Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 21 to 22, 1976. 46 fencers from 18 nations competed.[1] Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by Viktor Krovopuskov of the Soviet Union, the nation's second consecutive victory in the men's sabre. The Soviet Union's two gold medals in the event moved it out of a six-way tie into sole possession of second place all-time, after Hungary with 11. The Soviet team swept the men's sabre medals in 1976, with Vladimir Nazlymov taking silver and Viktor Sidyak bronze. It was the third sweep in the event (Hungary accomplished it in 1912 and 1952). Nazlymov and Sidyak were the eighth and ninth men to win multiple medals in the event. Excluding matches against each other, the three Soviets went 48–3 during the tournament.[2] For the first time since 1900, Hungary competed in the men's sabre but did not win a medal (did not compete in 1904 or 1920, medaled in 1908, 1912, and for eleven straight Games from 1924 to 1972).

Men's sabre
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Fencing pictogram
VenueWinter Stadium
DatesJuly 21–22, 1976
Competitors46 from 18 nations
Medalists
Viktor Krovopuskov
 Soviet Union
Vladimir Nazlymov
 Soviet Union
Viktor Sidyak
 Soviet Union
Fencing at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Foilmenwomen
Team foilmenwomen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

Background

This was the 18th appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics. All six of the finalists from 1972 returned: gold medalist Viktor Sidyak of the Soviet Union, silver medalist Péter Marót of Hungary, bronze medalist Vladimir Nazlymov of the Soviet Union, fourth-place finisher Michele Maffei of Italy, fifth-place finisher Régis Bonissent of France, and sixth-place finisher Tamás Kovács of Hungary. Nazlymov was the reigning (1975) world champion, Mario Aldo Montano of Italy had won the two before him (1973 and 1974). Hungary was no longer the sabre power it once was, having been surpassed by the Soviet Union, though (along with Poland and Italy) continued to be among the perennial contenders.[2]

Paraguay and Thailand each made their debut in the men's sabre. Italy made its 16th appearance in the event, most of any nation, having missed the inaugural 1896 event and the 1904 Olympics.

Competition format

The 1976 tournament returned to a mix of pool and knockout rounds similar to that used in 1968, after the 1972 edition briefly used a pool-only format. The competition included three pool rounds, followed by a double-elimination knockout round, finishing with a final pool round. In each pool round, the fencers competed in a round-robin.

Bouts in the round-robin pools were to 5 touches; bouts in the double-elimination round were to 10 touches. Repechages were not used in the first three rounds, but were used to determine medalists if necessary in the final.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 21 July 19768:30
11:00
13:30		Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Thursday, 22 July 197616:00
18:00		Elimination rounds
Final

Results

Round 1 Pool A
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VN JN RB MM AHF
1  Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) 4 0 20 5 Q 5–3 5–2 5–0 5–0
2  Józef Nowara (POL) 2 2 15 11 3–5 5–0 2–5 5–1
3  Régis Bonissent (FRA) 2 2 12 11 2–5 0–5 5–1 5–0
4  Marcelo Méndez (ARG) 2 2 11 16 0–5 5–2 1–5 5–4
5  Abdul Hamid Fathi (IRI) 0 4 5 20 0–5 1–5 0–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 231

Round 1 Pool B
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes AM JB PA JD AE
1  Anani Mikhaylov (BUL) 3 1 18 11 Q 3–5 5–4 5–1 5–1
2  Jacek Bierkowski (POL) 3 1 18 14 5–3 5–4 3–5 5–2
3  Paul Apostol (USA) 2 2 18 17 4–5 4–5 5–4 5–3
4  John Deanfield (GBR) 1 3 14 18 1–5 5–3 4–5 4–5
5  Ahmed Eskandarpour (IRI) 1 3 11 19 1–5 2–5 3–5 5–4
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 231

