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Sabre, Individual, Men

Date	24 – 25 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Futbolny polya, Legkoatletichesky futbolny kompleks, Moskva
Participants	30 from 12 countries

The Soviets had swept the podium at the 1979 World Championships and, with home advantage, looked in prime position to repeat that success at the Olympic Games. Vladimir Nazlymov, the World Champion, looked in outstanding form during the early stages of the event before a pair of defeats in the knockout rounds sent him crashing out of the competition. The two other Soviets, Viktor Krovopuskov and Mikhail Burtsev, both reached the final pool and tied for first position with four wins each. Krovopuskov won the tie-break bout 5-3 to claim gold. Imre Gedővári of Hungary won bronze with the Etropolski twins from Bulgaria placing 4th and 5th.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Viktor Krovopuskov	URS	Gold
2	Mikhail Burtsev	URS	Silver
3	Imre Gedővári	HUN	Bronze
4	Vasil Etropolski	BUL
5	Hristo Etropolski	BUL
6	Michele Maffei	ITA
7	Ferdinando Meglio	ITA
8	Vladimir Nazlymov	URS
=9	Cornel Marin	ROU
=9	Pál Gerevich	HUN
=9	Andrzej Kostrzewa	POL
=9	José Laverdeza	CUB
=13	Jacek Bierkowski	POL
=13	Ioan Pop	ROU
=13	György Nébald	HUN
=13	Georgi Chomakov	BUL
17	Leszek Jabłonowski	POL
18	Frank-Eberhard Höltje	GDR
19	Mario Aldo Montano	ITA
20	Jesús Ortiz	CUB
21	Jean-François Lamour	FRA
22	Marin Mustață	ROU
23	Peter Ulbrich	GDR
24	Mark Slade	GBR
25	Manuel Ortiz	CUB
26	Valentín Paraíso	ESP
27	Rüdiger Müller	GDR
28	Ahmed Al-Ahmed	KUW
29	Ali Al-Khawajah	KUW
30	Eyiad Mohamed	KUW
DNS	Richard Oldcorn	GBR
DNS	Kent Hjerpe	SWE

Round One (24 July 1980)

Top four finishers in each pool advanced to round two.

Pool 1

Jury President	Eduard Vinokurov	URS

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost	TD	TR
1	Imre Gedővári	HUN	4	0	20	12	Q
2	Vasil Etropolski	BUL	2	2	18	16	Q
3	José Laverdeza	CUB	2	2	16	18	Q
4	Leszek Jabłonowski	POL	1	3	15	19	Q
5	Valentín Paraíso	ESP	1	3	15	19

Bout #1	Imre Gedővári	HUN	5 – 4	Vasil Etropolski	BUL
Bout #2	Imre Gedővári	HUN	5 – 2	José Laverdeza	CUB
Bout #3	Imre Gedővári	HUN	5 – 3	Leszek Jabłonowski	POL
Bout #4	Imre Gedővári	HUN	5 – 3	Valentín Paraíso	ESP
Bout #5	Vasil Etropolski	BUL	5 – 3	Leszek Jabłonowski	POL
Bout #6	Vasil Etropolski	BUL	5 – 3	Valentín Paraíso	ESP
Bout #7	José Laverdeza	CUB	5 – 4	Vasil Etropolski	BUL
Bout #8	José Laverdeza	CUB	5 – 4	Leszek Jabłonowski	POL
Bout #9	Leszek Jabłonowski	POL	5 – 4	Valentín Paraíso	ESP
Bout #10	Valentín Paraíso	ESP	5 – 4	José Laverdeza	CUB

Pool 1, Barrage 4-5

Pool 1	Leszek Jabłonowski	POL	5 – 2	Valentín Paraíso	ESP

Pool 2

Jury President	Octavian Vintilă	ROU

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost	TD	TR
1	Vladimir Nazlymov	URS	3	1	19	12	Q
2	Jesús Ortiz	CUB	3	1	16	14	Q
3	Jean-François Lamour	FRA	2	2	16	13	Q
4	Mark Slade	GBR	2	2	14	17	Q
5	Rüdiger Müller	GDR	0	4	11	20

