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

Men's team sabre at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	Long Beach Convention Center
Dates	August 8 – 9, 1984
Competitors	40 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

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 August 8 to 9, 1984. 40 fencers from 8 nations competed.

Rosters

Canada

• Jean-Marie Banos
• Jean-Paul Banos
• Marc Lavoie
• Claude Marcil
• Eli Sukunda

China

• Wang Ruiji
• Chen Jinchu
• Yang Shisen
• Liu Guozhen
• Liu Yunhong

France

• Jean-François Lamour
• Pierre Guichot
• Hervé Granger-Veyron
• Philippe Delrieu
• Franck Ducheix

Great Britain

• Richard Cohen
• Paul Klenerman
• Jim Philbin
• Mark Slade
• John Zarno

Italy

• Marco Marin
• Gianfranco Dalla Barba
• Giovanni Scalzo
• Ferdinando Meglio
• Angelo Arcidiacono

Romania

• Marin Mustață
• Ioan Pop
• Alexandru Chiculiţă
• Cornel Marin
• Vilmoș Szabo

United States

• Peter Westbrook
• Steve Mormando
• Phil Reilly
• Joel Glucksman
• Mike Lofton

West Germany

• Dieter Schneider
• Jürgen Nolte
• Freddy Scholz
• Jörg Stratmann
• Jörg Volkmann

Results

Round 1

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