Men's team épée at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |
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Venue | Fernando Montes de Oca Fencing Hall |
Dates | 24 – 25 October |
Competitors | 91 from 20 nations |
Medalists | |
Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics | ||
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Épée | men | |
Team épée | men | |
Foil | men | women |
Team foil | men | women |
Sabre | men | |
Team sabre | men | |
The men's team épée 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 24 to 25 October 1968. 91 fencers from 20 nations competed.[1] For the first time in 60 years, Italy failed to finish in the top three positions.[2]
Rosters
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Results
Round 1
Pool A
Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | URS | ITA | USA | POR | |
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1 | Soviet Union | 3 | 0 | 33 | 11 | Q | 10–4 | 10–5 | 13–2 | ||
2 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 4–10 | 10–6 | 15–1 | |||
3 | United States | 0 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 5–10 | 6–10 | ||||
4 | Portugal | 0 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 2–13 | 1–15 |
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 650–52
Pool B
Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | HUN | AUT | MEX | AUS | |
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1 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 33 | 9 | Q | 8–3 | 11–4 | 14–2 | ||
2 | Austria | 2 | 1 | 25 | 18 | 3–8 | 10–6 | 12–4 | |||
3 | Mexico | 1 | 2 | 18 | 28 | 4–11 | 6–10 | 8–7 | |||
4 | Australia | 0 | 3 | 13 | 34 | 2–14 | 4–12 | 7–8 |
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 650–52
Pool C
Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | POL | GDR | CAN | ARG | |
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1 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 35 | 13 | Q | 9–7 | 10–6 | 16–0 | ||
2 | East Germany | 2 | 1 | 34 | 14 | 7–9 | 14–2 | 13–3 | |||
3 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 6–10 | 2–14 | ||||
4 | Argentina | 0 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 0–16 | 3–13 |
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 650–52
Pool D
Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | FRG | SWE | SUI | IRL | |
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1 | West Germany | 3 | 0 | 35 | 8 | Q | 9–2 | 11–5 | 15–1 | ||
2 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 2–9 | 11–4 | 13–3 | |||
3 | Switzerland | 0 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 5–11 | 4–11 | ||||
4 | Ireland | 0 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 1–15 | 3–13 |
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 650–52
Pool E
Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | GBR | FRA | BRA | CUB | |
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1 | Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 33 | 12 | Q | 9–4 | 10–6 | 14–2 | ||
2 | France | 2 | 1 | 30 | 14 | 4–9 | 13–3 | 13–2 | |||
3 | Brazil | 0 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 6–10 | 3–13 | ||||
4 | Cuba | 0 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 2–14 | 2–13 |
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 650–52
Elimination rounds
- Main bracket
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
A2 | Italy | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
B2 | Austria | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
A2 | Italy | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
A1 | Soviet Union | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
A1 | Soviet Union | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
D1 | West Germany | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
D1 | West Germany | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
E1 | Great Britain | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
A1 | Soviet Union | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
B1 | Hungary | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
C2 | East Germany | 8 (58) | |||||||||||||||||
D2 | Sweden | 8 (59) | |||||||||||||||||
C2 | East Germany | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
B1 | Hungary | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
B1 | Hungary | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
C1 | Poland | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Bronze | |||||||||||||||||||
C1 | Poland | 9 | D1 | West Germany | 6 | ||||||||||||||
E2 | France | 7 | C1 | Poland | 9 |
- Consolation
Consol. semifinals | 5th/6th | ||||||||
A2 | Italy | 9 | |||||||
E1 | Great Britain | 4 | |||||||
A2 | Italy | 6 | |||||||
C2 | East Germany | 9 | |||||||
C2 | East Germany | 8 | |||||||
E2 | France | 4 |
Final ranking
Rank | Nation |
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Hungary | |
Soviet Union | |
Poland | |
4 | West Germany |
5 | East Germany |
6 | Italy |
7 | France |
Great Britain | |
9 | Austria |
Sweden | |
11 | Brazil |
Canada | |
Mexico | |
Switzerland | |
United States | |
16 | Argentina |
Australia | |
Cuba | |
Ireland | |
Portugal |
References
- ^ "Fencing: 1968 Olympic Results - Men's team épée". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 258. ISBN 0140066322.