – 1Nicola GranieriITA
Bout #4 Rolf EdlingSWE 5 – 0Teddy BourneGBR
Bout #5 Rolf EdlingSWE 5 – 0Herbert LindnerAUT
Bout #6 François SuchaneckiSUI 5 – 3Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #7 François SuchaneckiSUI 5 – 4Nicola GranieriITA
Bout #8 François SuchaneckiSUI 5 – 4Teddy BourneGBR
Bout #9 François SuchaneckiSUI 5 – 3Herbert LindnerAUT
Bout #10 Jaroslav JurkaTCH 5 – 3Nicola GranieriITA
Bout #11 Jaroslav JurkaTCH 5 – 1Herbert LindnerAUT
Bout #12 Nicola GranieriITA 5 – 2Teddy BourneGBR
Bout #13 Nicola GranieriITA 5 – 4Herbert LindnerAUT
Bout #14 Teddy BourneGBR 5 – 4Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #15 Teddy BourneGBR 5 – 2Herbert LindnerAUT

Pool 3

Jury PresidentPatrick VajdaFRA
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Alexander PuschFRG412313Q
2Nicolae IorguROU322118Q
3István OsztricsHUN321819Q
4Nils KoppangNOR231817Q
5Greg BenkoAUS232023
6Thierry SoumagneBEL141222

Bout #1 Alexander PuschFRG 5 – 2István OsztricsHUN
Bout #2 Alexander PuschFRG 5 – 1Nils KoppangNOR
Bout #3 Alexander PuschFRG 5 – 4Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #4 Alexander PuschFRG 5 – 1Thierry SoumagneBEL
Bout #5 Nicolae IorguROU 5 – 3Alexander PuschFRG
Bout #6 Nicolae IorguROU 5 – 3Nils KoppangNOR
Bout #7 Nicolae IorguROU 5 – 2Thierry SoumagneBEL
Bout #8 István OsztricsHUN 5 – 2Nicolae IorguROU
Bout #9 István OsztricsHUN 5 – 4Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #10 István OsztricsHUN 5 – 3Thierry SoumagneBEL
Bout #11 Nils KoppangNOR 5 – 1István OsztricsHUN
Bout #12 Nils KoppangNOR 5 – 1Thierry SoumagneBEL
Bout #13 Greg BenkoAUS 5 – 4Nicolae IorguROU
Bout #14 Greg BenkoAUS 5 – 4Nils KoppangNOR
Bout #15 Thierry SoumagneBEL 5 – 2Greg BenkoAUS

Pool 4

Jury PresidentJuozas UdrasURS
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Reinhold BehrFRG412418Q
2Göran FlodströmSWE322316Q
3Christian KauterSUI322217Q
4Jeppe NormannNOR322018Q
5Zbigniew MatwiejewPOL141824
6Peter Zobl-WesselyAUT051125

Bout #1 Reinhold BehrFRG 5 – 3Göran FlodströmSWE
Bout #2 Reinhold BehrFRG 5 – 4Jeppe NormannNOR
Bout #3 Reinhold BehrFRG 5 – 3Zbigniew MatwiejewPOL
Bout #4 Reinhold BehrFRG 5 – 3Peter Zobl-WesselyAUT
Bout #5 Göran FlodströmSWE 5 – 5Christian KauterSUI
Bout #6 Göran FlodströmSWE 5 – 1Jeppe NormannNOR
Bout #7 Göran FlodströmSWE 5 – 4Zbigniew MatwiejewPOL
Bout #8 Göran FlodströmSWE 5 – 1Peter Zobl-WesselyAUT
Bout #9 Christian KauterSUI 5 – 4Reinhold BehrFRG
Bout #10 Christian KauterSUI 5 – 2Zbigniew MatwiejewPOL
Bout #11 Christian KauterSUI 5 – 1Peter Zobl-WesselyAUT
Bout #12 Jeppe NormannNOR 5 – 2Christian KauterSUI
Bout #13 Jeppe NormannNOR 5 – 4Zbigniew MatwiejewPOL
Bout #14 Jeppe NormannNOR 5 – 2Peter Zobl-WesselyAUT
Bout #15 Zbigniew MatwiejewPOL 5 – 4Peter Zobl-WesselyAUT

Pool 5

Jury PresidentChristian d'OriolaFRA
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Boris LukomskyURS412414Q
2Hans JacobsonSWE322217Q
3Győző KulcsárHUN322021Q
4John PezzaITA321820Q
5Daniel GigerSUI231817
6Anton PongratzROU051225

