Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

The men's team sabre 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 July 26 to 27, 1976. 63 fencers from 14 nations competed.

Rosters

Argentina Marcelo Méndez Juan Gavajda Fernando Lupiz José María Casanovas Bulgaria Miroslav Dudekov Anani Mikhaylov Konstantin Dzhelepov Khristo Khristov Canada Marc Lavoie Peter Urban Imre Nagy Eli Sukunda Cuba Manuel Ortiz Francisco de la Torre Guzman Salazar Ramón Hernández Lazaro Mora France Philippe Bena Régis Bonissent Bernard Dumont Didier Flament Patrick Quivrin Great Britain Bill Hoskyns Peter Mather John Deanfield Richard Cohen Hungary Péter Marót Tamás Kovács Imre Gedővári Ferenc Hammang Csaba Körmöczi Iran Abdul Hamid Fathi Ahmed Eskandarpour Ahmed Akbari Ismail Pashapour-Alamdari Italy Mario Aldo Montano Mario Tullio Montano Michele Maffei Tommaso Montano Angelo Arcidiacono Poland Leszek Jabłonowski Sylwester Królikowski Jacek Bierkowski Józef Nowara Romania Dan Irimiciuc Ioan Pop Marin Mustață Cornel Marin Alexandru Nilca Soviet Union Viktor Sidyak Vladimir Nazlymov Viktor Krovopuskov Mikhail Burtsev Eduard Vinokurov Thailand Taweewat Hurapan Samachai Trangjaroenngarm Sutipong Santitevagul Royengyot Srivorapongpant United States Paul Apostol Peter Westbrook Stephen Kaplan Thomas Losonczy Alex Orban

Results

Round 1

Round 1 Pool A

France and the Soviet Union each defeated Bulgaria, 11–5. The two victors then faced off. The Soviet Union won 9–1.

Round 1 Pool B

The United States and Italy each defeated Canada, 9–7 and 13–3, respectively. The two victors then faced off. Italy won 9–3.

Round 1 Pool C

The first two rounds of matches left Romania and Cuba at 2–0 apiece (advancing to the knockout rounds) and Great Britain and Thailand at 0–2 each (eliminating them). Romania defeated Cuba 9–3 to take the top spot in the group. Great Britain and Thailand did not face each other.

Round 1 Pool D

The first two rounds of matches left Hungary and Poland at 2–0 apiece (advancing to the knockout rounds) and Argentina and Iran at 0–2 each (eliminating them). Hungary defeated Poland 8–6 (with a 58–46 touches advantage making the final two bouts unnecessary) to take the top spot in the group. Argentina defeated Iran 9–4 for third place.

Elimination rounds

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