Round 1 Pool C
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes IP PW PMar PMat JG
1  Ioan Pop (ROU) 4 0 20 3 Q 5–2 5–1 5–0 5–0
2  Peter Westbrook (USA) 3 1 17 12 2–5 5–4 5–1 5–2
3  Péter Marót (HUN) 2 2 15 15 1–5 4–5 5–3 5–2
4  Peter Mather (GBR) 1 3 9 17 0–5 1–5 3–5 5–2
5  Juan Gavajda (ARG) 0 4 6 20 0–5 2–5 2–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 231

Round 1 Pool D
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes IG CM LJ ML KR
1  Imre Gedővári (HUN) 4 0 20 7 Q 5–3 5–4 5–0 5–0
2  Cornel Marin (ROU) 3 1 18 9 3–5 5–2 5–2 5–0
3  Leszek Jabłonowski (POL) 2 2 16 14 4–5 2–5 5–3 5–1
4  Marc Lavoie (CAN) 1 3 10 15 0–5 2–5 3–5 5–0
5  Kam Roger (HKG) 0 4 1 20 0–5 0–5 1–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 231

Round 1 Pool E
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VK TK GS ES JMC
1  Viktor Krovopuskov (URS) 3 1 19 8 Q 5–2 4–5 5–1 5–0
2  Tamás Kovács (HUN) 3 1 17 10 2–5 5–1 5–2 5–2
3  Guzman Salazar (CUB) 3 1 16 10 5–4 1–5 5–0 5–1
4  Eli Sukunda (CAN) 1 3 8 19 1–5 2–5 0–5 5–4
5  José María Casanovas (ARG) 0 4 7 20 0–5 2–5 1–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 231

Round 1 Pool F
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes MM MO SK IPA HB
1  Michele Maffei (ITA) 4 0 20 6 Q 5–1 5–3 5–2 5–0
2  Manuel Ortiz (CUB) 3 1 16 12 1–5 5–3 5–1 5–3
3  Stephen Kaplan (USA) 2 2 16 15 3–5 3–5 5–2 5–3
4  Ismail Pashapour-Alamdari (IRI) 1 3 10 16 2–5 1–5 2–5 5–1
5  Hanns Brandstätter (AUT) 0 4 7 20 0–5 3–5 3–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 231

Round 1 Pool G
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VS AA PQ PU RS
1  Viktor Sidyak (URS) 4 0 20 6 Q 5–4 5–0 5–2 5–0
2  Angelo Arcidiacono (ITA) 3 1 19 12 4–5 5–2 5–4 5–1
3  Patrick Quivrin (FRA) 2 2 12 15 0–5 2–5 5–4 5–1
4  Peter Urban (CAN) 1 3 15 16 2–5 4–5 4–5 5–1
5  Royengyot Srivorapongpant (THA) 0 4 3 20 0–5 1–5 1–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 231

Round 1 Pool H
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes MAM RC FdlT MD SS
1  Mario Aldo Montano (ITA) 4 0 20 6 Q 5–4 5–2 5–0 5–0
2  Richard Cohen (GBR) 3 1 19 12 4–5 5–3 5–2 5–2
3  Francisco de la Torre (CUB) 2 2 15 15 2–5 3–5 5–4 5–1
4  Miroslav Dudekov (BUL) 1 3 11 16 0–5 2–5 4–5 5–1
5  Sutipong Santitevagul (THA) 0 4 4 20 0–5 2–5 1–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 231

Round 1 Pool I
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes DI PB TW TH TD CB
1  Dan Irimiciuc (ROU) 5 0 25 10 Q 5–2 5–3 5–2 5–1 5–2
2  Philippe Bena (FRA) 4 1 22 13 2–5 5–4 5–0 5–2 5–2
3  Tycho Weißgerber (FRG) 3 2 22 17 3–5 4–5 5–3 5–4 5–0
4  Taweewat Hurapan (THA) 1 4 14 23 2–5 0–5 3–5 5–3 4–5
5  Trayan Dimitrov (BUL) 1 4 15 24 1–5 2–5 4–5 3–5 5–4
6  César Bejarano (PAR) 1 4 13 24 2–5 2–5 0–5 5–4 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 231

