Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

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Men's épée
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Gold medalist Johan Harmenberg
VenueCSKA Sports Complex
Dates27–28 July 1980
Competitors42 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Johan Harmenberg
 Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ernő Kolczonay
 Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Philippe Riboud
 France
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Fencing at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Foilmenwomen
Team foilmenwomen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 27 to 28 July 1980. 42 fencers from 16 nations competed.[1] Each nation was limited to 3 fencers. The event was won by Johan Harmenberg of Sweden, the nation's first victory in the event and first medal of any color in the men's individual épée since 1924. Silver went to Ernő Kolczonay of Hungary, extending the nation's podium streak to four Games despite the retirement of three-time medalist Győző Kulcsár. Philippe Riboud of France took bronze. Sweden's Rolf Edling, a two-time World Champion, made his third final in the event, but once again missed the podium.

Background[edit]

This was the 18th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (with only foil and sabre events held) but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900.[2]

With West Germany boycotting the Games and Győző Kulcsár retiring, none of the 1976 medalists returned. Two of the other three finalists did, however: fourth-place finisher István Osztrics of Hungary and sixth-place finisher (as well as 1972 finalist) Rolf Edling of Sweden. Philippe Riboud of France was the reigning (1979) World Champion; Sweden's Johan Harmenberg had won in 1977 and Edling had been World Champion in 1973 and 1974. (The 1975 and 1978 World Champion and 1976 Olympic champion, Alexander Pusch, was from the boycotting West Germany.)[2]

Kuwait made its debut in the event. Belgium, France, Great Britain, and Sweden each appeared for the 16th time, tying the absent United States for most among nations.

Competition format[edit]

The 1980 tournament continued to use the mix of pool and knockout rounds used in 1968 and 1976. The competition included two 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. No barrages were held.

  • Round 1: 8 pools of 5 or 6 fencers each. The top 3 in each pool (24 total) advanced.
  • Round 2: 4 pools of 6 fencers each. The top 4 in each pool (16 total) advanced.
  • Elimination rounds: A double-elimination tournament. The 4 fencers who won in both of the first two rounds advanced, as did the 2 fencers who reached the end of the repechage.
  • Final round: 1 pool of 6 fencers.

Schedule[edit]

All times are Moscow Time (UTC+3)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 27 July 1980 Round 1
Monday, 28 July 1980 Round 2
Elimination rounds
Final

Results[edit]

Round 1[edit]

Round 1 Pool A[edit]

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes PJ PR SG JP PP
1  Piotr Jabłkowski (POL) 3 1 18 10 Q 3–5 5–0 5–1 5–4
2  Philippe Riboud (FRA) 3 1 18 14 5–3 3–5 5–4 5–2
3  Stéphane Ganeff (BEL) 3 1 15 12 0–5 5–3 5–2 5–2
4  José Pérez (ESP) 1 3 12 19 1–5 4–5 2–5 5–4
5  Peder Planting (FIN) 0 4 12 20 4–5 2–5 2–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 251

Round 1 Pool B[edit]

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes PB AA RE MS TS
1  Philippe Boisse (FRA) 3 1 19 12 Q 4–5 5–3 5–1 5–3
2  Aleksandr Abushakhmetov (URS) 3 1 18 12 5–4 3–5 5–2 5–1
3  Rolf Edling (SWE) 3 1 18 13 3–5 5–3 5–4 5–3
4  Mikko Salminen (FIN) 1 3 12 15 1–5 2–5 4–5 5–0
5  Thierry Soumagne (BEL) 0 4 7 20 3–5 1–5 3–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 251

Round 1 Pool C[edit]

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes IP JH IO JD HG
1  Ioan Popa (ROU) 4 0 20 10 Q 5–2 5–3 5–2 5–3
2  Johan Harmenberg (SWE) 3 1 17 11 2–5 5–3 5–2 5–1
3  István Osztrics (HUN) 2 2 16 15 3–5 3–5 5–3 5–2
4  Jiří Douba (TCH) 1 3 12 17 2–5 2–5 3–5 5–2
5  Heriberto González (CUB) 0 4 8 20 3–5 1–5 2–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 251

Round 1 Pool D[edit]

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes JJ EF AMo AMa NM
1  Jaroslav Jurka (TCH) 4 0 20 14 Q 5–3 5.1–5 5–4 5–2
2  Efigenio Favier (CUB) 2 2 17 17 3–5 4–5 5–3 5–4
3  Aleksandr Mozhayev (URS) 2 2 18 18 5–5.1 5–4 3–5 5–4
4  Angelo Mazzoni (ITA) 1 3 17 18 4–5 3–5 5–3 5–5.1
5  Neal Mallett (GBR) 1 3 15 20 2–5 4–5 4–5 5.1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 251

Round 1 Pool E[edit]

