Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 22 to 23 1976. 64 fencers from 26 nations competed.[1]

Men's épée
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueUniversity of Montréal
DatesJuly 22 – 23, 1976
Competitors64 from 26 nations
Medalists
Alexander Pusch  West Germany
Hans-Jürgen Hehn  West Germany
Győző Kulcsár  Hungary
Fencing at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Épéemen
Team épéemen
Foilmenwomen
Team foilmenwomen
Sabremen
Team sabremen

Competition format

The 1976 tournament returned to a mix of pool and knockout rounds similar to that used in 1968, after the 1972 edition briefly used a pool-only format. The competition included three pool rounds, followed by a double-elimination knockout round, finishing with a final pool round. In each pool round, the fencers competed in a round-robin.

Bouts in the round-robin pools were to 5 touches; bouts in the double-elimination round were to 10 touches. Repechages were not used in the first three rounds, but were used to determine medalists if necessary in the final.

Results

Round 1 Pool A
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. RJ AP JP GT JDP
1  Ralph Johnson (GBR) 3 1 19 7 Q 5–1 4–5 5–1 5–0
2  Alexander Pusch (FRG) 3 1 16 8 1–5 5–2 5–0 5–1
3  John Pezza (ITA) 3 1 17 13 5–4 2–5 5–2 5–2
4  Geza Tatrallyay (CAN) 1 3 8 16 1–5 0–5 2–5 5–1
5  Juan Daniel Pirán (ARG) 0 4 4 20 0–5 1–5 2–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 239

Round 1 Pool B
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. HJ BL HJH DF GV
1  Hans Jacobson (SWE) 3 1 17 8 Q 2–5 5–1 5–1 5–1
2  Boris Lukomsky (URS) 2 2 18 15 5–2 5–3 4–5 4–5
3  Hans-Jürgen Hehn (FRG) 2 2 14 12 1–5 3–5 5–1 5–1
4  Daniel Feraud (ARG) 2 2 12 19 1–5 5–4 1–5 5.1–5
5  George Varaljay (CAN) 1 3 12 19 1–5 5–4 1–5 5–5.1
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 239

Round 1 Pool C
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. TS IO NG TB AD
1  Thierry Soumagne (BEL) 3 1 17 12 Q 5–2 5–3 5–2 2–5
2  István Osztrics (HUN) 2 2 15 14 2–5 3–5 5–2 5–2
3  Nicola Granieri (ITA) 2 2 16 15 3–5 5–3 3–5 5–2
4  Tim Belson (GBR) 2 2 14 14 2–5 2–5 5–3 5–1
5  Alain Dansereau (CAN) 1 3 10 17 5–2 2–5 2–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 239

Round 1 Pool D
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. HL JJ GB JLD VS
1  Herbert Lindner (AUT) 3 1 17 10 Q 5–0 2–5 5–3 5–2
2  Jerzy Janikowski (POL) 3 1 15 16 0–5 5–3 5–4 5–4
3  Greg Benko (AUS) 2 2 18 13 5–2 3–5 5–5 5–1
4  Jacques La Degaillerie (FRA) 1 3 17 16 3–5 4–5 5–5 5–1
5  Veikko Salminen (FIN) 0 4 8 20 2–5 4–5 1–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 239

Round 1 Pool E
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. RB AP AA AB KR
1  Reinhold Behr (FRG) 2 2 19 14 Q 5–4 5–5 4–5 5–0
2  Anton Pongratz (ROU) 2 2 19 15 4–5 5–5 5–4 5–1
3  Aleksandr Abushakhmetov (URS) 2 2 20 16 5–5 5–5 5–4 5–2
4  Arthur Ribeiro (BRA) 2 2 18 16 5–4 4–5 4–5 5–2
5  Kam Roger (HKG) 0 4 5 20 0–5 1–5 2–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 239

Round 1 Pool F
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. AB CK GF SB JI
1  Aleksandr Bykov (URS) 3 1 16 10 Q 1–5 5–3 5–1 5–1
2  Christian Kauter (SUI) 3 1 17 12 5–1 5–4 2–5 5–2
3  Göran Flodström (SWE) 2 2 17 15 3–5 4–5 5–2 5–3
4  Scotty Bozek (USA) 2 2 13 15 1–5 5–2 2–5 5–3
5  Juan Inostroza (CHI) 0 4 9 20 1–5 2–5 3–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 239