Bout #1	Vladimir Nazlymov	URS	5 – 3	Jean-François Lamour	FRA
Bout #2	Vladimir Nazlymov	URS	5 – 3	Mark Slade	GBR
Bout #3	Vladimir Nazlymov	URS	5 – 1	Rüdiger Müller	GDR
Bout #4	Jesús Ortiz	CUB	5 – 4	Vladimir Nazlymov	URS
Bout #5	Jesús Ortiz	CUB	5 – 1	Mark Slade	GBR
Bout #6	Jesús Ortiz	CUB	5 – 4	Rüdiger Müller	GDR
Bout #7	Jean-François Lamour	FRA	5 – 1	Jesús Ortiz	CUB
Bout #8	Jean-François Lamour	FRA	5 – 2	Rüdiger Müller	GDR
Bout #9	Mark Slade	GBR	5 – 3	Jean-François Lamour	FRA
Bout #10	Mark Slade	GBR	5 – 4	Rüdiger Müller	GDR

Pool 3

Jury President	Moris Sakhvadze	URS

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost	TD	TR
1	György Nébald	HUN	3	1	15	16	Q
2	Frank-Eberhard Höltje	GDR	2	2	16	13	Q
3	Michele Maffei	ITA	2	2	17	14	Q
4	Georgi Chomakov	BUL	2	2	15	17	Q
5	Manuel Ortiz	CUB	1	3	15	18

Bout #1	György Nébald	HUN	5 – 4	Michele Maffei	ITA
Bout #2	György Nébald	HUN	5 – 4	Georgi Chomakov	BUL
Bout #3	György Nébald	HUN	5 – 3	Manuel Ortiz	CUB
Bout #4	Frank-Eberhard Höltje	GDR	5 – 0	György Nébald	HUN
Bout #5	Frank-Eberhard Höltje	GDR	5 – 3	Michele Maffei	ITA
Bout #6	Michele Maffei	ITA	5 – 1	Georgi Chomakov	BUL
Bout #7	Michele Maffei	ITA	5 – 3	Manuel Ortiz	CUB
Bout #8	Georgi Chomakov	BUL	5 – 3	Frank-Eberhard Höltje	GDR
Bout #9	Georgi Chomakov	BUL	5 – 4	Manuel Ortiz	CUB
Bout #10	Manuel Ortiz	CUB	5 – 3	Frank-Eberhard Höltje	GDR

Pool 4

Jury President	Alessandro Carpintieri	ITA

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost	TD	TR
1	Hristo Etropolski	BUL	4	0	20	8	Q
2	Ioan Pop	ROU	2	2	16	12	Q
3	Viktor Krovopuskov	URS	2	2	15	12	Q
4	Andrzej Kostrzewa	POL	2	2	10	12	Q
5	Ahmed Al-Ahmed	KUW	0	4	3	20

Bout #1	Hristo Etropolski	BUL	5 – 4	Ioan Pop	ROU
Bout #2	Hristo Etropolski	BUL	5 – 3	Viktor Krovopuskov	URS
Bout #3	Hristo Etropolski	BUL	5 – 0	Andrzej Kostrzewa	POL
Bout #4	Hristo Etropolski	BUL	5 – 1	Ahmed Al-Ahmed	KUW
Bout #5	Ioan Pop	ROU	5 – 2	Viktor Krovopuskov	URS
Bout #6	Ioan Pop	ROU	5 – 0	Ahmed Al-Ahmed	KUW
Bout #7	Viktor Krovopuskov	URS	5 – 0	Andrzej Kostrzewa	POL
Bout #8	Viktor Krovopuskov	URS	5 – 2	Ahmed Al-Ahmed	KUW
Bout #9	Andrzej Kostrzewa	POL	5 – 2	Ioan Pop	ROU
Bout #10	Andrzej Kostrzewa	POL	5 – 0	Ahmed Al-Ahmed	KUW

