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Sabre, Team, Men

Date26 – 27 July 1976
StatusOlympic
LocationStade d'Hiver de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Participants63 from 14 countries

As World Champions the Soviet Union were always going to be the favourites for the Olympic title in 1976. After the individual championships held a few days earlier had produced a 1-2-3 for the Soviets this favourite’s role became overwhelming. The USSR started off with a series of overwhelming victories before their title aspirations nearly come unstuck against Romania in the semi-final. The match ended in an 8-8 tie which turned into a defeat for the Romanian by a single hit when the tiebreaker rules were invoked. The Soviets then regrouped and went on to win a comfortable victory over Italy in the Olympic final.

PosNumberCompetitorsNOC
1–Soviet UnionURSGold
Viktor Sidyak • Vladimir Nazlymov • Viktor Krovopuskov • Mikhail Burtsev • Eduard Vinokurov
2–ItalyITASilver
Mario Aldo Montano • Mario Tullio Montano • Michele Maffei • Tommaso Montano • Angelo Arcidiacono
3–RomaniaROUBronze
Dan Irimiciuc • Ioan Pop • Marin Mustață • Cornel Marin • Alexandru Nilca
4–HungaryHUN
Péter Marót • Tamás Kovács • Imre Gedővári • Ferenc Hammang • Csaba Körmöczi
5–CubaCUB
Manuel Ortiz • Francisco de la Torre • Guzmán Salazar • Ramón Hernández • Lázaro Mora
6–PolandPOL
Leszek Jabłonowski • Sylwester Królikowski • Jacek Bierkowski • Józef Nowara
=7–United StatesUSA
Paul Apostol • Peter Westbrook • Stephen Kaplan • Tom Losonczy • Alex Orban • Jack Keane (DNS)
=7–FranceFRA
Philippe Bena • Régis Bonnissent • Bernard Dumont • Didier Flament • Patrick Quivrin
=9–BulgariaBUL
Miroslav Dudekov • Anani Mihaylov • Konstantin Dzhelepov • Hristo Hristov
=9–CanadaCAN
Marc Lavoie • Peter Urban • Imre Nagy • Eli Sukunda
=9–Great BritainGBR
Bill Hoskyns • Peter Mather • John Deanfield • Richard Cohen
=9–ThailandTHA
Taweewat Horrapun • Samachai Trangjaroenngarm • Sutipong Santitavakul • Royengyot Srivorapongpant
=9–ArgentinaARG
Marcelo Méndez • Juan Gavajda • Fernando Lúpiz • José María Casanova
=9–IranIRI
Abdul Hamid Fathi • Ahmed Eskandarpour • Ahmed Akbari • Ismail Pashapour-Alamdari

Round One

Date26 July 1976 — 8:30
FormatTop two teams in each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool #1

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCMatchesBouts
1–Soviet UnionURS2-020-6Q
Viktor Sidyak • Vladimir Nazlymov • Viktor Krovopuskov • Mikhail Burtsev • Eduard Vinokurov
2–FranceFRA1-112-14Q
Philippe Bena • Régis Bonnissent • Bernard Dumont • Patrick Quivrin
3–BulgariaBUL0-210-22
Miroslav Dudekov • Anani Mihaylov • Konstantin Dzhelepov • Hristo Hristov
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #126 JulPiste 2Soviet UnionURS9 – 1FranceFRA
Match #226 JulPiste 2Soviet UnionURS11 – 5BulgariaBUL
Match #326 JulPiste 2FranceFRA11 – 5BulgariaBUL

Pool #2

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCMatchesBouts
1–ItalyITA2-022-6Q
Mario Aldo Montano • Mario Tullio Montano • Michele Maffei • Tommaso Montano • Angelo Arcidiacono
2–United StatesUSA1-112-16Q
Paul Apostol • Stephen Kaplan • Tom Losonczy • Alex Orban
3–CanadaCAN0-210-22
Marc Lavoie • Peter Urban • Imre Nagy • Eli Sukunda
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #126 JulPiste 4ItalyITA9 – 3United StatesUSA
Match #226 JulPiste 4ItalyITA13 – 3CanadaCAN
Match #326 JulPiste 4United StatesUSA9 – 7CanadaCAN

Pool #3

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCMatchesBouts
1–RomaniaROU3-039-5Q
Dan Irimiciuc • Ioan Pop • Marin Mustață • Cornel Marin • Alexandru Nilca
2–CubaCUB2-129-15Q
Manuel Ortiz • Francisco de la Torre • Guzmán Salazar • Ramón Hernández • Lázaro Mora
3–Great BritainGBR0-27-25
Bill Hoskyns • Peter Mather • John Deanfield • Richard Cohen
4–ThailandTHA0-21-31
Taweewat Horrapun • Samachai Trangjaroenngarm • Sutipong Santitavakul • Royengyot Srivorapongpant
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #126 JulPiste 5RomaniaROU9 – 3CubaCUB
Match #226 JulPiste 5RomaniaROU14 – 2Great BritainGBR
Match #326 JulPiste 5RomaniaROU16 – 0ThailandTHA
Match #426 JulPiste 6CubaCUB11 – 5Great BritainGBR
Match #526 JulPiste 6CubaCUB15 – 1ThailandTHA

Pool #4

PosNumberCompetitorsNOCMatchesBouts
1–HungaryHUN3-036-10Q
Péter Marót • Tamás Kovács • Imre Gedővári • Ferenc Hammang • Csaba Körmöczi
2–PolandPOL2-125-21Q
Leszek Jabłonowski • Sylwester Królikowski • Jacek Bierkowski • Józef Nowara
3–ArgentinaARG1-217-28
Marcelo Méndez • Juan Gavajda • Fernando Lúpiz • José María Casanova
4–IranIRI0-313-32
Abdul Hamid Fathi • Ahmed Eskandarpour • Ahmed Akbari • Ismail Pashapour-Alamdari
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #126 JulPiste 8HungaryHUN8 – 6PolandPOL
Match #226 JulPiste 8HungaryHUN14 – 2ArgentinaARG
Match #326 JulPiste 8HungaryHUN14 – 2IranIRI
Match #426 JulPiste 10PolandPOL10 – 6ArgentinaARG
Match #526 JulPiste 10PolandPOL9 – 7IranIRI
Match #626 JulPiste 10ArgentinaARG9 – 4IranIRI

Quarter-Finals

Date26 July 1976 — 15:00
FormatWinner of each pool advanced to semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #126 JulPiste 2ItalyITA9 – 2FranceFRA
Match #226 JulPiste 4HungaryHUN8 – 7CubaCUB
Match #326 JulPiste 10RomaniaROU9 – 4PolandPOL
Match #426 JulPiste 8Soviet UnionURS9 – 1United StatesUSA

Semi-Finals

Date26 July 1976 — 16:00
FormatWinner of each pool advanced to final.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #126 JulPiste 2ItalyITA9 – 5HungaryHUN
Match #226 JulPiste 8Soviet UnionURS8 – 8RomaniaROU

Classification Round 5-8

Date27 July 1976 — 15:00
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #127 JulPiste 10PolandPOL9 – 3United StatesUSA
Match #227 JulPiste 4CubaCUB9 – 5FranceFRA

Final Pool

Date27 July 1976 — 18:00
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/227 JulPiste FinalSoviet UnionURS9 – 4ItalyITA
Match 3/427 JulPiste FinalRomaniaROU9 – 4HungaryHUN
Match 5/627 JulPiste 6CubaCUB9 – 6PolandPOL