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Foil, Individual, Men

Date20 – 21 July 1976
StatusOlympic
LocationStade d'Hiver de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Participants56 from 23 countries

Fabio Dal Zotto celebrated his 19th birthday on the opening day of the 1976 Olympics. A bronze medallist at the World Youth Championships earlier in 1976, he was included in the Italian team only to gain experience for future Olympics. Things did not start well for him as he came within a single hit of elimination in the first phase of the competition but from then on his form improved and he moved into the final stage by placing second in the semi-final. Dal Zotto won four of his five bouts in the final pool which tied him with former World Champion Aleksandr Romankov of the USSR. Much to everyone surprise the Italian then proceeded to defeat his Russian opponent with little difficulty and claim the Olympic title. France’s Bernard Talvard was the bronze medallist.

Dal Zotto appeared on the brink of a glittering career but this was to be his only major championship title. He was a regular member of Italian medal winning teams until a dispute with a teammate at a training camp led to him withdrawing from consideration for the Moskva Olympics. Recalled for the 1981 World Championships he was expelled from the team for breaches of discipline.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Fabio Dal ZottoITAGold
2Aleksandr RomankovURSSilver
3Bernard TalvardFRABronze
4Vasily StankovichURS
5Frédéric PietruszkaFRA
6Greg BenkoAUS
=7Vladimir DenisovURS
=7Christian NoëlFRA
=9József KomatitsHUN
=9Petru KukiROU
=9Harald HeinFRG
=9Marek DąbrowskiPOL
=13Matthias BehrFRG
=13Klaus HaertterGDR
=13Klaus ReichertFRG
=13Ed DonofrioUSA
=17Enrique SalvatCUB
=17Ed BallingerUSA
19František KoukalTCH
20Graham PaulGBR
21Lech KoziejowskiPOL
22Jorge GarbeyCUB
23Rob BrunigesGBR
24Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL
25Mihai ȚiuROU
26Carlo MontanoITA
27Jaroslav JurkaTCH
28Patrice GailleSUI
29Masanori KawatsuJPN
30Noriyuki SatoJPN
31Barry PaulGBR
32Lajos Somodi, Jr.HUN
33Hossein NiknamIRI
34Eduardo JhonsCUB
35Marty LangUSA
36Toshio JinguJPN
37Stefano SimoncelliITA
=38Ahmed AkbariIRI
=38Ali Asghar Pashapour-AlamdariIRI
40Jenő KamutiHUN
41Michel DessureaultCAN
42Ernie SimonAUS
43José SamalotPUR
44Fernando LúpizARG
45Tudor PetrușROU
46Thierry SoumagneBEL
47Lehel FeketeCAN
48Edward NgHKG
49Roger KamHKG
50Matthew ChanHKG
51Omar VergaraARG
=52Daniel FeraudARG
=52Göran MalkarSWE
54Jamal AmeenKUW
55Abdul Nasser Al-SayeghKUW
56Ahmed Al-ArbeedKUW
DNSPedro HernándezCUB
DNSJarle HøyvikNOR

Round One (20 July 1976 — 8:30)

Top four finishers in each pool advanced to round two.

Pool 1

Jury PresidentAndrás FelkayHUN
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Christian NoëlFRA603011Q
2Klaus HaertterGDR422510Q
3Jorge GarbeyCUB422518Q
4Greg BenkoAUS332016Q
5Stefano SimoncelliITA331621
6Roger KamHKG151329
7Ahmed Al-ArbeedKUW06630

Bout #1 Christian NoëlFRA 5 – 2Klaus HaertterGDR
Bout #2 Christian NoëlFRA 5 – 4Jorge GarbeyCUB
Bout #3 Christian NoëlFRA 5 – 1Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #4 Christian NoëlFRA 5 – 0Stefano SimoncelliITA
Bout #5 Christian NoëlFRA 5 – 3Roger KamHKG
Bout #6 Christian NoëlFRA 5 – 1Ahmed Al-ArbeedKUW
Bout #7 Klaus HaertterGDR 5 – 0Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #8 Klaus HaertterGDR 5 – 0Stefano SimoncelliITA
Bout #9 Klaus HaertterGDR 5 – 0Roger KamHKG
Bout #10 Klaus HaertterGDR 5 – 0Ahmed Al-ArbeedKUW
Bout #11 Jorge GarbeyCUB 5 – 3Klaus HaertterGDR
Bout #12 Jorge GarbeyCUB 5 – 1Stefano SimoncelliITA
Bout #13 Jorge GarbeyCUB 5 – 3Roger KamHKG
Bout #14 Jorge GarbeyCUB 5 – 1Ahmed Al-ArbeedKUW
Bout #15 Greg BenkoAUS 5 – 1Jorge GarbeyCUB
Bout #16 Greg BenkoAUS 5 – 0Roger KamHKG
Bout #17 Greg BenkoAUS 5 – 0Ahmed Al-ArbeedKUW
Bout #18 Stefano SimoncelliITA 5 – 4Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #19 Stefano SimoncelliITA 5 – 2Roger KamHKG
Bout #20 Stefano SimoncelliITA 5 – 0Ahmed Al-ArbeedKUW
Bout #21 Roger KamHKG 5 – 4Ahmed Al-ArbeedKUW

