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Épée, Team, Men

Date	28 – 29 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade d'Hiver de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Participants	86 from 19 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.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Sweden	SWE	Gold
	Carl von Essen • Hans Jacobson • Rolf Edling • Leif Högström • Göran Flodström
2	West Germany	FRG	Silver
	Hans-Jürgen Hehn • Volker Fischer • Alexander Pusch • Reinhold Behr • Hanns Jana
3	Switzerland	SUI	Bronze
	Daniel Giger • Christian Kauter • Michel Poffet • François Suchanecki • Jean-Blaise Evéquoz
4	Hungary	HUN
	Csaba Fenyvesi • Sándor Erdős • István Osztrics • Pál Schmitt • Győző Kulcsár
5	Soviet Union	URS
	Aleksandr Abushakhmetov • Viktor Modzalevsky • Vasily Stankovich • Aleksandr Bykov • Boris Lukomsky
6	Romania	ROU
	Ioan Popa • Anton Pongratz • Nicolae Iorgu • Paul Szabo
=7	Italy	ITA
	John Pezza • Nicola Granieri • Fabio Dal Zotto • Marcello Bertinetti • Giovanni Battista Coletti • Attilio Calatroni (DNS)
=7	Norway	NOR
	Nils Koppang • Jeppe Normann • Kjell Otto Moe • Bård Vonen • Ole Mørch
=9	Great Britain	GBR
	Teddy Bourne • Bill Hoskyns • Ralph Johnson • Tim Belson • Martin Beevers
=9	France	FRA
	Philippe Boisse • François Jeanne • Philippe Riboud • Jacques Ladègaillerie
11	United States	USA
	Scotty Bozek • Brooke Makler • George Masin • Paul Pesthy
12	Canada	CAN
	Alain Dansereau • Michel Dessureault • Geza Tatrallyay • George Varaljay
13	Austria	AUT
	Herbert Lindner • Karl-Heinz Müller • Herbert Polzhuber • Peter Zobl-Wessely
14	Iran	IRI
	Sarkis Assatourian • Iraj Dastgerdi • Ali Asghar Pashapour-Alamdari • Esfandihar Zarnegar
15	Finland	FIN
	Heikki Hulkkonen • Risto Hurme • Jussi Pelli • Veikko Salminen
16	Poland	POL
	Jerzy Janikowski • Zbigniew Matwiejew • Leszek Swornowski • Marceli Wiech
17	Hong Kong	HKG
	Matthew Chan • Denis Cunningham • Roger Kam • Edward Ng
18	Argentina	ARG
	Daniel Feraud • Fernando Lúpiz • Juan Daniel Pirán • Omar Vergara • José María Casanova
19	Thailand	THA
	Sneh Chousurin • Taweewat Horrapun • Sutipong Santitavakul • Royengyot Srivorapongpant • Samachai Trangjaroenngarm
DNS	Puerto Rico	PUR
	Rubén Hernández • Ramón Nenadich • Gilberto Peña • José Samalot

Round One (28 July 1976 — 8:30)

Top six teams advanced to quarter-finals. Places 7-10 advanced to round two. Rankings based on percentages of wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Win %%%	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost	BWM
1	Switzerland	SUI	3	0	1.000	35	8	27	Q

2	Sweden	SWE	3	0	1.000	35	12	23	Q

3	Soviet Union	URS	3	0	1.000	32	13	19	Q

4	Hungary	HUN	3	0	1.000	30	11	19	Q

5	West Germany	FRG	2	0	1.000	19	11	8	Q

6	Romania	ROU	2	1	0.667	28	16	12	Q

7	Italy	ITA	2	1	0.667	33	15	18	q

8	Norway	NOR	2	1	0.667	31	13	18	q

9	France	FRA	2	1	0.667	23	9	14	q

10	Great Britain	GBR	1	1	0.500	16	14	2	q

11	United States	USA	1	2	0.333	18	26	-8

12	Canada	CAN	1	2	0.333	12	35	-23

13	Austria	AUT	0	2	0.000	11	21	-10

14	Iran	IRI	0	2	0.000	9	22	-13

15	Finland	FIN	0	2	0.000	5	19	-14

16	Poland	POL	0	2	0.000	5	24	-19

17	Hong Kong	HKG	0	2	0.000	2	30	-28

18	Argentina	ARG	0	3	0.000	13	35	-22

19	Thailand	THA	0	3	0.000	11	34	-23

Pool 1

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	West Germany	FRG	2	0	19	11
	Hans-Jürgen Hehn • Volker Fischer • Alexander Pusch • Reinhold Behr • Hanns Jana
2	Great Britain	GBR	1	1	16	14
	Teddy Bourne • Bill Hoskyns • Ralph Johnson • Tim Belson • Martin Beevers
3	Austria	AUT	0	2	11	21
	Herbert Lindner • Karl-Heinz Müller • Herbert Polzhuber • Peter Zobl-Wessely