Round 1 Pool G
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. FS OV RE MW EZ
1  François Suchanecki (SUI) 3 1 16 11 Q 1–5 5–4 5–1 5–1
2  Omar Vergara (ARG) 3 1 16 14 5–1 1–5 5–4 5–4
3  Rolf Edling (SWE) 2 2 17 11 4–5 5–1 3–5 5–0
4  Marceli Wiech (POL) 2 2 15 16 1–5 4–5 5–3 5–3
5  Esfandihar Zarnegar (IRI) 0 4 8 20 1–5 4–5 0–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 239

Round 1 Pool H
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. TB NK SA GM SC MB
1  Teddy Bourne (GBR) 4 1 23 12 Q 3–5 5–0 5–3 5–2 5–2
2  Nils Koppang (NOR) 3 2 22 16 5–3 4–5 3–5 5–1 5–2
3  Sarkis Assatourian (IRI) 3 2 17 20 0–5 5–4 2–5 5–4 5–2
4  George Masin (USA) 2 3 17 20 3–5 5–3 5–2 3–5 1–5
4  Sneh Chousurin (THA) 2 3 17 20 2–5 1–5 4–5 5–3 5–2
6  Marcello Bertinetti (ITA) 1 4 13 21 2–5 2–5 2–5 5–1 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 239

Round 1 Pool I
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. NI JN DG RS ID RH
1  Nicolae Iorgu (ROU) 4 1 24 14 Q 4–5 5–3 5–1 5–2 5–3
2  Jeppe Normann (NOR) 4 1 24 17 5–4 5–4 4–5 5–3 5–1
3  Daniel Giger (SUI) 3 2 22 16 3–5 4–5 5–4 5–1 5–1
4  Robert Schiel (LUX) 2 3 19 22 1–5 5–4 4–5 4–5 5–3
5  Iraj Dastgerdi (IRI) 2 3 16 20 2–5 3–5 1–5 5–4 5–1
6  Rubén Hernández (PUR) 0 5 9 25 3–5 1–5 1–5 3–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 239

Round 1 Pool J
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. ZM KHM OM DG SS
1  Zbigniew Matwiejew (POL) 3 1 19 10 Q 5–3 5–2 4–5 5–0
2  Karl-Heinz Müller (AUT) 3 1 18 12 3–5 5–2 5–2 5–3
3  Ole Mørch (NOR) 2 2 14 15 2–5 2–5 5–1 5–4
4  Roger Menghi (LUX) 2 2 13 17 5–4 2–5 1–5 5–3
5  Sutipong Santitevagul (THA) 0 4 10 20 0–5 3–5 4–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 239

Round 1 Pool K
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. GK PB PZW BM TH DC
1  Győző Kulcsár (HUN) 4 1 21 16 Q 5–2 1–5 5–3 5–2 5–4
2  Philippe Boisse (FRA) 4 1 22 17 2–5 5–4 5–4 5–3 5–1
3  Peter Zobl-Wessely (AUT) 3 2 23 17 5–1 4–5 5–3 4–5 5–3
4  Brooke Makler (USA) 2 3 20 16 3–5 4–5 3–5 5–1 5–0
5  Taweewat Hurapan (THA) 2 3 16 19 2–5 3–5 5–4 1–5 5–0
6  Denis Cunningham (HKG) 0 5 8 25 4–5 1–5 3–5 0–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 240

Round 1 Pool L
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. PS JJ CF PR GP CM
1  Paul Szabo (ROU) 5 0 25 9 Q 5–3 5–4 5–1 5–1 5–0
2  Jaroslav Jurka (TCH) 3 2 22 17 3–5 4–5 5–4 5–3 5–0
3  Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) 3 2 21 17 4–5 5–4 2–5 5–1 5–2
4  Philippe Riboud (FRA) 3 2 20 17 1–5 4–5 5–2 5–2 5–3
5  Gilberto Peña (PUR) 1 4 12 22 1–5 3–5 1–5 2–5 5–2
6  Chan Matthew (HKG) 0 5 7 25 0–5 0–5 2–5 3–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 240