Pool 2

Jury PresidentZygmunt PawlasPOL
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Mihai ȚiuROU512916Q
2Enrique SalvatCUB512715Q
3Bernard TalvardFRA422416Q
4Barry PaulGBR422522Q
5Ernie SimonAUS242220
6Edward NgHKG151126
7Abdul Nasser Al-SayeghKUW06730

Bout #1 Mihai ȚiuROU 5 – 2Enrique SalvatCUB
Bout #2 Mihai ȚiuROU 5 – 3Barry PaulGBR
Bout #3 Mihai ȚiuROU 5 – 3Ernie SimonAUS
Bout #4 Mihai ȚiuROU 5 – 1Edward NgHKG
Bout #5 Mihai ȚiuROU 5 – 2Abdul Nasser Al-SayeghKUW
Bout #6 Enrique SalvatCUB 5 – 2Bernard TalvardFRA
Bout #7 Enrique SalvatCUB 5 – 2Barry PaulGBR
Bout #8 Enrique SalvatCUB 5 – 3Ernie SimonAUS
Bout #9 Enrique SalvatCUB 5 – 1Edward NgHKG
Bout #10 Enrique SalvatCUB 5 – 2Abdul Nasser Al-SayeghKUW
Bout #11 Bernard TalvardFRA 5 – 4Mihai ȚiuROU
Bout #12 Bernard TalvardFRA 5 – 2Ernie SimonAUS
Bout #13 Bernard TalvardFRA 5 – 0Edward NgHKG
Bout #14 Bernard TalvardFRA 5 – 0Abdul Nasser Al-SayeghKUW
Bout #15 Barry PaulGBR 5 – 2Bernard TalvardFRA
Bout #16 Barry PaulGBR 5 – 4Ernie SimonAUS
Bout #17 Barry PaulGBR 5 – 4Edward NgHKG
Bout #18 Barry PaulGBR 5 – 2Abdul Nasser Al-SayeghKUW
Bout #19 Ernie SimonAUS 5 – 0Edward NgHKG
Bout #20 Ernie SimonAUS 5 – 0Abdul Nasser Al-SayeghKUW
Bout #21 Edward NgHKG 5 – 1Abdul Nasser Al-SayeghKUW

Pool 3

Jury PresidentMario CurlettoITA
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Vladimir DenisovURS502511Q
2Noriyuki SatoJPN321818Q
3Marek DąbrowskiPOL231919Q
4Marty LangUSA231719Q
5Jenő KamutiHUN231520
6José SamalotPUR141623

Bout #1 Vladimir DenisovURS 5 – 3Noriyuki SatoJPN
Bout #2 Vladimir DenisovURS 5 – 4Marek DąbrowskiPOL
Bout #3 Vladimir DenisovURS 5 – 1Marty LangUSA
Bout #4 Vladimir DenisovURS 5 – 1Jenő KamutiHUN
Bout #5 Vladimir DenisovURS 5 – 2José SamalotPUR
Bout #6 Noriyuki SatoJPN 5 – 3Marek DąbrowskiPOL
Bout #7 Noriyuki SatoJPN 5 – 1Jenő KamutiHUN
Bout #8 Noriyuki SatoJPN 5 – 4José SamalotPUR
Bout #9 Marek DąbrowskiPOL 5 – 3Marty LangUSA
Bout #10 Marek DąbrowskiPOL 5 – 1José SamalotPUR
Bout #11 Marty LangUSA 5 – 0Noriyuki SatoJPN
Bout #12 Marty LangUSA 5 – 4José SamalotPUR
Bout #13 Jenő KamutiHUN 5 – 2Marek DąbrowskiPOL
Bout #14 Jenő KamutiHUN 5 – 3Marty LangUSA
Bout #15 José SamalotPUR 5 – 3Jenő KamutiHUN

Pool 4

Jury PresidentBernard GauthierFRA
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Vasily StankovichURS412414Q
2Harald HeinFRG412418Q
3Ed DonofrioUSA412118Q
4Fabio Dal ZottoITA232222Q
5Fernando LúpizARG141624
6Matthew ChanHKG051425

