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Foil, Team, Men

Date	18 – 19 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Sala de Armas Fernando Montes de Oca, Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca, Ciudad de México
Participants	79 from 17 countries

Although the Soviet Union had ruled the world of team foil since before the Rome Olympics they had suffered a shock defeat and dropped their World title to Romania in 1967. In Mexico the two teams met at the semi-final stage with the Soviets winning only by the tiebreaker of hits conceded after both teams had won eight bouts each.

This put the Soviets into the final where they would face France. World Champion Viktor Putiatin was off form at these Olympic Games and would lose all three of his matches in the final. This gave France the momentum to record a 9-6 victory and regain the title for the first time since Helsinki. Poland won the bronze medal by defeating Romania.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	France	FRA	Gold
	Jean-Claude Magnan • Daniel Revenu • Christian Noël • Gilles Berolatti • Jacques Dimont
2	Soviet Union	URS	Silver
	Yury Sisikin • Viktor Putyatin • German Sveshnikov • Yury Sharov • Vasily Stankovich
3	Poland	POL	Bronze
	Zbigniew Skrudlik • Witold Woyda • Egon Franke • Ryszard Parulski • Adam Lisewski
4	Romania	ROU
	Ion Drîmbă • Mihai Țiu • Ștefan Haukler • Tănase Mureșanu • Iuliu Falb
5	Hungary	HUN
	Sándor Szabó • Jenő Kamuti • László Kamuti • Gábor Füredi • Attila May
6	West Germany	FRG
	Jürgen Theuerkauff • Fritz Wessel • Tim Gerresheim • Jürgen Brecht • Dieter Wellmann
=7	Italy	ITA
	Pasquale La Ragione • Alfredo Del Francia • Nicola Granieri • Arcangelo Pinelli • Michele Maffei • Aldo Stefanini (DNS)
=7	Japan	JPN
	Masaya Fukuda • Heizaburo Okawa • Fujio Shimizu • Kazuhiko Wakasugi • Kazuo Mano
=9	Great Britain	GBR
	Allan Jay • Graham Paul • Nick Halsted • Mike Breckin • Bill Hoskyns
=9	Cuba	CUB
	Eduardo Jhons • Orlando Ruiz • Jesús Gil • Dagoberto Borges
=11	Mexico	MEX
	Vicente Calderón • Román Gómez • Carlos Calderón • Gustavo Chapela • Héctor Abaúnza
=11	United States	USA
	Herb Cohen • Albie Axelrod • Uriah Jones • Larry Anastasi • Jeffrey Checkes
13	Argentina	ARG
	Orlando Nannini • Guillermo Saucedo • Omar Vergara • Evaristo Prendes • Alberto Balestrini (DNS)
14	Venezuela	VEN
	Silvio Fernández • Félix Piñero • Freddy Salazar • Luis García
15	United Arab Republic	EGY
	Ahmed El-Hamy El-Husseini • Gamil Kalyoubi • Moustafa Soheim • Ahmed Zein El-Abidin • Sameh Abdel Rahman (DNS)
16	Canada	CAN
	Magdy Conyd • Peter Bakonyi • Gerry Wiedel • John Andru
17	Ireland	IRL
	Fionbarr Farrell • John Bouchier-Hayes • Michael Ryan • Colm O'Brien
DNS	Australia	AUS
	Russell Hobby • Graeme Jennings • Bill Ronald

Round One (18 October 1968 — 08:00-13:00-16:00)

Top 10 teams, based on percentage of matchs won/lost and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to further competition. Teams ranked 1-6 advanced to quarter-finals. Teams ranked 7-10 advanced to round two.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	PW	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost	BWM
1	West Germany	FRG	3	0	1.000	37	5	32	Q

=2	France	FRA	2	0	1.000	21	4	17	Q

=2	Soviet Union	URS	2	0	1.000	21	4	17	Q

4	Poland	POL	3	0	1.000	30	15	15	Q

5	Romania	ROU	2	0	1.000	21	11	10	Q

6	Italy	ITA	2	1	0.667	31	11	20	Q

7	Hungary	HUN	2	1	0.667	33	12	21	q

8	Japan	JPN	1	1	0.500	21	11	10	q

9	Cuba	CUB	1	1	0.500	12	16	-4	q

10	Great Britain	GBR	1	1	0.500	9	16	-7	q

=11	Mexico	MEX	0	2	0.000	11	21	-10

=11	United States	USA	0	2	0.000	11	21	-10

13	Argentina	ARG	0	2	0.000	7	25	-18

14	Venezuela	VEN	0	2	0.000	7	25	-18

15	United Arab Republic	EGY	0	2	0.000	6	26	-20

16	Canada	CAN	0	2	0.000	4	28	-24

17	Ireland	IRL	0	2	0.000	2	30	-28

Pool 1

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	France	FRA	2	0	21	7	Q
	Jean-Claude Magnan • Christian Noël • Gilles Berolatti • Jacques Dimont
2	Cuba	CUB	1	1	12	16	Q
	Eduardo Jhons • Orlando Ruiz • Jesús Gil • Dagoberto Borges
3	Mexico	MEX	0	2	11	21
	Vicente Calderón • Román Gómez • Carlos Calderón • Gustavo Chapela • Héctor Abaúnza