Pool 5

Jury President	Tamás Kovács	HUN

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost	TD	TR
1	Mario Aldo Montano	ITA	3	1	18	12	Q
2	Peter Ulbrich	GDR	3	1	18	13	Q
3	Cornel Marin	ROU	2	2	17	13	Q
4	Mikhail Burtsev	URS	2	2	17	14	Q
5	Eyiad Mohamed	KUW	0	4	2	20

Bout #1	Mario Aldo Montano	ITA	5 – 3	Peter Ulbrich	GDR
Bout #2	Mario Aldo Montano	ITA	5 – 4	Cornel Marin	ROU
Bout #3	Mario Aldo Montano	ITA	5 – 0	Eyiad Mohamed	KUW
Bout #4	Peter Ulbrich	GDR	5 – 3	Cornel Marin	ROU
Bout #5	Peter Ulbrich	GDR	5 – 4	Mikhail Burtsev	URS
Bout #6	Peter Ulbrich	GDR	5 – 1	Eyiad Mohamed	KUW
Bout #7	Cornel Marin	ROU	5 – 3	Mikhail Burtsev	URS
Bout #8	Cornel Marin	ROU	5 – 0	Eyiad Mohamed	KUW
Bout #9	Mikhail Burtsev	URS	5 – 3	Mario Aldo Montano	ITA
Bout #10	Mikhail Burtsev	URS	5 – 1	Eyiad Mohamed	KUW

Pool 6

Jury President	Juozas Udras	URS

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost	TD	TR
1	Jacek Bierkowski	POL	4	0	20	10	Q
2	Ferdinando Meglio	ITA	3	1	19	11	Q
3	Pál Gerevich	HUN	2	2	16	13	Q
4	Marin Mustață	ROU	1	3	11	15	Q
5	Ali Al-Khawajah	KUW	0	4	3	20

Bout #1	Jacek Bierkowski	POL	5 – 4	Ferdinando Meglio	ITA
Bout #2	Jacek Bierkowski	POL	5 – 2	Pál Gerevich	HUN
Bout #3	Jacek Bierkowski	POL	5 – 2	Marin Mustață	ROU
Bout #4	Jacek Bierkowski	POL	5 – 2	Ali Al-Khawajah	KUW
Bout #5	Ferdinando Meglio	ITA	5 – 4	Pál Gerevich	HUN
Bout #6	Ferdinando Meglio	ITA	5 – 2	Marin Mustață	ROU
Bout #7	Ferdinando Meglio	ITA	5 – 0	Ali Al-Khawajah	KUW
Bout #8	Pál Gerevich	HUN	5 – 2	Marin Mustață	ROU
Bout #9	Pál Gerevich	HUN	5 – 1	Ali Al-Khawajah	KUW
Bout #10	Marin Mustață	ROU	5 – 0	Ali Al-Khawajah	KUW

Round Two (24 July 1980)

Top four finishers in each pool advanced to elimination matches.

Pool 1

Jury President	Ivo Prokop	TCH

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost	TD	TR
1	Michele Maffei	ITA	5	0	25	15	Q
2	Mikhail Burtsev	URS	4	1	24	13	Q
3	György Nébald	HUN	3	2	19	18	Q
4	Hristo Etropolski	BUL	1	4	17	22	Q
5	Jesús Ortiz	CUB	1	4	18	24
6	Marin Mustață	ROU	1	4	13	24