Bout #1 Vasily StankovichURS 5 – 1Ed DonofrioUSA
Bout #2 Vasily StankovichURS 5 – 4Fabio Dal ZottoITA
Bout #3 Vasily StankovichURS 5 – 2Fernando LúpizARG
Bout #4 Vasily StankovichURS 5 – 2Matthew ChanHKG
Bout #5 Harald HeinFRG 5 – 4Vasily StankovichURS
Bout #6 Harald HeinFRG 5 – 4Fabio Dal ZottoITA
Bout #7 Harald HeinFRG 5 – 1Fernando LúpizARG
Bout #8 Harald HeinFRG 5 – 4Matthew ChanHKG
Bout #9 Ed DonofrioUSA 5 – 4Harald HeinFRG
Bout #10 Ed DonofrioUSA 5 – 4Fabio Dal ZottoITA
Bout #11 Ed DonofrioUSA 5 – 4Fernando LúpizARG
Bout #12 Ed DonofrioUSA 5 – 1Matthew ChanHKG
Bout #13 Fabio Dal ZottoITA 5 – 4Fernando LúpizARG
Bout #14 Fabio Dal ZottoITA 5 – 3Matthew ChanHKG
Bout #15 Fernando LúpizARG 5 – 4Matthew ChanHKG

Pool 5

Jury PresidentGerman SveshnikovURS
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Frédéric PietruszkaFRA412413Q
2Carlo MontanoITA322314Q
3József KomatitsHUN322113Q
4Rob BrunigesGBR322119Q
5Michel DessureaultCAN231221
6Jamal AmeenKUW05425

Bout #1 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA 5 – 4Carlo MontanoITA
Bout #2 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA 5 – 3József KomatitsHUN
Bout #3 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA 5 – 1Michel DessureaultCAN
Bout #4 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA 5 – 0Jamal AmeenKUW
Bout #5 Carlo MontanoITA 5 – 3József KomatitsHUN
Bout #6 Carlo MontanoITA 5 – 0Michel DessureaultCAN
Bout #7 Carlo MontanoITA 5 – 1Jamal AmeenKUW
Bout #8 József KomatitsHUN 5 – 2Rob BrunigesGBR
Bout #9 József KomatitsHUN 5 – 1Michel DessureaultCAN
Bout #10 József KomatitsHUN 5 – 0Jamal AmeenKUW
Bout #11 Rob BrunigesGBR 5 – 4Frédéric PietruszkaFRA
Bout #12 Rob BrunigesGBR 5 – 4Carlo MontanoITA
Bout #13 Rob BrunigesGBR 5 – 1Jamal AmeenKUW
Bout #14 Michel DessureaultCAN 5 – 4Rob BrunigesGBR
Bout #15 Michel DessureaultCAN 5 – 2Jamal AmeenKUW

Pool 6

Jury PresidentPatrick VajdaFRA
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Lajos Somodi, Jr.HUN502513Q
2František KoukalTCH412314Q
3Patrice GailleSUI322116Q
4Graham PaulGBR231916Q
5Thierry SoumagneBEL141020
6Göran MalkarSWE05625

Bout #1 Lajos Somodi, Jr.HUN 5 – 3František KoukalTCH
Bout #2 Lajos Somodi, Jr.HUN 5 – 3Patrice GailleSUI
Bout #3 Lajos Somodi, Jr.HUN 5 – 4Graham PaulGBR
Bout #4 Lajos Somodi, Jr.HUN 5 – 1Thierry SoumagneBEL
Bout #5 Lajos Somodi, Jr.HUN 5 – 2Göran MalkarSWE
Bout #6 František KoukalTCH 5 – 3Patrice GailleSUI
Bout #7 František KoukalTCH 5 – 4Graham PaulGBR
Bout #8 František KoukalTCH 5 – 1Thierry SoumagneBEL
Bout #9 František KoukalTCH 5 – 1Göran MalkarSWE
Bout #10 Patrice GailleSUI 5 – 1Graham PaulGBR
Bout #11 Patrice GailleSUI 5 – 2Thierry SoumagneBEL
Bout #12 Patrice GailleSUI 5 – 3Göran MalkarSWE
Bout #13 Graham PaulGBR 5 – 1Thierry SoumagneBEL
Bout #14 Graham PaulGBR 5 – 0Göran MalkarSWE
Bout #15 Thierry SoumagneBEL 5 – 0Göran MalkarSWE

Pool 7

Jury PresidentMax GeuterFRG
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Aleksandr RomankovURS412310Q
2Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL412110Q
3Toshio JinguJPN321913Q
4Hossein NiknamIRI231122Q
5Tudor PetrușROU141423
6Lehel FeketeCAN141323