Match #1	FRA	9 – 4	CUB
Match #2	FRA	12 – 4	MEX
Match #3	CUB	9 – 7	MEX

Pool 2

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Soviet Union	URS	2	0	21	4	Q
	Yury Sisikin • Viktor Putyatin • German Sveshnikov • Yury Sharov • Vasily Stankovich
2	Great Britain	GBR	1	1	9	16	Q
	Allan Jay • Graham Paul • Nick Halsted • Bill Hoskyns • Mike Breckin
3	United States	USA	0	2	11	21
	Herb Cohen • Albie Axelrod • Uriah Jones • Larry Anastasi • Jeffrey Checkes

Match #1	URS	9 – 0	GBR
Match #2	URS	12 – 4	USA
Match #3	GBR	9 – 7	USA

Pool 3

Jury President	Zygmunt Pawlas	POL

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Romania	ROU	2	0	21	11	Q
	Ion Drîmbă • Mihai Țiu • Ștefan Haukler • Tănase Mureșanu • Iuliu Falb
2	Japan	JPN	1	1	21	11	Q
	Masaya Fukuda • Heizaburo Okawa • Fujio Shimizu • Kazuhiko Wakasugi • Kazuo Mano
3	United Arab Republic	EGY	0	2	6	26
	Ahmed El-Hamy El-Husseini • Gamil Kalyoubi • Moustafa Soheim • Ahmed Zein El-Abidin

Match #1	ROU	8 – 8	JPN
Match #2	ROU	13 – 3	EGY
Match #3	JPN	13 – 3	EGY

Pool 4

Jury President	Pierre Rodocanachi	FRA

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Poland	POL	3	0	30	15	Q
	Zbigniew Skrudlik • Witold Woyda • Egon Franke • Ryszard Parulski • Adam Lisewski
2	Hungary	HUN	2	1	33	12	Q
	Sándor Szabó • Jenő Kamuti • László Kamuti • Gábor Füredi • Attila May
3	Argentina	ARG	0	2	7	25
	Orlando Nannini • Guillermo Saucedo • Omar Vergara • Evaristo Prendes
4	Venezuela	VEN	0	2	7	25
	Silvio Fernández • Félix Piñero • Freddy Salazar • Luis García

Match #1	POL	9 – 4	HUN
Match #2	POL	11 – 5	ARG
Match #3	POL	10 – 6	VEN
Match #4	HUN	14 – 2	ARG
Match #5	HUN	15 – 1	VEN

Pool 5

Jury President	Albie Axelrod	USA

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	West Germany	FRG	3	0	37	5	Q
	Jürgen Theuerkauff • Fritz Wessel • Tim Gerresheim • Jürgen Brecht • Dieter Wellmann
2	Italy	ITA	2	1	31	11	Q
	Pasquale La Ragione • Alfredo Del Francia • Nicola Granieri • Arcangelo Pinelli • Michele Maffei
3	Canada	CAN	0	2	4	28
	Magdy Conyd • Peter Bakonyi • Gerry Wiedel • John Andru
4	Ireland	IRL	0	2	2	30
	Fionbarr Farrell • John Bouchier-Hayes • Michael Ryan • Colm O'Brien

Match #1	FRG	9 – 1	ITA
Match #2	FRG	13 – 3	CAN
Match #3	FRG	15 – 1	IRL
Match #4	ITA	15 – 1	CAN
Match #5	ITA	15 – 1	IRL

Round Two (18 October 1968)

Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.

Match #1	HUN	9 – 2	CUB
Match #2	JPN	8 – 8	GBR

Quarter-Finals (19 October 1968)

Single-elimination matches.

Match #1	FRA	8 – 8	JPN
Match #2	POL	9 – 4	FRG
Match #3	ROU	8 – 7	ITA
Match #4	URS	9 – 4	HUN

Semi-Finals (19 October 1968)

Single-elimination matches.

Match #1	FRA	9 – 7	POL
Match #2	URS	8 – 8	ROU

Classification Round 5-8 (19 October 1968)

Winners to meet for 5-6 placement match.

Match #1	FRG	8 – 8	JPN
Match #2	HUN	9 – 4	ITA

Final Pool (19 October 1968 — 9:00)

Classification matches to determine places 1-6.

Match 1-2	FRA	9 – 6	URS
Match 3-4	POL	9 – 3	ROU
Match 5-6	HUN	9 – 4	FRG