Round 2 Pool A
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. CF PS AB KHM OM SA
1  Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) 4 1 25 15 Q 5–2 5–3 5–2 5–5 5–3
2  Paul Szabo (ROU) 4 1 22 16 2–5 5–3 5–4 5–2 5–2
3  Aleksandr Bykov (URS) 3 2 21 17 3–5 3–5 5–3 5–1 5–3
4  Karl-Heinz Müller (AUT) 2 3 19 22 2–5 4–5 3–5 5–3 5–4
5  Ole Mørch (NOR) 1 4 16 22 5–5 2–5 1–5 3–5 5–2
6  Sarkis Assatourian (IRI) 0 5 14 25 3–5 2–5 3–5 4–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 241

Round 2 Pool B
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. RE FS JJ NG TB HL
1  Rolf Edling (SWE) 4 1 25 9 Q 5–5 5–3 5–1 5–0 5–0
2  François Suchanecki (SUI) 4 1 25 19 5–5 5–3 5–4 5–4 5–3
3  Jaroslav Jurka (TCH) 2 3 20 19 3–5 3–5 5–3 4–5 5–1
4  Nicola Granieri (ITA) 2 3 18 21 1–5 4–5 3–5 5–2 5–4
5  Teddy Bourne (GBR) 2 3 16 21 0–5 4–5 5–4 2–5 5–2
6  Herbert Lindner (AUT) 0 5 10 25 0–5 3–5 1–5 4–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 241

Round 2 Pool C
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. AP NI IO NK GB TS
1  Alexander Pusch (FRG) 4 1 23 13 Q 3–5 5–2 5–1 5–4 5–1
2  Nicolae Iorgu (ROU) 3 2 21 18 5–3 2–5 5–3 4–5 5–2
3  István Osztrics (HUN) 3 2 18 19 2–5 5–2 1–5 5–4 5–3
4  Nils Koppang (NOR) 2 3 18 17 1–5 3–5 5–1 4–5 5–1
5  Greg Benko (AUS) 2 3 20 23 4–5 5–4 4–5 5–4 2–5
6  Thierry Soumagne (BEL) 1 4 12 22 1–5 2–5 3–5 1–5 5–2
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 241

Round 2 Pool D
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. RB GF CK JN ZM PZW
1  Reinhold Behr (FRG) 4 1 24 18 Q 5–3 4–5 5–4 5–3 5–3
2  Göran Flodström (SWE) 3 2 23 16 3–5 5–5 5–1 5–4 5–1
3  Christian Kauter (SUI) 3 2 22 17 5–4 5–5 2–5 5–2 5–1
4  Jeppe Normann (NOR) 3 2 20 18 4–5 1–5 5–2 5–4 5–2
5  Zbigniew Matwiejew (POL) 1 4 18 24 3–5 4–5 2–5 4–5 5–4
6  Peter Zobl-Wessely (AUT) 0 5 11 25 3–5 1–5 1–5 2–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 241

Round 2 Pool E
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. BL HJ GK JP DG AP
1  Boris Lukomsky (URS) 4 1 24 14 Q 5–4 4–5 5–2 5–1 5–2
2  Hans Jacobson (SWE) 3 2 22 17 4–5 3–5 5–1 5–3 5–3
3  Győző Kulcsár (HUN) 3 2 20 21 5–4 5–3 3–5 2–5 5–4
4  John Pezza (ITA) 3 2 18 20 2–5 1–5 5–3 5–4 5–3
5  Daniel Giger (SUI) 2 3 18 17 1–5 3–5 5–2 4–5 5–0
6  Anton Pongratz (ROU) 0 5 12 25 2–5 3–5 4–5 3–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 241

Round 2 Pool F
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. HJH PB JJ RJ AA OV
1  Hans-Jürgen Hehn (FRG) 4 1 23 16 Q 5–1 3–5 5–4 5–4 5–2
2  Philippe Boisse (FRA) 4 1 21 18 1–5 5–4 5–3 5–4 5–2
3  Jerzy Janikowski (POL) 3 2 23 20 5–3 4–5 4–5 5–4 5–3
4  Ralph Johnson (GBR) 2 3 21 20 4–5 3–5 5–4 4–5 5–1
5  Aleksandr Abushakhmetov (URS) 2 3 22 22 4–5 4–5 4–5 5–4 5–3
6  Omar Vergara (ARG) 0 5 11 25 2–5 2–5 3–5 1–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 241