Bout #1 Boris LukomskyURS 5 – 4Hans JacobsonSWE
Bout #2 Boris LukomskyURS 5 – 2John PezzaITA
Bout #3 Boris LukomskyURS 5 – 1Daniel GigerSUI
Bout #4 Boris LukomskyURS 5 – 2Anton PongratzROU
Bout #5 Hans JacobsonSWE 5 – 1John PezzaITA
Bout #6 Hans JacobsonSWE 5 – 3Daniel GigerSUI
Bout #7 Hans JacobsonSWE 5 – 3Anton PongratzROU
Bout #8 Győző KulcsárHUN 5 – 4Boris LukomskyURS
Bout #9 Győző KulcsárHUN 5 – 3Hans JacobsonSWE
Bout #10 Győző KulcsárHUN 5 – 4Anton PongratzROU
Bout #11 John PezzaITA 5 – 3Győző KulcsárHUN
Bout #12 John PezzaITA 5 – 4Daniel GigerSUI
Bout #13 John PezzaITA 5 – 3Anton PongratzROU
Bout #14 Daniel GigerSUI 5 – 2Győző KulcsárHUN
Bout #15 Daniel GigerSUI 5 – 0Anton PongratzROU

Pool 6

Jury PresidentGuido MalacarneITA
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG412316Q
2Philippe BoisseFRA412118Q
3Jerzy JanikowskiPOL322320Q
4Ralph JohnsonGBR232120Q
5Aleksandr AbushakhmetovURS232222
6Omar VergaraARG051125

Bout #1 Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG 5 – 1Philippe BoisseFRA
Bout #2 Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG 5 – 4Ralph JohnsonGBR
Bout #3 Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG 5 – 4Aleksandr AbushakhmetovURS
Bout #4 Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG 5 – 2Omar VergaraARG
Bout #5 Philippe BoisseFRA 5 – 4Jerzy JanikowskiPOL
Bout #6 Philippe BoisseFRA 5 – 3Ralph JohnsonGBR
Bout #7 Philippe BoisseFRA 5 – 4Aleksandr AbushakhmetovURS
Bout #8 Philippe BoisseFRA 5 – 2Omar VergaraARG
Bout #9 Jerzy JanikowskiPOL 5 – 3Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG
Bout #10 Jerzy JanikowskiPOL 5 – 4Aleksandr AbushakhmetovURS
Bout #11 Jerzy JanikowskiPOL 5 – 3Omar VergaraARG
Bout #12 Ralph JohnsonGBR 5 – 4Jerzy JanikowskiPOL
Bout #13 Ralph JohnsonGBR 5 – 1Omar VergaraARG
Bout #14 Aleksandr AbushakhmetovURS 5 – 4Ralph JohnsonGBR
Bout #15 Aleksandr AbushakhmetovURS 5 – 3Omar VergaraARG

Round Three (22 July 1976 — 15:00)

Top four finishers in each pool advanced to elimination rounds.

Pool 1

Jury PresidentIuliu FalbROU
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1István OsztricsHUN50256Q
2Reinhold BehrFRG412115Q
3Rolf EdlingSWE322116Q
4Philippe BoisseFRA231622Q
5Karl-Heinz MüllerAUT141120
6Jeppe NormannNOR051025

Bout #1 István OsztricsHUN 5 – 1Reinhold BehrFRG
Bout #2 István OsztricsHUN 5 – 2Rolf EdlingSWE
Bout #3 István OsztricsHUN 5 – 1Philippe BoisseFRA
Bout #4 István OsztricsHUN 5 – 1Karl-Heinz MüllerAUT
Bout #5 István OsztricsHUN 5 – 1Jeppe NormannNOR
Bout #6 Reinhold BehrFRG 5 – 4Rolf EdlingSWE
Bout #7 Reinhold BehrFRG 5 – 2Philippe BoisseFRA
Bout #8 Reinhold BehrFRG 5 – 0Karl-Heinz MüllerAUT
Bout #9 Reinhold BehrFRG 5 – 4Jeppe NormannNOR
Bout #10 Rolf EdlingSWE 5 – 3Philippe BoisseFRA
Bout #11 Rolf EdlingSWE 5 – 1Karl-Heinz MüllerAUT
Bout #12 Rolf EdlingSWE 5 – 2Jeppe NormannNOR
Bout #13 Philippe BoisseFRA 5 – 4Karl-Heinz MüllerAUT
Bout #14 Philippe BoisseFRA 5 – 3Jeppe NormannNOR
Bout #15 Karl-Heinz MüllerAUT 5 – 0Jeppe NormannNOR

