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Épée, Team, Men

Date	20 – 21 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Memorial Hall, Waseda Daigaku, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	84 from 18 countries

The 44-year long domination of the event by France and Italy seemed due to be broken at the Tokyo Olympics. Neither country had won a world title since the 1960 Games with the Soviet Union in 1961 and 1962 and then Poland, on home soil in 1963, emerging as champions. After the events of the individual competition where the USSR had placed first and third it seemed inevitable that they would be the nation to break the Franco-Italian monopoly but it was not to be. The Soviets lost in the semi-finals to a Hungarian team inspired by Győző Kulcsár. Kulcsár’s performance formed the bedrock of the eventual Hungarian gold medal victory. He fought 20 times in the competition and won every single one of them, culminating in his four victories against Italy in the final. France beat Sweden for bronze.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Hungary	HUN	Gold
	Győző Kulcsár • Zoltán Nemere • Tamás Gábor • István Kausz • Árpád Bárány
2	Italy	ITA	Silver
	Giuseppe Delfino • Alberto Pellegrino • Gianluigi Saccaro • Gianfranco Paolucci • Giovanni Battista Breda
3	France	FRA	Bronze
	Claude Brodin • Yves Dreyfus • Claude Bourquard • Jack Guittet • Jacques Brodin
4	Sweden	SWE
	Ivar Genesjö • Orvar Lindwall • Hans Lagerwall • Göran Abrahamsson • Carl-Wilhelm Engdahl
5	Poland	POL
	Henryk Nielaba • Mikołaj Pomarnacki • Bogdan Gonsior • Bohdan Andrzejewski • Jerzy Pawłowski
6	Unified Team of Germany	GER
	Franz Rompza • Max Geuter • Volkmar Würtz • Paul Gnaier • Haakon Stein
=7	Soviet Union	URS
	Bruno Habārovs • Guram Kostava • Yury Smolyakov • Hryhoriy Kriss • Aleksey Nikanchikov
=7	Switzerland	SUI
	Claudio Polledri • Paul Meister • Walter Bar • Jean Gontier • Michel Steininger
=9	Great Britain	GBR
	Bill Hoskyns • John Pelling • Peter Jacobs • Michael Howard • Allan Jay
=9	Austria	AUT
	Udo Birnbaum • Herbert Polzhuber • Roland Losert • Rudolf Trost • Marcus Leyrer
3 p1 r1/5	Argentina	ARG
	Félix Galimi • Zelmar Casco • Jesús Taboada • Francisco Serp
3 p2 r1/5	Australia	AUS
	Russell Hobby • John Humphreys • Imants Terauds • Ivan Lund • Ian Bowditch
3 p3 r1/5	Japan	JPN
	Toshiaki Araki • Katsutada Minatoi • Kazuhiko Tabuchi • Heizaburo Okawa • Takeshi Teshima
3 p4 r1/5	United States	USA
	Paul Pesthy • Frank Anger • David Micahnik • Larry Anastasi
3 p5 r1/5	Republic of Korea	KOR
	Sin Du-Ho • Kim Chang-Hwan • Han Myeong-Seok • Kim Man-Sik
4 p1 r1/5	Lebanon	LBN
	Michel Saykali • Joseph Gemayel • Hassan El-Said • Ibrahim Osman
4 p2 r1/5	Colombia	COL
	Emilio Echeverry • Ernesto Sastre • Dibier Tamayo • Humberto Posada
4 p3 r1/5	Iran	IRI
	Houshmand Almasi • Nasser Madani • Bizhan Zarnegar • Shahpour Zarnegar

Round One (20 October 1964 — 8:30)

Top six teams, based on percentage of wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to quarter-finals. Teams ranked 7-10, , based on percentage of wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to round two.