Round 2 Pool A
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes FdlT IP AM PA RC TH
1  Francisco de la Torre (CUB) 5 0 25 11 Q 5–3 5–1 5–1 5–3 5–3
2  Ioan Pop (ROU) 4 1 23 14 3–5 5–4 5–2 5–1 5–2
3  Anani Mikhaylov (BUL) 3 2 20 19 1–5 4–5 5–4 5–4 5–1
4  Paul Apostol (USA) 2 3 17 19 1–5 2–5 4–5 5–3 5–1
5  Richard Cohen (GBR) 1 4 16 21 3–5 1–5 4–5 3–5 5–1
6  Taweewat Hurapan (THA) 0 5 8 25 3–5 2–5 1–5 1–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 233

Round 2 Pool B
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes AA VN TK PQ SK ES
1  Angelo Arcidiacono (ITA) 4 1 24 13 Q 5–3 5–2 4–5 5–3 5–0
2  Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) 4 1 23 15 3–5 5–4 5–3 5–2 5–1
3  Tamás Kovács (HUN) 3 2 21 17 2–5 4–5 5–2 5–3 5–2
4  Patrick Quivrin (FRA) 3 2 20 19 5–4 3–5 2–5 5–3 5–2
5  Stephen Kaplan (USA) 1 4 16 24 3–5 2–5 3–5 3–5 5–4
6  Eli Sukunda (CAN) 0 5 9 25 0–5 1–5 2–5 2–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 233

Round 2 Pool C
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VK DI PMar RB GS PMat
1  Viktor Krovopuskov (URS) 5 0 25 10 Q 5–3 5–3 5–0 5–2 5–2
2  Dan Irimiciuc (ROU) 4 1 23 13 3–5 5–3 5–2 5–2 5–1
3  Péter Marót (HUN) 2 3 20 18 3–5 3–5 4–5 5–1 5–2
4  Régis Bonissent (FRA) 2 3 16 19 0–5 2–5 5–4 4–5 5–0
5  Guzman Salazar (CUB) 2 3 15 20 2–5 2–5 1–5 5–4 5–1
6  Peter Mather (GBR) 0 5 6 25 2–5 1–5 2–5 0–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 233

Round 2 Pool D
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VS PW CM LJ MM IPA
1  Viktor Sidyak (URS) 5 0 25 8 Q 5–2 5–4 5–2 5–0 5–0
2  Peter Westbrook (USA) 3 2 21 14 2–5 5–2 4–5 5–1 5–1
3  Cornel Marin (ROU) 3 2 21 17 4–5 2–5 5–4 5–0 5–3
4  Leszek Jabłonowski (POL) 2 3 19 21 2–5 5–4 4–5 3–5 5–2
5  Marcelo Méndez (ARG) 2 3 11 18 0–5 1–5 0–5 5–3 5–0
6  Ismail Pashapour-Alamdari (IRI) 0 5 6 25 0–5 1–5 3–5 2–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 233

Round 2 Pool E
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes MO MM JN MD PB PU
1  Manuel Ortiz (CUB) 5 0 25 9 Q 5–1 5–4 5–2 5–2 5–0
2  Michele Maffei (ITA) 4 1 21 10 1–5 5–1 5–1 5–2 5–1
3  Józef Nowara (POL) 3 2 20 17 4–5 1–5 5–3 5–3 5–1
4  Miroslav Dudekov (BUL) 2 3 16 15 2–5 1–5 3–5 5–0 5–0
5  Philippe Bena (FRA) 1 4 12 24 2–5 2–5 3–5 0–5 5–4
6  Peter Urban (CAN) 0 5 6 25 0–5 1–5 1–5 0–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 233

