# Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twentieth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 20 to 21 September 1988. 68 fencers from 29 nations competed. Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by Stefano Cerioni of Italy, the nation's second consecutive and seventh overall (matching France for most all-time) victory in the men's foil. Cerioni was the ninth man to win multiple medals in the event. Udo Wagner earned East Germany's first medal in the event with his silver, while Aleksandr Romankov's bronze put the Soviet Union back on the podium after a one-Games absence caused by the boycott. Romankov also became the third man to win three medals in the event.

## Background

This was the 20th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1908 (when there was a foil display only rather than a medal event). Seven of the eight quarter-finalists from 1984 returned: gold medalist Mauro Numa of Italy, silver medalist Matthias Behr of West Germany, bronze medalist Stefano Cerioni of Italy, and quarterfinal losers Thierry Soumagne of Belgium, Andrea Borella of Italy, Matthias Gey of West Germany, and Philippe Omnès of France. Also returning was Alexandr Romankov of the Soviet Union, who had won silver in 1976 and bronze in 1980 but had not competed in 1984 due to the boycott. Numa, Borella, and Gey had won the three world championships since the 1984 Games; Romankov had won 6 world championships but none since 1983.
Aruba and Indonesia each made their debut in the men's foil. France and the United States each made their 18th appearance, tied for most of any nation; France had missed only the 1904 (with fencers not traveling to St. Louis) and the 1912 (boycotted due to a dispute over rules) foil competitions, while the United States had missed the inaugural 1896 competition and boycotted the 1980 Games altogether.

## Competition format

The 1988 tournament used a three-phase format very similar to that of 1984, though the second phase (double elimination) round expanded from 16 to 32 fencers.
The first phase was a multi-round round-robin pool play format; each fencer in a pool faced each other fencer in that pool once. There were three pool rounds:
* The first round had 12 pools of 5 or 6 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing.
* The second round had 8 pools of 6 fencers each, with the top 5 in each pool advancing.
* The third round had 8 pools of 5 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing.
The second phase was a truncated double-elimination tournament. Four fencers advanced to the final round through the winners brackets and four more advanced via the repechage.
The final phase was a single elimination tournament with a bronze medal match.
Bouts in the round-robin pools were to 5 touches; bouts in the double-elimination and final rounds were to 10 touches.

## Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Tuesday, 20 September 1988 | 8:30 13:00 15:00 | Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 |
| Wednesday, 21 September 1988 | 14:00 | Double elimination round Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze medal match Final |

## Results
### Round 1
#### Round 1 Pool A

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | MG | AMEH | ES | ST | DF |
| 1 | Matthias Gey (FRG) | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | Q | | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Abdel Monem El-Husseini (EGY) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Eric Strand (SWE) | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | Q | 5–4 | 1–5 | | 5–0 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Sergio Turiace (ARG) | 1 | 3 | 9 | 19 | Q | 1–5 | 3–5 | 0–5 | | 5–4 |
| 5 | Douglas Fonseca (BRA) | 0 | 4 | 11 | 20 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 4–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | MB | IM | OK | AE | KAA |
| 1 | Matthias Behr (FRG) | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | Q | | 5–0 | 4–5 | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Ilgar Mamedov (URS) | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | Q | 0–5 | | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Ola Kajbjer (SWE) | 3 | 1 | 16 | 14 | Q | 5–4 | 1–5 | | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Aris Enkelmann (GDR) | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | Q | 1–5 | 0–5 | 4–5 | | 5–0 |
| 5 | Khaled Al-Awadhi (KUW) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 20 | | 3–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 0–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | SC | GNC | PH | LB | SAS |
| 1 | Stefano Cerioni (ITA) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 12 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Go Nak-Chun (KOR) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 14 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Pierre Harper (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | Q | 4–5 | 3–5 | | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Leszek Bandach (POL) | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | Q | 3–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | | 5–1 |
| 5 | Saqer Al-Surayei (KUW) | 0 | 4 | 6 | 20 | | 2–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | US | ZE | PL | KU | TA |
| 1 | Ulrich Schreck (FRG) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Zsolt Érsek (HUN) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Peter Lewison (USA) | 2 | 2 | 12 | 17 | Q | 1–5 | 1–5 | | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Kenichi Umezawa (JPN) | 1 | 3 | 14 | 19 | Q | 4–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–4 |
| 5 | Thomas Åkerberg (SWE) | 0 | 4 | 11 | 20 | | 2–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | 4–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool E

