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Épée, Team, Men

Date	8 – 9 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Fechthalle 1, Messegelände (Halle 11 & 12), München / Fechthalle 2, Messegelände (Halle 20), München
Participants	94 from 20 countries

The Hungarian team matched their achievement of 1968 by adding the team title to the individual honours they had won a few days earlier. The winning team included three members, Csaba Fenyvesi, Győző Kulcsár and Pál Schmitt, who had also competed in Mexico City.

Hungary recovered from an early loss to Sweden to win the title fairly comfortably. They defeated Switzerland in the final.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Hungary	HUN	Gold
	Csaba Fenyvesi • Győző Kulcsár • Pál Schmitt • Sándor Erdős • István Osztrics
2	Switzerland	SUI	Silver
	Guy Evéquoz • Peter Loetscher • Daniel Giger • Christian Kauter • François Suchanecki
3	Soviet Union	URS	Bronze
	Grigory Kriss • Viktor Modzalevsky • Georgi Zažitski • Sergey Paramonov • Igor Valetov
4	France	FRA
	François Jeanne • Jacques Brodin • Pierre Marchand • Jean-Pierre Allemand • Jacques Ladègaillerie
5	Romania	ROU
	Constantin Duțu • Costică Bărăgan • Anton Pongratz • Alexandru Istrate • Nicolae Iorgu
6	Poland	POL
	Bohdan Andrzejewski • Jerzy Janikowski • Henryk Nielaba • Kazimierz Barburski • Bogdan Gonsior
=7	Norway	NOR
	Jan von Koss • Jeppe Normann • Ole Mørch • Claus Mørch, Jr. • Morten von Krogh (DNS)
=7	Sweden	SWE
	Hans Wieselgren • Carl von Essen • Orvar Jönsson • Rolf Edling • Per Sundberg • Hans Jacobson (DNS)
=9	United States	USA
	Scotty Bozek • Todd Makler • George Masin • James Melcher • Stephen Netburn
=9	Austria	AUT
	Roland Losert • Karl-Heinz Müller • Herbert Polzhuber • Rudolf Trost • Rudi Niedermüller (DNS)
11	East Germany	GDR
	Harry Fiedler • Eckhard Mannischeff • Horst Melzig • Hans-Peter Schulze • Bernd Uhlig
12	West Germany	FRG
	Reinhold Behr • Hans-Jürgen Hehn • Harald Hein • Dieter Jung • Max Geuter • Rudi Maier (DNS)
13	Great Britain	GBR
	Teddy Bourne • Bill Hoskyns • Ted Hudson • Ralph Johnson • Graham Paul
14	Luxembourg	LUX
	Alain Anen • Aly Doerfel • Romain Mannelli • Remo Mannelli • Robert Schiel
15	Italy	ITA
	Claudio Francesconi • Nicola Granieri • Gianluigi Placella • Gianluigi Saccaro • Pier Alberto Testoni
=16	Lebanon	LBN
	Ali Chekr • Yves Daniel Darricau • Fawzi Merhi • Ali Sleiman
=16	Canada	CAN
	Magdy Conyd • Herbert Obst • Gerry Wiedel • Lester Wong • Bob Foxcroft (DNS)
18	Mexico	MEX
	Carlos Calderón • Jorge Castillejos • Hermilo Leal • Luis Stephens
19	Denmark	DEN
	Torben Bjerre-Poulsen • Peter Askjær-Friis • Ivan Kemnitz • Reinhard Münster • Jørgen Thorup
20	Argentina	ARG
	Daniel Feraud • Fernando Lúpiz • Guillermo Saucedo • Omar Vergara

Round One (8 September 1972 — 8:00)

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.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	MW%%%	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost	BWM
1	Soviet Union	URS	3	0	1.000	35	9	26	Q

2	Switzerland	SUI	3	0	1.000	36	11	25	Q

3	France	FRA	3	0	1.000	31	14	17	Q

4	Hungary	HUN	2	1	0.667	31	14	17	Q

5	Romania	ROU	2	1	0.667	32	16	16	Q

6	Poland	POL	2	1	0.667	26	20	6	Q

7	United States	USA	2	1	0.667	30	18	12	q

8	Sweden	SWE	2	1	0.667	27	18	9	q

9	Norway	NOR	2	1	0.667	26	19	7	q

10	Austria	AUT	2	1	0.667	24	20	4	q

11	East Germany	GDR	2	1	0.667	26	22	4

12	West Germany	FRG	2	1	0.667	20	21	-1

13	Great Britain	GBR	0	2	0.000	13	19	-6

14	Luxembourg	LUX	0	2	0.000	10	21	-11

15	Italy	ITA	0	2	0.000	10	22	-12

=16	Lebanon	LBN	0	2	0.000	7	25	-18

=16	Canada	CAN	0	2	0.000	7	25	-18

18	Mexico	MEX	0	2	0.000	6	26	-20

19	Denmark	DEN	0	3	0.000	9	34	-25

20	Argentina	ARG	0	3	0.000	8	40	-32

Pool 1

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	France	FRA	3	0	31	14
	François Jeanne • Jacques Brodin • Pierre Marchand • Jean-Pierre Allemand • Jacques Ladègaillerie
2	Norway	NOR	2	1	26	19
	Jan von Koss • Jeppe Normann • Ole Mørch • Claus Mørch, Jr.
3	Great Britain	GBR	0	2	13	19
	Teddy Bourne • Bill Hoskyns • Ted Hudson • Ralph Johnson • Graham Paul
4	Lebanon	LBN	0	2	7	25
	Ali Chekr • Yves Daniel Darricau • Fawzi Merhi • Ali Sleiman