Bout #1	Michele Maffei	ITA	5 – 4	Mikhail Burtsev	URS
Bout #2	Michele Maffei	ITA	5 – 3	György Nébald	HUN
Bout #3	Michele Maffei	ITA	5 – 4	Hristo Etropolski	BUL
Bout #4	Michele Maffei	ITA	5 – 2	Jesús Ortiz	CUB
Bout #5	Michele Maffei	ITA	5 – 2	Marin Mustață	ROU
Bout #6	Mikhail Burtsev	URS	5 – 1	György Nébald	HUN
Bout #7	Mikhail Burtsev	URS	5 – 2	Hristo Etropolski	BUL
Bout #8	Mikhail Burtsev	URS	5 – 3	Jesús Ortiz	CUB
Bout #9	Mikhail Burtsev	URS	5 – 2	Marin Mustață	ROU
Bout #10	György Nébald	HUN	5 – 2	Hristo Etropolski	BUL
Bout #11	György Nébald	HUN	5 – 4	Jesús Ortiz	CUB
Bout #12	György Nébald	HUN	5 – 2	Marin Mustață	ROU
Bout #13	Hristo Etropolski	BUL	5 – 2	Marin Mustață	ROU
Bout #14	Jesús Ortiz	CUB	5 – 4	Hristo Etropolski	BUL
Bout #15	Marin Mustață	ROU	5 – 4	Jesús Ortiz	CUB

Pool 2

Jury President	Eduard Vinokurov	URS

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost	TD	TR
1	Jacek Bierkowski	POL	4	1	24	14	Q
2	Vasil Etropolski	BUL	3	2	18	15	Q
3	Pál Gerevich	HUN	3	2	19	16	Q
4	Ioan Pop	ROU	3	2	18	19	Q
5	Leszek Jabłonowski	POL	2	3	18	20
6	Peter Ulbrich	GDR	0	5	12	25

Bout #1	Jacek Bierkowski	POL	5 – 2	Vasil Etropolski	BUL
Bout #2	Jacek Bierkowski	POL	5 – 3	Pál Gerevich	HUN
Bout #3	Jacek Bierkowski	POL	5 – 2	Leszek Jabłonowski	POL
Bout #4	Jacek Bierkowski	POL	5 – 2	Peter Ulbrich	GDR
Bout #5	Vasil Etropolski	BUL	5 – 1	Ioan Pop	ROU
Bout #6	Vasil Etropolski	BUL	5 – 2	Leszek Jabłonowski	POL
Bout #7	Vasil Etropolski	BUL	5 – 2	Peter Ulbrich	GDR
Bout #8	Pál Gerevich	HUN	5 – 1	Vasil Etropolski	BUL
Bout #9	Pál Gerevich	HUN	5 – 4	Leszek Jabłonowski	POL
Bout #10	Pál Gerevich	HUN	5 – 1	Peter Ulbrich	GDR
Bout #11	Ioan Pop	ROU	5 – 4	Jacek Bierkowski	POL
Bout #12	Ioan Pop	ROU	5 – 1	Pál Gerevich	HUN
Bout #13	Ioan Pop	ROU	5 – 4	Peter Ulbrich	GDR
Bout #14	Leszek Jabłonowski	POL	5 – 2	Ioan Pop	ROU
Bout #15	Leszek Jabłonowski	POL	5 – 3	Peter Ulbrich	GDR

Pool 3

Jury President	Patrick Vajda	FRA

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost	TD	TR
1	Viktor Krovopuskov	URS	5	0	25	15	Q
2	Imre Gedővári	HUN	4	1	24	16	Q
3	Cornel Marin	ROU	3	2	17	16	Q
4	Andrzej Kostrzewa	POL	2	3	18	20	Q
5	Mario Aldo Montano	ITA	1	4	19	20
6	Mark Slade	GBR	0	5	9	25