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | MN | JH | MM | AM | KYG | PC |
| 1 | Mauro Numa (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | Q | | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Jens Howe (GDR) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 15 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Mike Marx (USA) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 17 | Q | 5–4 | 3–5 | | 1–5 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Ahmed Mohamed (EGY) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | Q | 3–5 | 2–5 | 5–1 | | 4–5 | 5–0 |
| 5 | Kim Yong-Guk (KOR) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 20 | | 3–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | 5–4 | | 5–1 |
| 6 | Pedro Cornet (PAR) | 0 | 5 | 5 | 25 | | 0–5 | 4–5 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool F

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | BZ | JW | LY | RD | CKS | AT |
| 1 | Bogusław Zych (POL) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 10 | Q | | 4–5 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Joachim Wendt (AUT) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 16 | Q | 5–4 | | 5–2 | 3–5 | 5–0 | 2–5 |
| 3 | Liu Yunhong (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 16 | Q | 2–5 | 2–5 | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Robert Davidson (AUS) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 20 | Q | 2–5 | 5–3 | 4–5 | | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 5 | Choy Kam Shing (HKG) | 1 | 4 | 12 | 21 | | 1–5 | 0–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | | 5–1 |
| 6 | Austin Thomas (ARU) | 1 | 4 | 9 | 22 | | 0–5 | 5–2 | 0–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool G

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | AR | BG | JE | DL | RL | A |
| 1 | Aleksandr Romankov (URS) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 10 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Bill Gosbee (GBR) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Jesús Esperanza (ESP) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 17 | Q | 3–5 | 3–5 | | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Dave Littell (USA) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | Q | 2–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Roberto Lazzarini (BRA) | 1 | 4 | 11 | 21 | | 3–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 0–5 | | 5–1 |
| 6 | Alkindi (INA) | 0 | 5 | 4 | 25 | | 0–5 | 0–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool H

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | PO | RG | AG | YK | AR | SM |
| 1 | Philippe Omnès (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 10 | Q | | 2–5 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Róbert Gátai (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 | Q | 5–2 | | 5–4 | 4–5 | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Andrés García (ESP) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 16 | Q | 1–5 | 4–5 | | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Yoshihiko Kanatsu (JPN) | 3 | 2 | 17 | 17 | Q | 0–5 | 5–4 | 2–5 | | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 5 | Anatol Richter (AUT) | 1 | 4 | 11 | 22 | | 1–5 | 0–5 | 4–5 | 1–5 | | 5–2 |
| 6 | Salman Mohamed (KUW) | 0 | 5 | 8 | 25 | | 3–5 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool I

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | BK | DM | PS | KSP | AM | YWS |
| 1 | Boris Koretsky (URS) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | Q | | 5–2 | 3–5 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Donnie McKenzie (GBR) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Pál Szekeres (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 17 | Q | 5–3 | 2–5 | | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Kim Seung-Pyo (KOR) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 18 | Q | 0–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 5 | Antônio Machado (BRA) | 2 | 3 | 14 | 23 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 1–5 | | 5–4 |
| 6 | Yan Wing-Shean (TPE) | 0 | 5 | 9 | 25 | | 2–5 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool J

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | LB | ZZ | DM | UW | MY | WTF |
| 1 | Laurent Bel (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 | Q | | 5–1 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Zhang Zhicheng (CHN) | 4 | 1 | 21 | 13 | Q | 1–5 | | 5–0 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Benoît Giasson (CAN) | 4 | 1 | 20 | 18 | Q | 5–4 | 0–5 | | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Udo Wagner (GDR) | 2 | 3 | 20 | 17 | Q | 4–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Michel Youssef (LIB) | 1 | 4 | 13 | 21 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 1–5 | | 5–1 |
| 6 | Weng Tak Fung (HKG) | 0 | 5 | 8 | 25 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool K

