| Date | 26 – 27 September 1988 |
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| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Pen-sing Gyeong-ji-jang, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul |
| Participants | 76 from 16 countries |
The quarter-finals saw reigning World Champions West Germany eliminate Italy, their immediate predecessors as champions, and Hungary defeat France in a battle of 1987 World Championship medallists. The semi-finals were a contrasting affair, West comfortably defeated East in an all-German meeting whilst the Soviets defeated Hungary by scoring six more hits in an 8-8 tie. West German were very much the favourites to take gold but the least regarded fencer on the Soviet team, the Georgian native Vladimer Aptsiauri, produced an inspired display to win all three bouts he contested and help the USSR to the title. Hungary took the bronze medal.
| Date | 26 September 1988 — 8:30 |
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| Format | Top two teams in each pool advanced to quarter-finals. |
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | East Germany |  GDR | 3-0 | 27-7 | |||||
| Aris Enkelmann • Adrian Germanus • Jens Gusek • Jens Howe • Udo Wagner | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | People's Republic of China |  CHN | 2-1 | 23-19 | |||||
| Lao Shaopei • Liu Yunhong • Ye Chong • Zhang Zhicheng | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Great Britain |  GBR | 1-2 | 18-23 | |||||
| Tony Bartlett • Jonathan Davis • Bill Gosbee • Pierre Harper • Donnie McKenzie | ||||||||||
| 4 | – | Kuwait |  KUW | 0-3 | 8-27 | |||||
| Khaled Al-Awadhi • Faisal Al-Harshani • Saqer Al-Surayei • Salman Mohamed Hussain | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 26 Sep | East Germany | GDR | 9 – 5 | People's Republic of China | CHN | |
| Match #2 | 26 Sep | East Germany | GDR | 9 – 2 | Great Britain | GBR | |
| Match #3 | 26 Sep | East Germany | GDR | 9 – 0 | Kuwait | KUW | |
| Match #4 | 26 Sep | People's Republic of China | CHN | 9 – 7 | Great Britain | GBR | |
| Match #5 | 26 Sep | People's Republic of China | CHN | 9 – 3 | Kuwait | KUW | |
| Match #6 | 26 Sep | Great Britain | GBR | 9 – 5 | Kuwait | KUW |
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Soviet Union |  URS | 3-0 | 27-4 | |||||
| Aleksandr Romankov • Ilgar Mamedov • Vladimer Aptsiauri • Anvar Ibragimov • Boris Koretsky | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Poland |  POL | 2-1 | 21-11 | |||||
| Leszek Bandach • Waldemar Ciesielczyk • Piotr Kiełpikowski • Marian Sypniewski • Bogusław Zych | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Canada |  CAN | 1-2 | 12-19 | |||||
| Stephen Angers • Benoît Giasson • Danek Nowosielski • Luc Rocheleau | ||||||||||
| 4 | – | Hong Kong |  HKG | 0-3 | 1-27 | |||||
| Choy Kam Shing • Lee Chung Man • Tong King King • Weng Tak Fung | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 26 Sep | Soviet Union | URS | 9 – 3 | Poland | POL | |
| Match #2 | 26 Sep | Soviet Union | URS | 9 – 1 | Canada | CAN | |
| Match #3 | 26 Sep | Soviet Union | URS | 9 – 0 | Hong Kong | HKG | |
| Match #4 | 26 Sep | Poland | POL | 9 – 2 | Canada | CAN | |
| Match #5 | 26 Sep | Poland | POL | 9 – 0 | Hong Kong | HKG | |
| Match #6 | 26 Sep | Canada | CAN | 9 – 1 | Hong Kong | HKG |
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Matches | Bouts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | France |  FRA | 3-0 | 26-14 | |||||