Round 2 Pool F
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes MAM IG JB TW ML JD
1  Mario Aldo Montano (ITA) 5 0 25 12 Q 5–4 5–4 5–2 5–1 5–1
2  Imre Gedővári (HUN) 4 1 24 16 4–5 5–4 5–4 5–1 5–2
3  Jacek Bierkowski (POL) 3 2 23 14 4–5 4–5 5–1 5–1 5–2
4  Tycho Weißgerber (FRG) 2 3 17 21 2–5 4–5 1–5 5–3 5–3
5  Marc Lavoie (CAN) 1 4 11 24 1–5 1–5 1–5 3–5 5–4
6  John Deanfield (GBR) 0 5 12 25 1–5 2–5 2–5 3–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 233

Round 3 Pool A
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VS IG DI PQ TW AM
1  Viktor Sidyak (URS) 4 1 23 15 Q 5–2 5–4 3–5 5–3 5–1
2  Imre Gedővári (HUN) 4 1 22 16 2–5 5–4 5–2 5–3 5–2
3  Dan Irimiciuc (ROU) 3 2 23 13 4–5 4–5 5–2 5–1 5–0
4  Patrick Quivrin (FRA) 2 3 17 21 5–3 2–5 2–5 5–3 3–5
5  Tycho Weißgerber (FRG) 1 4 15 24 3–5 3–5 1–5 3–5 5–4
6  Anani Mikhaylov (BUL) 1 4 12 23 1–5 2–5 0–5 5–3 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 235

Round 3 Pool B
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes IP AA JN MO PM RB
1  Ioan Pop (ROU) 4 1 22 18 Q 2–5 5–4 5–4 5–4 5–1
2  Angelo Arcidiacono (ITA) 3 2 21 18 5–2 4–5 5–2 5–4 2–5
3  Józef Nowara (POL) 2 3 21 21 4–5 5–4 3–5 4–5 5–2
4  Manuel Ortiz (CUB) 2 3 19 21 4–5 2–5 5–3 5–3 3–5
5  Péter Marót (HUN) 2 3 21 23 4–5 4–5 5–4 3–5 5–4
6  Régis Bonissent (FRA) 2 3 17 20 1–5 5–2 2–5 5–3 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 235

Round 3 Pool C
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VK MM JB PA TK CM
1  Viktor Krovopuskov (URS) 5 0 25 13 Q 5–4 5–0 5–3 5–4 5–2
2  Michele Maffei (ITA) 3 2 22 16 4–5 3–5 5–3 5–3 5–0
3  Jacek Bierkowski (POL) 3 2 18 21 0–5 5–3 5–4 3–5 5–4
4  Paul Apostol (USA) 2 3 20 20 3–5 3–5 4–5 5–2 5–3
5  Tamás Kovács (HUN) 2 3 19 21 4–5 3–5 5–3 2–5 5–3
6  Cornel Marin (ROU) 0 5 12 25 2–5 0–5 4–5 3–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 235

Round 3 Pool D
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VN MAM FdlT PW MD LJ
1  Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) 5 0 25 14 Q 5–4 5–4 5–2 5–2 5–2
2  Mario Aldo Montano (ITA) 4 1 24 10 4–5 5–2 5–0 5–1 5–2
3  Francisco de la Torre (CUB) 3 2 21 15 4–5 2–5 5–1 5–2 5–2
4  Peter Westbrook (USA) 2 3 13 22 2–5 0–5 1–5 5–3 5–4
5  Miroslav Dudekov (BUL) 1 4 13 23 2–5 1–5 2–5 3–5 5–3
6  Leszek Jabłonowski (POL) 0 5 13 25 2–5 2–5 2–5 4–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 235
Winners group 1
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Viktor Krovopuskov (URS) 10  
 Paul Apostol (USA) 4      Viktor Krovopuskov (URS) 10
 Michele Maffei (ITA) 10      Michele Maffei (ITA) 9
 Dan Irimiciuc (ROU) 7  
Winners group 2
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Francisco de la Torre (CUB) 10  
 Jacek Bierkowski (POL) 7      Francisco de la Torre (CUB) 7
 Peter Westbrook (USA) 4      Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) 10
 Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) 10  
Winners group 3
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Viktor Sidyak (URS) 10  
 Józef Nowara (POL) 7      Viktor Sidyak (URS) 10
 Angelo Arcidiacono (ITA) 3      Imre Gedővári (HUN) 6
 Imre Gedővári (HUN) 10  
Winners group 4
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Ioan Pop (ROU) 7  
 Manuel Ortiz (CUB) 10      Manuel Ortiz (CUB) 5
 Patrick Quivrin (FRA) 1      Mario Aldo Montano (ITA) 10
 Mario Aldo Montano (ITA) 10  
Losers group 1
Round of 4 Round of 4 Round of 2
 Paul Apostol (USA) 6  
 Dan Irimiciuc (ROU) 10      Dan Irimiciuc (ROU) 9  
         Michele Maffei (ITA) 10  
           Michele Maffei (ITA) 10
 Józef Nowara (POL) 6        Imre Gedővári (HUN) 3
 Angelo Arcidiacono (ITA) 10      Angelo Arcidiacono (ITA) 7
         Imre Gedővári (HUN) 10    
     