Pool One

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Soviet Union	URS	2	0	24	2	Q
	Bruno Habārovs • Guram Kostava • Yury Smolyakov • Hryhoriy Kriss • Aleksey Nikanchikov
2	Switzerland	SUI	2	0	21	8	q
	Claudio Polledri • Paul Meister • Walter Bar • Jean Gontier • Michel Steininger
3	Argentina	ARG	0	2	6	19
	Félix Galimi • Zelmar Casco • Jesús Taboada • Francisco Serp
4	Lebanon	LBN	0	2	4	21
	Michel Saykali • Joseph Gemayel • Hassan El-Said • Ibrahim Osman

Pool One	URS	15 – 1	ARG
Pool One	URS	9 – 1	LBN
Pool One	SUI	9 – 5	ARG
Pool One	SUI	12 – 3	LBN

Pool Two

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Austria	AUT	2	0	24	4	Q
	Udo Birnbaum • Herbert Polzhuber • Roland Losert • Rudolf Trost • Marcus Leyrer
2	Sweden	SWE	2	0	23	5	Q
	Ivar Genesjö • Hans Lagerwall • Göran Abrahamsson • Carl-Wilhelm Engdahl
3	Australia	AUS	0	2	6	20
	Russell Hobby • John Humphreys • Imants Terauds • Ivan Lund • Ian Bowditch
4	Colombia	COL	0	2	3	27
	Emilio Echeverry • Ernesto Sastre • Dibier Tamayo • Humberto Posada

Pool Two	AUT	11 – 3	AUS
Pool Two	AUT	13 – 1	COL
Pool Two	SWE	9 – 3	AUS
Pool Two	SWE	14 – 2	COL

Pool Three

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Italy	ITA	2	0	25	2	Q
	Alberto Pellegrino • Gianluigi Saccaro • Gianfranco Paolucci • Giovanni Battista Breda
2	Hungary	HUN	2	0	25	5	q
	Győző Kulcsár • Zoltán Nemere • Tamás Gábor • István Kausz • Árpád Bárány
3	Japan	JPN	0	2	6	20
	Toshiaki Araki • Katsutada Minatoi • Kazuhiko Tabuchi • Heizaburo Okawa • Takeshi Teshima
4	Iran	IRI	0	2	1	30
	Houshmand Almasi • Nasser Madani • Bizhan Zarnegar • Shahpour Zarnegar

Pool Three	ITA	9 – 2	JPN
Pool Three	ITA	16 – 0	IRI
Pool Three	HUN	11 – 4	JPN
Pool Three	HUN	14 – 1	IRI

Pool Four

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Unified Team of Germany	GER	1	1	17	14	Q
	Franz Rompza • Max Geuter • Volkmar Würtz • Paul Gnaier • Haakon Stein
2	Great Britain	GBR	1	1	16	16	q
	Bill Hoskyns • John Pelling • Peter Jacobs • Michael Howard • Allan Jay
3	United States	USA	1	1	14	17
	Paul Pesthy • Frank Anger • David Micahnik • Larry Anastasi

Pool Four	GBR	8/66 – 8/62	GER
Pool Four	GER	9 – 6	USA
Pool Four	USA	8/61 – 8/58	GBR

Pool Five

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Poland	POL	1	0	14	2	Q
	Henryk Nielaba • Mikołaj Pomarnacki • Bohdan Andrzejewski • Jerzy Pawłowski
2	France	FRA	1	0	9	0	Q
	Claude Brodin • Yves Dreyfus • Claude Bourquard • Jacques Brodin
3	Republic of Korea	KOR	0	2	2	23
	Sin Du-Ho • Kim Chang-Hwan • Han Myeong-Seok • Kim Man-Sik

Pool Five	POL	14 – 2	KOR
Pool Five	FRA	9 – 0	KOR

Round Two (20 October 1964)

Winner of each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Pool One

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Hungary	HUN	1	0	8	1	Q
	Győző Kulcsár • Zoltán Nemere • Tamás Gábor • Árpád Bárány
2	Austria	AUT	0	1	1	8
	Udo Birnbaum • Herbert Polzhuber • Roland Losert • Rudolf Trost

Pool One	HUN	8 – 1	AUT

Pool Two

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Switzerland	SUI	1	0	8	4	Q
	Paul Meister • Walter Bar • Jean Gontier • Michel Steininger
2	Great Britain	GBR	0	1	4	8
	Bill Hoskyns • John Pelling • Peter Jacobs • Allan Jay

Pool Two	SUI	8 – 4	GBR

Quarter-Finals (21 October 1964 — 8:30)

Winner of each pool advanced to semi-finals..

