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Sabre, Team, Men

Date	26 – 27 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Stade d'Hiver de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Participants	63 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.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Soviet Union	URS	Gold
	Viktor Sidyak • Vladimir Nazlymov • Viktor Krovopuskov • Mikhail Burtsev • Eduard Vinokurov
2	Italy	ITA	Silver
	Mario Aldo Montano • Mario Tullio Montano • Michele Maffei • Tommaso Montano • Angelo Arcidiacono
3	Romania	ROU	Bronze
	Dan Irimiciuc • Ioan Pop • Marin Mustață • Cornel Marin • Alexandru Nilca
4	Hungary	HUN
	Péter Marót • Tamás Kovács • Imre Gedővári • Ferenc Hammang • Csaba Körmöczi
5	Cuba	CUB
	Manuel Ortiz • Francisco de la Torre • Guzmán Salazar • Ramón Hernández • Lázaro Mora
6	Poland	POL
	Leszek Jabłonowski • Sylwester Królikowski • Jacek Bierkowski • Józef Nowara
=7	United States	USA
	Paul Apostol • Peter Westbrook • Stephen Kaplan • Tom Losonczy • Alex Orban • Jack Keane (DNS)
=7	France	FRA
	Philippe Bena • Régis Bonnissent • Bernard Dumont • Didier Flament • Patrick Quivrin
=9	Bulgaria	BUL
	Miroslav Dudekov • Anani Mihaylov • Konstantin Dzhelepov • Hristo Hristov
=9	Canada	CAN
	Marc Lavoie • Peter Urban • Imre Nagy • Eli Sukunda
=9	Great Britain	GBR
	Bill Hoskyns • Peter Mather • John Deanfield • Richard Cohen
=9	Thailand	THA
	Taweewat Horrapun • Samachai Trangjaroenngarm • Sutipong Santitavakul • Royengyot Srivorapongpant
=9	Argentina	ARG
	Marcelo Méndez • Juan Gavajda • Fernando Lúpiz • José María Casanova
=9	Iran	IRI
	Abdul Hamid Fathi • Ahmed Eskandarpour • Ahmed Akbari • Ismail Pashapour-Alamdari

Round One (26 July 1976 — 8:30)

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

Pool 1

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Soviet Union	URS	2	0	20	6	Q
	Viktor Sidyak • Vladimir Nazlymov • Viktor Krovopuskov • Mikhail Burtsev • Eduard Vinokurov
2	France	FRA	1	1	12	14	Q
	Philippe Bena • Régis Bonnissent • Bernard Dumont • Patrick Quivrin
3	Bulgaria	BUL	0	2	10	22
	Miroslav Dudekov • Anani Mihaylov • Konstantin Dzhelepov • Hristo Hristov

Match #1	URS	9 – 1	FRA
Match #2	URS	11 – 5	BUL
Match #3	FRA	11 – 5	BUL

Pool 2

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Italy	ITA	2	0	22	6	Q
	Mario Aldo Montano • Mario Tullio Montano • Michele Maffei • Tommaso Montano • Angelo Arcidiacono
2	United States	USA	1	1	12	16	Q
	Paul Apostol • Stephen Kaplan • Tom Losonczy • Alex Orban
3	Canada	CAN	0	2	10	22
	Marc Lavoie • Peter Urban • Imre Nagy • Eli Sukunda

Match #1	ITA	9 – 3	USA
Match #2	ITA	13 – 3	CAN
Match #3	USA	9 – 7	CAN

Pool 3

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Romania	ROU	3	0	39	5	Q
	Dan Irimiciuc • Ioan Pop • Marin Mustață • Cornel Marin • Alexandru Nilca
2	Cuba	CUB	2	1	29	15	Q
	Manuel Ortiz • Francisco de la Torre • Guzmán Salazar • Ramón Hernández • Lázaro Mora
3	Great Britain	GBR	0	2	7	25
	Bill Hoskyns • Peter Mather • John Deanfield • Richard Cohen
4	Thailand	THA	0	2	1	31
	Taweewat Horrapun • Samachai Trangjaroenngarm • Sutipong Santitavakul • Royengyot Srivorapongpant

Match #1	ROU	9 – 3	CUB
Match #2	ROU	14 – 2	GBR
Match #3	ROU	16 – 0	THA
Match #4	CUB	11 – 5	GBR
Match #5	CUB	15 – 1	THA

Pool 4

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Hungary	HUN	3	0	36	10	Q
	Péter Marót • Tamás Kovács • Imre Gedővári • Ferenc Hammang • Csaba Körmöczi
2	Poland	POL	2	1	25	21	Q
	Leszek Jabłonowski • Sylwester Królikowski • Jacek Bierkowski • Józef Nowara
3	Argentina	ARG	1	2	17	28
	Marcelo Méndez • Juan Gavajda • Fernando Lúpiz • José María Casanova
4	Iran	IRI	0	3	13	32
	Abdul Hamid Fathi • Ahmed Eskandarpour • Ahmed Akbari • Ismail Pashapour-Alamdari

Match #1	HUN	8 – 6	POL
Match #2	HUN	14 – 2	ARG
Match #3	HUN	14 – 2	IRI
Match #4	POL	10 – 6	ARG
Match #5	POL	9 – 7	IRI
Match #6	ARG	9 – 4	IRI

Quarter-Finals (26 July 1976 — 15:00)

Winner of each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Match #1	ITA	9 – 2	FRA
Match #2	HUN	8 – 7	CUB
Match #3	ROU	9 – 4	POL
Match #4	URS	9 – 1	USA

Semi-Finals (26 July 1976 — 16:00)

Winner of each pool advanced to final.

Match #1	ITA	9 – 5	HUN
Match #2	URS	8 – 8	ROU

Classification Round 5-8 (27 July 1976 — 15:00)

Match #1	POL	9 – 3	USA
Match #2	CUB	9 – 5	FRA

Final Pool (27 July 1976 — 18:00)

Match 1-2	URS	9 – 4	ITA
Match 3-4	ROU	9 – 4	HUN
Match 5-6	CUB	9 – 6	POL