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | PG | MS | KE | LR | WST | ZEK |
| 1 | Patrick Groc (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 21 | 11 | Q | | 1–5 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Marian Sypniewski (POL) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 11 | Q | 5–1 | | 3–5 | 3–5 | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Koji Emura (JPN) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 16 | Q | 3–5 | 5–3 | | 5–3 | 3–5 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Luc Rocheleau (CAN) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 15 | Q | 1–5 | 5–3 | 3–5 | | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Wang San-Tsai (TPE) | 2 | 3 | 13 | 19 | | 2–5 | 0–5 | 5–3 | 1–5 | | 5–1 |
| 6 | Zahi El-Khoury (LIB) | 0 | 5 | 2 | 25 | | 0–5 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool L

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | AB | LS | TS | SA | JB | LCM |
| 1 | Andrea Borella (ITA) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 12 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Lao Shaopei (CHN) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Thierry Soumagne (BEL) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 15 | Q | 3–5 | 1–5 | | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Stephen Angers (CAN) | 1 | 4 | 15 | 21 | Q | 3–5 | 0–5 | 4–5 | | 5–1 | 3–5 |
| 5 | José Bandeira (POR) | 1 | 4 | 11 | 22 | | 2–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | | 5–2 |
| 6 | Lee Chung Man (HKG) | 1 | 4 | 11 | 23 | | 1–5 | 3–5 | 0–5 | 5–3 | 2–5 | |

### Round 2
#### Round 2 Pool A

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | AR | PS | JH | JE | BG | SA |
| 1 | Aleksandr Romankov (URS) | 4 | 1 | 20 | 16 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–4 | 0–5 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Pál Szekeres (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 23 | 17 | Q | 4–5 | | 4–5 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Jens Howe (GDR) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 17 | Q | 4–5 | 5–4 | | 5–0 | 3–5 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Jesús Esperanza (ESP) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | Q | 5–0 | 3–5 | 0–5 | | 5–4 | 5–0 |
| 5 | Benoît Giasson (CAN) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 22 | Q | 3–5 | 1–5 | 5–3 | 4–5 | | 5–4 |
| 6 | Stephen Angers (CAN) | 0 | 5 | 10 | 25 | | 0–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 0–5 | 4–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool A

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | SC | MG | PG | AE | TS | RD |
| 1 | Stefano Cerioni (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 11 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 4–5 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Matthias Gey (FRG) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 19 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Patrick Groc (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 19 | Q | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Aris Enkelmann (GDR) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 20 | Q | 1–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | | 3–5 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Thierry Soumagne (BEL) | 2 | 3 | 20 | 22 | Q | 5–4 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 5–3 | | 3–5 |
| 6 | Robert Davidson (AUS) | 1 | 4 | 11 | 23 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 5–3 | |

#### Round 2 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | ZZ | MM | ST | AG | MB | AB |
| 1 | Zhang Zhicheng (CHN) | 4 | 1 | 20 | 16 | Q | | 5–2 | 0–5 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Mike Marx (USA) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 16 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 2–5 |
| 3 | Sergio Turiace (ARG) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | Q | 5–0 | 2–5 | | 4–5 | 5–1 | 2–5 |
| 4 | Andrés García (ESP) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 19 | Q | 3–5 | 1–5 | 5–4 | | 3–5 | 5–0 |
| 5 | Matthias Behr (FRG) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 21 | Q | 4–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 5–3 | | 5–3 |
| 6 | Andrea Borella (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 19 | | 2–5 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 0–5 | 3–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | ZE | US | MN | JW | LY | KU |
| 1 | Zsolt Érsek (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 18 | Q | | 3–5 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Ulrich Schreck (FRG) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 15 | Q | 5–3 | | 3–5 | 3–5 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Mauro Numa (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 18 | Q | 3–5 | 5–3 | | 5–3 | 2–5 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Joachim Wendt (AUT) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 20 | Q | 3–5 | 5–3 | 3–5 | | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 5 | Liu Yunhong (CHN) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 18 | Q | 3–5 | 1–5 | 5–2 | 4–5 | | 5–1 |
| 6 | Kenichi Umezawa (JPN) | 0 | 5 | 11 | 25 | | 4–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | SC | MG | PG | AE | TS | RD |
| 1 | Stefano Cerioni (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 11 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 4–5 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Matthias Gey (FRG) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 19 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Patrick Groc (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 19 | Q | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Aris Enkelmann (GDR) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 20 | Q | 1–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | | 3–5 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Thierry Soumagne (BEL) | 2 | 3 | 20 | 22 | Q | 5–4 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 5–3 | | 3–5 |
| 6 | Robert Davidson (AUS) | 1 | 4 | 11 | 23 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 5–3 | |