Pool One

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Italy	ITA	1	0	9	6	Q
	Giuseppe Delfino • Alberto Pellegrino • Gianluigi Saccaro • Giovanni Battista Breda
2	Poland	POL	0	1	6	9
	Henryk Nielaba • Mikołaj Pomarnacki • Bogdan Gonsior • Bohdan Andrzejewski

Pool One	ITA	9 – 6	POL

Pool Two

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Hungary	HUN	1	0	8	4	Q
	Győző Kulcsár • Zoltán Nemere • Tamás Gábor • Árpád Bárány
2	Soviet Union	URS	0	1	4	8
	Bruno Habārovs • Guram Kostava • Yury Smolyakov • Hryhoriy Kriss

Pool Two	HUN	8 – 4	URS

Pool Three

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	France	FRA	1	0	8	4	Q
	Yves Dreyfus • Claude Bourquard • Jack Guittet • Jacques Brodin
2	Unified Team of Germany	GER	0	1	4	8
	Franz Rompza • Volkmar Würtz • Paul Gnaier • Haakon Stein

Pool Three	FRA	8 – 4	GER

Pool Four

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Sweden	SWE	1	0	9	1	Q
	Ivar Genesjö • Orvar Lindwall • Hans Lagerwall • Göran Abrahamsson
2	Switzerland	SUI	0	1	1	9
	Claudio Polledri • Paul Meister • Walter Bar • Jean Gontier

Pool Four	SWE	9 – 1	SUI

Semi-Finals (21 October 1964)

Winner of each pool advanced to final.

Pool One

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Hungary	HUN	1	0	9	3	Q
	Győző Kulcsár • Zoltán Nemere • Tamás Gábor • István Kausz
2	France	FRA	0	1	3	9
	Claude Brodin • Yves Dreyfus • Claude Bourquard • Jacques Brodin

Pool One	HUN	9 – 3	FRA

Pool Two

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Italy	ITA	1	0	8	2	Q
	Giuseppe Delfino • Gianluigi Saccaro • Gianfranco Paolucci • Giovanni Battista Breda
2	Sweden	SWE	0	1	2	8
	Ivar Genesjö • Orvar Lindwall • Hans Lagerwall • Göran Abrahamsson

Pool Two	ITA	8 – 2	SWE

Final Pool (21 October 1964 — 17:00)

Bout for 1/2 (17:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Hungary	HUN	1	0	8	3
	Győző Kulcsár • Zoltán Nemere • Tamás Gábor • István Kausz
2	Italy	ITA	0	1	3	8
	Giuseppe Delfino • Gianluigi Saccaro • Gianfranco Paolucci • Giovanni Battista Breda

Bout for 1/2	HUN	8 – 3	ITA

Bout for 3/4 (17:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	France	FRA	1	0	8	8
	Yves Dreyfus • Claude Bourquard • Jack Guittet • Jacques Brodin
2	Sweden	SWE	0	1	8	8
	Ivar Genesjö • Orvar Lindwall • Hans Lagerwall • Göran Abrahamsson

Bout for 3/4	FRA	8/64 – 8/59	SWE

Pool for 5-8

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Poland	POL	2	0	17	13
	Henryk Nielaba • Mikołaj Pomarnacki • Bogdan Gonsior • Bohdan Andrzejewski
2	Unified Team of Germany	GER	1	1	16	11
	Franz Rompza • Max Geuter • Volkmar Würtz • Paul Gnaier
=3	Soviet Union	URS	0	1	3	8
	Guram Kostava • Yury Smolyakov • Hryhoriy Kriss • Aleksey Nikanchikov
=3	Switzerland	SUI	0	1	5	9
	Claudio Polledri • Walter Bar • Jean Gontier • Michel Steininger

Pool for 5-8	POL	8/66 – 8/62	GER
Pool for 5-8	GER	8 – 3	URS
Pool for 5-8	POL	9 – 5	SUI