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

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

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

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

Elimination rounds

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A3

United States

3

B2

Romania

9

B2

Romania

4

A1

France

9

A1

France

Bye

A1

France

3

B1

Italy

9

B3

China

3

A2

West Germany

9

A2

West Germany

3

Third place

B1

Italy

9

B1

Italy

B2

Romania

8

Bye

A2

West Germany

7

	Fifth Place
	A3	United States	7
	B3	China	9