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Foil, Team, Men

Date	1 – 2 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Fechthalle 1, Messegelände (Halle 11 & 12), München / Fechthalle 2, Messegelände (Halle 20), München
Participants	63 from 13 countries

Poland had first won a medal in team foil back at the 1961 World Championships. They were regular visitors to the medal podium for the rest of the decade but a global title had always eluded them.

The competition did not start well for the Poles as they suffered a defeat to the host nation in their first match. Poland recovered to beat Italy and Japan and then won a close fought semi-final victory against the Hungarians. The other semi-final was a meeting of the two most recent World Champion teams which saw the USSR earn the right to face Poland via a 9-6 over France.

Three days earlier Witold Woyda had won the individual foil title. In the team final he took that form forward and won all four of his bouts. Woyda was backed up by Lech Koziejowski and Poland finally made their championship breakthrough as they saw off the Soviet challenge by 9 bouts to 6.

After a decade of major title frustration Woyda had now won his second Olympic title in three days.

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC
1	–	Poland	POL	Gold
		Witold Woyda • Lech Koziejowski • Jerzy Kaczmarek • Marek Dąbrowski • Arkadiusz Godel
2	–	Soviet Union	URS	Silver
		Vasily Stankovich • Viktor Putyatin • Anatoly Koteshev • Vladimir Denisov • Leonid Romanov
3	–	France	FRA	Bronze
		Jean-Claude Magnan • Daniel Revenu • Christian Noël • Gilles Berolatti • Bernard Talvard
4	–	Hungary	HUN
		Sándor Szabó • Csaba Fenyvesi • László Kamuti • István Marton • Jenő Kamuti
5	–	West Germany	FRG
		Klaus Reichert • Fritz Wessel • Harald Hein • Dieter Wellmann • Erk Sens-Gorius
6	–	Japan	JPN
		Shiro Maruyama • Masaya Fukuda • Hiroshi Nakajima • Kiyoshi Uehara • Ichiro Serizawa
=7	–	Cuba	CUB
		Evelio González • Eduardo Jhons • Jesús Gil • Enrique Salvat • Jorge Garbey
=7	–	Romania	ROU
		Iuliu Falb • Ștefan Haukler • Mihai Țiu • Tănase Mureșanu • Aurel Ștefan
9	–	Great Britain	GBR
		Mike Breckin • Barry Paul • Graham Paul • Tony Power • Ian Single
10	–	Lebanon	LBN
		Ali Chekr • Yves Daniel Darricau • Fawzi Merhi • Ali Sleiman
11	–	Italy	ITA
		Alfredo Del Francia • Nicola Granieri • Carlo Montano • Arcangelo Pinelli • Stefano Simoncelli
12	–	United States	USA
		Carl Borack • Martin Davis • Bert Freeman • John Nonna • Tyrone Simmons
13	–	Canada	CAN
		Magdi Conyd • Herbert Obst • Gerry Wiedel • Lester Wong • Bob Foxcroft (DNS)
DNS	–	Argentina	ARG
		Daniel Feraud • Fernando Lúpiz • Guillermo Saucedo • Omar Vergara

Round One

Date	1 September 1972 — 8:00
Format	Top 8 teams, based on percentage of wins/losses and bouts won/bouts lost, advanced to quarter-finals.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Matches	% Matches Won	Bouts	Bouts Won Margin
1	Hungary	HUN	3-0	1.000	29-13	16	Q
2	France	FRA	2-0	1.000	19-7	12	Q
3	Japan	JPN	2-0	1.000	21-11	10	Q
4	West Germany	FRG	2-0	1.000	20-11	9	Q
5	Romania	ROU	2-1	0.667	32-15	17	Q
6	Soviet Union	URS	1-1	0.500	19-13	6	Q
7	Poland	POL	1-1	0.500	18-13	5	Q
8	Cuba	CUB	1-1	0.500	12-14	-2	Q
9	Great Britain	GBR	0-2	0.000	11-21	-10
10	Lebanon	LBN	0-2	0.000	10-22	-12
11	Italy	ITA	0-2	0.000	9-23	-14
12	United States	USA	0-2	0.000	8-24	-16
13	Canada	CAN	0-2	0.000	3-24	-21

Pool #1

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	West Germany	FRG	2-0	20-11
		Klaus Reichert • Fritz Wessel • Harald Hein • Dieter Wellmann
2	–	Poland	POL	1-1	18-13
		Witold Woyda • Lech Koziejowski • Jerzy Kaczmarek • Marek Dąbrowski • Arkadiusz Godel
3	–	Italy	ITA	0-2	9-23
		Alfredo Del Francia • Nicola Granieri • Carlo Montano • Arcangelo Pinelli • Stefano Simoncelli

