Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

Men's épée at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Waseda Memorial Hall
Dates	October 18 – 19
Competitors	65 from 25 nations
Medalists
Grigory Kriss  Soviet Union Bill Hoskyns  Great Britain Guram Kostava  Soviet Union

The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from October 18 to 19 1964. 65 fencers from 25 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Grigory Kriss  Soviet Union	Henry Hoskyns  Great Britain	Guram Kostava  Soviet Union

Results

Round 1

Pool A
1.	Hans Lagfrwall (SWE)	6-1	Q2
2.	Bruno Khabarov (URS)	6-1	Q2
3.	Roland Losert (AUT)	5-2	Q2
4.	Claudio Polledri (SUI)	4-3	Q2
5.	John Humphreys (AUS)	4-3	Q2
6.	Zelmar Casco (ARG)	2-5
7.	Kim Man Shik (KOR)	1-6
8.	Ronnie Theseira (MAS)	0-7

Pool B
1.	Grigory Kriss (URS)	6-1	Q2
2.	Paul Gnaier (EUA)	5-2	Q2
3.	Yves Dreyfus (FRA)	4-3	Q2
4.	Hassan Sayd (LIB)	4-3	Q2
5.	Rene van den Driessche (BEL)	3-4	QB
	Okawa Heizaburo (JPN)	3-4	QB
7.	Xuan Tran Van (VIE)	1-6
8.	Michael Ryan (IRL)	1-6

Barrage B
5.	Okawa Heizaburo (JPN)	1-0	Q2
6.	Rene van den Driessche (BEL)	0-1

Pool C
1.	Peter Jacobs (GBR)	6-1	Q2
2.	Henryk Nielaba (POL)	5-2	Q2
3.	Guram Kostava (URS)	5-2	Q2
4.	Orvar Lindwall (SWE)	4-3	Q2
5.	J. Bouchier-Hayes (IRL)	3-4	QB
	Joseph Gemayel (LIB)	3-4	QB
7.	Francisco Serp (ARG)	2-5
8.	Bijan Zarnegar (IRI)	0-7

Barrage C
5.	J. Bouchier-Hayes (IRL)	1-0	Q2
6.	Joseph Gemayel (LIB)	0-1

Pool D
1.	Bogdan Gonsior (POL)	6-1	Q2
2.	Michel Saikali (LIB)	5-2	Q2
3.	Rudolf Trost (AUT)	5-2	Q2
4.	Gianluigi Saccaro (ITA)	4-3	Q2
5.	Stefan Haukler (ROU)	4-3	Q2
6.	Frank Anger (USA)	3-4
7.	John Andru (CAN)	1-6
8.	Shahpour Zarnegar (IRI)	0-7

Pool E
1.	Claude Bourquard (FRA)	7-1	Q2
2.	Alberto Pellegrino (ITA)	6-2	Q2
	Walter Bar (SUI)	6-2	Q2
4.	Goran Abrahamson (SWE)	5-3	Q2
5.	Dietrich Hecke (EUA)	5-3	Q2
6.	Hahn Myung Seok (KOR)	3-5
7.	Sergio Vergara (CHI)	2-6
8.	Didier Tamayo (COL)	1-7
9.	Houshmand Almasi (IRI)	1-7

Pool F
1.	Franz Rompza (EUA)	6-1	Q2
2.	Gyoyo Kulcsar (HUN)	5-2	Q2
3.	Giuseppe Delfino (ITA)	4-3	Q2
4.	Allan Jay (GBR)	4-3	Q2
5.	Marcus Leyrer (AUT)	3-4	QB
	Ivan Lund (AUS)	3-4	QB
7.	Robert Foxcroft (CAN)	2-5
8.	Ernesto Sastre (COL)	0-7

Barrage F
5.	Marcus Leyrer (AUT)	1-0	Q2
6.	Ivan Lund (AUS)	0-1

Pool G
1.	Tabuchi Kazuhiko (JPN)	5-2	Q2
2.	Jack Guittet (FRA)	5-2	Q2
3.	Michel Steininger (SUI)	4-3	Q2
4.	Istvan Kausz (HUN)	4-3	Q2
5.	David Micahnik (USA)	4-3	Q2
6.	Russ Hobby (AUS)	3-4
7.	Sergio Jimenez (CHI)	2-5
8.	Emilio Echeverri (COL)	1-6