Round 3 Pool A
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. IO RB RE PB KHM JN
1  István Osztrics (HUN) 5 0 25 6 Q 5–1 5–2 5–1 5–1 5–1
2  Reinhold Behr (FRG) 4 1 21 15 1–5 5–4 5–2 5–0 5–4
3  Rolf Edling (SWE) 3 2 21 16 2–5 4–5 5–3 5–1 5–2
4  Philippe Boisse (FRA) 2 3 16 22 1–5 2–5 3–5 5–4 5–3
5  Karl-Heinz Müller (AUT) 1 4 11 20 1–5 0–5 1–5 4–5 5–0
6  Jeppe Normann (NOR) 0 5 10 25 1–5 4–5 2–5 3–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 243

Round 3 Pool B
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. NI GK AP GF FS NG
1  Nicolae Iorgu (ROU) 4 1 25 10 Q 5–1 5–1 5–5 5–1 5–2
2  Győző Kulcsár (HUN) 3 2 18 15 1–5 5–1 2–5 5–3 5–1
3  Alexander Pusch (FRG) 3 2 17 15 1–5 1–5 5–3 5–1 5–1
4  Göran Flodström (SWE) 2 3 23 18 5–5 5–2 3–5 5–1 5–5
5  François Suchanecki (SUI) 1 4 11 24 1–5 3–5 1–5 1–5 5–4
6  Nicola Granieri (ITA) 0 5 13 25 2–5 1–5 1–5 5–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 243

Round 3 Pool C
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. JP HJ RJ JJ BL PS
1  John Pezza (ITA) 4 1 25 16 Q 5–5.1 5–4 5–2 5–1 5–4
2  Hans Jacobson (SWE) 4 1 24 17 5.1–5 5–4 4–5 5–1 5–2
3  Ralph Johnson (GBR) 2 3 20 22 4–5 4–5 5.1–5 5–2 2–5
4  Jerzy Janikowski (POL) 2 3 19 23 2–5 5–4 5–5.1 2–5 5–4
5  Boris Lukomsky (URS) 2 3 14 20 1–5 1–5 2–5 5–2 5–3
6  Paul Szabo (ROU) 1 4 18 22 4–5 2–5 5–2 4–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 243

Round 3 Pool D
Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. CK HJH JJ CF NK AB
1  Christian Kauter (SUI) 3 2 22 17 Q 3–5 4–5 5–3 5–1 5–3
2  Hans-Jürgen Hehn (FRG) 3 2 21 18 5–3 5–3 2–5 4–5 5–2
3  Jaroslav Jurka (TCH) 3 2 22 20 5–4 3–5 5–4 5–2 4–5
3  Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) 3 2 22 20 3–5 5–2 4–5 5–4 5–4
5  Nils Koppang (NOR) 2 3 17 23 1–5 5–4 2–5 4–5 5–4
6  Aleksandr Bykov (URS) 1 4 18 24 3–5 2–5 5–4 4–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 243
Winners group 1
Round of 16 Round of 8
 István Osztrics (HUN) 10  
 Ralph Johnson (GBR) 5      István Osztrics (HUN) 10
 John Pezza (ITA) 10      John Pezza (ITA) 6
 Hans-Jürgen Hehn (FRG) 6  
Winners group 2
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Alexander Pusch (FRG) 10  
 Győző Kulcsár (HUN) 5      Alexander Pusch (FRG) 10
 Göran Flodström (SWE) 10      Göran Flodström (SWE) 7
 Nicolae Iorgu (ROU) 10  
Winners group 3
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Rolf Edling (SWE) 10  
 Jaroslav Jurka (TCH) 8      Rolf Edling (SWE) 10
 Philippe Boisse (FRA) 7      Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) 1
 Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) 10  
Winners group 4
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Hans Jacobson (SWE) 10  
 Christian Kauter (SUI) 6      Hans Jacobson (SWE) 7
 Jerzy Janikowski (POL) 10      Jerzy Janikowski (POL) 10
 Reinhold Behr (FRG) 9  
Losers group 1
Round of 4 Round of 4 Round of 2
 Ralph Johnson (GBR) 5  
 Hans-Jürgen Hehn (FRG) 10      Hans-Jürgen Hehn (FRG) 10  
         John Pezza (ITA) 4  
           Hans-Jürgen Hehn (FRG) 10
 Jaroslav Jurka (TCH) 10        Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) 5
 Philippe Boisse (FRA) 10      Philippe Boisse (FRA) 8
         Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) 10    
     
