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Épée, Team, Men

Date	20 – 21 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Memorial Hall, Waseda Daigaku, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	84 from 18 countries

The 44-year long domination of the event by France and Italy seemed due to be broken at the Tokyo Olympics. Neither country had won a world title since the 1960 Games with the Soviet Union in 1961 and 1962 and then Poland, on home soil in 1963, emerging as champions. After the events of the individual competition where the USSR had placed first and third it seemed inevitable that they would be the nation to break the Franco-Italian monopoly but it was not to be. The Soviets lost in the semi-finals to a Hungarian team inspired by Győző Kulcsár. Kulcsár’s performance formed the bedrock of the eventual Hungarian gold medal victory. He fought 20 times in the competition and won every single one of them, culminating in his four victories against Italy in the final. France beat Sweden for bronze.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC
1	–	Hungary	HUN	Gold
		Győző Kulcsár • Zoltán Nemere • Tamás Gábor • István Kausz • Árpád Bárány
2	–	Italy	ITA	Silver
		Giuseppe Delfino • Alberto Pellegrino • Gianluigi Saccaro • Gianfranco Paolucci • Giovanni Battista Breda
3	–	France	FRA	Bronze
		Claude Brodin • Yves Dreyfus • Claude Bourquard • Jack Guittet • Jacques Brodin
4	–	Sweden	SWE
		Ivar Genesjö • Orwar Lindwall • Hans Lagerwall • Göran Abrahamsson • Carl-Wilhelm Engdahl
5	–	Poland	POL
		Henryk Nielaba • Mikołaj Pomarnacki • Bogdan Gonsior • Bohdan Andrzejewski • Jerzy Pawłowski • Wiesław Glos (DNS) • Ryszard Parulski (DNS) • Wojciech Zabłocki (DNS)
6	–	Unified Team of Germany	GER
		Franz Rompza • Max Geuter • Volkmar Würtz • Paul Gnaier • Haakon Stein
=7	–	Soviet Union	URS
		Bruno Habārovs • Guram Kostava • Yury Smolyakov • Grigory Kriss • Aleksey Nikanchikov
=7	–	Switzerland	SUI
		Claudio Polledri • Paul Meister • Walter Bär • Jean Gontier • Michel Steininger
=9	–	Great Britain	GBR
		Bill Hoskyns • John Pelling • Peter Jacobs • Michael Howard • Allan Jay
=9	–	Austria	AUT
		Udo Birnbaum • Herbert Polzhuber • Roland Losert • Rudolf Trost • Marcus Leyrer • Martin Becher (DNS)
=11	–	Argentina	ARG
		Félix Galimi • Zelmar Casco • Jesús Taboada • Francisco Serp • Adolfo Bisellach (DNS)
=11	–	Australia	AUS
		Russell Hobby • John Humphreys • Imants Terauds • Ivan Lund • Ian Bowditch
=11	–	Japan	JPN
		Toshiaki Araki • Katsutada Minatoi • Kazuhiko Tabuchi • Heizaburo Okawa • Takeshi Teshima
=11	–	United States	USA
		Paul Pesthy • Frank Anger • David Micahnik • Larry Anastasi • Leslie Bleamaster (DNS)
=11	–	Republic of Korea	KOR
		Sin Du-Ho • Kim Chang-Hwan • Han Myeong-Seok • Kim Man-Sik
=16	–	Lebanon	LBN
		Michel Saykali • Joseph Gemayel • Hassan El-Said • Ibrahim Osman
=16	–	Colombia	COL
		Emilio Echeverri • Ernesto Sastre • Dibier Tamayo • Humberto Posada • Hernán Tavera (DNS)
=16	–	Iran	IRI
		Houshmand Almasi • Nasser Madani • Bizhan Zarnegar • Shahpour Zarnegar

Round One

Date	20 October 1964 — 8:30
Format	Top 6 teams, based on percentage of wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to quarter-finals. Teams ranked 7-10, based on percentage of wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to round two.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	% Matches Won	Bouts	Bouts Won Margin
1	Italy	ITA	2-0	1.000	25-2	23	Q
2	Soviet Union	URS	2-0	1.000	24-2	22	Q
3	Sweden	SWE	2-0	1.000	23-5	18	Q
4	Poland	POL	1-0	1.000	14-2	12	Q
5	France	FRA	1-0	1.000	9-0	9	Q
6	Unified Team of Germany	GER	1-1	0.500	17-14	3	Q
7	Hungary	HUN	2-0	1.000	25-5	20	q
8	Austria	AUT	2-0	1.000	24-4	20	q
9	Switzerland	SUI	2-0	1.000	21-8	13	q
10	Great Britain	GBR	1-1	0.500	16-16	0	q
11	United States	USA	1-1	0.500	14-17	-3
=12	Australia	AUS	0-2	0.000	6-20	-14
=12	Japan	JPN	0-2	0.000	6-20	-14
14	Lebanon	LBN	0-2	0.000	4-21	-17
15	Argentina	ARG	0-2	0.000	6-24	-18
16	Republic of Korea	KOR	0-2	0.000	2-23	-21
17	Colombia	COL	0-2	0.000	3-27	-24
18	Iran	IRI	0-2	0.000	1-30	-29

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Soviet Union	URS	2-0	24-2
		Bruno Habārovs • Guram Kostava • Yury Smolyakov • Grigory Kriss • Aleksey Nikanchikov
2	–	Switzerland	SUI	2-0	21-8
		Claudio Polledri • Paul Meister • Walter Bär • Jean Gontier • Michel Steininger
3	–	Argentina	ARG	0-2	6-24
		Félix Galimi • Zelmar Casco • Jesús Taboada • Francisco Serp
4	–	Lebanon	LBN	0-2	4-21
		Michel Saykali • Joseph Gemayel • Hassan El-Said • Ibrahim Osman

