Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

The men's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 25 to 26 July 1980. 40 fencers from 9 nations competed.[1]

Men's team foil
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueCentral Army Sports Club Complex
Dates25–26 July 1980
Competitors40 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Frédéric Pietruszka
Didier Flament
Pascal Jolyot
Philippe Bonnin
Bruno Boscherie
 France
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Aleksandr Romankov
Volodymyr Smyrnov
Sabirzhan Ruziyev
Ashot Karagyan
Vladimir Lapitsky
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Adam Robak
Bogusław Zych
Lech Koziejowski
Marian Sypniewski
 Poland
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Rosters

Results

Round 1

Round 1 Pool A

Romania and the Soviet Union each defeated Great Britain, 12–4 and 13–3, respectively. The two victors then faced off. The Soviet Union won 9–2.

PosTeamWLBWBLQual.URSROUGBR
1  Soviet Union20225QS9–213–3
2  Romania111413QQ2–912–4
3  Great Britain027253–134–12
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 239

Round 1 Pool B

Cuba and Hungary tied at 8–8, with 58 touches apiece. France then defeated both of the other teams, 10–6 each.

PosTeamWLBWBLQual.FRAHUNCUB
1  France202012QS10–610–6
2  Hungary0.51.51418QQ6–108–8
3  Cuba0.51.514186–108–8
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, pp. 239–40

Round 1 Pool C

East Germany and Poland each defeated Kuwait, 14–2 and 15–1, respectively. The two victors then faced off. Poland won 9–5.

PosTeamWLBWBLQual.POLGDRKUW
1  Poland20246QQ9–515–1
2  East Germany1119115–914–2
3  Kuwait023291–152–14
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 240

Elimination rounds

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
         
A2  Romania5
C2  East Germany8
C2  East Germany7
B1  France9
B1  France
Bye
B1  France8 (68)
A1  Soviet Union8 (60)
B2  Hungary7
C1  Poland9
C1  Poland7Third place
A1  Soviet Union9
A1  Soviet UnionC2  East Germany5
ByeC1  Poland9
Fifth Place
   
A2  Romania9
B2  Hungary7

References