Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

Men's team sabre at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Fernando Montes de Oca Fencing Hall
Dates	20 – 21 October
Competitors	56 from 12 nations
Medalists
Umyar Mavlikhanov Mark Rakita Viktor Sidyak Vladimir Nazlymov Eduard Vinokurov  Soviet Union Wladimiro Calarese Rolando Rigoli Pierluigi Chicca Michele Maffei Cesare Salvadori  Italy Tibor Pézsa Miklós Meszéna János Kalmár Péter Bakonyi Tamás Kovács  Hungary
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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 20 to 21 October 1968. 56 fencers from 12 nations competed.^[1]

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

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Soviet Union (URS)	9
	Great Britain (GBR)	1
					Soviet Union (URS)	9
					France (FRA)	4
	France (FRA)	9
	Poland (POL)	2
									Soviet Union (URS)	9
									Italy (ITA)	7
	Italy (ITA)	8
	United States (USA)	6
					Italy (ITA)	9
					Hungary (HUN)	6			Third place
	Hungary (HUN)	9
	West Germany (FRG)	4
									Hungary (HUN)	9
									France (FRA)	5

Fifth place semifinal

	Fifth place semifinals				Fifth 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