Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

Men's team sabre
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueFernando Montes de Oca Fencing Hall
DatesOctober 20 – 21
Competitors56 from 12 nations
Medalists
 Umyar Mavlikhanov, Mark Rakita, Viktor Sidyak, Vladimir Nazlymov, Eduard Vinokurov  Soviet Union
 Wladimiro Calarese, Rolando Rigoli, Pierluigi Chicca, Michele Maffei, Cesare Salvadori  Italy
 Tibor Pézsa, Miklós Meszéna, János Kalmár, Péter Bakonyi, Tamás Kovács  Hungary
Fencing at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Épée men  
Team épée men
Foil men women
Team foil men women
Sabre men
Team sabre men

The men's team sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from October 20 to 21, 1968. 56 fencers from 12 nations competed.[1]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Soviet Union (URS)  Italy (ITA)  Hungary (HUN)

Results

Round 1

Ties between teams were broken by individual victories (in parentheses), then by touches received.

Pool A
1. Soviet Union (URS) 2-0 (24:2) Q2
2. Great Britain (GBR) 1-1 (12:4) Q2
3. Mexico (MEX) 0-2 (6:26)
Pool B
1. Hungary (HUN) 2-0 (29:3) Q2
2. West Germany (FRG) 1-1 (17:15) Q2
3. Ireland (IRL) 0-2 (2:30)
Pool C
1. Italy (ITA) 2-0 (24:3) Q2
2. United States (USA) 1-1 (13:14) Q2
3. Argentina (ARG) 0-2 (6:26)
Pool D
1. France (FRA) 2-0 (22:10) Q2
2. Poland (POL) 1-1 (20:12) Q2
3. Cuba (CUB) 0-2 (6:26)

Championship rounds

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
     
 Soviet Union (URS) 9        
 Great Britain (GBR) 1  
 Soviet Union (URS) 9
   France (FRA) 4  
 France (FRA) 9
 Poland (POL) 2  
 Soviet Union (URS) 9
   Italy (ITA) 7
 Italy (ITA) 8
 United States (USA) 6  
 Italy (ITA) 9
   Hungary (HUN) 6  
 Hungary (HUN) 9
 West Germany (FRG) 4  

Bronze medal match

Semifinals Bronze medal match
      
 France (FRA) —
Bye —
 France (FRA) 5
 Hungary (HUN) 9
 Hungary (HUN) —
Bye —

Fifth place semifinal

5th place semifinals 5th/6th place match
      
 Poland (POL) 9
 Great Britain (GBR) 2
 Poland (POL) 9
 United States (USA) 5
 United States (USA) 9
 West Germany (FRG) 7

Rosters

References

  1. ↑ "Fencing: 1968 Olympic Results - Men's team sabre". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
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