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Épée, Team, Men

Date20 – 21 October 1964
StatusOlympic
LocationMemorial Hall, Waseda Daigaku, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants84 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.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1HungaryHUNGold
Győző KulcsárZoltán NemereTamás GáborIstván KauszÁrpád Bárány
2ItalyITASilver
Giuseppe DelfinoAlberto PellegrinoGianluigi SaccaroGianfranco PaolucciGiovanni Battista Breda
3FranceFRABronze
Claude BrodinYves DreyfusClaude BourquardJack GuittetJacques Brodin
4SwedenSWE
Ivar GenesjöOrvar LindwallHans LagerwallGöran AbrahamssonCarl-Wilhelm Engdahl
5PolandPOL
Henryk NielabaMikołaj PomarnackiBogdan GonsiorBohdan AndrzejewskiJerzy PawłowskiWiesław Glos (DNS)Ryszard Parulski (DNS)Wojciech Zabłocki (DNS)
6Unified Team of GermanyGER
Franz RompzaMax GeuterVolkmar WürtzPaul GnaierHaakon Stein
=7Soviet UnionURS
Bruno HabārovsGuram KostavaYury SmolyakovGrigory KrissAleksey Nikanchikov
=7SwitzerlandSUI
Claudio PolledriPaul MeisterWalter BarJean GontierMichel Steininger
=9Great BritainGBR
Bill HoskynsJohn PellingPeter JacobsMichael HowardAllan Jay
=9AustriaAUT
Udo BirnbaumHerbert PolzhuberRoland LosertRudolf TrostMarcus LeyrerMartin Becher (DNS)
=11ArgentinaARG
Félix GalimiZelmar CascoJesús TaboadaFrancisco SerpAdolfo Bisellach (DNS)
=11AustraliaAUS
Russell HobbyJohn HumphreysImants TeraudsIvan LundIan Bowditch
=11JapanJPN
Toshiaki ArakiKatsutada MinatoiKazuhiko TabuchiHeizaburo OkawaTakeshi Teshima
=11United StatesUSA
Paul PesthyFrank AngerDavid MicahnikLarry AnastasiLeslie Bleamaster
=11Republic of KoreaKOR
Sin Du-HoKim Chang-HwanHan Myeong-SeokKim Man-Sik
=16LebanonLBN
Michel SaykaliJoseph GemayelHassan El-SaidIbrahim Osman
=16ColombiaCOL
Emilio EcheverriErnesto SastreDibier TamayoHumberto PosadaHermann Tavera (DNS)
=16IranIRI
Houshmand AlmasiNasser MadaniBizhan ZarnegarShahpour 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.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLMW%%%Bouts WonBouts LostBWM
1ItalyITA201.00025223Q
2Soviet UnionURS201.00024222Q
3SwedenSWE201.00023518Q
4PolandPOL101.00014212Q
5FranceFRA101.000909Q
6Unified Team of GermanyGER110.50017143Q
7HungaryHUN201.00025520q
8AustriaAUT201.00024420q
9SwitzerlandSUI201.00021813q
10Great BritainGBR110.50016160q
11United StatesUSA110.5001417-3
=12AustraliaAUS020.000620-14
=12JapanJPN020.000620-14
14LebanonLBN020.000421-17
15ArgentinaARG020.000624-18
16Republic of KoreaKOR020.000223-21
17ColombiaCOL020.000327-24
18IranIRI020.000130-29

Pool 1

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1Soviet UnionURS20242
Bruno HabārovsGuram KostavaYury SmolyakovGrigory KrissAleksey Nikanchikov
2SwitzerlandSUI20218
Claudio PolledriPaul MeisterWalter BarJean GontierMichel Steininger
3ArgentinaARG02624
Félix GalimiZelmar CascoJesús TaboadaFrancisco Serp
4LebanonLBN02421
Michel SaykaliJoseph GemayelHassan El-SaidIbrahim Osman

Match #1 URS 15 – 1ARG
Match #2 URS 9 – 1LBN
Match #3 SUI 9 – 5ARG
Match #4 SUI 12 – 3LBN

Pool 2

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1AustriaAUT20244
Udo BirnbaumHerbert PolzhuberRoland LosertRudolf TrostMarcus Leyrer
2SwedenSWE20235
Ivar GenesjöHans LagerwallGöran AbrahamssonCarl-Wilhelm Engdahl
3AustraliaAUS02620
Russell HobbyJohn HumphreysImants TeraudsIvan LundIan Bowditch
4ColombiaCOL02327
Emilio EcheverriErnesto SastreDibier TamayoHumberto Posada

Match #1 AUT 11 – 3AUS
Match #2 AUT 13 – 1COL
Match #3 SWE 9 – 3AUS
Match #4 SWE 14 – 2COL

Pool 3

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1ItalyITA20252
Alberto PellegrinoGianluigi SaccaroGianfranco PaolucciGiovanni Battista Breda
2HungaryHUN20255
Győző KulcsárZoltán NemereTamás GáborIstván KauszÁrpád Bárány
3JapanJPN02620
Toshiaki ArakiKatsutada MinatoiKazuhiko TabuchiHeizaburo OkawaTakeshi Teshima
4IranIRI02130
Houshmand AlmasiNasser MadaniBizhan ZarnegarShahpour Zarnegar

Match #1 ITA 9 – 2JPN
Match #2 ITA 16 – 0IRI
Match #3 HUN 11 – 4JPN
Match #4 HUN 14 – 1IRI

Pool 4

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1Unified Team of GermanyGER111714
Franz RompzaMax GeuterVolkmar WürtzPaul GnaierHaakon Stein
2Great BritainGBR111616
Bill HoskynsJohn PellingPeter JacobsMichael HowardAllan Jay
3United StatesUSA111417
Paul PesthyFrank AngerDavid MicahnikLarry Anastasi

Match #1 GBR 8 – 8GER
Match #2 GER 9 – 6USA
Match #3 USA 8 – 8GBR

Pool 5

PosCompetitor(s)NOCMWMLBouts WonBouts Lost
1PolandPOL10142
Henryk NielabaMikołaj PomarnackiBohdan AndrzejewskiJerzy Pawłowski
2FranceFRA1090
Claude BrodinYves DreyfusClaude BourquardJacques Brodin
3Republic of KoreaKOR02223
Sin Du-HoKim Chang-HwanHan Myeong-SeokKim Man-Sik

Match #1 POL 14 – 2KOR
Match #2 FRA 9 – 0KOR

Round Two (20 October 1964)

Winner of each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Match #1 HUN 8 – 1AUT
Match #2 SUI 8 – 4GBR

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

Winner of each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Match #1 ITA 9 – 6POL
Match #2 HUN 8 – 4URS
Match #3 FRA 8 – 4GER
Match #4 SWE 9 – 1SUI

Semi-Finals (21 October 1964)

Winner of each pool advanced to final.

Match #1 HUN 9 – 3FRA
Match #2 ITA 8 – 2SWE

Final Pool (21 October 1964 — 17:00)

Match 1-2 HUN 8 – 3ITA
Match 3-4 FRA 8 – 8SWE

Classification 5-8 (21 October 1964)

Match #1 GER 8 – 3URS
Match #2 POL 9 – 5SUI
Match 5-6 POL 8 – 8GER