| Laurent Bel • Patrick Groc • Youssef Hocine • Patrice Lhôtellier • Philippe Omnès | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | West Germany |  FRG | 2-1 | 26-12 | |||||
| Mathias Gey • Thorsten Weidner • Matthias Behr • Ulrich Schreck • Thomas Endres | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Sweden |  SWE | 1-2 | 12-20 | |||||
| Peter Åkerberg • Thomas Åkerberg • Ola Kajbjer • Eric Strand • Per Täckenström | ||||||||||
| 4 | – | United States |  USA | 0-3 | 9-27 | |||||
| Peter Lewison • Dave Littell • Mike Marx • Greg Massialas • George Nonomura | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 26 Sep | France | FRA | 8 – 8 | West Germany | FRG | |
| Match #2 | 26 Sep | France | FRA | 9 – 3 | Sweden | SWE | |
| Match #3 | 26 Sep | France | FRA | 9 – 3 | United States | USA | |
| Match #4 | 26 Sep | West Germany | FRG | 9 – 0 | Sweden | SWE | |
| Match #5 | 26 Sep | West Germany | FRG | 9 – 4 | United States | USA | |
| Match #6 | 26 Sep | Sweden | SWE | 9 – 2 | United States | USA |
| Pos | Number | Competitors | NOC | Bouts | Touches | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Italy |  ITA | 3-0 | 27-13 | |||||
| Andrea Borella • Stefano Cerioni • Federico Cervi • Andrea Cipressa • Mauro Numa | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | Hungary |  HUN | 2-1 | 24-20 | |||||
| Zsolt Érsek • Pál Szekeres • István Szelei • István Busa • Róbert Gátai | ||||||||||
| 3 | – | Republic of Korea |  KOR | 1-2 | 20-22 | |||||
| Hong Yeong-Seung • Kim Seung-Pyo • Kim Yong-Guk • Go Nak-Chun • Lee Yeong-Rok | ||||||||||
| 4 | – | Japan |  JPN | 0-3 | 11-27 | |||||
| Matsuo Azuma • Harunobu Deno • Koji Emura • Yoshihiko Kanatsu • Kenichi Umezawa | ||||||||||
| Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 26 Sep | Italy | ITA | 9 – 6 | Hungary | HUN | |
| Match #2 | 26 Sep | Italy | ITA | 9 – 5 | Republic of Korea | KOR | |
| Match #3 | 26 Sep | Italy | ITA | 9 – 2 | Japan | JPN | |
| Match #4 | 26 Sep | Hungary | HUN | 9 – 6 | Republic of Korea | KOR | |
| Match #5 | 26 Sep | Hungary | HUN | 9 – 5 | Japan | JPN | |
| Match #6 | 26 Sep | Republic of Korea | KOR | 9 – 4 | Japan | JPN |
| Date | 27 September 1988 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 27 Sep | Piste 5 | Soviet Union | URS | 9 – 5 | People's Republic of China | CHN | |
| Match #2 | 27 Sep | Piste 7 | Hungary | HUN | 9 – 4 | France | FRA | |
| Match #3 | 27 Sep | Piste 9 | West Germany | FRG | 9 – 6 | Italy | ITA | |
| Match #4 | 27 Sep | Piste 11 | East Germany | GDR | 9 – 3 | Poland | POL |
| Date | 27 September 1988 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 27 Sep | Piste 5 | Soviet Union | URS | 8 – 8 | Hungary | HUN | |
| Match #2 | 27 Sep | Piste 9 | West Germany | FRG | 9 – 4 | East Germany | GDR |
| Date | 27 September 1988 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 27 Sep | Piste 11 | France | FRA | 9 – 7 | People's Republic of China | CHN | |
| Match #2 | 27 Sep | Piste 7 | Poland | POL | 9 – 7 | Italy | ITA |
| Date | 27 September 1988 — 9:00 |
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| Format | Single-elimination tournament. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1/2 | 27 Sep | Piste Final | Soviet Union | URS | 9 – 5 | West Germany | FRG | |
| Match 3/4 | 27 Sep | Piste Final | Hungary | HUN | 9 – 5 | East Germany | GDR | |
| Match 5/6 | 27 Sep | Piste 11 | Poland | POL | 8 – 8 | France | FRA | |
| Match 7/8 | 27 Sep | Piste 7 | Italy | ITA | 9 – 4 | People's Republic of China | CHN |