Bout #1 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 1Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL
Bout #2 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 2Toshio JinguJPN
Bout #3 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 0Hossein NiknamIRI
Bout #4 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 2Lehel FeketeCAN
Bout #5 Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL 5 – 2Toshio JinguJPN
Bout #6 Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL 5 – 1Hossein NiknamIRI
Bout #7 Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL 5 – 1Tudor PetrușROU
Bout #8 Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL 5 – 1Lehel FeketeCAN
Bout #9 Toshio JinguJPN 5 – 0Hossein NiknamIRI
Bout #10 Toshio JinguJPN 5 – 2Tudor PetrușROU
Bout #11 Toshio JinguJPN 5 – 1Lehel FeketeCAN
Bout #12 Hossein NiknamIRI 5 – 3Tudor PetrușROU
Bout #13 Hossein NiknamIRI 5 – 4Lehel FeketeCAN
Bout #14 Tudor PetrușROU 5 – 3Aleksandr RomankovURS
Bout #15 Lehel FeketeCAN 5 – 3Tudor PetrușROU

Pool 8

Jury PresidentRudolf KárpátiHUN
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Matthias BehrFRG322018Q
2Ed BallingerUSA322220Q
3Ahmed AkbariIRI231721Q
4Masanori KawatsuJPN412311Q
5Jaroslav JurkaTCH322117
6Omar VergaraARG05925

Bout #1 Matthias BehrFRG 5 – 3Masanori KawatsuJPN
Bout #2 Matthias BehrFRG 5 – 4Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #3 Matthias BehrFRG 5 – 1Omar VergaraARG
Bout #4 Ed BallingerUSA 5 – 3Matthias BehrFRG
Bout #5 Ed BallingerUSA 5 – 4Ahmed AkbariIRI
Bout #6 Ed BallingerUSA 5 – 3Omar VergaraARG
Bout #7 Ahmed AkbariIRI 5 – 2Matthias BehrFRG
Bout #8 Ahmed AkbariIRI 5 – 4Omar VergaraARG
Bout #9 Masanori KawatsuJPN 5 – 3Ed BallingerUSA
Bout #10 Masanori KawatsuJPN 5 – 0Ahmed AkbariIRI
Bout #11 Masanori KawatsuJPN 5 – 2Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #12 Masanori KawatsuJPN 5 – 1Omar VergaraARG
Bout #13 Jaroslav JurkaTCH 5 – 4Ed BallingerUSA
Bout #14 Jaroslav JurkaTCH 5 – 3Ahmed AkbariIRI
Bout #15 Jaroslav JurkaTCH 5 – 0Omar VergaraARG

Pool 9

Jury PresidentMarcel MinnenBEL
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Klaus ReichertFRG412211Q
2Petru KukiROU412315Q
3Lech KoziejowskiPOL322117Q
4Eduardo JhonsCUB232020Q
5Ali Asghar Pashapour-AlamdariIRI231721
6Daniel FeraudARG05625

Bout #1 Klaus ReichertFRG 5 – 3Petru KukiROU
Bout #2 Klaus ReichertFRG 5 – 3Eduardo JhonsCUB
Bout #3 Klaus ReichertFRG 5 – 0Ali Asghar Pashapour-AlamdariIRI
Bout #4 Klaus ReichertFRG 5 – 0Daniel FeraudARG
Bout #5 Petru KukiROU 5 – 2Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #6 Petru KukiROU 5 – 3Eduardo JhonsCUB
Bout #7 Petru KukiROU 5 – 3Ali Asghar Pashapour-AlamdariIRI
Bout #8 Petru KukiROU 5 – 2Daniel FeraudARG
Bout #9 Lech KoziejowskiPOL 5 – 2Klaus ReichertFRG
Bout #10 Lech KoziejowskiPOL 5 – 4Eduardo JhonsCUB
Bout #11 Lech KoziejowskiPOL 5 – 1Daniel FeraudARG
Bout #12 Eduardo JhonsCUB 5 – 4Ali Asghar Pashapour-AlamdariIRI
Bout #13 Eduardo JhonsCUB 5 – 1Daniel FeraudARG
Bout #14 Ali Asghar Pashapour-AlamdariIRI 5 – 4Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #15 Ali Asghar Pashapour-AlamdariIRI 5 – 2Daniel FeraudARG

Round Two (20 July 1976 — 11:00)

Top four finishers in each pool advanced to round three.

