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

The men's team épée 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 8 to 9 September 1972. 94 fencers from 20 nations competed.^[1]

Men's team épée at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Exhibition Halls 12 & 20
Dates	8 – 9 September 1972
Competitors	94 from 20 nations
Medalists
Csaba Fenyvesi Győző Kulcsár Pál Schmitt Sándor Erdős István Osztrics  Hungary Guy Evéquoz Peter Lötscher Daniel Giger Christian Kauter François Suchanecki  Switzerland Grigory Kriss Viktor Modzolevsky Georgi Zažitski Sergey Paramonov Igor Valetov  Soviet Union
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Rosters

Argentina Daniel Feraud Fernando Lupiz Guillermo Saucedo Omar Vergara Austria Roland Losert Karl-Heinz Müller Herbert Polzhuber Rudolf Trost Canada Magdy Conyd Herbert Obst Gerry Wiedel Lester Wong Denmark Torben Bjerre-Poulsen Peter Askjær-Friis Ivan Kemnitz Reinhard Münster Jørgen Thorup East Germany Harry Fiedler Eckhard Mannischeff Horst Melzig Hans-Peter Schulze Bernd Uhlig France François Jeanne Jacques Brodin Pierre Marchand Jean-Pierre Allemand Jacques La Degaillerie Great Britain Teddy Bourne Bill Hoskyns Edward Hudson Ralph Johnson Graham Paul

Hungary Csaba Fenyvesi Győző Kulcsár Pál Schmitt Sándor Erdős István Osztrics Italy Claudio Francesconi Nicola Granieri Gianluigi Placella Gianluigi Saccaro Pier Alberto Testoni Lebanon Ali Chekr Yves Daniel Darricau Fawzi Merhi Ali Sleiman Luxembourg Alain Anen Aly Doerfel Romain Manelli Remo Manelli Robert Schiel Mexico Carlos Calderón Jorge Castillejos Hermilo Leal Luis Stephens Norway Jan von Koss Jeppe Normann Ole Mørch Claus Mørch Jr. Poland Bohdan Andrzejewski Jerzy Janikowski Henryk Nielaba Kazimierz Barburski Bogdan Gonsior

Romania Constantin Duțu Costică Bărăgan Anton Pongratz Alexandru Istrate Nicolae Iorgu Soviet Union Grigory Kriss Viktor Modzolevsky Georgi Zažitski Sergey Paramonov Igor Valetov Sweden Hans Wieselgren Carl von Essen Orvar Jönsson Rolf Edling Per Sundberg Switzerland Guy Evéquoz Peter Lötscher Daniel Giger Christian Kauter François Suchanecki United States Scotty Bozek Paul Makler Jr. George Masin James Melcher Stephen Netburn West Germany Reinhold Behr Hans-Jürgen Hehn Harald Hein Dieter Jung Max Geuter

Results

Round 1

Round 1 Pool A

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		FRA	NOR	GBR	LIB
1	France	3	0	31	14	QQ			9–4	10–6	12–4
2	Norway	2	1	26	19	Q16		4–9		9–7	13–3
3	Great Britain	0	2	13	19			6–10	7–9
4	Lebanon	0	2	7	25			4–12	3–13

Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 271–74

Round 1 Pool B

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		URS	AUT	ITA	CAN
1	Soviet Union	3	0	35	9	QQ			9–3	13–3	13–3
2	Austria	2	1	24	20	Q16		3–9		9–7	12–4
3	Italy	0	2	10	22			3–13	7–9
4	Canada	0	2	7	25			3–13	4–12

Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 271–74

Round 1 Pool C

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		HUN	SWE	FRG	DEN
1	Hungary	2	1	31	14	QQ			5–10	10–4	16–0
2	Sweden	2	1	27	18	Q16		10–5		7–8	10–5
3	West Germany	2	1	20	21			4–10	8–7		8–4
4	Denmark	0	3	9	34			0–16	5–10	4–8

Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 271–74

Round 1 Pool D

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		SUI	POL	LUX	MEX
1	Switzerland	3	0	36	11	QQ			9–6	12–4	15–1
2	Poland	2	1	26	20			6–9		9–6	11–5
3	Luxembourg	0	2	10	21			4–12	6–9
4	Mexico	0	2	6	26			1–15	5–11

Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 271–74

Round 1 Pool E

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		ROU	USA	GDR	ARG
1	Romania	2	1	32	16	QQ			8.59–8.64	11–5	13–3
2	United States	2	1	30	18	Q16		8.64–8.59		8.61–8.65	14–2
3	East Germany	2	1	26	22			5–11	8.65–8.61		13–3
4	Argentina	0	3	7	25			3–13	2–14	3–13

Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 271–74

Elimination rounds

Main bracket

First round

Second round

Semifinals

Finals

A2

Norway

8

B2

Austria

2

A2

Norway

2

A1

France

8

A1

France

5

D1

Switzerland

8

D1

Switzerland

9

E1

Romania

2

D1

Switzerland

4

C1

Hungary

8

C2

Sweden

9

E2

United States

2

C2

Sweden

7

B1

Soviet Union

8

B1

Soviet Union

5

C1

Hungary

8

Third place

C1

Hungary

9

A1

France

4

D2

Poland

1

B1

Soviet Union

9

5th place consolation bracket

	Semifinals					Finals
	A2	Norway	5
	E1	Romania	9
						E1	Romania	9
						D2	Poland	3
	C2	Sweden	7
	D2	Poland	9