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Sabre, Team, Men

Date	28 – 29 July 1980
Status	Olympic
Location	Futbolny polya, Legkoatletichesky futbolny kompleks, Moskva
Participants	39 from 8 countries

It would have taken a brave man to have predicted anything other than a Soviet victory in the team sabre. After all they were World Champions in 1979, where they also swept the medals individually, and had just provided the winners of gold and silver in the individual foil. As such it came as a great shock when they lost their opening match against Romania by 9-7. They recovered to reach the semi-finals where, largely through the efforts of Viktor Krovopuskov, they defeated Hungary in a close fought contest. The Soviets finally regained their best form in the final and trounced Poland by 9-2 to retain the Olympic title. Hungary beat Poland for bronze.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC
1	–	Soviet Union	URS	Gold
		Viktor Sidyak • Vladimir Nazlymov • Viktor Krovopuskov • Mikhail Burtsev • Nikolay Alyokhin
2	–	Italy	ITA	Silver
		Mario Aldo Montano • Michele Maffei • Ferdinando Meglio • Marco Romano • Giovanni Scalzo
3	–	Hungary	HUN	Bronze
		Imre Gedővári • Pál Gerevich • Ferenc Hammang • Rudolf Nébald • György Nébald
4	–	Poland	POL
		Tadeusz Piguła • Leszek Jabłonowski • Jacek Bierkowski • Andrzej Kostrzewa • Marian Sypniewski
5	–	Romania	ROU
		Ioan Pop • Marin Mustață • Cornel Marin • Ion Pantelimonescu • Alexandru Nilca
6	–	East Germany	GDR
		Rüdiger Müller • Hendrik Jung • Peter Ulbrich • Frank-Eberhard Höltje • Gerd May
7	–	Cuba	CUB
		Manuel Ortiz • Jesús Ortiz • José Laverdeza • Guzmán Salazar
8	–	Bulgaria	BUL
		Hristo Etropolski • Nikolay Marincheshki • Vasil Etropolski • Georgi Chomakov • Marin Ivanov
DNS	–	France	FRA
		Philippe Bonnin • Bruno Boscherie • Didier Flament • Jean-François Lamour

Round One

Date	28 July 1980
Format	Top 2 teams, based on percentages of wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to semi-finals. Teams ranked 3-6, based on percentages of wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to quarter-finals.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Matches Tied	% Matches Won	Bouts	Bouts Won Margin
1	Soviet Union	URS	1-1	0	0.500	17-14	3	Q
2	Italy	ITA	1-0	0	1.000	8-7	1	Q
3	Poland	POL	2-0	0	1.000	18-14	4	q
4	Romania	ROU	1-1	0	0.500	16-16	0	q
5	East Germany	GDR	0-1	1	0.250	15-17	-2	q
6	Hungary	HUN	0-1	0	0.000	7-8	-1	q
7	Cuba	CUB	1-1	0	0.500	14-17	-3
8	Bulgaria	BUL	0-1	1	0.250	15-17	-2
DNS	France	FRA	–-–	–	–	–-–	–

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Soviet Union	URS	1-1	17-14
		Viktor Sidyak • Vladimir Nazlymov • Viktor Krovopuskov • Mikhail Burtsev • Nikolay Alyokhin
2	–	Romania	ROU	1-1	16-16
		Ioan Pop • Marin Mustață • Cornel Marin • Alexandru Nilca • Ion Pantelimonescu
3	–	Cuba	CUB	1-1	14-17
		Manuel Ortiz • Jesús Ortiz • José Laverdeza • Guzmán Salazar

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul	Piste 9	Romania	ROU	9 – 7	Soviet Union	URS
Match #2	28 Jul	Piste 9	Soviet Union	URS	10 – 5	Cuba	CUB
Match #3	28 Jul	Piste 2	Cuba	CUB	9 – 7	Romania	ROU

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Matches Tied	Bouts
1	–	Poland	POL	2-0	0	18-14
		Tadeusz Piguła • Leszek Jabłonowski • Jacek Bierkowski • Andrzej Kostrzewa
2	–	East Germany	GDR	0-1	1	15-17
		Rüdiger Müller • Hendrik Jung • Peter Ulbrich • Frank-Eberhard Höltje • Gerd May
3	–	Bulgaria	BUL	0-1	1	15-17
		Hristo Etropolski • Nikolay Marincheshki • Vasil Etropolski • Georgi Chomakov • Marin Ivanov

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul	Piste 3	Poland	POL	9 – 7	East Germany	GDR
Match #2	28 Jul	Piste 11	Poland	POL	9 – 7	Bulgaria	BUL
Match #3	28 Jul	Piste 11	East Germany	GDR	8 – 8	Bulgaria	BUL	Draw

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Italy	ITA	1-0	8-7
		Mario Aldo Montano • Michele Maffei • Ferdinando Meglio • Marco Romano
2	–	Hungary	HUN	0-1	7-8
		Imre Gedővári • György Nébald • Ferenc Hammang • Rudolf Nébald • Pál Gerevich
DNS	–	France	FRA	–-–	–-–
		Philippe Bonnin • Bruno Boscherie • Didier Flament • Jean-François Lamour

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul	Piste 10	Italy	ITA	8 – 7	Hungary	HUN

Quarter-Finals

Date	29 July 1980
Format	Winner of each pool advanced to round three. Losers to 5-6 placement match.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Piste 3	Poland	POL	9 – 7	Romania	ROU
Match #2	29 Jul	Piste 2	Hungary	HUN	9 – 7	East Germany	GDR

Semi-Finals

Date	29 July 1980
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Piste 2	Italy	ITA	10 – 5	Poland	POL
Match #2	29 Jul	Piste 3	Soviet Union	URS	8 – 6	Hungary	HUN

Final Pool

Date	29 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	29 Jul	Piste Final	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 2	Italy	ITA
Match 3/4	29 Jul	Piste 2	Hungary	HUN	9 – 6	Poland	POL
Match 5/6	29 Jul	Piste 10	Romania	ROU	9 – 6	East Germany	GDR