Pool 1

Jury PresidentGuillermo SaucedoARG
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Christian NoëlFRA412314Q
2Vasily StankovichURS322318Q
3Petru KukiROU321818Q
4Lech KoziejowskiPOL231820Q
5Jaroslav JurkaTCH231921
6Hossein NiknamIRI141424

Bout #1 Christian NoëlFRA 5 – 1Petru KukiROU
Bout #2 Christian NoëlFRA 5 – 3Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #3 Christian NoëlFRA 5 – 2Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #4 Christian NoëlFRA 5 – 3Hossein NiknamIRI
Bout #5 Vasily StankovichURS 5 – 3Christian NoëlFRA
Bout #6 Vasily StankovichURS 5 – 2Petru KukiROU
Bout #7 Vasily StankovichURS 5 – 3Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #8 Petru KukiROU 5 – 1Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #9 Petru KukiROU 5 – 4Jaroslav JurkaTCH
Bout #10 Petru KukiROU 5 – 3Hossein NiknamIRI
Bout #11 Lech KoziejowskiPOL 5 – 4Vasily StankovichURS
Bout #12 Lech KoziejowskiPOL 5 – 1Hossein NiknamIRI
Bout #13 Jaroslav JurkaTCH 5 – 4Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #14 Jaroslav JurkaTCH 5 – 2Hossein NiknamIRI
Bout #15 Hossein NiknamIRI 5 – 4Vasily StankovichURS

Pool 2

Jury PresidentTănase MureșanuROU
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1František KoukalTCH502514Q
2Vladimir DenisovURS412216Q
3Rob BrunigesGBR232119Q
4Harald HeinFRG232022Q
5Patrice GailleSUI231720
6Marty LangUSA051125

Bout #1 František KoukalTCH 5 – 2Vladimir DenisovURS
Bout #2 František KoukalTCH 5 – 3Rob BrunigesGBR
Bout #3 František KoukalTCH 5 – 4Harald HeinFRG
Bout #4 František KoukalTCH 5 – 2Patrice GailleSUI
Bout #5 František KoukalTCH 5 – 3Marty LangUSA
Bout #6 Vladimir DenisovURS 5 – 4Rob BrunigesGBR
Bout #7 Vladimir DenisovURS 5 – 4Harald HeinFRG
Bout #8 Vladimir DenisovURS 5 – 1Patrice GailleSUI
Bout #9 Vladimir DenisovURS 5 – 2Marty LangUSA
Bout #10 Rob BrunigesGBR 5 – 2Harald HeinFRG
Bout #11 Rob BrunigesGBR 5 – 2Marty LangUSA
Bout #12 Harald HeinFRG 5 – 4Patrice GailleSUI
Bout #13 Harald HeinFRG 5 – 3Marty LangUSA
Bout #14 Patrice GailleSUI 5 – 4Rob BrunigesGBR
Bout #15 Patrice GailleSUI 5 – 1Marty LangUSA

Pool 3

Jury PresidentJuozas UdrasURS
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Frédéric PietruszkaFRA412312Q
2Fabio Dal ZottoITA412314Q
3Matthias BehrFRG322217Q
4Ed DonofrioUSA322018Q
5Lajos Somodi, Jr.HUN141423
6Toshio JinguJPN05725

Bout #1 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA 5 – 4Matthias BehrFRG
Bout #2 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA 5 – 1Ed DonofrioUSA
Bout #3 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA 5 – 1Lajos Somodi, Jr.HUN
Bout #4 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA 5 – 1Toshio JinguJPN
Bout #5 Fabio Dal ZottoITA 5 – 3Frédéric PietruszkaFRA
Bout #6 Fabio Dal ZottoITA 5 – 4Ed DonofrioUSA
Bout #7 Fabio Dal ZottoITA 5 – 1Lajos Somodi, Jr.HUN
Bout #8 Fabio Dal ZottoITA 5 – 1Toshio JinguJPN
Bout #9 Matthias BehrFRG 5 – 3Fabio Dal ZottoITA
Bout #10 Matthias BehrFRG 5 – 3Lajos Somodi, Jr.HUN
Bout #11 Matthias BehrFRG 5 – 1Toshio JinguJPN
Bout #12 Ed DonofrioUSA 5 – 3Matthias BehrFRG
Bout #13 Ed DonofrioUSA 5 – 4Lajos Somodi, Jr.HUN
Bout #14 Ed DonofrioUSA 5 – 1Toshio JinguJPN
Bout #15 Lajos Somodi, Jr.HUN 5 – 3Toshio JinguJPN

Pool 4

Jury PresidentGuido MalacarneITA
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Klaus ReichertFRG412418Q
2Klaus HaertterGDR322318Q
3Ed BallingerUSA322020Q
4József KomatitsHUN321922Q
5Mihai ȚiuROU231815
6Eduardo JhonsCUB051425