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	20 Oct	Piste A	Soviet Union	URS	15 – 1	Argentina	ARG
Match #2	20 Oct	Piste A	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 1	Lebanon	LBN
Match #3	20 Oct	Piste B	Switzerland	SUI	9 – 5	Argentina	ARG
Match #4	20 Oct	Piste B	Switzerland	SUI	12 – 3	Lebanon	LBN

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Austria	AUT	2-0	24-4
		Udo Birnbaum • Herbert Polzhuber • Roland Losert • Rudolf Trost • Marcus Leyrer
2	–	Sweden	SWE	2-0	23-5
		Ivar Genesjö • Hans Lagerwall • Göran Abrahamsson • Carl-Wilhelm Engdahl
3	–	Australia	AUS	0-2	6-20
		Russell Hobby • John Humphreys • Imants Terauds • Ivan Lund • Ian Bowditch
4	–	Colombia	COL	0-2	3-27
		Emilio Echeverri • Ernesto Sastre • Dibier Tamayo • Humberto Posada

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	20 Oct	Piste D	Austria	AUT	11 – 3	Australia	AUS
Match #2	20 Oct	Piste D	Austria	AUT	13 – 1	Colombia	COL
Match #3	20 Oct	Piste C	Sweden	SWE	9 – 3	Australia	AUS
Match #4	20 Oct	Piste C	Sweden	SWE	14 – 2	Colombia	COL

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Italy	ITA	2-0	25-2
		Alberto Pellegrino • Gianluigi Saccaro • Gianfranco Paolucci • Giovanni Battista Breda
2	–	Hungary	HUN	2-0	25-5
		Győző Kulcsár • Zoltán Nemere • Tamás Gábor • István Kausz • Árpád Bárány
3	–	Japan	JPN	0-2	6-20
		Toshiaki Araki • Katsutada Minatoi • Kazuhiko Tabuchi • Heizaburo Okawa • Takeshi Teshima
4	–	Iran	IRI	0-2	1-30
		Houshmand Almasi • Nasser Madani • Bizhan Zarnegar • Shahpour Zarnegar

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	20 Oct	Piste I	Italy	ITA	9 – 2	Japan	JPN
Match #2	20 Oct	Piste I	Italy	ITA	16 – 0	Iran	IRI
Match #3	20 Oct	Piste F	Hungary	HUN	11 – 4	Japan	JPN
Match #4	20 Oct	Piste F	Hungary	HUN	14 – 1	Iran	IRI

Pool #4

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Unified Team of Germany	GER	1-1	17-14
		Franz Rompza • Max Geuter • Volkmar Würtz • Paul Gnaier • Haakon Stein
2	–	Great Britain	GBR	1-1	16-16
		Bill Hoskyns • John Pelling • Peter Jacobs • Michael Howard • Allan Jay
3	–	United States	USA	1-1	14-17
		Paul Pesthy • Frank Anger • David Micahnik • Larry Anastasi

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	20 Oct	Piste G	Great Britain	GBR	8 – 8	Unified Team of Germany	GER
Match #2	20 Oct	Piste G	Unified Team of Germany	GER	9 – 6	United States	USA
Match #3	20 Oct	Piste G	United States	USA	8 – 8	Great Britain	GBR

Pool #5

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Poland	POL	1-0	14-2
		Henryk Nielaba • Mikołaj Pomarnacki • Bohdan Andrzejewski • Jerzy Pawłowski
2	–	France	FRA	1-0	9-0
		Claude Brodin • Yves Dreyfus • Claude Bourquard • Jacques Brodin
3	–	Republic of Korea	KOR	0-2	2-23
		Sin Du-Ho • Kim Chang-Hwan • Han Myeong-Seok • Kim Man-Sik

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	20 Oct	Piste H	Poland	POL	14 – 2	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #2	20 Oct	Piste H	France	FRA	9 – 0	Republic of Korea	KOR

Round Two

Date	20 October 1964
Format	Winner of each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	20 Oct	Piste A	Hungary	HUN	8 – 1	Austria	AUT
Match #2	20 Oct	Piste I	Switzerland	SUI	8 – 4	Great Britain	GBR

Quarter-Finals

Date	21 October 1964 — 8:30
Format	Winner of each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	21 Oct	Piste F	Italy	ITA	9 – 6	Poland	POL
Match #2	21 Oct	Piste A	Hungary	HUN	8 – 4	Soviet Union	URS
Match #3	21 Oct	Piste D	France	FRA	8 – 4	Unified Team of Germany	GER
Match #4	21 Oct	Piste I	Sweden	SWE	9 – 1	Switzerland	SUI

Semi-Finals

Date	21 October 1964
Format	Winner of each pool advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	21 Oct	Piste A	Hungary	HUN	9 – 3	France	FRA
Match #2	21 Oct	Piste I	Italy	ITA	8 – 2	Sweden	SWE

Final Pool

Date	21 October 1964 — 17:00

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	21 Oct	Piste L	Hungary	HUN	8 – 3	Italy	ITA
Match 3/4	21 Oct	Piste D	France	FRA	8 – 8	Sweden	SWE

Classification Round 5-8

Date	21 October 1964

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	21 Oct	Piste D	Unified Team of Germany	GER	8 – 3	Soviet Union	URS
Match #2	21 Oct	Piste F	Poland	POL	9 – 5	Switzerland	SUI
Match 5/6	21 Oct	Piste F	Poland	POL	8 – 8	Unified Team of Germany	GER