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes AL LP SP HH GB
1  Andrzej Lis (POL) 4 0 20 13 Q 5–3 5–4 5–2 5–4
2  László Pető (HUN) 2 2 15 14 3–5 2–5 5–2 5–2
3  Steven Paul (GBR) 2 2 17 16 4–5 5–2 3–5 5–4
4  Heikki Hulkkonen (FIN) 2 2 14 15 2–5 2–5 5–3 5–2
5  Guillermo Betancourt (CUB) 0 4 12 20 4–5 2–5 4–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 251

Round 1 Pool F[edit]

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes EK SB OK OZ OAK
1  Ernő Kolczonay (HUN) 3 1 19 11 Q 4–5 5.1–5 5–1 5–0
1  Stefano Bellone (ITA) 3 1 19 11 5–4 4–5 5–1 5–1
3  Oldřich Kubišta (TCH) 2 2 18 17 5–5.1 5–4 3–5 5–3
4  Octavian Zidaru (ROU) 2 2 12 13 1–5 1–5 5–3 5–0
5  Osama Al-Khurafi (KUW) 0 4 4 20 0–5 1–5 3–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 251

Round 1 Pool G[edit]

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes PP AP JL LS MAT DH
1  Patrick Picot (FRA) 4 1 24 15 Q 5.1–5 5–3 4–5 5–0 5–2
2  Anton Pongratz (ROU) 3 2 23 11 5–5.1 3–5 5–1 5–0 5–0
3  John Llewellyn (GBR) 3 2 23 14 3–5 5–3 5–5 5–0 5–1
4  Leszek Swornowski (POL) 3 2 21 17 5–4 1–5 5–5 5–2 5–1
5  Mohamed Al-Thuwani (KUW) 1 4 7 23 0–5 0–5 0–5 2–5 5–3
6  Dany Haddad (LIB) 0 5 7 25 2–5 0–5 1–5 1–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 251

Round 1 Pool H[edit]

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes HJ GB BL MF KH HH
1  Hans Jacobson (SWE) 5 0 25 11 Q 5.1–5 5–2 5–2 5–1 5–1
2  Greg Benko (AUS) 4 1 25 16 5–5.1 5–4 5–1 5.1–5 5–1
3  Boris Lukomsky (URS) 3 2 21 13 2–5 4–5 5–1 5–2 5–0
4  Marco Falcone (ITA) 2 3 14 21 2–5 1–5 1–5 5–2 5–4
5  Kazem Hasan (KUW) 1 4 15 21 1–5 5–5.1 2–5 2–5 5–1
6  Hassan Hamze (LIB) 0 5 7 25 1–5 1–5 0–5 4–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 251

Round 2[edit]

Round 2 Pool A[edit]

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes HJ EK SB AM AP JL
1  Hans Jacobson (SWE) 4 1 24 15 Q 4–5 5–2 5–3 5–3 5–2
2  Ernő Kolczonay (HUN) 4 1 22 28 5–4 2–5 5–3 5–4 5–2
3  Stefano Bellone (ITA) 4 1 22 20 2–5 5–2 5–4 5.1–5 5–4
4  Aleksandr Mozhayev (URS) 2 3 20 21 3–5 3–5 4–5 5–3 5–3
5  Anton Pongratz (ROU) 1 4 20 23 3–5 4–5 5–5.1 3–5 5–3
6  John Llewellyn (GBR) 0 5 14 25 2–5 2–5 4–5 3–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 252

Round 2 Pool B[edit]

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes RE BL PB IP EF PJ
1  Rolf Edling (SWE) 5 0 25 14 Q 5–2 5–3 5–2 5–3 5–4
2  Boris Lukomsky (URS) 4 1 22 20 2–5 5.1–5 5–4 5–3 5–3
3  Philippe Boisse (FRA) 2 3 22 22 3–5 5–5.1 5–4 4–5 5–3
4  Ioan Popa (ROU) 2 3 20 21 2–5 4–5 4–5 5–1 5.1–5
5  Efigenio Favier (CUB) 2 3 17 22 3–5 3–5 5–4 1–5 5–3
6  Piotr Jabłkowski (POL) 0 5 18 25 4–5 3–5 3–5 5–5.1 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 252

Round 2 Pool C[edit]

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes PR JH LP AL GB OK
1  Philippe Riboud (FRA) 5 0 25 16 Q 5–4 5–2 5–3 5.1–5 5–2
2  Johan Harmenberg (SWE) 3 2 23 18 4–5 5–4 4–5 5–0 5–4
3  László Pető (HUN) 2 3 20 20 2–5 4–5 5–4 4–5 5–1
4  Andrzej Lis (POL) 2 3 21 21 3–5 5–4 4–5 4–5 5–2
5  Greg Benko (AUS) 2 3 19 23 5–5.1 0–5 5–4 5–4 4–5
6  Oldřich Kubišta (TCH) 1 4 14 24 2–5 4–5 1–5 2–5 5–4
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 252

Round 2 Pool D[edit]