Bout #1 Klaus ReichertFRG 5 – 4Klaus HaertterGDR
Bout #2 Klaus ReichertFRG 5 – 4József KomatitsHUN
Bout #3 Klaus ReichertFRG 5 – 1Mihai ȚiuROU
Bout #4 Klaus ReichertFRG 5 – 4Eduardo JhonsCUB
Bout #5 Klaus HaertterGDR 5 – 1Ed BallingerUSA
Bout #6 Klaus HaertterGDR 5 – 3Mihai ȚiuROU
Bout #7 Klaus HaertterGDR 5 – 4Eduardo JhonsCUB
Bout #8 Ed BallingerUSA 5 – 4Klaus ReichertFRG
Bout #9 Ed BallingerUSA 5 – 4Mihai ȚiuROU
Bout #10 Ed BallingerUSA 5 – 2Eduardo JhonsCUB
Bout #11 József KomatitsHUN 5 – 4Klaus HaertterGDR
Bout #12 József KomatitsHUN 5 – 4Ed BallingerUSA
Bout #13 József KomatitsHUN 5 – 4Eduardo JhonsCUB
Bout #14 Mihai ȚiuROU 5 – 0József KomatitsHUN
Bout #15 Mihai ȚiuROU 5 – 0Eduardo JhonsCUB

Pool 5

Jury PresidentLutz SchirrmacherFRG
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Bernard TalvardFRA412215Q
2Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL322120Q
3Enrique SalvatCUB321618Q
4Graham PaulGBR232120Q
5Carlo MontanoITA231719
6Noriyuki SatoJPN141924

Bout #1 Bernard TalvardFRA 5 – 1Enrique SalvatCUB
Bout #2 Bernard TalvardFRA 5 – 4Graham PaulGBR
Bout #3 Bernard TalvardFRA 5 – 2Carlo MontanoITA
Bout #4 Bernard TalvardFRA 5 – 3Noriyuki SatoJPN
Bout #5 Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL 5 – 2Bernard TalvardFRA
Bout #6 Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL 5 – 4Graham PaulGBR
Bout #7 Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL 5 – 4Noriyuki SatoJPN
Bout #8 Enrique SalvatCUB 5 – 2Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL
Bout #9 Enrique SalvatCUB 5 – 3Graham PaulGBR
Bout #10 Enrique SalvatCUB 5 – 3Noriyuki SatoJPN
Bout #11 Graham PaulGBR 5 – 1Carlo MontanoITA
Bout #12 Graham PaulGBR 5 – 4Noriyuki SatoJPN
Bout #13 Carlo MontanoITA 5 – 4Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL
Bout #14 Carlo MontanoITA 5 – 0Enrique SalvatCUB
Bout #15 Noriyuki SatoJPN 5 – 4Carlo MontanoITA

Pool 6

Jury PresidentChristian d'OriolaFRA
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Aleksandr RomankovURS412213Q
2Greg BenkoAUS322115Q
3Jorge GarbeyCUB322018Q
4Marek DąbrowskiPOL231822Q
5Masanori KawatsuJPN231623
6Barry PaulGBR141622

Bout #1 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 4Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #2 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 1Marek DąbrowskiPOL
Bout #3 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 1Masanori KawatsuJPN
Bout #4 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 2Barry PaulGBR
Bout #5 Greg BenkoAUS 5 – 1Jorge GarbeyCUB
Bout #6 Greg BenkoAUS 5 – 3Marek DąbrowskiPOL
Bout #7 Greg BenkoAUS 5 – 1Masanori KawatsuJPN
Bout #8 Jorge GarbeyCUB 5 – 2Aleksandr RomankovURS
Bout #9 Jorge GarbeyCUB 5 – 4Masanori KawatsuJPN
Bout #10 Jorge GarbeyCUB 5 – 2Barry PaulGBR
Bout #11 Marek DąbrowskiPOL 5 – 4Jorge GarbeyCUB
Bout #12 Marek DąbrowskiPOL 5 – 3Barry PaulGBR
Bout #13 Masanori KawatsuJPN 5 – 4Marek DąbrowskiPOL
Bout #14 Masanori KawatsuJPN 5 – 4Barry PaulGBR
Bout #15 Barry PaulGBR 5 – 2Greg BenkoAUS

Round Three (20 July 1976 — 15:00)

Top four finishers in each pool advanced to elimination rounds.