Bout #1	Viktor Krovopuskov	URS	5 – 4	Imre Gedővári	HUN
Bout #2	Viktor Krovopuskov	URS	5 – 1	Cornel Marin	ROU
Bout #3	Viktor Krovopuskov	URS	5 – 2	Andrzej Kostrzewa	POL
Bout #4	Viktor Krovopuskov	URS	5 – 4	Mario Aldo Montano	ITA
Bout #5	Viktor Krovopuskov	URS	5 – 4	Mark Slade	GBR
Bout #6	Imre Gedővári	HUN	5 – 1	Cornel Marin	ROU
Bout #7	Imre Gedővári	HUN	5 – 4	Andrzej Kostrzewa	POL
Bout #8	Imre Gedővári	HUN	5 – 3	Mario Aldo Montano	ITA
Bout #9	Imre Gedővári	HUN	5 – 3	Mark Slade	GBR
Bout #10	Cornel Marin	ROU	5 – 2	Andrzej Kostrzewa	POL
Bout #11	Cornel Marin	ROU	5 – 3	Mario Aldo Montano	ITA
Bout #12	Cornel Marin	ROU	5 – 1	Mark Slade	GBR
Bout #13	Andrzej Kostrzewa	POL	5 – 4	Mario Aldo Montano	ITA
Bout #14	Andrzej Kostrzewa	POL	5 – 1	Mark Slade	GBR
Bout #15	Mario Aldo Montano	ITA	5 – 0	Mark Slade	GBR

Pool 4

Jury President	Tamás Kovács	HUN

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost	TD	TR
1	Vladimir Nazlymov	URS	5	0	25	19	Q
2	José Laverdeza	CUB	3	2	22	18	Q
3	Ferdinando Meglio	ITA	2	3	19	18	Q
4	Georgi Chomakov	BUL	2	3	20	20	Q
5	Frank-Eberhard Höltje	GDR	2	3	20	23
6	Jean-François Lamour	FRA	1	4	16	24

Bout #1	Vladimir Nazlymov	URS	5 – 3	José Laverdeza	CUB
Bout #2	Vladimir Nazlymov	URS	5 – 4	Ferdinando Meglio	ITA
Bout #3	Vladimir Nazlymov	URS	5 – 4	Georgi Chomakov	BUL
Bout #4	Vladimir Nazlymov	URS	5 – 4	Frank-Eberhard Höltje	GDR
Bout #5	Vladimir Nazlymov	URS	5 – 4	Jean-François Lamour	FRA
Bout #6	José Laverdeza	CUB	5 – 3	Ferdinando Meglio	ITA
Bout #7	José Laverdeza	CUB	5 – 2	Georgi Chomakov	BUL
Bout #8	José Laverdeza	CUB	5 – 3	Jean-François Lamour	FRA
Bout #9	Ferdinando Meglio	ITA	5 – 3	Frank-Eberhard Höltje	GDR
Bout #10	Ferdinando Meglio	ITA	5 – 0	Jean-François Lamour	FRA
Bout #11	Georgi Chomakov	BUL	5 – 2	Ferdinando Meglio	ITA
Bout #12	Georgi Chomakov	BUL	5 – 3	Frank-Eberhard Höltje	GDR
Bout #13	Frank-Eberhard Höltje	GDR	5 – 4	José Laverdeza	CUB
Bout #14	Frank-Eberhard Höltje	GDR	5 – 4	Jean-François Lamour	FRA
Bout #15	Jean-François Lamour	FRA	5 – 4	Georgi Chomakov	BUL

Elimination Rounds (25 July 1980)

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

Elimination Rounds, Round One (25 July 1980)

Winner of each match advanced to round two.

