The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 28 to 29 July 1976. 85 fencers from 19 nations competed.
Rosters
Argentina Daniel Feraud Fernando Lupiz Juan Daniel Pirán Omar Vergara
Austria Herbert Lindner Karl-Heinz Müller Herbert Polzhuber Peter Zobl-Wessely
Canada Alain Dansereau Michel Dessureault Geza Tatrallyay George Varaljay
Finland Heikki Hulkkonen Risto Hurme Jussi Pelli Veikko Salminen
France Philippe Boisse François Jeanne Philippe Riboud Jacques La Degaillerie
Great Britain Teddy Bourne Bill Hoskyns Ralph Johnson Tim Belson Martin Beevers
Hong Kong Chan Matthew Denis Cunningham Kam Roger Ng Wing Biu
Hungary Csaba Fenyvesi Sándor Erdős István Osztrics Pál Schmitt Győző Kulcsár
Iran Sarkis Assatourian Iraj Dastgerdi Ali Asghar Pashapour-Alamdari Esfandihar Zarnegar
Italy John Pezza Nicola Granieri Fabio Dal Zotto Marcello Bertinetti Giovanni Battista Coletti
Norway Nils Koppang Jeppe Normann Kjell Otto Moe Bård Vonen Ole Mørch
Poland Jerzy Janikowski Zbigniew Matwiejew Leszek Swornowski Marceli Wiech
Romania Ioan Popa Anton Pongratz Nicolae Iorgu Paul Szabo
Soviet Union Aleksandr Abushakhmetov Viktor Modzalevsky Vasyl Stankovych Aleksandr Bykov Boris Lukomsky
Sweden Carl von Essen Hans Jacobson Rolf Edling Leif Högström Göran Flodström
Switzerland Daniel Giger Christian Kauter Michel Poffet François Suchanecki Jean-Blaise Evéquoz
Thailand Sneh Chousurin Taweewat Hurapan Sutipong Santitevagul Royengyot Srivorapongpant Samachai Trangjaroenngarm
United States Scotty Bozek Brooke Makler George Masin Paul Pesthy
West Germany Hans-Jürgen Hehn Volker Fischer Alexander Pusch Reinhold Behr Hanns Jana
Results
Round 1
Round 1 Pool A
Great Britain and West Germany each defeated Austria, 11–5 and 10–6, respectively. The two victors then faced off. West Germany won 9–5.
Round 1 Pool B
The first two rounds of matches left Hungary and France at 2–0 apiece (advancing to the knockout rounds) and Finland and Poland at 0–2 each (eliminating them). Hungary defeated France 8–2 (with one double-loss ensuring that France could not catch Hungary) to take the top spot in the group. Finland and Poland did not face each other.
Round 1 Pool C
The first two rounds of matches left Sweden and Italy at 2–0 apiece (advancing to the knockout rounds) and Iran and Hong Kong at 0–2 each (eliminating them). Sweden defeated Italy 9–7 to take the top spot in the group.
Round 1 Pool D
The first two rounds of matches left Switzerland and Norway at 2–0 apiece (advancing to the knockout rounds) and Canada and Argentina at 0–2 each (eliminating them). Switzerland defeated Norway 9–7 to take the top spot in the group. Canada defeated Argentina, 8–8, winning on touches 68–66, to take third.
Round 1 Pool E
The first two rounds of matches left the Soviet Union and Romania at 2–0 apiece (advancing to the knockout rounds) and the United States and Thailand at 0–2 each (eliminating them). The Soviet Union defeated Romania 9–4 to take the top spot in the group. The United States defeated Thailand, also 9–4, to take third.
This was the only group where the second-place team advanced directly to the quarterfinals instead of the round of 16.
Elimination rounds
Main bracket
5th place consolation bracket
References