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	01 Sep	Piste 2	West Germany	FRG	8 – 7	Poland	POL
Match #2	01 Sep	Piste 1	West Germany	FRG	12 – 4	Italy	ITA
Match #3	01 Sep	Piste 1	Poland	POL	11 – 5	Italy	ITA

Pool #2

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	France	FRA	2-0	19-7
		Jean-Claude Magnan • Daniel Revenu • Christian Noël • Gilles Berolatti • Bernard Talvard
2	–	Cuba	CUB	1-1	12-14
		Evelio González • Eduardo Jhons • Jesús Gil • Enrique Salvat • Jorge Garbey
3	–	Great Britain	GBR	0-2	11-21
		Mike Breckin • Barry Paul • Graham Paul • Tony Power • Ian Single

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	01 Sep	Piste 1	France	FRA	9 – 1	Cuba	CUB
Match #2	01 Sep		France	FRA	10 – 6	Great Britain	GBR
Match #3	01 Sep	Piste 2	Cuba	CUB	11 – 5	Great Britain	GBR

Pool #3

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Japan	JPN	2-0	21-11
		Shiro Maruyama • Masaya Fukuda • Hiroshi Nakajima • Kiyoshi Uehara • Ichiro Serizawa
2	–	Soviet Union	URS	1-1	19-13
		Vasily Stankovich • Viktor Putyatin • Anatoly Koteshev • Vladimir Denisov • Leonid Romanov
3	–	United States	USA	0-2	8-24
		Carl Borack • Martin Davis • Bert Freeman • John Nonna • Tyrone Simmons

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	01 Sep	Piste 12	Japan	JPN	9 – 7	Soviet Union	URS
Match #2	01 Sep	Piste 13	Japan	JPN	12 – 4	United States	USA
Match #3	01 Sep		Soviet Union	URS	12 – 4	United States	USA

Pool #4

Jury President	Zygmunt Pawlas	POL

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Matches	Bouts
1	–	Hungary	HUN	3-0	29-13
		Sándor Szabó • Csaba Fenyvesi • László Kamuti • István Marton • Jenő Kamuti
2	–	Romania	ROU	2-1	32-15
		Iuliu Falb • Ștefan Haukler • Mihai Țiu • Tănase Mureșanu • Aurel Ștefan
3	–	Lebanon	LBN	0-2	10-22
		Ali Chekr • Yves Daniel Darricau • Fawzi Merhi • Ali Sleiman
4	–	Canada	CAN	0-2	3-24
		Magdi Conyd • Herbert Obst • Gerry Wiedel • Lester Wong

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	01 Sep	Piste 6	Hungary	HUN	8 – 7	Romania	ROU
Match #2	01 Sep	Piste 8	Hungary	HUN	13 – 3	Lebanon	LBN
Match #3	01 Sep		Hungary	HUN	13 – 3	Canada	CAN
Match #4	01 Sep		Romania	ROU	9 – 7	Lebanon	LBN
Match #5	01 Sep	Piste 4	Romania	ROU	16 – 0	Canada	CAN

Quarter-Finals

Date	1 September 1972
Format	Winner of each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	01 Sep	Piste 1	France	FRA	9 – 6	Romania	ROU
Match #2	01 Sep	Piste 2	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 6	West Germany	FRG
Match #3	01 Sep	Piste 6	Poland	POL	9 – 5	Japan	JPN
Match #4	01 Sep	Piste 12	Hungary	HUN	9 – 6	Cuba	CUB

Semi-Finals

Date	2 September 1972 — 10:00
Format	Winner of each pool advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	02 Sep	Piste 2	Soviet Union	URS	9 – 6	France	FRA
Match #2	02 Sep	Piste 1	Poland	POL	8 – 7	Hungary	HUN

Classification Round 5-8

Date	2 September 1972 — 8:00

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Bouts	Touches
1	–	West Germany	FRG	2-0	18-10
		Klaus Reichert • Fritz Wessel • Harald Hein • Dieter Wellmann • Erk Sens-Gorius
2	–	Japan	JPN	1-1	16-15
		Shiro Maruyama • Masaya Fukuda • Hiroshi Nakajima • Ichiro Serizawa • Kiyoshi Uehara
=3	–	Romania	ROU	0-1	3-9
		Iuliu Falb • Ștefan Haukler • Mihai Țiu • Tănase Mureșanu
=3	–	Cuba	CUB	0-1	6-9
		Evelio González • Eduardo Jhons • Jesús Gil • Enrique Salvat

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	02 Sep	West Germany	FRG	9 – 3	Romania	ROU
Match #2	02 Sep	Japan	JPN	9 – 6	Cuba	CUB

Final Pool

Date	2 September 1972 — 19:30

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	02 Sep		Poland	POL	9 – 5	Soviet Union	URS
Match 3/4	02 Sep	Piste 1	France	FRA	9 – 7	Hungary	HUN
Match 5/6	02 Sep		West Germany	FRG	9 – 7	Japan	JPN