Pool 1

Jury PresidentPatrick VajdaFRA
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Klaus ReichertFRG41249Q
2Petru KukiROU412219Q
3Greg BenkoAUS231719Q
4Marek DąbrowskiPOL231922Q
5Ed BallingerUSA231421
6František KoukalTCH141723

Bout #1 Klaus ReichertFRG 5 – 1Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #2 Klaus ReichertFRG 5 – 1Marek DąbrowskiPOL
Bout #3 Klaus ReichertFRG 5 – 0Ed BallingerUSA
Bout #4 Klaus ReichertFRG 5 – 2František KoukalTCH
Bout #5 Petru KukiROU 5 – 4Klaus ReichertFRG
Bout #6 Petru KukiROU 5 – 2Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #7 Petru KukiROU 5 – 4Marek DąbrowskiPOL
Bout #8 Petru KukiROU 5 – 4František KoukalTCH
Bout #9 Greg BenkoAUS 5 – 1Ed BallingerUSA
Bout #10 Greg BenkoAUS 5 – 3František KoukalTCH
Bout #11 Marek DąbrowskiPOL 5 – 4Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #12 Marek DąbrowskiPOL 5 – 3František KoukalTCH
Bout #13 Ed BallingerUSA 5 – 2Petru KukiROU
Bout #14 Ed BallingerUSA 5 – 4Marek DąbrowskiPOL
Bout #15 František KoukalTCH 5 – 3Ed BallingerUSA

Pool 2

Jury PresidentRudolf KárpátiHUN
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Vladimir DenisovURS412313Q
2Harald HeinFRG412118Q
3Frédéric PietruszkaFRA322016Q
4Matthias BehrFRG232119Q
5Enrique SalvatCUB231421
6Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL051325

Bout #1 Vladimir DenisovURS 5 – 1Harald HeinFRG
Bout #2 Vladimir DenisovURS 5 – 4Matthias BehrFRG
Bout #3 Vladimir DenisovURS 5 – 1Enrique SalvatCUB
Bout #4 Vladimir DenisovURS 5 – 2Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL
Bout #5 Harald HeinFRG 5 – 3Frédéric PietruszkaFRA
Bout #6 Harald HeinFRG 5 – 4Matthias BehrFRG
Bout #7 Harald HeinFRG 5 – 2Enrique SalvatCUB
Bout #8 Harald HeinFRG 5 – 4Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL
Bout #9 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA 5 – 3Vladimir DenisovURS
Bout #10 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA 5 – 1Enrique SalvatCUB
Bout #11 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA 5 – 2Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL
Bout #12 Matthias BehrFRG 5 – 2Frédéric PietruszkaFRA
Bout #13 Matthias BehrFRG 5 – 2Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL
Bout #14 Enrique SalvatCUB 5 – 3Matthias BehrFRG
Bout #15 Enrique SalvatCUB 5 – 3Ziemek WojciechowskiPOL

Pool 3

Jury PresidentZygmunt PawlasPOL
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Aleksandr RomankovURS502515Q
2Klaus HaertterGDR322116Q
3József KomatitsHUN322120Q
4Bernard TalvardFRA232119Q
5Graham PaulGBR141423
6Jorge GarbeyCUB141524

Bout #1 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 2Klaus HaertterGDR
Bout #2 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 3József KomatitsHUN
Bout #3 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 4Bernard TalvardFRA
Bout #4 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 2Graham PaulGBR
Bout #5 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 4Jorge GarbeyCUB
Bout #6 Klaus HaertterGDR 5 – 3Bernard TalvardFRA
Bout #7 Klaus HaertterGDR 5 – 1Graham PaulGBR
Bout #8 Klaus HaertterGDR 5 – 2Jorge GarbeyCUB
Bout #9 József KomatitsHUN 5 – 4Klaus HaertterGDR
Bout #10 József KomatitsHUN 5 – 4Bernard TalvardFRA
Bout #11 József KomatitsHUN 5 – 2Jorge GarbeyCUB
Bout #12 Bernard TalvardFRA 5 – 2Graham PaulGBR
Bout #13 Bernard TalvardFRA 5 – 2Jorge GarbeyCUB
Bout #14 Graham PaulGBR 5 – 3József KomatitsHUN
Bout #15 Jorge GarbeyCUB 5 – 4Graham PaulGBR

Pool 4

Jury PresidentLutz SchirrmacherFRG
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Christian NoëlFRA502513Q
2Fabio Dal ZottoITA412411Q
3Vasily StankovichURS322018Q
4Ed DonofrioUSA141723Q
5Lech KoziejowskiPOL141423
6Rob BrunigesGBR141224

Bout #1 Christian NoëlFRA 5 – 4Fabio Dal ZottoITA
Bout #2 Christian NoëlFRA 5 – 2Vasily StankovichURS
Bout #3 Christian NoëlFRA 5 – 2Ed DonofrioUSA
Bout #4 Christian NoëlFRA 5 – 3Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #5 Christian NoëlFRA 5 – 2Rob BrunigesGBR
Bout #6 Fabio Dal ZottoITA 5 – 3Vasily StankovichURS
Bout #7 Fabio Dal ZottoITA 5 – 2Ed DonofrioUSA
Bout #8 Fabio Dal ZottoITA 5 – 0Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #9 Fabio Dal ZottoITA 5 – 1Rob BrunigesGBR
Bout #10 Vasily StankovichURS 5 – 4Ed DonofrioUSA
Bout #11 Vasily StankovichURS 5 – 3Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #12 Vasily StankovichURS 5 – 1Rob BrunigesGBR
Bout #13 Ed DonofrioUSA 5 – 3Lech KoziejowskiPOL
Bout #14 Lech KoziejowskiPOL 5 – 3Rob BrunigesGBR
Bout #15 Rob BrunigesGBR 5 – 4Ed DonofrioUSA

Elimination Rounds (20 July 1976 — 18:00)

Double-elimination round. Winners of round two and round three repêchage advanced to final round.

