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Épée, Team, Men

Date10 – 11 August 1984
StatusOlympic
LocationTerrace Theater, Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, Long Beach, California / Exhibit Hall, Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, Long Beach, California
Participants75 from 16 countries

France, World champions in 1982 and 1983, were considered favourites for the Olympic title as Philippe Boisse and Philippe Riboud had won gold and bronze in the individual event in Los Angeles. They duly reached the final against West Germany but the German team, which included 1980 Olympic champion Alexander Pusch and reigning World champion Elmar Borrmann, rose to the occasion and win gold with 9-5 victory over the French. Italy defeated Canada for bronze.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1West GermanyFRGGold
Elmar BorrmannVolker FischerGerhard HeerRafael NickelAlexander Pusch
2FranceFRASilver
Philippe BoisseJean-Michel HenryOlivier LengletPhilippe RiboudMichel Salesse
3ItalyITABronze
Stefano BelloneSandro CuomoCosimo FerroRoberto ManziAngelo Mazzoni
4CanadaCAN
Jacques CardynJean-Marc ChouinardAlain CôtéMichel DessureaultDaniel Perreault
5SwedenSWE
Jerri BergströmGreger ForslöwKent HjerpeJonas RosénBjörne Väggö
6People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Cui YiningPang JinZhao ZhizhongZong Xiangqing
7Republic of KoreaKOR
Kim Bong-ManKim Seong-MunLee Il-HuiMin Gyeong-SeungYun Nam-Jin
8Great BritainGBR
Ralph JohnsonJohn LlewellynNeal MallettSteven PaulJonathan Stanbury
9SwitzerlandSUI
Olivier CarrardDaniel GigerGabriel NigonMichel PoffetFrançois SuchaneckiJean-Blaise Evéquoz (DNS)Gérald Pfefferle (DNS)
10United StatesUSA
Robert MarxJohn MoreauPeter SchifrinLee ShelleyStephen Trevor
11NorwayNOR
Paal FrisvoldNils KoppangJohn Hugo PedersenIvar SchjøttBård Vonen
12EgyptEGY
Ihab MufrihAhmed DiabAbdel Monem SalemKhaled Abdulrahman
13ArgentinaARG
Csaba GasparSergio LucchettiMarcelo MagnascoSergio Turiace
14KuwaitKUW
Osama Al-KhurafiAbdul Nasser Al-SayeghAli HasanKazem HasanMohamed Al-Thuwani
15Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKSA
Mohamed Ahmed Abu AliRashid Fahd Al-RasheedJamil Mohamed BubashitNassar Al-DosariFahad Mousa Al-Baishi (DNS)
16Hong KongHKG
Denis CunninghamRod LaiTerence LamNeutron Liu
DNSBelgiumBEL
Stéphane GaneffPeter JoosStefan JoosThierry Soumagne

Round One (10 August 1984 — 9:00)

Top two teams in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool 1

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMTMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1FranceFRA210269Q
Philippe BoisseJean-Michel HenryOlivier LengletPhilippe RiboudMichel Salesse
2People's Republic of ChinaCHN2011913Q
Cui YiningPang JinZhao ZhizhongZong Xiangqing
3United StatesUSA1112022
Robert MarxJohn MoreauPeter SchifrinLee ShelleyStephen Trevor
4Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaKSA003526
Mohamed Ahmed Abu AliRashid Fahd Al-RasheedJamil Mohamed BubashitNassar Al-Dosari

Match #1 FRA 9 – 1CHN
Match #2 FRA 8 – 8USA
Match #3 FRA 9 – 0KSA
Match #4 CHN 9 – 4USA
Match #5 CHN 9 – 0KSA
Match #6 USA 8 – 5KSA

Pool 2

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1West GermanyFRG30276Q
Elmar BorrmannVolker FischerGerhard HeerRafael NickelAlexander Pusch
2Great BritainGBR212113Q
Ralph JohnsonJohn LlewellynNeal MallettSteven PaulJonathan Stanbury
3NorwayNOR121520
Paal FrisvoldNils KoppangJohn Hugo PedersenIvar SchjøttBård Vonen
4Hong KongHKG03327
Denis CunninghamRod LaiTerence LamNeutron Liu

Match #1 FRG 9 – 3GBR
Match #2 FRG 9 – 2NOR
Match #3 FRG 9 – 1HKG
Match #4 GBR 9 – 4NOR
Match #5 GBR 9 – 0HKG
Match #6 NOR 9 – 2HKG

Pool 3

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1ItalyITA30276Q
Stefano BelloneSandro CuomoCosimo FerroRoberto ManziAngelo Mazzoni
2CanadaCAN212112Q
Jacques CardynJean-Marc ChouinardAlain CôtéMichel DessureaultDaniel Perreault
3EgyptEGY12921
Ihab MufrihAhmed DiabAbdel Monem SalemKhaled Abdulrahman
4ArgentinaARG03826
Csaba GasparSergio LucchettiMarcelo MagnascoSergio Turiace

Match #1 ITA 9 – 5CAN
Match #2 ITA 9 – 0EGY
Match #3 ITA 9 – 1ARG
Match #4 CAN 8 – 0EGY
Match #5 CAN 8 – 3ARG
Match #6 EGY 9 – 4ARG

Pool 4

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1Republic of KoreaKOR212114Q
Kim Bong-ManKim Seong-MunLee Il-HuiMin Gyeong-SeungYun Nam-Jin
2SwedenSWE212013Q
Jerri BergströmGreger ForslöwKent HjerpeJonas RosénBjörne Väggö
3SwitzerlandSUI212216
Olivier CarrardDaniel GigerGabriel NigonMichel PoffetFrançois Suchanecki
4KuwaitKUW03727
Osama Al-KhurafiAbdul Nasser Al-SayeghAli HasanKazem HasanMohamed Al-Thuwani

Match #1 KOR 7 – 3SWE
Match #2 SWE 8 – 4SUI
Match #3 SWE 9 – 2KUW
Match #4 SUI 9 – 5KOR
Match #5 KOR 9 – 1KUW
Match #6 SUI 9 – 3KUW

Quarter-Finals (11 August 1984)

Match #1 FRG 9 – 2CHN
Match #2 ITA 9 – 2SWE
Match #3 CAN 8 – 5KOR
Match #4 FRA 9 – 3GBR

Semi-Finals (11 August 1984)

Match #1 FRG 9 – 1CAN
Match #2 FRA 9 – 4ITA

Classification Round 5-8 (11 August 1984)

Match #1 CHN 8 – 5KOR
Match #2 SWE 8 – 4GBR

Final Pool (11 August 1984 — 9:00)

Single-elimination tournament.

Match 1-2 FRG 8 – 5FRA
Match 3-4 ITA 8 – 2CAN
Match 5-6 SWE 8 – 6CHN
Match 7-8 KOR 8 – 8GBR