Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

The men's team sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 8 to 9 August 1984. 40 fencers from 8 nations competed.[1]

Men's team sabre
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueLong Beach Convention Center
Dates8 9 August 1984
Competitors40 from 8 nations
Medalists
Marco Marin, Gianfranco Dalla Barba, Giovanni Scalzo, Ferdinando Meglio, Angelo Arcidiacono  Italy
Jean-François Lamour, Pierre Guichot, Hervé Granger-Veyron, Philippe Delrieu, Franck Ducheix  France
Marin Mustață, Ioan Pop, Alexandru Chiculiţă, Cornel Marin, Vilmoș Szabo  Romania

Rosters

Results

Round 1 Pool A

In the first set of matches, France defeated Canada 9–5 and West Germany beat the United States 9–4. The second set saw the winners both win again (securing advancement, with a head-to-head match determining the bye) and the loser both lose again (setting up a head-to-head match for the last advancement place), as France prevailed over the United States 9–4 and West Germany won against Canada 9–6. Finally, France took the top spot in the group and the bye by beating West Germany 9–2 while the United States secured the last advancement spot by beating Canada 9–1.

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. FRA FRG USA CAN
1  France 3 0 27 11 QS 9–2 9–4 9–5
2  West Germany 2 1 20 19 QQ 2–9 9–4 9–6
3  United States 1 2 17 19 4–9 4–9 9–1
4  Canada 0 3 12 27 5–9 6–9 1–9
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, pp. 409–10

Round 1 Pool B

In the first set of matches, Italy defeated China 9–4 and Romania beat Great Britain 9–4. The second set saw the winners both win again (securing advancement, with a head-to-head match determining the bye) and the loser both lose again (setting up a head-to-head match for the last advancement place), as Italy prevailed over Great Britain 9–0 and Romania won against China 9–4. Finally, Italy took the top spot in the group and the bye by beating West Germany 9–3 while China secured the last advancement spot by beating Great Britain 8–6.

Pos Team W L BW BL Qual. ITA ROU CHN GBR
1  Italy 3 0 27 7 QS 9–3 9–4 9–0
2  Romania 2 1 21 17 QQ 3–9 9–4 9–4
3  China 1 2 16 24 4–9 4–9 8–6
4  Great Britain 0 3 10 26 0–9 4–9 6–8
Source: Official Report, vol. 2, pp. 410–11

Elimination rounds

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                           
  A3  United States 3  
B2  Romania 9  
  B2  Romania 4  
  A1  France 9  
A1  France
  Bye  
    A1  France 3
  B1  Italy 9
  B3  China 3  
A2  West Germany 9  
  A2  West Germany 3 Third place
  B1  Italy 9  
B1  Italy B2  Romania 8
  Bye   A2  West Germany 7
 
  Consolation Round Fifth Place
 
  A3  United States  
Bye  
  A3  United States 7
  B3  China 9
B3  China
  Bye  

References

  1. "Fencing: 1984 Olympic Results - Men's team sabre". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
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