Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

The men's team sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 28 to 29, 1988. 53 fencers from 11 nations competed.

Rosters

Bulgaria Khristo Etropolski Vasil Etropolski Nikolay Marincheshki Nikolay Mateev Georgi Chomakov Canada Wulfe Balk Jean-Marie Banos Jean-Paul Banos Bruno Deschênes Tony Plourde China Jia Guihua Wang Ruiji Wang Zhiming Zheng Zhaokang France Philippe Delrieu Franck Ducheix Pierre Guichot Jean-François Lamour Hungary György Nébald Bence Szabó Imre Bujdosó Imre Gedővári László Csongrádi Italy Giovanni Scalzo Marco Marin Gianfranco Dalla Barba Ferdinando Meglio Massimo Cavaliere Poland Marek Gniewkowski Robert Kościelniakowski Andrzej Kostrzewa Janusz Olech Tadeusz Piguła South Korea Kim Sang-Uk Lee Byeong-Nam Lee Hyo-Geun Lee Hyeon-Su Lee Uk-Jae Soviet Union Sergey Mindirgasov Mikhail Burtsev Heorhiy Pohosov Andrey Alshan Sergey Koryazhkin United States Bob Cottingham Paul Friedberg Mike Lofton Steve Mormando Peter Westbrook West Germany Felix Becker Jörg Kempenich Jürgen Nolte Dieter Schneider Stephan Thönnessen

Results

Round 1

Round 1 Pool A

Hungary and France each defeated Bulgaria, 9–2 and 9–3 respectively. The winners then faced off, with Hungary winning 9–4.

Round 1 Pool B

In the first set of matches, Italy beat South Korea 9–2 and West Germany defeated the United States 9–3. The second set saw the winners both win again (securing advancement) and the losers both lose again (resulting in elimination), as Italy prevailed over the United States 9–4 and West Germany won against South Korea 9–1. Finally, Italy took the top spot in the group by beating West Germany 9–5 while South Korea finished last after losing to the United States 9–5.

Round 1 Pool C

In the first set of matches, the Soviet Union beat Canada 9–1 and Poland defeated China 9–1. The second set saw the winners both win again (securing advancement) and the losers both lose again (resulting in elimination), as the Soviet Union prevailed over China 9–1 and Poland won against Canada 9–3. Finally, the Soviet Union took the top spot in the group by beating Poland 9–7 while China finished last after losing to Canada 9–7.

Elimination rounds

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