Elimination Rounds, Round One (20 July 1976)

Winner of each match advanced to round two. Losers advanced to round one repêchage.

Bout #1 Marek DąbrowskiPOL 10 – 8Christian NoëlFRA
Bout #2 Vasily StankovichURS 10 – 2Klaus HaertterGDR
Bout #3 Vladimir DenisovURS 10 – 6József KomatitsHUN
Bout #4 Greg BenkoAUS 10 – 9Klaus ReichertFRG
Bout #5 Fabio Dal ZottoITA 10 – 4Ed DonofrioUSA
Bout #6 Harald HeinFRG 10 – 9Frédéric PietruszkaFRA
Bout #7 Bernard TalvardFRA 10 – 5Petru KukiROU
Bout #8 Aleksandr RomankovURS 10 – 5Matthias BehrFRG

Elimination Rounds, Round Two (20 July 1976)

Winner of each match advanced to final pool. Losers advanced to round two repêchage.

Bout #1 Vasily StankovichURS 10 – 3Marek DąbrowskiPOL
Bout #2 Greg BenkoAUS 10 – 9Vladimir DenisovURS
Bout #3 Fabio Dal ZottoITA 10 – 9Harald HeinFRG
Bout #4 Bernard TalvardFRA 10 – 3Aleksandr RomankovURS

Elimination Rounds, Round One Repêchage (20 July 1976)

Winner of each match advanced to round two repêchage.

Bout #1 Christian NoëlFRA 10 – 7Klaus HaertterGDR
Bout #2 József KomatitsHUN 10 – 5Klaus ReichertFRG
Bout #3 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA 10 – 5Ed DonofrioUSA
Bout #4 Petru KukiROU 10 – 9Matthias BehrFRG

Elimination Rounds, Round Two Repêchage (20 July 1976)

Winner of each match advanced to round three repêchage.

Bout #1 Christian NoëlFRA 10 – 5Marek DąbrowskiPOL
Bout #2 Vladimir DenisovURS 10 – 8Petru KukiROU
Bout #3 Aleksandr RomankovURS 10 – 6József KomatitsHUN
Bout #4 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA 10 – 3Harald HeinFRG

Elimination Rounds, Round Three Repêchage (20 July 1976)

Winner of each match advanced to final pool.

Bout #1 Aleksandr RomankovURS 10 – 6Christian NoëlFRA
Bout #2 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA 10 – 1Vladimir DenisovURS

Final Pool (21 July 1976 — 18:00)

Jury PresidentGuillermo SaucedoARG
Jury PresidentLutz SchirrmacherFRG
PosCompetitor(s)NOCBouts WonBouts LostTDTR
1Fabio Dal ZottoITA412415
2Aleksandr RomankovURS412113
3Bernard TalvardFRA321921
4Vasily StankovichURS231918
5Frédéric PietruszkaFRA231319
6Greg BenkoAUS051525

Bout #1 Fabio Dal ZottoITA 5 – 1Aleksandr RomankovURS
Bout #2 Fabio Dal ZottoITA 5 – 4Vasily StankovichURS
Bout #3 Fabio Dal ZottoITA 5 – 1Frédéric PietruszkaFRA
Bout #4 Fabio Dal ZottoITA 5 – 4Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #5 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 2Bernard TalvardFRA
Bout #6 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 1Vasily StankovichURS
Bout #7 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 1Frédéric PietruszkaFRA
Bout #8 Aleksandr RomankovURS 5 – 4Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #9 Bernard TalvardFRA 5 – 4Fabio Dal ZottoITA
Bout #10 Bernard TalvardFRA 5 – 4Vasily StankovichURS
Bout #11 Bernard TalvardFRA 5 – 3Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #12 Vasily StankovichURS 5 – 1Frédéric PietruszkaFRA
Bout #13 Vasily StankovichURS 5 – 2Greg BenkoAUS
Bout #14 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA 5 – 2Bernard TalvardFRA
Bout #15 Frédéric PietruszkaFRA 5 – 2Greg BenkoAUS

Final Pool, Barrage 1-2

Bout #1 Fabio Dal ZottoITA 5 – 1Aleksandr RomankovURS