#### Round 2 Pool E

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | BZ | IM | DM | LR | KSP | YK |
| 1 | Bogusław Zych (POL) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 16 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Ilgar Mamedov (URS) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 17 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Donnie McKenzie (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 21 | 19 | Q | 3–5 | 4–5 | | 4–5 | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Luc Rocheleau (CAN) | 2 | 3 | 22 | 20 | Q | 4–5 | 4–5 | 5–4 | | 4–5 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Kim Seung-Pyo (KOR) | 2 | 3 | 13 | 19 | Q | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 5–4 | | 5–0 |
| 6 | Yoshihiko Kanatsu (JPN) | 0 | 5 | 11 | 25 | | 4–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 0–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool F

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | LB | BK | KE | AMEH | PH | DL |
| 1 | Laurent Bel (FRA) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 12 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Boris Koretsky (URS) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 17 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Koji Emura (JPN) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 19 | Q | 3–5 | 4–5 | | 5–2 | 2–5 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Abdel Monem El-Husseini (EGY) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 20 | Q | 2–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Pierre Harper (GBR) | 1 | 4 | 14 | 22 | Q | 1–5 | 1–5 | 5–2 | 4–5 | | 3–5 |
| 6 | Dave Littell (USA) | 1 | 4 | 14 | 23 | | 2–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 5–3 | |

#### Round 2 Pool G

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | LB | PO | BG | OK | PL | GNC |
| 1 | Leszek Bandach (POL) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 15 | Q | | 5–1 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Philippe Omnès (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 17 | 17 | Q | 1–5 | | 5–2 | 1–5 | 5–2 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Bill Gosbee (GBR) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 21 | Q | 5–4 | 2–5 | | 5–3 | 5–4 | 3–5 |
| 4 | Ola Kajbjer (SWE) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 18 | Q | 5–2 | 5–1 | 3–5 | | 2–5 | 3–5 |
| 5 | Peter Lewison (USA) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 19 | Q | 2–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 5–2 | | 5–2 |
| 6 | Go Nak-Chun (KOR) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 21 | | 2–5 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 2–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool H

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | RG | ES | MS | UW | LS | AM |
| 1 | Róbert Gátai (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 15 | Q | | 5–4 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Eric Strand (SWE) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 17 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Marian Sypniewski (POL) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 18 | Q | 5–2 | 2–5 | | 3–5 | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Udo Wagner (GDR) | 2 | 3 | 21 | 21 | Q | 3–5 | 4–5 | 5–3 | | 4–5 | 5–3 |
| 5 | Lao Shaopei (CHN) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 23 | Q | 1–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 5–4 | | 5–4 |
| 6 | Ahmed Mohamed (EGY) | 0 | 5 | 14 | 25 | | 2–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | |

### Round 3
#### Round 3 Pool A

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | AE | MS | LB | AG | MM |
| 1 | Aris Enkelmann (GDR) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Marian Sypniewski (POL) | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Laurent Bel (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | Q | 3–5 | 2–5 | | 5–2 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Andrés García (ESP) | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | Q | 1–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | | 5–1 |
| 5 | Mike Marx (USA) | 0 | 4 | 13 | 20 | | 4–5 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 3 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | PL | MN | BZ | TS | JE |
| 1 | Peter Lewison (USA) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | Q | | 3–5 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Mauro Numa (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | Q | 5–3 | | 5–4 | 4–5 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Bogusław Zych (POL) | 2 | 2 | 18 | 15 | Q | 4–5 | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Thierry Soumagne (BEL) | 1 | 3 | 12 | 19 | Q | 1–5 | 5–4 | 3–5 | | 3–5 |
| 5 | Jesús Esperanza (ESP) | 1 | 3 | 7 | 18 | | 0–5 | 0–5 | 2–5 | 5–3 | |

