Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

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Men's team sabre
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueExhibition Halls 12 & 20
DatesSeptember 3 – 4, 1972
Competitors63 from 13 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michele Maffei
Rolando Rigoli
Cesare Salvadori
Mario Aldo Montano
Mario Tullio Montano		 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mark Rakita
Viktor Sidyak
Vladimir Nazlymov
Eduard Vinokurov
Viktor Bazhenov		 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tibor Pézsa
Péter Marót
Péter Bakonyi
Tamás Kovács
Pál Gerevich		 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
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Fencing at the
1972 Summer Olympics
File:Fencing pictogram.svg
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Foilmenwomen
Team foilmenwomen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

The men's team sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 3 to 4, 1972. 63 fencers from 13 nations competed.[1]

Rosters

Austria
Bulgaria
Cuba
France
Great Britain
Hungary
Italy
Poland
Romania
Soviet Union
Switzerland
United States
West Germany

Results

Round 1

Round 1 Pool A

Romania and Hungary each defeated Bulgaria, 11–5 and 12–4, respectively. The two victors then faced off. Hungary won 9–3.

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. HUN ROU BUL
1 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 2 0 21 7 Q 9–3 12–4
2 File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania 1 1 14 14 3–9 11–5
3 File:Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Bulgaria 0 2 9 23 4–12 5–11
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 267–68

Round 1 Pool B

Cuba and France each defeated the United States, 9–7 and 11–5, respectively. The two victors then faced off. France won 9–5.

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. FRA CUB USA
1 File:Flag of France.svg France 2 0 20 10 Q 9–5 11–5
2 File:Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg Cuba 1 1 14 16 5–9 9–7
3 File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 0 2 12 20 5–11 7–9
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 267–68

Round 1 Pool C

The Soviet Union and Italy each defeated Great Britain, 10–6 and 13–3, respectively. The two victors then faced off. The Soviet Union won 9–7.

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. URS ITA GBR
1 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 2 0 19 13 Q 9–7 10–6
2 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 1 1 20 12 7–9 13–3
3 File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain 0 2 9 23 6–10 3–13
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 267–68

Round 1 Pool D

In the first set of matches, West Germany defeated Switzerland and Poland prevailed over Austria, both 12–4. In the second, West Germany and Austria drew 8–8 (with 57 touches apiece) and Poland won over Switzerland 12–4. In the third round, Poland defeated West Germany 11–5 to secure first place while Austria and Switzerland drew at 8–8 (61 touches apiece), keeping Austria in third place and allowing West Germany to advance in second.

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. POL FRG AUT SUI
1 File:Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland 3 0 35 13 Q 11–5 12–4 12–4
2 File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 1.5 1.5 25 23 5–11 8–8 12–4
3 File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria 1 2 20 28 4–12 8–8 8–8
4 File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 0.5 2.5 16 32 4–12 4–12 8–8
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 267–68

Elimination rounds

The final was a rematch of the preliminary round match between the Soviet Union (which had won) and Italy. In this second meeting, Italy won the gold medal by defeating the Soviets 9–5.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
A1 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 9
B2 File:Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg Cuba 2
A1 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 7
C1 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 9
C1 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 9
D2 File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 4
C1 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 5
C2 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 9
D1 File:Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland 2
C2 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 9
C2 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 9 Third place
A1 File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania 7
B1 File:Flag of France.svg France 4 A1 File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 8
A2 File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania 9 A1 File:Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania 7
Consolation round Fifth place
      
B2 File:Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg Cuba 9
D2 File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 6
B2 File:Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg Cuba 5
D1 File:Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland 9
D1 File:Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland 9
B1 File:Flag of France.svg France 6

References

  1. ↑ "Fencing: 1972 Olympic Results - Men's team sabre". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-02-08.
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