Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

Men's team sabre at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Central Army Sports Club Complex
Dates	July 28 – 29, 1980
Competitors	63 from 8 nations
Medalists
Viktor Sidyak, Vladimir Nazlymov, Viktor Krovopuskov, Mikhail Burtsev  Soviet Union Mario Aldo Montano, Michele Maffei, Ferdinando Meglio, Marco Romano  Italy Imre Gedővári, Pál Gerevich, Ferenc Hammang, Rudolf Nébald, György Nébald  Hungary

The men's team sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 28 to 29, 1980. 63 fencers from 8 nations competed.

Rosters

Bulgaria

• Khristo Etropolski
• Nikolay Marincheshki
• Vasil Etropolski
• Georgi Chomakov

Cuba

• Manuel Ortiz
• Jesús Ortiz
• José Laverdecia
• Guzman Salazar

East Germany

• Rüdiger Müller
• Hendrik Jung
• Peter Ulbrich
• Frank-Eberhard Höltje
• Gerd May

Hungary

• Imre Gedővári
• Pál Gerevich
• Ferenc Hammang
• Rudolf Nébald
• György Nébald

Italy

• Mario Aldo Montano
• Michele Maffei
• Ferdinando Meglio
• Marco Romano

Poland

• Tadeusz Piguła
• Leszek Jabłonowski
• Jacek Bierkowski
• Andrzej Kostrzewa

Romania

• Ioan Pop
• Marin Mustață
• Cornel Marin
• Ion Pantelimonescu
• Alexandru Nilca

Soviet Union

• Viktor Sidyak
• Vladimir Nazlymov
• Viktor Krovopuskov
• Mikhail Burtsev

Results

Round 1

Round 1 Pool A

Cuba defeated Romania 9–7, followed by Romania defeating the Soviet Union 9–7. In the final match of the pool, Cuba needed a win to take first place while the Soviet team needed to reach at least 10 bouts won to guarantee first place (a 9–7 Soviet win would result in a three-way tie, broken by touches). The Soviets got to 10–5 to win the pool, with the final bout unnecessary.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		URS	ROU	CUB
1	Soviet Union	1	1	17	14	QS			7–9	10–5
2	Romania	1	1	16	16	QQ		9–7		7–9
3	Cuba	1	1	14	17			5–10	9–7

Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 247

Round 1 Pool B

Poland defeated East Germany 9–7, followed by East Germany and Bulgaria tying 8–8 (with 63 touches apiece). Poland defeated Bulgaria 9–7 to win the pool. East Germany and Bulgaria were tied on matches, bouts, and touches received, but East Germany had 2 more touches scored than Bulgaria (having scored 60–62 against Poland, to Bulgaria's 58–62).

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		POL	GDR	BUL
1	Poland	2	0	18	14	QQ			9–7	9–7
2	East Germany	0.5	1.5	15	17			7–9		8–8
3	Bulgaria	0.5	1.5	15	17			7–9	8–8

Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 247–48

Round 1 Pool C

In the only match of the pool, Italy defeated Hungary 8–7. (The final bout was unnecessary, as Italy's 65–52 touches lead ensured that Italy would win the tie-breaker even if Hungary won the last bout 5–0.)

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		ITA	HUN
1	Italy	1	0	8	7	QS			8–7
2	Hungary	0	1	7	8	QQ		7–8

Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 248