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Men's team épée at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Fernando Montes de Oca Fencing Hall
Dates	24 – 25 October
Competitors	91 from 20 nations
Medalists
Zoltán Nemere Győző Kulcsár Pál B. Nagy Csaba Fenyvesi Pál Schmitt  Hungary Grigory Kriss Viktor Modzolevsky Iosif Vitebsky Aleksey Nikanchikov Yury Smolyakov  Soviet Union Bohdan Andrzejewski Michał Butkiewicz Bogdan Gonsior Henryk Nielaba Kazimierz Barburski  Poland
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Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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The men's team épée 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 24 to 25 October 1968. 91 fencers from 20 nations competed. For the first time in 60 years, Italy failed to finish in the top three positions.

Rosters

Results

Round 1

Pool A

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		URS	ITA	USA	POR
1	Soviet Union	3	0	33	11	Q			10–4	10–5	13–2
2	Italy	2	1	29	17			4–10		10–6	15–1
3	United States	0	2	11	20			5–10	6–10
4	Portugal	0	2	3	28			2–13	1–15

Pool B

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		HUN	AUT	MEX	AUS
1	Hungary	3	0	33	9	Q			8–3	11–4	14–2
2	Austria	2	1	25	18			3–8		10–6	12–4
3	Mexico	1	2	18	28			4–11	6–10		8–7
4	Australia	0	3	13	34			2–14	4–12	7–8

Pool C

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		POL	GDR	CAN	ARG
1	Poland	3	0	35	13	Q			9–7	10–6	16–0
2	East Germany	2	1	34	14			7–9		14–2	13–3
3	Canada	0	2	8	24			6–10	2–14
4	Argentina	0	2	3	29			0–16	3–13

Pool D

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		FRG	SWE	SUI	IRL
1	West Germany	3	0	35	8	Q			9–2	11–5	15–1
2	Sweden	2	1	26	16			2–9		11–4	13–3
3	Switzerland	0	2	9	22			5–11	4–11
4	Ireland	0	2	4	28			1–15	3–13

Pool E

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.		GBR	FRA	BRA	CUB
1	Great Britain	3	0	33	12	Q			9–4	10–6	14–2
2	France	2	1	30	14			4–9		13–3	13–2
3	Brazil	0	2	9	23			6–10	3–13
4	Cuba	0	2	4	27			2–14	2–13

Elimination rounds

Main bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A2

Italy

8

B2

Austria

2

A2

Italy

0

A1

Soviet Union

7

A1

Soviet Union

9

D1

West Germany

3

D1

West Germany

9

E1

Great Britain

5

A1

Soviet Union

4

B1

Hungary

7

C2

East Germany

8 (58)

D2

Sweden

8 (59)

C2

East Germany

3

B1

Hungary

9

B1

Hungary

9

C1

Poland

5

Bronze

C1

Poland

9

D1

West Germany

6

E2

France

7

C1

Poland

9

Consolation

	Consol. semifinals					5th/6th
	A2	Italy	9
	E1	Great Britain	4
						A2	Italy	6
						C2	East Germany	9
	C2	East Germany	8
	E2	France	4

Final ranking

Rank	Nation
	Hungary
	Soviet Union
	Poland
4	West Germany
5	East Germany
6	Italy
7	France
	Great Britain
9	Austria
	Sweden
11	Brazil
	Canada
	Mexico
	Switzerland
	United States
16	Argentina
	Australia
	Cuba
	Ireland
	Portugal

References

1. "Fencing: 1968 Olympic Results - Men's team épée". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
2. Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 258. ISBN 0140066322.

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