Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

Men's team foil at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Waseda Memorial Hall
Dates	October 15 – 16
Competitors	78 from 16 nations
Medalists
Viktor Zhdanovich, Yury Sisikin, Mark Midler, German Sveshnikov, Yury Sharov  Soviet Union Zbigniew Skrudlik, Witold Woyda, Egon Franke, Ryszard Parulski, Jan Różycki  Poland Jean-Claude Magnan, Daniel Revenu, Jacky Courtillat, Pierre Rodocanachi, Christian Noël  France

The men's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eleventh appearance of the event. The competition was held on October 15 – 16 1964. 78 fencers from 16 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Soviet Union (URS) Viktor Zhdanovich Yuri Sharov Yuri Sisikin German Sveshnikov Mark Midler	Poland (POL) Witold Woyda Zbigniew Skrudlik Ryszard Parulski Egon Franke Janusz Rozycki	France (FRA) Jacky Courtillat Jean-Claude Magnan Christian Noël Daniel Revenu Pierre Rodocanachi

Results

Round 1

Ties between teams were broken by individual victories (in parentheses), then by touches received.

Pool A
1.	France (FRA)	2-1 (30)	Q2
2.	Romania (ROU)	2-1 (28)	Q2
3.	United States (USA)	2-1 (22)
4.	Egypt (EGY)	0-3 (5)

Pool B
1.	Poland (POL)	2-0 (22)	Q2
2.	Italy (ITA)	2-0 (22)	Q2
3.	Great Britain (GBR)	0-2 (12)
4.	Australia (AUS)	0-2 (6)

Pool C
1.	Japan (JPN)	2-0 (22)	Q2
2.	Poland (POL)	2-0 (22)	Q2
3.	Egypt (EGY)	0-2 (9)
4.	South Korea (KOR)	0-2 (3)

Pool D
1.	Soviet Union (URS)	2-0 (26)	Q2
2.	United Team of Germany (EUA)	2-0 (23)	Q2
3.	Iran (IRI)	0-2 (2)
4.	Colombia (COL)	0-2 (0)

Championship rounds

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	France (FRA)	9
	Italy (ITA)	5
					France (FRA)	6
					Soviet Union (URS)	9
	Soviet Union (URS)	9
	United Team of Germany (EUA)	3
									Soviet Union (URS)	9
									Poland (POL)	7
	Poland (POL)	9
	Romania (ROU)	2
					Poland (POL)	9
					Japan (JPN)	4			Third place
	Japan (JPN)	9
	Hungary (HUN)	7
									France (FRA)	9
									Japan (JPN)	4

Fifth place semifinal

	Fifth place semifinals				Fifth place match
	Romania (ROU)	9
	Hungary (HUN)	5
					Romania (ROU)	8
					United Team of Germany (EUA)	8
	United Team of Germany (EUA)	9
	Italy (ITA)	5

Rosters

Argentina

• Adolfo Bisellach
• Jesús Taboada
• Alberto Lanteri
• Orlando Nannini
• Félix Galimi

Australia

• Gerard Tubier
• David McKenzie
• John Douglas
• Brian McCowage
• Ivan Lund

Colombia

• Ignacio Posada
• Dibier Tamayo
• Emilio Echeverry
• Ernesto Sastre
• Humberto Posada

Egypt

• Moustafa Soheim
• Farid El-Ashmawi
• Ahmed El-Hamy El-Husseini
• Mohamed Gamil El-Kalyoubi
• Sameh Abdel Rahman

France

• Jean-Claude Magnan
• Daniel Revenu
• Jacky Courtillat
• Pierre Rodocanachi
• Christian Noël

Great Britain

• Bill Hoskyns
• Allan Jay
• Sandy Leckie
• Ralph Cooperman
• Derrick Cawthorne

Germany

• Jürgen Brecht
• Dieter Wellmann
• Eberhard Mehl
• Tim Gerresheim
• Jürgen Theuerkauff

Hungary

• Jenő Kamuti
• László Kamuti
• József Gyuricza
• Sándor Szabó
• Béla Gyarmati

Iran

• Houshmand Almasi
• Nasser Madani
• Shahpour Zarnegar
• Bizhan Zarnegar

Italy

• Gianguido Milanesi
• Pasquale La Ragione
• Arcangelo Pinelli
• Nicola Granieri
• Mario Curletto

Japan

• Kazuhiko Tabuchi
• Fujio Shimizu
• Kazuo Mano
• Heizaburo Okawa
• Sosuke Toda

Poland

• Zbigniew Skrudlik
• Witold Woyda
• Egon Franke
• Ryszard Parulski
• Jan Różycki

Romania

• Tănase Mureșanu
• Ion Drîmbă
• Iuliu Falb
• Ștefan Haukler
• Attila Csipler

South Korea

• Sin Du-Ho
• Han Myeong-Seok
• Kim Man-Sig
• Kim Chang-Hwan

Soviet Union

• Viktor Zhdanovich
• Yury Sisikin
• Mark Midler
• German Sveshnikov
• Yury Sharov

United States

• Larry Anastasi
• Eugene Glazer
• Herbert Cohen
• Albie Axelrod
• Ed Richards

Sources

• Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.