Bout #1	Andrzej Kostrzewa	POL	–	Jacek Bierkowski	POL
Bout #2	Hristo Etropolski	BUL	–	Ferdinando Meglio	ITA
Bout #3	Pál Gerevich	HUN	–	Michele Maffei	ITA
Bout #4	Viktor Krovopuskov	URS	–	Ioan Pop	ROU
Bout #5	Vladimir Nazlymov	URS	–	José Laverdeza	CUB
Bout #6	Vasil Etropolski	BUL	–	György Nébald	HUN
Bout #7	Mikhail Burtsev	URS	–	Cornel Marin	ROU
Bout #8	Imre Gedővári	HUN	–	Georgi Chomakov	BUL

Elimination Rounds, Round Two (25 July 1980)

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

Bout #1	Hristo Etropolski	BUL	–	Andrzej Kostrzewa	POL
Bout #2	Viktor Krovopuskov	URS	–	Pál Gerevich	HUN
Bout #3	Vasil Etropolski	BUL	–	Vladimir Nazlymov	URS
Bout #4	Imre Gedővári	HUN	–	Mikhail Burtsev	URS

Elimination Rounds, Round One Repêchage (25 July 1980)

Winner of each match advanced to round two repêchage.

Bout #1	Ferdinando Meglio	ITA	–	Jacek Bierkowski	POL
Bout #2	Michele Maffei	ITA	–	Ioan Pop	ROU
Bout #3	José Laverdeza	CUB	–	György Nébald	HUN
Bout #4	Cornel Marin	ROU	–	Georgi Chomakov	BUL

Elimination Rounds, Round Two Repêchage (25 July 1980)

Winner of each match advanced to round three repêchage.

Bout #1	Michele Maffei	ITA	–	Andrzej Kostrzewa	POL
Bout #2	Ferdinando Meglio	ITA	–	Pál Gerevich	HUN
Bout #3	Vladimir Nazlymov	URS	–	Cornel Marin	ROU
Bout #4	Mikhail Burtsev	URS	–	José Laverdeza	CUB

Elimination Rounds, Round Three Repêchage (25 July 1980)

Winner of each match advanced to final pool.

Bout #1	Michele Maffei	ITA	–	Vladimir Nazlymov	URS
Bout #2	Mikhail Burtsev	URS	–	Ferdinando Meglio	ITA

Final Pool (25 July 1980)

Jury President	John Zarno	GBR
Jury President	Octavian Vintilă	ROU

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost	TD	TR
1	Viktor Krovopuskov	URS	4	1	24	17
2	Mikhail Burtsev	URS	4	1	23	18
3	Imre Gedővári	HUN	3	2	23	21
4	Vasil Etropolski	BUL	2	3	17	23
5	Hristo Etropolski	BUL	1	4	19	21
6	Michele Maffei	ITA	1	4	15	21

Bout #1	Viktor Krovopuskov	URS	5 – 4	Imre Gedővári	HUN
Bout #2	Viktor Krovopuskov	URS	5 – 3	Vasil Etropolski	BUL
Bout #3	Viktor Krovopuskov	URS	5 – 2	Michele Maffei	ITA
Bout #4 1 2	Viktor Krovopuskov	URS 3	5 – 3	Hristo Etropolski	BUL 4
Bout #5	Mikhail Burtsev	URS	5 – 4	Viktor Krovopuskov	URS
Bout #6	Mikhail Burtsev	URS	5 – 3	Vasil Etropolski	BUL
Bout #7	Mikhail Burtsev	URS	5 – 3	Hristo Etropolski	BUL
Bout #8	Mikhail Burtsev	URS	5 – 3	Michele Maffei	ITA
Bout #9	Imre Gedővári	HUN	5 – 3	Mikhail Burtsev	URS
Bout #10	Imre Gedővári	HUN	5 – 4	Hristo Etropolski	BUL
Bout #11	Imre Gedővári	HUN	5 – 4	Michele Maffei	ITA
Bout #12	Vasil Etropolski	BUL	5 – 4	Imre Gedővári	HUN
Bout #13	Vasil Etropolski	BUL	5 – 4	Hristo Etropolski	BUL
Bout #14 5 6	Hristo Etropolski	BUL 7	5 – 1	Michele Maffei	ITA 8
Bout #15	Michele Maffei	ITA	5 – 1	Vasil Etropolski	BUL