Losers group 2
Round of 4 Round of 4 Round of 2
 Jacek Bierkowski (POL) 10  
 Peter Westbrook (USA) 8      Jacek Bierkowski (POL) 9  
         Francisco de la Torre (CUB) 10  
           Francisco de la Torre (CUB) 5
 Ioan Pop (ROU) 10        Ioan Pop (ROU) 10
 Patrick Quivrin (FRA) 9      Ioan Pop (ROU) 10
         Manuel Ortiz (CUB) 7    
     

Final round
Pos Fencer W L TF TA VK VN VS IP MAM MM
 Viktor Krovopuskov (URS) 5 0 25 14 5–3 5–4 5–3 5–2 5–2
 Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) 4 1 23 18 3–5 5–3 5–3 5–4 5–3
 Viktor Sidyak (URS) 3 2 22 20 4–5 3–5 5–3 5–3 5–4
4  Ioan Pop (ROU) 2 3 19 20 3–5 3–5 3–5 5–2 5–3
5  Mario Aldo Montano (ITA) 1 4 16 21 2–5 4–5 3–5 2–5 5–1
6  Michele Maffei (ITA) 0 5 13 25 2–5 3–5 4–5 3–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 236

Final classification
FencerNation
Viktor Krovopuskov Soviet Union
Vladimir Nazlymov Soviet Union
Viktor Sidyak Soviet Union
Ioan Pop Romania
Mario Aldo Montano Italy
Michele Maffei Italy
Francisco de la Torre Cuba
Imre Gedővári Hungary
Jacek Bierkowski Poland
Manuel Ortiz Cuba
Dan Irimiciuc Romania
Angelo Arcidiacono Italy
Paul Apostol United States
Peter Westbrook United States
Józef Nowara Poland
Patrick Quivrin France
Tamás Kovács Hungary
Péter Marót Hungary
Régis Bonissent France
Tycho Weißgerber West Germany
Miroslav Dudekov Bulgaria
Anani Mikhaylov Bulgaria
Leszek Jabłonowski Poland
Cornel Marin Romania
Guzman Salazar Cuba
Marcelo Méndez Argentina
Richard Cohen Great Britain
Stephen Kaplan United States
Philippe Bena France
Marc Lavoie Canada
John Deanfield Great Britain
Eli Sukunda Canada
Taweewat Hurapan Thailand
Peter Mather Great Britain
Ismail Pashapour-Alamdari Iran
Peter Urban Canada
Ahmed Eskandarpour Iran
Trayan Dimitrov Bulgaria
César Bejarano Paraguay
José María Casanovas Argentina
Hanns Brandstätter Austria
Juan Gavajda Argentina
Abdul Hamid Fathi Iran
Sutipong Santitevagul Thailand
Royengyot Srivorapongpant Thailand
Kam Roger Hong Kong

References
  1. "Fencing: 1976 Olympic Results - Men's sabre". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  2. "Sabre, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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