Pool H
1.	Henry Hoskyns (GBR)	6-1	Q2
2.	Zoltan Nemere (HUN)	6-1	Q2
3.	Paul Pesthy (USA)	4-3	Q2
4.	Shin Doo Ho (KOR)	4-3	Q2
5.	Wieslaw Glos (POL)	4-3	Q2
6.	Araki Toshiaki (JPN)	3-4
7.	Aquiles Gloffka (CHI)	1-6
8.	Jesus Taboada (ARG)	0-7

Round 2

Pool A
1.	Gyozo Kulcsar (HUN)	5-1	Q3
2.	Hans Lagfrwall (SWE)	4-2	Q3
3.	Hassan Sayd (LIB)	3-3	Q3
4.	Giuseppe Delfino (ITA)	3-3	Q3
5.	Wieslaw Glos (POL)	2-4
6.	J. Bouchier-Hayes (IRL)	1-5
7.	Tabuchi Kazuhiko (JPN)	1-5

Pool B
1.	Grigory Kriss (URS)	4-2	Q3
2.	Henry Hoskyns (GBR)	4-2	Q3
3.	Alberto Pellegrino (ITA)	4-2	Q3
4.	Goran Abrahamson (SWE)	3-3	QB
	David Micahnik (USA)	3-3	QB
6.	Istvan Kausz (HUN)	2-4
7.	Yves Dreyfus (FRA)	1-5

Barrage B
4.	Goran Abrahamson (SWE)	1-0	Q3
5.	David Micahnik (USA)	0-1

Pool C
1.	Gianluigi Saccaro (ITA)	4-2	Q3
2.	Jack Guittet (FRA)	4-2	Q3
3.	Michel Steininger (SUI)	4-2	Q3
4.	Paul Gnaier (EUA)	3-3	Q3
5.	Marcus Leyrer (AUT)	2-4
6.	Peter Jacobs (GBR)	1-5
7.	Shin Doo Ho (KOR)	1-5

Pool D
1.	Bogdan Gonsior (POL)	4-2	Q3
2.	Rudolf Trost (AUT)	4-2	Q3
3.	Zoltan Nemere (HUN)	4-2	Q3
4.	Dietrich Hecke (EUA)	3-3	Q3
5.	Bruno Khabarov (URS)	2-4
6.	Okawa Heizaburo (JPN)	2-4
7.	Claudio Polledri (SUI)	2-4

Pool E
1.	Roland Losert (AUT)	5-0	Q3
2.	Claude Bourquard (FRA)	3-2	Q3
3.	Guram Kostava (URS)	3-2	Q3
4.	Orvar Lindwall (SWE)	2-3	Q3
5.	Stefan Haukler (ROU)	0-5
6.	Michel Saikali (LIB)	0-5

Pool F
1.	Henryk Nielaba (POL)	4-1	Q3
2.	Franz Rompza (EUA)	4-1	Q3
3.	Walter Bar (SUI)	2-3	QB
	John Humphreys (AUS)	2-3	QB
	Allan Jay (GBR)	2-3	QB
6.	Paul Pesthy (USA)	1-4

Barrage F
3.	Walter Bar (SUI)	1-0	Q3
4.	John Humphreys (AUS)	1-0	Q3
5.	Allan Jay (GBR)	0-2

Knockout rounds

The winner of each group advanced to the final pool, while the runner-up moved into a 5th-place semifinal.

Group 1

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1
	8
	4
	5
	2
	7
	3
	6

Group 2

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1
	8
	4
	5
	2
	7
	3
	6

Group 3

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1
	8
	4
	5
	2
	7
	3
	6

Group 4

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1
	8
	4
	5
	2
	7
	3
	6

Fifth place semifinal

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	1
	8
	4
	5
	2
	7
	3
	6

Final

Final pool
1.	Henry Hoskyns (GBR)	2-1
	Grigory Kriss (URS)	2-1
3.	Guram Kostava (URS)	1-2
	Gianluigi Saccaro (ITA)	1-2

Gold medal barrage
	Grigory Kriss (URS)	1-0
	Henry Hoskyns (GBR)	0-1

Bronze medal barrage
	Guram Kostava (URS)	1-0
4.	Gianluigi Saccaro (ITA)	0-1

Sources

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