#### Round 3 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | SC | UW | PS | MG | AMEH |
| 1 | Stefano Cerioni (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 19 | 13 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 4–5 |
| 2 | Udo Wagner (GDR) | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 3–5 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Pál Szekeres (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | Q | 1–5 | 3–5 | | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Matthias Gey (FRG) | 2 | 2 | 14 | 16 | Q | 3–5 | 5–3 | 1–5 | | 5–3 |
| 5 | Abdel Monem El-Husseini (EGY) | 1 | 3 | 8 | 19 | | 5–4 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 3–5 | |

#### Round 3 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | RG | KE | MB | JH | PG |
| 1 | Róbert Gátai (HUN) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–3 | 3–5 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Koji Emura (JPN) | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Matthias Behr (FRG) | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | Q | 3–5 | 4–5 | | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Jens Howe (GDR) | 2 | 2 | 13 | 13 | Q | 5–3 | 2–5 | 1–5 | | 5–0 |
| 5 | Patrick Groc (FRA) | 0 | 4 | 6 | 20 | | 3–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 0–5 | |

#### Round 3 Pool E

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | IM | US | JW | BG | OK |
| 1 | Ilgar Mamedov (URS) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–4 | 3–5 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Ulrich Schreck (FRG) | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Joachim Wendt (AUT) | 2 | 2 | 18 | 15 | Q | 4–5 | 4–5 | | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Benoît Giasson (CAN) | 1 | 3 | 15 | 18 | Q | 5–3 | 2–5 | 4–5 | | 4–5 |
| 5 | Ola Kajbjer (SWE) | 1 | 3 | 10 | 19 | | 2–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 5–4 | |

#### Round 3 Pool F

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | PO | AR | LY | KSP | ES |
| 1 | Philippe Omnès (FRA) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2 | Q | | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Aleksandr Romankov (URS) | 3 | 1 | 16 | 17 | Q | 1–5 | | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Liu Yunhong (CHN) | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | Q | 0–5 | 4–5 | | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Kim Seung-Pyo (KOR) | 1 | 3 | 11 | 18 | Q | 1–5 | 4–5 | 1–5 | | 5–3 |
| 5 | Eric Strand (SWE) | 0 | 4 | 9 | 20 | | 0–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | |

#### Round 3 Pool G

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | BG | BK | LB | LR | LS |
| 1 | Bill Gosbee (GBR) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 11 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Boris Koretsky (URS) | 3 | 1 | 17 | 15 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Leszek Bandach (POL) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 15 | Q | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Luc Rocheleau (CAN) | 1 | 3 | 17 | 19 | Q | 4–5 | 4–5 | 4–5 | | 5–4 |
| 5 | Lao Shaopei (CHN) | 0 | 4 | 11 | 20 | | 3–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | |

#### Round 3 Pool H

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | ZE | ZZ | PH | DM | ST |
| 1 | Zsolt Érsek (HUN) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 6 | Q | | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–3 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Zhang Zhicheng (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | Q | 0–5 | | 5–0 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Pierre Harper (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | Q | 0–5 | 0–5 | | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Donnie McKenzie (GBR) | 1 | 3 | 13 | 18 | Q | 3–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–3 |
| 5 | Sergio Turiace (ARG) | 0 | 4 | 8 | 20 | | 3–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | |

### Double elimination rounds
#### Winners brackets
##### Winners group 1

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Zsolt Érsek (HUN) | 10 | | | | |
| Pierre Harper (GBR) | 5 | Zsolt Érsek (HUN) | 10 | | |
| Peter Lewison (USA) | 10 | Peter Lewison (USA) | 7 | | |
| Marian Sypniewski (POL) | 6 | | | Zsolt Érsek (HUN) | 7 |
| Boris Koretsky (URS) | 5 | | | Udo Wagner (GDR) | 10 |
| Udo Wagner (GDR) | 10 | Udo Wagner (GDR) | 10 | | |
| Matthias Behr (FRG) | 10 | Matthias Behr (FRG) | 8 | | |
| Zhang Zhicheng (CHN) | 4 | | | | |