Match #1	FRG	9 – 5	GBR
Match #2	FRG	10 – 6	AUT
Match #3	GBR	11 – 5	AUT

Pool 2

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Hungary	HUN	3	0	30	11
	Csaba Fenyvesi • Sándor Erdős • István Osztrics • Pál Schmitt • Győző Kulcsár
2	France	FRA	2	1	23	9
	Philippe Boisse • François Jeanne • Philippe Riboud • Jacques Ladègaillerie
3	Finland	FIN	0	2	5	19
	Heikki Hulkkonen • Risto Hurme • Jussi Pelli • Veikko Salminen
4	Poland	POL	0	2	5	24
	Jerzy Janikowski • Zbigniew Matwiejew • Leszek Swornowski • Marceli Wiech

Match #1	HUN	8 – 2	FRA
Match #2	HUN	11 – 5	FIN
Match #3	HUN	11 – 4	POL
Match #4	FRA	8 – 0	FIN
Match #5	FRA	13 – 1	POL

Pool 3

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Sweden	SWE	3	0	35	12
	Carl von Essen • Hans Jacobson • Rolf Edling • Leif Högström • Göran Flodström
2	Italy	ITA	2	1	33	15
	John Pezza • Nicola Granieri • Fabio Dal Zotto • Marcello Bertinetti • Giovanni Battista Coletti
3	Iran	IRI	0	2	9	22
	Sarkis Assatourian • Iraj Dastgerdi • Ali Asghar Pashapour-Alamdari • Esfandihar Zarnegar
4	Hong Kong	HKG	0	2	2	30
	Matthew Chan • Denis Cunningham • Roger Kam • Edward Ng

Match #1	SWE	9 – 7	ITA
Match #2	SWE	11 – 4	IRI
Match #3	SWE	15 – 1	HKG
Match #4	ITA	11 – 5	IRI
Match #5	ITA	15 – 1	HKG

Pool 4

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Switzerland	SUI	3	0	35	8
	Daniel Giger • Christian Kauter • Michel Poffet • François Suchanecki • Jean-Blaise Evéquoz
2	Norway	NOR	2	1	31	13
	Nils Koppang • Jeppe Normann • Kjell Otto Moe • Bård Vonen • Ole Mørch
3	Canada	CAN	1	2	12	35
	Alain Dansereau • Michel Dessureault • Geza Tatrallyay • George Varaljay
4	Argentina	ARG	0	3	13	35
	Daniel Feraud • Fernando Lúpiz • Juan Daniel Pirán • Omar Vergara • José María Casanova

Match #1	SUI	9 – 3	NOR
Match #2	SUI	13 – 3	CAN
Match #3	SUI	13 – 3	ARG
Match #4	NOR	14 – 2	CAN
Match #5	NOR	14 – 2	ARG
Match #6	CAN	8 – 8	ARG

Pool 5

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Soviet Union	URS	3	0	32	13
	Aleksandr Abushakhmetov • Viktor Modzalevsky • Vasily Stankovich • Aleksandr Bykov • Boris Lukomsky
2	Romania	ROU	2	1	28	16
	Ioan Popa • Anton Pongratz • Nicolae Iorgu • Paul Szabo
3	United States	USA	1	2	18	26
	Scotty Bozek • Brooke Makler • George Masin • Paul Pesthy
4	Thailand	THA	0	3	11	34
	Sneh Chousurin • Taweewat Horrapun • Sutipong Santitavakul • Royengyot Srivorapongpant • Samachai Trangjaroenngarm

Match #1	URS	9 – 4	ROU
Match #2	URS	12 – 4	USA
Match #3	URS	11 – 5	THA
Match #4	ROU	10 – 5	USA
Match #5	ROU	14 – 2	THA
Match #6	USA	9 – 4	THA

Round Two (28 July 1976 — 15:00)

Direct elimination.

Match #1	ITA	8 – 8	FRA
Match #2	NOR	8 – 5	GBR

Quarter-Finals (29 July 1976 — 8:30)

Winner of each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Match #1	FRG	9 – 2	ITA
Match #2	SUI	9 – 2	ROU
Match #3	SWE	9 – 4	URS
Match #4	HUN	8 – 0	NOR

Semi-Finals (29 July 1976 — 11:00)

Winner of each pool advanced to final.

Match #1	FRG	8 – 7	SUI
Match #2 1 2	SWE 3	8 – 6	HUN 4

Classification Round 5-8 (29 July 1976 — 13:00)

Match #1 5	URS	8 – 5	NOR 6
Match #2	ROU	8 – 2	ITA

Final Pool (29 July 1976 — 18:00)

Match 1-2	SWE	8 – 5	FRG
Match 3-4	SUI	9 – 3	HUN
Match 5-6	URS	9 – 2	ROU