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

Men's team foil
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Men's team foil; at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	University of Montréal
Dates	24–25 July 1976
Competitors	63 from 14 nations
Medalists
	← 1972 1980 →

The men's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 24 to 25 July 1976. 63 fencers from 14 nations competed.^[1]

One of the gold medalists from West Germany team was Thomas Bach, who went on to serve as President of the International Olympic Committee from 2013 to 2025.

Participating teams

Cuba
Eduardo Jhons Enrique Salvat Jorge Garbey Pedro Hernández

France
Daniel Revenu Christian Noël Didier Flament Bernard Talvard Frédéric Pietruszka

Great Britain
Geoffrey Grimmett Barry Paul Rob Bruniges Graham Paul Nick Bell

Hong Kong
Chan Matthew Denis Cunningham Kam Roger Ng Wing Biu

Hungary
József Komatits Csaba Fenyvesi Lajos Somodi Jr. Jenő Kamuti Sándor Erdős

Iran
Hossein Niknam Sarkis Assatourian Ali Asghar Pashapour-Alamdari Ahmed Akbari

Italy
Carlo Montano Fabio Dal Zotto Stefano Simoncelli Giovanni Battista Coletti Attilio Calatroni

Japan
Masanori Kawatsu Hideaki Kamei Toshio Jingu Noriyuki Sato

Kuwait
Ahmed Al-Arbeed Jamal Ameen Ali Al-Khawajah Abdul Nasser Al-Sayegh

Poland
Leszek Martewicz Lech Koziejowski Ziemowit Wojciechowski Arkadiusz Godel Marek Dąbrowski

Romania
Petru Kuki Mihai Țiu Tudor Petruș Petrică Buricea

Soviet Union
Sabirzhan Ruziyev Aleksandr Romankov Vladimir Denisov Vasyl Stankovych

United States
Martin Lang Ed Ballinger Ed Wright Edward Donofrio Brooke Makler

West Germany
Thomas Bach Harald Hein Klaus Reichert Matthias Behr Erk Sens-Gorius

Results

Round 1

Round 1 Pool A

Great Britain and the Soviet Union each defeated Romania, 8–8 (59–52) and 9–7, respectively. The two victors then faced off. The Soviet Union won 9–3.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.	URS	GBR	ROU
1	Soviet Union	2	0	18	10	QQ		9–3	9–7
2	Great Britain	1	1	11	17	QQ	3–9		8.59–8.52
3	Romania	0	2	15	17		7–9	8.52–8.59

Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 247

Round 1 Pool B

Hungary and France each defeated Cuba, 10–6 and 11–5, respectively. The two victors then faced off. France won 9–1.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.	FRA	HUN	CUB
1	France	2	0	20	6	QQ		9–1	11–5
2	Hungary	1	1	11	15	QQ	1–9		10–6
3	Cuba	0	2	11	21		5–11	6–10

Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 247

Round 1 Pool C

The first two rounds of matches left Italy and West Germany at 2–0 apiece (advancing to the knockout rounds) and Japan and Kuwait at 0–2 each (eliminating them). Italy defeated West Germany 9–7 to take the top spot in the group. Kuwait finished with only a single bout won, out of 48.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.	ITA	FRG	JPN	KUW
1	Italy	3	0	37	11	QQ		9–7	12–4	16–0
2	West Germany	2	1	33	15	QQ	7–9		11–5	15–1
3	Japan	1	2	25	23		4–12	5–11		16–0
4	Kuwait	0	3	1	47		0–16	1–15	0–16

Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 248

Round 1 Pool D

The first two rounds of matches left Poland and the United States at 2–0 apiece (advancing to the knockout rounds) and Hong Kong and Iran at 0–2 each (eliminating them). Poland defeated the United States 9–2 to take the top spot in the group.