Pool 2

Jury PresidentMartin JoyceGBR
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Nicolae IorguROU412510Q
2Győző KulcsárHUN321815Q
3Alexander PuschFRG321715Q
4Göran FlodströmSWE232318Q
5François SuchaneckiSUI141124
6Nicola GranieriITA051325

Bout #1 Nicolae IorguROU 5 – 1Győző KulcsárHUN
Bout #2 Nicolae IorguROU 5 – 1Alexander PuschFRG
Bout #3 Nicolae IorguROU 5 – 5Göran FlodströmSWE
Bout #4 Nicolae IorguROU 5 – 1François SuchaneckiSUI
Bout #5 Nicolae IorguROU 5 – 2Nicola GranieriITA
Bout #6 Győző KulcsárHUN 5 – 1Alexander PuschFRG
Bout #7 Győző KulcsárHUN 5 – 3François SuchaneckiSUI
Bout #8 Győző KulcsárHUN 5 – 1Nicola GranieriITA
Bout #9 Alexander PuschFRG 5 – 3Göran FlodströmSWE
Bout #10 Alexander PuschFRG 5 – 1François SuchaneckiSUI
Bout #11 Alexander PuschFRG 5 – 1Nicola GranieriITA
Bout #12 Göran FlodströmSWE 5 – 2Győző KulcsárHUN
Bout #13 Göran FlodströmSWE 5 – 1François SuchaneckiSUI
Bout #14 Göran FlodströmSWE 5 – 5Nicola GranieriITA
Bout #15 François SuchaneckiSUI 5 – 4Nicola GranieriITA

Pool 3

Jury PresidentMax GeuterFRG
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1John PezzaITA412516Q
2Hans JacobsonSWE412417Q
3Ralph JohnsonGBR232022Q
4Jerzy JanikowskiPOL231923Q
5Boris LukomskyURS231420
6Paul SzaboROU141822

Bout #1 John PezzaITA 5 – 4Ralph JohnsonGBR
Bout #2 John PezzaITA 5 – 2Jerzy JanikowskiPOL
Bout #3 John PezzaITA 5 – 1Boris LukomskyURS
Bout #4 John PezzaITA 5 – 4Paul SzaboROU
Bout #5 Hans JacobsonSWE 5 – 5John PezzaITA
Bout #6 Hans JacobsonSWE 5 – 4Ralph JohnsonGBR
Bout #7 Hans JacobsonSWE 5 – 1Boris LukomskyURS
Bout #8 Hans JacobsonSWE 5 – 2Paul SzaboROU
Bout #9 Ralph JohnsonGBR 5 – 5Jerzy JanikowskiPOL
Bout #10 Ralph JohnsonGBR 5 – 2Boris LukomskyURS
Bout #11 Jerzy JanikowskiPOL 5 – 4Hans JacobsonSWE
Bout #12 Jerzy JanikowskiPOL 5 – 4Paul SzaboROU
Bout #13 Boris LukomskyURS 5 – 2Jerzy JanikowskiPOL
Bout #14 Boris LukomskyURS 5 – 3Paul SzaboROU
Bout #15 Paul SzaboROU 5 – 2Ralph JohnsonGBR

Pool 4

Jury PresidentChristian d'OriolaFRA
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Christian KauterSUI322217Q
2Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG322118Q
=3Csaba FenyvesiHUN322220Q
=3Jaroslav JurkaTCH322220Q
5Nils KoppangNOR231723
6Aleksandr BykovURS141824

Bout #1 Csaba FenyvesiHUN 5 – 4Nils KoppangNOR
Bout #2 Nils KoppangNOR 5 – 4Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG
Bout #3 Nils KoppangNOR 5 – 4Aleksandr BykovURS
Bout #4 Christian KauterSUI 5 – 3Csaba FenyvesiHUN
Bout #5 Christian KauterSUI 5 – 3Aleksandr BykovURS
Bout #6 Christian KauterSUI 5 – 1Nils KoppangNOR
Bout #7 Jaroslav JurkaTCH 5 – 4Csaba FenyvesiHUN
Bout #8 Jaroslav JurkaTCH 5 – 4Christian KauterSUI
Bout #9 Jaroslav JurkaTCH 5 – 2Nils KoppangNOR
Bout #10 Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG 5 – 2Aleksandr BykovURS
Bout #11 Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG 5 – 3Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #12 Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG 5 – 3Christian KauterSUI
Bout #13 Csaba FenyvesiHUN 5 – 4Aleksandr BykovURS
Bout #14 Csaba FenyvesiHUN 5 – 2Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG
Bout #15 Aleksandr BykovURS 5 – 4Jaroslav JurkaTCH

Elimination Rounds (22 July 1976 — 18:00)

Double-elimination round. Winners of round two and round three repêchage advanced to final round.