##### Winners group 2

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Róbert Gátai (HUN) | 10 | | | | |
| Benoît Giasson (CAN) | 6 | Róbert Gátai (HUN) | 8 | | |
| Joachim Wendt (AUT) | 2 | Aleksandr Romankov (URS) | 10 | | |
| Aleksandr Romankov (URS) | 10 | | | Aleksandr Romankov (URS) | 7 |
| Mauro Numa (ITA) | 10 | | | Mauro Numa (ITA) | 10 |
| Koji Emura (JPN) | 6 | Mauro Numa (ITA) | 10 | | |
| Andrés García (ESP) | 8 | Laurent Bel (FRA) | 5 | | |
| Laurent Bel (FRA) | 10 | | | | |

##### Winners group 3

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Philippe Omnès (FRA) | 10 | | | | |
| Thierry Soumagne (BEL) | 8 | Philippe Omnès (FRA) | 9 | | |
| Leszek Bandach (POL) | 5 | Aris Enkelmann (GDR) | 10 | | |
| Aris Enkelmann (GDR) | 10 | | | Aris Enkelmann (GDR) | 9 |
| Ulrich Schreck (FRG) | 10 | | | Ulrich Schreck (FRG) | 10 |
| Liu Yunhong (CHN) | 5 | Ulrich Schreck (FRG) | 10 | | |
| Donnie McKenzie (GBR) | 5 | Ilgar Mamedov (URS) | 7 | | |
| Ilgar Mamedov (URS) | 10 | | | | |

##### Winners group 4

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Bogusław Zych (POL) | 10 | | | | |
| Luc Rocheleau (CAN) | 3 | Bogusław Zych (POL) | 7 | | |
| Matthias Gey (FRG) | 10 | Matthias Gey (FRG) | 10 | | |
| Bill Gosbee (GBR) | 7 | | | Matthias Gey (FRG) | 10 |
| Pál Szekeres (HUN) | 8 | | | Jens Howe (GDR) | 6 |
| Jens Howe (GDR) | 10 | Jens Howe (GDR) | 10 | | |
| Kim Seung-Pyo (KOR) | 10 | Kim Seung-Pyo (KOR) | 5 | | |
| Stefano Cerioni (ITA) | 7 | | | | |

#### Repechages
##### Repechage 1

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 |
| Pierre Harper (GBR) | 10 | | | | | | |
| Marian Sypniewski (POL) | 9 | Pierre Harper (GBR) | 6 | | | | |
| | | Philippe Omnès (FRA) | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | Philippe Omnès (FRA) | 10 | | |
| Boris Koretsky (URS) | 10 | | | Boris Koretsky (URS) | 9 | | |
| Zhang Zhicheng (CHN) | 8 | Boris Koretsky (URS) | 10 | | | | |
| | | Kim Seung-Pyo (KOR) | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Philippe Omnès (FRA) | 6 |
| | | | | | | Jens Howe (GDR) | 10 |

##### Repechage 2

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 |
| Benoît Giasson (CAN) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Joachim Wendt (AUT) | 10 | Joachim Wendt (AUT) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Bogusław Zych (POL) | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | Bogusław Zych (POL) | 7 | | |
| Liu Yunhong (CHN) | 10 | | | Ilgar Mamedov (URS) | 10 | | |
| Donnie McKenzie (GBR) | 9 | Liu Yunhong (CHN) | 6 | | | | |
| | | Ilgar Mamedov (URS) | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ilgar Mamedov (URS) | 7 |
| | | | | | | Zsolt Érsek (HUN) | 10 |

##### Repechage 3

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 |
| Koji Emura (JPN) | 10 | | | | | | |
| Andrés García (ESP) | 9 | Koji Emura (JPN) | 8 | | | | |
| | | Peter Lewison (USA) | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | Peter Lewison (USA) | 10 | | |
| Luc Rocheleau (CAN) | 10 | | | Róbert Gátai (HUN) | 8 | | |
| Bill Gosbee (GBR) | 6 | Luc Rocheleau (CAN) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Róbert Gátai (HUN) | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Peter Lewison (USA) | 1 |
| | | | | | | Aleksandr Romankov (URS) | 10 |

##### Repechage 4

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 |
| Thierry Soumagne (BEL) | 10 | | | | | | |
| Leszek Bandach (POL) | 7 | Thierry Soumagne (BEL) | 8 | | | | |
| | | Laurent Bel (FRA) | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | Laurent Bel (FRA) | 4 | | |
| Pál Szekeres (HUN) | 4 | | | Stefano Cerioni (ITA) | 10 | | |
| Stefano Cerioni (ITA) | 10 | Stefano Cerioni (ITA) | 10 | | | | |
| | | Matthias Behr (FRG) | 8 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Stefano Cerioni (ITA) | 10 |
| | | | | | | Aris Enkelmann (GDR) | 8 |