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes JJ AA IO SP PP SG
1  Jaroslav Jurka (TCH) 4 1 24 14 Q 4–5 5–1 5–2 5–4 5–2
2  Aleksandr Abushakhmetov (URS) 4 1 24 18 5–4 5–2 4–5 5–4 5–3
3  István Osztrics (HUN) 3 2 18 18 1–5 2–5 5–1 5–3 5–4
4  Steven Paul (GBR) 3 2 18 19 2–5 5–4 1–5 5–2 5–3
5  Patrick Picot (FRA) 1 4 18 24 4–5 4–5 3–5 2–5 5–4
6  Stéphane Ganeff (BEL) 0 5 16 25 2–5 3–5 4–5 3–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 252

Double elimination rounds[edit]

Winners brackets[edit]

Winners group 1[edit]
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Hans Jacobson (SWE) W
 László Pető (HUN) L  Hans Jacobson (SWE) L
 Ioan Popa (ROU) W  Ioan Popa (ROU) W
 Boris Lukomsky (URS) L
Winners group 2[edit]
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Ernő Kolczonay (HUN) W
 Steven Paul (GBR) L  Ernő Kolczonay (HUN) W
 Philippe Riboud (FRA) W  Philippe Riboud (FRA) L
 Aleksandr Mozhayev (URS) L
Winners group 3[edit]
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Rolf Edling (SWE) W
 Philippe Boisse (FRA) L  Rolf Edling (SWE) W
 Aleksandr Abushakhmetov (URS) W  Aleksandr Abushakhmetov (URS) L
 Andrzej Lis (POL) L
Winners group 4[edit]
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Johan Harmenberg (SWE) W
 Stefano Bellone (ITA) L  Johan Harmenberg (SWE) W
 István Osztrics (HUN) W  István Osztrics (HUN)
 Jaroslav Jurka (TCH) L

Losers brackets[edit]

Losers group 1[edit]
Round of 4 Round of 4 Round of 2
 László Pető (HUN) L
 Boris Lukomsky (URS) W  Boris Lukomsky (URS) W
 István Osztrics (HUN)
 Boris Lukomsky (URS)
 Steven Paul (GBR) L  Aleksandr Mozhayev (URS) W
 Aleksandr Mozhayev (URS) W  Aleksandr Mozhayev (URS) W
 Hans Jacobson (SWE) L
Losers group 2[edit]
Round of 4 Round of 4 Round of 2
 Philippe Boisse (FRA) W
 Andrzej Lis (POL)  Philippe Boisse (FRA) L
 Philippe Riboud (FRA) W
 Philippe Riboud (FRA) W
 Stefano Bellone (ITA) L  Jaroslav Jurka (TCH) L
 Jaroslav Jurka (TCH) W  Jaroslav Jurka (TCH) W
 Aleksandr Abushakhmetov (URS) L

Final round[edit]

Pos Fencer W L TF TA JH EK PR RE AM IP
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Johan Harmenberg (SWE) 4 1 22 21 5.1–5 5.1–5 5–2 2–5 5–4
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ernő Kolczonay (HUN) 3 2 23 19 5–5.1 3–5 5–1 5–3 5.1–5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Philippe Riboud (FRA) 3 2 20 17 5–5.1 5–3 0–5 5–3 5–1
4  Rolf Edling (SWE) 3 2 18 16 2–5 1–5 5–0 5–3 5–3
5  Aleksandr Mozhayev (URS) 1 4 18 22 5–2 3–5 3–5 3–5 4–5
6  Ioan Popa (ROU) 1 4 18 24 4–5 5–5.1 1–5 3–5 5–4
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 253

Final classification[edit]

Fencer Nation
Johan Harmenberg  Sweden
Ernő Kolczonay  Hungary
Philippe Riboud  France
Rolf Edling  Sweden
Aleksandr Mozhayev  Soviet Union
Ioan Popa  Romania
Jaroslav Jurka  Czechoslovakia
Boris Lukomsky  Soviet Union
Hans Jacobson  Sweden
István Osztrics  Hungary
Aleksandr Abushakhmetov  Soviet Union
Philippe Boisse  France
László Pető  Hungary
Steven Paul  Great Britain
Andrzej Lis  Poland
Stefano Bellone  Italy
Greg Benko  Australia
Efigenio Favier  Cuba
Anton Pongratz  Romania
Patrick Picot  France
Oldřich Kubišta  Czechoslovakia
Piotr Jabłkowski  Poland
Stéphane Ganeff  Belgium
John Llewellyn  Great Britain
Leszek Swornowski  Poland
Octavian Zidaru  Romania
Heikki Hulkkonen  Finland
Marco Falcone  Italy
Angelo Mazzoni  Italy
Mikko Salminen  Finland
Jiří Douba  Czechoslovakia
Neal Mallett  Great Britain
José Pérez  Spain
Kazem Hasan  Kuwait
Mohamed Al-Thuwani  Kuwait
Peder Planting  Finland
Guillermo Betancourt  Cuba
Heriberto González  Cuba
Thierry Soumagne  Belgium
Osama Al-Khurafi  Kuwait
Dany Haddad  Lebanon
Hassan Hamze  Lebanon

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1980 Olympic Results - Men's épée". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Épée, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
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