Elimination Rounds, Round One (22 July 1976)

Winner of each match advanced to round two. Losers advanced to round one repêchage.

Bout #1 István OsztricsHUN 10 – 5Ralph JohnsonGBR
Bout #2 John PezzaITA 10 – 6Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG
Bout #3 Alexander PuschFRG 10 – 5Győző KulcsárHUN
Bout #4 Göran FlodströmSWE 10 – 10Nicolae IorguROU
Bout #5 Rolf EdlingSWE 10 – 8Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #6 Csaba FenyvesiHUN 10 – 7Philippe BoisseFRA
Bout #7 Hans JacobsonSWE 10 – 6Christian KauterSUI
Bout #8 Jerzy JanikowskiPOL 10 – 9Reinhold BehrFRG

Elimination Rounds, Round Two (22 July 1976)

Winner of each match advanced to final pool. Losers advanced to round two repêchage.

Bout #1 István OsztricsHUN 10 – 6John PezzaITA
Bout #2 Alexander PuschFRG 10 – 7Göran FlodströmSWE
Bout #3 Rolf EdlingSWE 10 – 1Csaba FenyvesiHUN
Bout #4 Jerzy JanikowskiPOL 10 – 7Hans JacobsonSWE

Elimination Rounds, Round One Repêchage (22 July 1976)

Winner of each match advanced to round two repêchage.

Bout #1 Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG 10 – 5Ralph JohnsonGBR
Bout #2 Győző KulcsárHUN 10 – 8Nicolae IorguROU
Bout #3 Philippe BoisseFRA 10 – 10Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #4 Reinhold BehrFRG 10 – 6Christian KauterSUI

Elimination Rounds, Round Two Repêchage (22 July 1976)

Winner of each match advanced to round three repêchage.

Bout #1 Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG 10 – 4John PezzaITA
Bout #2 Győző KulcsárHUN 10 – 7Hans JacobsonSWE
Bout #3 Göran FlodströmSWE 10 – 2Reinhold BehrFRG
Bout #4 Csaba FenyvesiHUN 10 – 8Philippe BoisseFRA

Elimination Rounds, Round Three Repêchage (22 July 1976)

Winner of each match advanced to final pool.

Bout #1 Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG 10 – 5Csaba FenyvesiHUN
Bout #2 Győző KulcsárHUN 10 – 4Göran FlodströmSWE

Final Pool (23 July 1976 — 18:00)

Jury PresidentChristian d'OriolaFRA
Jury PresidentJuozas UdrasURS
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Alexander PuschFRG322218
2Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG321820
3Győző KulcsárHUN322219
4István OsztricsHUN231819
5Jerzy JanikowskiPOL232021
6Rolf EdlingSWE231821

Bout #1 Alexander PuschFRG 5 – 2Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG
Bout #2 Alexander PuschFRG 5 – 2István OsztricsHUN
Bout #3 Alexander PuschFRG 5 – 4Jerzy JanikowskiPOL
Bout #4 Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG 5 – 4Győző KulcsárHUN
Bout #5 Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG 5 – 3Jerzy JanikowskiPOL
Bout #6 Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG 5 – 3Rolf EdlingSWE
Bout #7 Győző KulcsárHUN 5 – 3Alexander PuschFRG
Bout #8 Győző KulcsárHUN 5 – 3Jerzy JanikowskiPOL
Bout #9 Győző KulcsárHUN 5 – 3Rolf EdlingSWE
Bout #10 István OsztricsHUN 5 – 1Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG
Bout #11 István OsztricsHUN 5 – 3Győző KulcsárHUN
Bout #12 Jerzy JanikowskiPOL 5 – 4István OsztricsHUN
Bout #13 Jerzy JanikowskiPOL 5 – 2Rolf EdlingSWE
Bout #14 Rolf EdlingSWE 5 – 4Alexander PuschFRG
Bout #15 Rolf EdlingSWE 5 – 2István OsztricsHUN

Final Pool, Barrage 1-3

Jury PresidentChristian d'OriolaFRA
Jury PresidentJuozas UdrasURS
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Alexander PuschFRG20107
2Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG1197
3Győző KulcsárHUN02510

Bout #1 Alexander PuschFRG 5 – 4Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG
Bout #2 Alexander PuschFRG 5 – 3Győző KulcsárHUN
Bout #3 Hans-Jürgen HehnFRG 5 – 2Győző KulcsárHUN