Match #1	FRA	9 – 4	NOR
Match #2	FRA	10 – 6	GBR
Match #3	FRA	12 – 4	LBN
Match #4	NOR	9 – 7	GBR
Match #5	NOR	13 – 3	LBN

Pool 2

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Soviet Union	URS	3	0	35	9
	Grigory Kriss • Viktor Modzalevsky • Georgi Zažitski • Sergey Paramonov • Igor Valetov
2	Austria	AUT	2	1	24	20
	Roland Losert • Karl-Heinz Müller • Herbert Polzhuber • Rudolf Trost
3	Italy	ITA	0	2	10	22
	Claudio Francesconi • Nicola Granieri • Gianluigi Placella • Gianluigi Saccaro • Pier Alberto Testoni
4	Canada	CAN	0	2	7	25
	Magdy Conyd • Herbert Obst • Gerry Wiedel • Lester Wong

Match #1	URS	9 – 3	AUT
Match #2	URS	13 – 3	ITA
Match #3	URS	13 – 3	CAN
Match #4	AUT	9 – 7	ITA
Match #5	AUT	12 – 4	CAN

Pool 3

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Hungary	HUN	2	1	31	14
	Csaba Fenyvesi • Győző Kulcsár • Pál Schmitt • Sándor Erdős • István Osztrics
2	Sweden	SWE	2	1	27	18
	Hans Wieselgren • Carl von Essen • Orvar Jönsson • Rolf Edling
3	West Germany	FRG	2	1	20	21
	Reinhold Behr • Hans-Jürgen Hehn • Harald Hein • Dieter Jung • Max Geuter
4	Denmark	DEN	0	3	9	34
	Torben Bjerre-Poulsen • Peter Askjær-Friis • Ivan Kemnitz • Reinhard Münster • Jørgen Thorup

Match #1	SWE	10 – 5	HUN
Match #2	HUN	10 – 4	FRG
Match #3	HUN	16 – 0	DEN
Match #4	FRG	8 – 7	SWE
Match #5	SWE	10 – 5	DEN
Match #6	FRG	8 – 4	DEN

Pool 4

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Switzerland	SUI	3	0	36	11
	Guy Evéquoz • Peter Loetscher • Daniel Giger • Christian Kauter • François Suchanecki
2	Poland	POL	2	1	26	20
	Bohdan Andrzejewski • Jerzy Janikowski • Henryk Nielaba • Kazimierz Barburski • Bogdan Gonsior
3	Luxembourg	LUX	0	2	10	21
	Alain Anen • Aly Doerfel • Romain Mannelli • Remo Mannelli • Robert Schiel
4	Mexico	MEX	0	2	6	26
	Carlos Calderón • Jorge Castillejos • Hermilo Leal • Luis Stephens

Match #1	SUI	9 – 6	POL
Match #2	SUI	12 – 4	LUX
Match #3	SUI	15 – 1	MEX
Match #4	POL	9 – 6	LUX
Match #5	POL	11 – 5	MEX

Pool 5

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	MW	ML	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost
1	Romania	ROU	2	1	32	16
	Constantin Duțu • Costică Bărăgan • Anton Pongratz • Alexandru Istrate
2	United States	USA	2	1	30	18
	Scotty Bozek • Todd Makler • George Masin • James Melcher • Stephen Netburn
3	East Germany	GDR	2	1	26	22
	Harry Fiedler • Eckhard Mannischeff • Horst Melzig • Hans-Peter Schulze • Bernd Uhlig
4	Argentina	ARG	0	3	8	40
	Daniel Feraud • Fernando Lúpiz • Guillermo Saucedo • Omar Vergara

Match #1	USA	8 – 8	ROU
Match #2	ROU	11 – 5	GDR
Match #3	ROU	13 – 3	ARG
Match #4	GDR	8 – 8	USA
Match #5	USA	14 – 2	ARG
Match #6	GDR	13 – 3	ARG

Round Two (9 September 1972)

Winner of each pool advanced to quarter-finals.

Match #1	NOR	9 – 3	AUT
Match #2	SWE	9 – 2	USA

Quarter-Finals (9 September 1972 — 8:00)

Winner of each pool advanced to semi-finals.

Match #1	FRA	8 – 2	NOR
Match #2	SUI	9 – 2	ROU
Match #3	HUN	9 – 1	POL
Match #4	URS	8 – 7	SWE

Semi-Finals (9 September 1972 — 10:00)

Winner of each pool advanced to final.

Match #1	SUI	8 – 5	FRA
Match #2	HUN	8 – 5	URS

Classification Round 5-8 (9 September 1972 — 14:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Bouts Won	Bouts Lost	TD	TR
1	Romania	ROU	2	0	18	8
	Constantin Duțu • Costică Bărăgan • Anton Pongratz • Alexandru Istrate
2	Poland	POL	1	1	12	16
	Bohdan Andrzejewski • Jerzy Janikowski • Henryk Nielaba • Kazimierz Barburski • Bogdan Gonsior
=3	Norway	NOR	0	1	5	9
	Jan von Koss • Jeppe Normann • Ole Mørch • Claus Mørch, Jr.
=3	Sweden	SWE	0	1	7	9
	Hans Wieselgren • Carl von Essen • Orvar Jönsson • Rolf Edling

Match #1	ROU	9 – 5	NOR
Match #2	POL	9 – 7	SWE

Final Pool (9 September 1972 — 19:30)

Match 1-2	HUN	8 – 4	SUI
Match 3-4	URS	9 – 4	FRA
Match 5-6	ROU	9 – 3	POL