Losers group 2
Round of 4 Round of 4 Round of 2
 Győző Kulcsár (HUN) 10  
 Nicolae Iorgu (ROU) 8      Győző Kulcsár (HUN) 10  
         Hans Jacobson (SWE) 7  
           Győző Kulcsár (HUN) 10
 Christian Kauter (SUI) 6        Göran Flodström (SWE) 4
 Reinhold Behr (FRG) 10      Reinhold Behr (FRG) 2
         Göran Flodström (SWE) 10    
     

Final round

The final pool was closely fought, with all six fencers at either 3–2 or 2–3. The three men who finished with three wins advanced to a barrage to determine the medals, while the three men who had only two wins in the pool were ranked by pool results. In the barrage, Pusch defeated both Kulcsár and Hehn to win the gold medal, with Hehn prevailing over Kulcsár to take silver.

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Qual. AP HJH GK IO JJ RE
1  Alexander Pusch (FRG) 3 2 22 18 B 5–2 3–5 5–2 5–4 4–5
1  Hans-Jürgen Hehn (FRG) 3 2 18 20 2–5 5–4 1–5 5–3 5–3
1  Győző Kulcsár (HUN) 3 2 22 19 5–3 4–5 3–5 5–3 5–3
4  István Osztrics (HUN) 2 3 18 19 2–5 5–1 5–3 4–5 2–5
5  Jerzy Janikowski (POL) 2 3 20 21 4–5 3–5 3–5 5–4 5–2
6  Rolf Edling (SWE) 2 3 18 21 5–4 3–5 3–5 5–2 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 244
Barrage
Pos Fencer W L TF TA AP HJH GK
 Alexander Pusch (FRG) 2 0 10 7 5–3 5–4
 Hans-Jürgen Hehn (FRG) 1 1 9 7 4–5 5–2
 Győző Kulcsár (HUN) 0 2 5 10 3–5 2–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 244

Final classification
FencerCountry
Alexander Pusch West Germany
Hans-Jürgen Hehn West Germany
Győző Kulcsár Hungary
István Osztrics Hungary
Jerzy Janikowski Poland
Rolf Edling Sweden
Csaba Fenyvesi Hungary
Göran Flodström Sweden
Hans Jacobson Sweden
John Pezza Italy
Reinhold Behr West Germany
Philippe Boisse France
Nicolae Iorgu Romania
Christian Kauter Switzerland
Ralph Johnson Great Britain
Jaroslav Jurka Czechoslovakia
Boris Lukomsky Soviet Union
Nils Koppang Norway
Paul Szabo Romania
Aleksandr Bykov Soviet Union
Karl-Heinz Müller Austria
François Suchanecki Switzerland
Nicola Granieri Italy
Jeppe Normann Norway
Daniel Giger Switzerland
Aleksandr Abushakhmetov Soviet Union
Greg Benko Australia
Teddy Bourne Great Britain
Ole Mørch Norway
Zbigniew Matwiejew Poland
Thierry Soumagne Belgium
Sarkis Assatourian Iran
Anton Pongratz Romania
Peter Zobl-Wessely Austria
Omar Vergara Argentina
Herbert Lindner Austria
Philippe Riboud France
Arthur Ribeiro Brazil
Tim Belson Great Britain
Marceli Wiech Poland
Scotty Bozek United States
Daniel Feraud Argentina
Roger Menghi Luxembourg
Brooke Makler United States
Taweewat Hurapan Thailand
Sneh Chousurin Thailand
George Masin United States
Robert Schiel Luxembourg
Iraj Dastgerdi Iran
Jacques La Degaillerie France
Alain Dansereau Canada
George Varaljay Canada
Geza Tatrallyay Canada
Marcello Bertinetti Italy
Gilberto Peña Puerto Rico
Sutipong Santitevagul Thailand
Juan Inostroza Chile
Veikko Salminen Finland
Esfandihar Zarnegar Iran
Kam Roger Hong Kong
Juan Daniel Pirán Argentina
Rubén Hernández Puerto Rico
Denis Cunningham Hong Kong
Chan Matthew Hong Kong

References
  1. "Fencing: 1976 Olympic Results - Men's épée". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
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