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Men's team sabre
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueFernando Montes de Oca Fencing Hall
DatesOctober 20 – 21
Competitors56 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Umyar Mavlikhanov, Mark Rakita, Viktor Sidyak, Vladimir Nazlymov, Eduard Vinokurov  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wladimiro Calarese, Rolando Rigoli, Pierluigi Chicca, Michele Maffei, Cesare Salvadori  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tibor Pézsa, Miklós Meszéna, János Kalmár, Péter Bakonyi, Tamás Kovács  Hungary
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Fencing at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Foilmenwomen
Team foilmenwomen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

The men's team sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from October 20 to 21, 1968. 56 fencers from 12 nations competed.[1]

Medalists

Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
 Soviet Union (URS)  Italy (ITA)  Hungary (HUN)

Results

Round 1

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

Pool A
1.  Soviet Union (URS) 2-0 (24:2) Q2
2.  Great Britain (GBR) 1-1 (12:4) Q2
3.  Mexico (MEX) 0-2 (6:26)
Pool B
1.  Hungary (HUN) 2-0 (29:3) Q2
2.  West Germany (FRG) 1-1 (17:15) Q2
3.  Ireland (IRL) 0-2 (2:30)
Pool C
1.  Italy (ITA) 2-0 (24:3) Q2
2.  United States (USA) 1-1 (13:14) Q2
3.  Argentina (ARG) 0-2 (6:26)
Pool D
1.  France (FRA) 2-0 (22:10) Q2
2.  Poland (POL) 1-1 (20:12) Q2
3.  Cuba (CUB) 0-2 (6:26)

Championship rounds

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1  
8  
 
 
4  
5  
 
 
2  
7  
 
 
3  
6  

Bronze medal match

Semifinals Bronze medal match
      
 France (FRA) —
Bye —
 France (FRA) 5
 Hungary (HUN) Bronze 9
 Hungary (HUN) —
Bye —

Fifth place semifinal

5th place semifinals 5th/6th place match
      
 Poland (POL) 9
 Great Britain (GBR) 2
 Poland (POL) 9
 United States (USA) 5
 United States (USA) 9
 West Germany (FRG) 7

Rosters

References

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1968 Olympic Results - Men's team sabre". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
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