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Sabre, Team, Men

Date	20 – 21 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Sala de Armas Fernando Montes de Oca, Ciudad Deportiva Magdalena Mixhuca, Ciudad de México
Participants	56 from 12 countries

After decades of Hungarian superiority the USSR gradually established themselves as the major power in men’s sabre during the 1960s. In Mexico the Soviets were ruthless in defeating all opponents up to the final and then, with a little more difficulty, beat Italy 9-7 to retain the title they had won in Tokyo. The Hungarian tradition in the event lingered as they won the bronze medal.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Soviet Union	URS	Gold
	Umyar Mavlikhanov • Mark Rakita • Viktor Sidyak • Vladimir Nazlymov • Eduard Vinokurov
2	Italy	ITA	Silver
	Wladimiro Calarese • Rolando Rigoli • Pierluigi Chicca • Michele Maffei • Cesare Salvadori • Toni Albanese (DNS) • Giovanni Battista Breda (DNS) • Gianfranco Paolucci (DNS) • Gianluigi Saccaro (DNS)
3	Hungary	HUN	Bronze
	Tibor Pézsa • Miklós Meszéna • János Kalmár • Péter Bakonyi • Tamás Kovács
4	France	FRA
	Marcel Parent • Claude Arabo • Bernard Vallée • Serge Panizza • Jean-Ernest Ramez
5	Poland	POL
	Jerzy Pawłowski • Józef Nowara • Franciszek Sobczak • Zygmunt Kawecki • Emil Ochyra
6	United States	USA
	Alex Orban • Alfonso Morales • Jack Keane • Robert Blum • Thomas Balla
=7	Great Britain	GBR
	Sandy Leckie • Rodney Craig • David Acfield • Richard Oldcorn • Jim Fox (DNS)
=7	West Germany	FRG
	Percy Borucki • Walter Köstner • Paul Wischeidt • Klaus Allisat • Volker Duschner
=9	Mexico	MEX
	William Fajardo • Gustavo Chapela • Héctor Abaúnza • Vicente Calderón • Román Gómez
=9	Argentina	ARG
	Román Quinos • Juan Carlos Frecia • Guillermo Saucedo • Alberto Lanteri
=9	Cuba	CUB
	Manuel Ortiz • José Narciso Díaz • Joaquín Tack-Fang • Félix Delgado
12	Ireland	IRL
	Colm O'Brien • Fionbarr Farrell • Michael Ryan • John Bouchier-Hayes

Round One (20 October 1968 — 08:30-13:00)

Top eight teams, based on percentage of matchs won/lost and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to quarter-finals.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	PW	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost	BWM
1	Hungary	HUN	2	0	1.000	29	3	26	Q

2	Soviet Union	URS	2	0	1.000	24	2	22	Q

3	Italy	ITA	2	0	1.000	24	3	21	Q

4	France	FRA	2	0	1.000	22	10	12	Q

5	Poland	POL	1	1	0.500	20	12	8	Q

6	West Germany	FRG	1	1	0.500	17	15	2	Q

7	United States	USA	1	1	0.500	13	14	-1	Q

8	Great Britain	GBR	1	1	0.500	12	14	-2	Q

=9	Mexico	MEX	0	2	0.000	6	26	-20

=9	Argentina	ARG	0	2	0.000	6	26	-20

=9	Cuba	CUB	0	2	0.000	6	26	-20

12	Ireland	IRL	0	2	0.000	2	30	-28

Pool 1

Jury President	George Worth	USA

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Soviet Union	URS	2	0	24	2	Q
	Umyar Mavlikhanov • Mark Rakita • Viktor Sidyak • Vladimir Nazlymov • Eduard Vinokurov
2	Great Britain	GBR	1	1	12	14	Q
	Sandy Leckie • Rodney Craig • David Acfield • Richard Oldcorn
3	Mexico	MEX	0	2	6	26
	William Fajardo • Gustavo Chapela • Héctor Abaúnza • Vicente Calderón • Román Gómez

Match #1	URS	9 – 1	GBR
Match #2	URS	15 – 1	MEX
Match #3	GBR	11 – 5	MEX

Pool 2

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Hungary	HUN	2	0	29	3	Q
	Tibor Pézsa • Miklós Meszéna • János Kalmár • Péter Bakonyi • Tamás Kovács
2	West Germany	FRG	1	1	17	15	Q
	Percy Borucki • Walter Köstner • Paul Wischeidt • Klaus Allisat
3	Ireland	IRL	0	2	2	30
	Colm O'Brien • Fionbarr Farrell • Michael Ryan • John Bouchier-Hayes

Match #1	HUN	13 – 3	FRG
Match #2	HUN	16 – 0	IRL
Match #3	FRG	14 – 2	IRL

Pool 3

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Italy	ITA	2	0	24	3	Q
	Wladimiro Calarese • Rolando Rigoli • Pierluigi Chicca • Michele Maffei • Cesare Salvadori
2	United States	USA	1	1	13	14	Q
	Alex Orban • Alfonso Morales • Jack Keane • Robert Blum • Thomas Balla
3	Argentina	ARG	0	2	6	26
	Román Quinos • Juan Carlos Frecia • Guillermo Saucedo • Alberto Lanteri

Match #1	ITA	9 – 2	USA
Match #2	ITA	15 – 1	ARG
Match #3	USA	11 – 5	ARG

Pool 4

Jury President	István Tábor	HUN

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	France	FRA	2	0	22	10	Q
	Marcel Parent • Bernard Vallée • Serge Panizza • Jean-Ernest Ramez
2	Poland	POL	1	1	20	12	Q
	Józef Nowara • Franciszek Sobczak • Zygmunt Kawecki • Emil Ochyra
3	Cuba	CUB	0	2	6	26
	Manuel Ortiz • José Narciso Díaz • Joaquín Tack-Fang • Félix Delgado

Match #1	FRA	9 – 7	POL
Match #2	FRA	13 – 3	CUB
Match #3	POL	13 – 3	CUB

Quarter-Finals (21 October 1968 — 11:00)

Single-elimination matches.

Match #1	URS	9 – 1	GBR
Match #2	FRA	9 – 2	POL
Match #3	ITA	8 – 6	USA
Match #4	HUN	9 – 4	FRG

Semi-Finals (21 October 1968)

Single-elimination matches.

Match #1	URS	9 – 4	FRA
Match #2	ITA	9 – 6	HUN

Classification Round 5-8 (21 October 1968)

Winners to meet for 5-6 placement match.

Match #1	POL	9 – 2	GBR
Match #2	USA	9 – 7	FRG

Final Pool (21 October 1968 — 16:00-19:00)

Classification matches to determine places 1-6.

Match 1-2	URS	9 – 7	ITA
Match 3-4	HUN	9 – 5	FRA
Match 5-6	POL	9 – 5	USA