### Final round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Ulrich Schreck (FRG) | 10 | | | | |
| Jens Howe (GDR) | 7 | | | | |
| Jens Howe (GDR) | 7 | Ulrich Schreck (FRG) | 8 | | |
| | | Udo Wagner (GDR) | 10 | | |
| Zsolt Érsek (HUN) | 5 | Udo Wagner (GDR) | 10 | | |
| Udo Wagner (GDR) | 10 | | | | |
| Udo Wagner (GDR) | 10 | | | Udo Wagner (GDR) | 7 |
| | | | | Stefano Cerioni (ITA) | 10 |
| Matthias Gey (FRG) | 8 | | | | | Stefano Cerioni (ITA) | 10 |
| Stefano Cerioni (ITA) | 10 | | |
| Stefano Cerioni (ITA) | 10 | Stefano Cerioni (ITA) | 10 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Aleksandr Romankov (URS) | 5 |
| Aleksandr Romankov (URS) | 11 | Aleksandr Romankov (URS) | 5 | Ulrich Schreck (FRG) | 8 |
| Mauro Numa (ITA) | 9 | | | Aleksandr Romankov (URS) | 10 |

## Final classification

| Fencer | Nation |
| Stefano Cerioni | Italy |
| Udo Wagner | East Germany |
| Aleksandr Romankov | Soviet Union |
| Ulrich Schreck | West Germany |
| Zsolt Érsek | Hungary |
| Mauro Numa | Italy |
| Jens Howe | East Germany |
| Matthias Gey | West Germany |
| Philippe Omnès | France |
| Ilgar Mamedov | Soviet Union |
| Aris Enkelmann | East Germany |
| Peter Lewison | United States |
| Laurent Bel | France |
| Róbert Gátai | Hungary |
| Bogusław Zych | Poland |
| Boris Koretsky | Soviet Union |
| Koji Emura | Japan |
| Benny Wendt | Austria |
| Matthias Behr | West Germany |
| Liu Yunhong | China |
| Luc Rocheleau | Canada |
| Thierry Soumagne | Belgium |
| Pierre Harper | Great Britain |
| Kim Seung-Pyo | South Korea |
| Zhang Zhicheng | China |
| Bill Gosbee | Great Britain |
| Marian Sypniewski | Poland |
| Pál Szekeres | Hungary |
| Leszek Bandach | Poland |
| Donnie McKenzie | Great Britain |
| Benoît Giasson | Canada |
| Andrés García | Spain |
| Ola Kajbjer | Sweden |
| Jesús Esperanza | Spain |
| Abdel Monem El-Husseini | Egypt |
| Mike Marx | United States |
| Lao Shaopei | China |
| Eric Strand | Sweden |
| Sergio Turiace | Argentina |
| Patrick Groc | France |
| Andrea Borella | Italy |
| Go Nak-Chun | South Korea |
| Dave Littell | United States |
| Robert Davidson | Australia |
| Ahmed Mohamed | Egypt |
| Kenichi Umezawa | Japan |
| Yoshihiko Kanatsu | Japan |
| Stephen Angers | Canada |
| Kim Yong-Guk | South Korea |
| Wang San-Tsai | Chinese Taipei |
| Antônio Machado | Brazil |
| Michel Youssef | Lebanon |
| Choy Kam Shing | Hong Kong |
| Roberto Lazzarini | Brazil |
| Anatol Richter | Austria |
| José Bandeira | Portugal |
| Lee Chung Man | Hong Kong |
| Austin Thomas | Aruba |
| Douglas Fonseca | Brazil |
| Thomas Åkerberg | Sweden |
| Saqer Al-Surayei | Kuwait |
| Khaled Al-Awadhi | Kuwait |
| Yan Wing-Shean | Chinese Taipei |
| Salman Mohamed | Kuwait |
| Weng Tak Fung | Hong Kong |
| Pedro Cornet | Paraguay |
| Alkindi | Indonesia |
| Zahi El-Khoury | Lebanon |