Épée, Team, Men – Match #1

Date	24 October 1968
Location	Sala de Armas Fernando Montes de Oca, Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca, Ciudad de México
Format	Most bouts won, ties broken by touches delivered.
Jury President	Luis Morales	CUB

Number	Competitor	NOC	Bouts Won
–	Soviet Union	URS	10
Grigory Kriss • Iosif Vitebsky • Aleksey Nikanchikov • Yury Smolyakov
–	Italy	ITA	4
Gianfranco Paolucci • Claudio Francesconi • Giovanni Battista Breda • Gianluigi Saccaro

Soviet Union

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1, Bout #1	24 Oct	Aleksey Nikanchikov	URS	beat	Giovanni Battista Breda	ITA
Match #1, Bout #2	24 Oct	Aleksey Nikanchikov	URS	beat	Gianluigi Saccaro	ITA
Match #1, Bout #3	24 Oct	Aleksey Nikanchikov	URS	beat	Gianfranco Paolucci	ITA
Match #1, Bout #4	24 Oct	Aleksey Nikanchikov	URS	—	Claudio Francesconi	ITA	Not contested
Match #1, Bout #5	24 Oct	Grigory Kriss	URS	beat	Giovanni Battista Breda	ITA
Match #1, Bout #6	24 Oct	Grigory Kriss	URS	beat	Gianluigi Saccaro	ITA
Match #1, Bout #7	24 Oct	Grigory Kriss	URS	beat	Gianfranco Paolucci	ITA
Match #1, Bout #8	24 Oct	Grigory Kriss	URS	beat	Claudio Francesconi	ITA
Match #1, Bout #9	24 Oct	Iosif Vitebsky	URS	—	Giovanni Battista Breda	ITA	Not contested
Match #1, Bout #10	24 Oct	Iosif Vitebsky	URS	beat	Gianluigi Saccaro	ITA
Match #1, Bout #11	24 Oct	Iosif Vitebsky	URS	beat	Gianfranco Paolucci	ITA
Match #1, Bout #12	24 Oct	Iosif Vitebsky	URS	beat	Claudio Francesconi	ITA
Match #1, Bout #13	24 Oct	Yury Smolyakov	URS	beat	Giovanni Battista Breda	ITA
Match #1, Bout #14	24 Oct	Yury Smolyakov	URS	beat	Gianluigi Saccaro	ITA
Match #1, Bout #15	24 Oct	Yury Smolyakov	URS	beat	Gianfranco Paolucci	ITA
Match #1, Bout #16	24 Oct	Yury Smolyakov	URS	beat	Claudio Francesconi	ITA