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Foil, Team, Men

Date24 – 25 July 1976
StatusOlympic
LocationStade d'Hiver de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Participants63 from 14 countries

The Soviet Union had won the 1973-74 World Championships, while France won in 1975. The pool winners in round one were the Soviets, France, Italy, and Poland, the 1972 Olympic Champions. In pool three, Italy defeated West Germany, 9-7, but both teams advanced to the quarter-finals. The round one pool champions all won their quarter-final matches, except for Poland, which was defeated by the West Germans, 9-4. In the semi-finals, Italy and France tied on bouts, 8-8, but Italy won on fewer touches and advanced to the final, where they would have a re-match with West Germany. However, this time the Germans turned the tables, winning the gold medal, 9-6.

One member of the West German team would never compete again at the Olympics, but would become very influential within the Olympic Movement. Thomas Bach became an IOC Member in 1991 and in 2013 became President of the IOC.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1West GermanyFRGGold
Thomas BachHarald HeinKlaus ReichertMatthias BehrErk Sens-Gorius
2ItalyITASilver
Carlo MontanoFabio Dal ZottoStefano SimoncelliGiovanni Battista ColettiAttilio Calatroni
3FranceFRABronze
Daniel RevenuChristian NoëlDidier FlamentBernard TalvardFrédéric Pietruszka
4Soviet UnionURS
Sabirzhan RuziyevAleksandr RomankovVladimir DenisovVasily Stankovich
5PolandPOL
Leszek MartewiczLech KoziejowskiZiemek WojciechowskiArkadiusz GodelMarek Dąbrowski
6Great BritainGBR
Geoffrey GrimmettBarry PaulRob BrunigesGraham PaulNick Bell
=7HungaryHUN
József KomatitsCsaba FenyvesiLajos Somodi, Jr.Jenő KamutiSándor Erdős
=7United StatesUSA
Marty LangEd BallingerEd WrightEd DonofrioBrooke Makler
=9CubaCUB
Eduardo JhonsEnrique SalvatJorge GarbeyPedro Hernández
=9IranIRI
Hossein NiknamSarkis AssatourianAli Asghar Pashapour-AlamdariAhmed Akbari
=9Hong KongHKG
Matthew ChanDenis CunninghamRoger KamEdward Ng
=9JapanJPN
Masanori KawatsuHideaki KameiToshio JinguNoriyuki Sato
=9KuwaitKUW
Ahmed Al-ArbeedJamal AmeenAli Al-KhawajahAbdul Nasser Al-Sayegh
=9RomaniaROU
Petru KukiMihai ȚiuTudor PetrușPetrică Buricea
DNSArgentinaARG
Daniel FeraudFernando LúpizJuan Daniel PiránOmar Vergara

Round One (24 July 1976 — 08:30-10:00-11:30)

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

Pool 1

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1Soviet UnionURS201810Q
Sabirzhan RuziyevAleksandr RomankovVladimir DenisovVasily Stankovich
2Great BritainGBR111117Q
Geoffrey GrimmettBarry PaulRob BrunigesGraham PaulNick Bell
3RomaniaROU021517
Petru KukiMihai ȚiuTudor PetrușPetrică Buricea

Match #1 URS 9 – 3GBR
Match #2 URS 9 – 7ROU
Match #3 GBR 8 – 8ROU

Pool 2

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1FranceFRA20206Q
Daniel RevenuChristian NoëlDidier FlamentBernard TalvardFrédéric Pietruszka
2HungaryHUN111115Q
József KomatitsCsaba FenyvesiLajos Somodi, Jr.Jenő KamutiSándor Erdős
3CubaCUB021121
Eduardo JhonsEnrique SalvatJorge GarbeyPedro Hernández

Match #1 FRA 9 – 1HUN
Match #2 FRA 11 – 5CUB
Match #3 HUN 10 – 6CUB

Pool 3

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1ItalyITA303711Q
Carlo MontanoFabio Dal ZottoStefano SimoncelliGiovanni Battista ColettiAttilio Calatroni
2West GermanyFRG213315Q
Thomas BachHarald HeinKlaus ReichertMatthias BehrErk Sens-Gorius
3JapanJPN122523
Masanori KawatsuHideaki KameiToshio JinguNoriyuki Sato
4KuwaitKUW03147
Ahmed Al-ArbeedJamal AmeenAli Al-KhawajahAbdul Nasser Al-Sayegh

Match #1 ITA 9 – 7FRG
Match #2 ITA 12 – 4JPN
Match #3 ITA 16 – 0KUW
Match #4 FRG 11 – 5JPN
Match #5 FRG 15 – 1KUW
Match #6 JPN 16 – 0KUW

Pool 4

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1PolandPOL30376Q
Leszek MartewiczLech KoziejowskiZiemek WojciechowskiArkadiusz GodelMarek Dąbrowski
2United StatesUSA212914Q
Marty LangEd BallingerEd WrightEd Donofrio
3IranIRI121632
Hossein NiknamSarkis AssatourianAli Asghar Pashapour-AlamdariAhmed Akbari
4Hong KongHKG03939
Matthew ChanDenis CunninghamRoger KamEdward Ng

Match #1 POL 9 – 2USA
Match #2 POL 13 – 3IRI
Match #3 POL 15 – 1HKG
Match #4 USA 12 – 4IRI
Match #5 USA 15 – 1HKG
Match #6 IRI 9 – 7HKG

Quarter-Finals (24 July 1976 — 13:00)

Winner of each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Match #1 FRA 9 – 3GBR
Match #2 ITA 9 – 3USA
Match #3 FRG 9 – 4POL
Match #4 URS 9 – 3HUN

Semi-Finals (25 July 1976 — 13:00)

Winner of each pool advanced to final.

Match #1 ITA 8 – 8FRA
Match #2 FRG 9 – 7URS

Classification Round 5-8 (25 July 1976 — 14:00)

Match #1 POL 9 – 3HUN
Match #2 GBR 8 – 7USA

Final Pool (25 July 1976 — 18:00)

Match 1-2 FRG 9 – 6ITA
Match 3-4 FRA 9 – 4URS
Match 5-6 POL 9 – 1GBR