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Foil, Team, Men

Date25 July 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationGeorgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants34 from 11 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament.

The Cuban “Black Musketeers” entered as World Champions after claiming the title in 1995 in the Netherlands; however, their hopes of adding an Olympic title were thwarted when Russia defeated them in the semi-finals. Russia would go on to win gold against Poland in the final but not without having to survive a series of incredibly tight matches. They defeated Hungary 45-43, Cuba 45-44 and had to rally to defeat the Poles after Poland took an early lead. Cuba recovered from the semi-final defeat to win bronze.

PosCompetitorsNOC
1Russian FederationRUSGold
Dmitry ShevchenkoIlgar MamedovVladislav Pavlovich
2PolandPOLSilver
Adam KrzesińskiPiotr KiełpikowskiRyszard SobczakJarosław Rodzewicz
3CubaCUBBronze
Elvis GregoryÓscar GarcíaRolando Tucker
4AustriaAUT
Benny WendtMarco FalchettoMichael Ludwig
5HungaryHUN
Márk MarsiRóbert KissZsolt Érsek
6GermanyGER
Alexander KochUwe RömerWolfgang Wienand
7Republic of KoreaKOR
Jeong Su-GiKim Yong-GukKim Yeong-Ho
8ItalyITA
Alessandro PucciniMarco ArpinoStefano Cerioni
9People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Ye ChongDong ZhaozhiWang Haibin
10United StatesUSA
Cliff BayerNick BravinPeter Devine
11VenezuelaVEN
Alfredo PérezCarlos RodríguezRafael Suárez

Round One

Date25 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #125 JulCubaCUBbye
Match #225 JulPiste 2Republic of KoreaKOR45 – 42People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #325 JulHungaryHUNbye
Match #425 JulRussian FederationRUSbye
Match #525 JulGermanyGERbye
Match #625 JulPiste 4PolandPOL45 – 27VenezuelaVEN
Match #725 JulPiste 6AustriaAUT45 – 32United StatesUSA
Match #825 JulItalyITAbye

Quarter-Finals

Date25 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #125 JulPiste 2CubaCUB45 – 34Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #225 JulPiste 1Russian FederationRUS45 – 43HungaryHUN
Match #325 JulPiste 5PolandPOL45 – 44GermanyGER
Match #425 JulPiste 6AustriaAUT45 – 36ItalyITA

Semi-Finals

Date25 July 1996
FormatWinner of each match advanced to final.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #125 JulPiste 4Russian FederationRUS45 – 44CubaCUB
Match #225 JulPiste 5PolandPOL45 – 38AustriaAUT

Classification Round 9-12

Date25 July 1996
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #125 JulPiste 2United StatesUSA45 – 35VenezuelaVEN

Classification Round 5-8

Date25 July 1996
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #125 JulPiste 1HungaryHUN45 – 42Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #225 JulPiste 6GermanyGER45 – 36ItalyITA

Final Round

Date25 July 1996
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/225 JulPiste 1Russian FederationRUS45 – 40PolandPOL
Match 3/425 JulPiste 1CubaCUB45 – 28AustriaAUT
Match 5/625 JulPiste 1HungaryHUN45 – 44GermanyGER
Match 7/825 JulPiste 5Republic of KoreaKOR45 – 34ItalyITA
Match 9/1025 JulPiste 2People's Republic of ChinaCHN45 – 42United StatesUSA