# 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 22 to 23 July 1976. 64 fencers from 26 nations competed. Each nation was limited to 3 fencers. The event came down to a three-way barrage among the medalists, with two West German fencers joining Győző Kulcsár of Hungary (who had previously won gold in 1968 and bronze in 1972) in this tie-breaker fencing session. Alexander Pusch won against both opponents in the barrage to take gold, with Hans-Jürgen Hehn defeating Kulcsár for silver. The medals were the first for West Germany in the men's individual épée. Kulcsár's bronze made him the second man to earn three medals in the event (Edoardo Mangiarotti in 1948–1956, also with a gold and two bronzes, was the first).

## Background

This was the 17th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (with only foil and sabre events held) but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900.
Five of the six finalists (including the three medalists) from the 1972 Games returned: gold medalist Csaba Fenyvesi of Hungary, silver medalist Jacques Ladègaillerie of France, bronze medalist (and 1968 gold medalist) Győző Kulcsár of Hungary, fourth-place finisher Anton Pongratz of Romania, and fifth-place finisher Rolf Edling of Sweden. The previous four years had seen the rise of Sweden and West Germany in the event; Edling had won the 1973 and 1974 World Championships; Alexander Pusch of West Germany was the reigning (1975) World Champion.
Thailand made its debut in the event. The United States appeared for the 16th time, most among nations, having missed only the 1908 edition of the event.

## 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.
* Round 1: 12 pools of 5 or 6 fencers each. The top 3 in each pool (36 total) advanced.
* Round 2: 6 pools of 6 fencers each. The top 4 in each pool (24 total) advanced.
* Round 3: 4 pools of 6 fencers each. The top 4 in each pool (16 total) advanced.
* Elimination rounds: A double-elimination tournament. The 4 fencers who won in both of the first two rounds advanced, as did the 2 fencers who reached the end of the repechage.
* Final round: 1 pool of 6 fencers.

## Schedule

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Thursday, 22 July 1976 | 8:30 11:00 15:00 18:00 | Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Elimination rounds |
| Friday, 23 July 1976 | 18:00 | Final |

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

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | 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 | Q | 1–5 | | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| 3 | John Pezza (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | Q | 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 | |

#### Round 1 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | 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 | Q | 5–2 | | 5–3 | 4–5 | 4–5 |
| 3 | Hans-Jürgen Hehn (FRG) | 2 | 2 | 14 | 12 | Q | 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 | |

#### Round 1 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | 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 | Q | 2–5 | | 3–5 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Nicola Granieri (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | Q | 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 | |

#### Round 1 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | HL | JJ | GB | JL | 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 | Q | 0–5 | | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Greg Benko (AUS) | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | Q | 5–2 | 3–5 | | 5–5 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Jacques Ladègaillerie (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 | |

#### Round 1 Pool E

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | 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 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–5 | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Abushakhmetov (URS) | 2 | 2 | 20 | 16 | Q | 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 | |

#### Round 1 Pool F

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | 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 | Q | 5–1 | | 5–4 | 2–5 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Göran Flodström (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 17 | 15 | Q | 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 | |

#### Round 1 Pool G

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | 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 | Q | 5–1 | | 1–5 | 5–4 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Rolf Edling (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 17 | 11 | Q | 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 | |

#### Round 1 Pool H

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | 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 | Q | 5–3 | | 4–5 | 3–5 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Sarkis Assatourian (IRI) | 3 | 2 | 17 | 20 | Q | 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 | |

#### Round 1 Pool I

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | 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 | Q | 5–4 | | 5–4 | 4–5 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Daniel Giger (SUI) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 16 | Q | 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 | |

#### Round 1 Pool J

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | 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 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Ole Mørch (NOR) | 2 | 2 | 14 | 15 | Q | 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 | |

#### Round 1 Pool K

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | 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 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Peter Zobl-Wessely (AUT) | 3 | 2 | 23 | 17 | Q | 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 | |

#### Round 1 Pool L

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | 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 | Q | 3–5 | | 4–5 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 17 | Q | 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 | |

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

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | 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 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Bykov (URS) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 17 | Q | 3–5 | 3–5 | | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Karl-Heinz Müller (AUT) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 22 | Q | 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 | |

#### Round 2 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | 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 | Q | 5–5 | | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Jaroslav Jurka (TCH) | 2 | 3 | 20 | 19 | Q | 3–5 | 3–5 | | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Nicola Granieri (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 21 | Q | 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 | |

#### Round 2 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | 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 | Q | 5–3 | | 2–5 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–2 |
| 3 | István Osztrics (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 19 | Q | 2–5 | 5–2 | | 1–5 | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Nils Koppang (NOR) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 17 | Q | 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 | |

#### Round 2 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | 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 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–5 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Christian Kauter (SUI) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 17 | Q | 5–4 | 5–5 | | 2–5 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Jeppe Normann (NOR) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 18 | Q | 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 | |

#### Round 2 Pool E

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | 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 | Q | 4–5 | | 3–5 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Győző Kulcsár (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 21 | Q | 5–4 | 5–3 | | 3–5 | 2–5 | 5–4 |
| 4 | John Pezza (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 20 | Q | 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 | |

#### Round 2 Pool F

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | 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 | Q | 1–5 | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Jerzy Janikowski (POL) | 3 | 2 | 23 | 20 | Q | 5–3 | 4–5 | | 4–5 | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Ralph Johnson (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 21 | 20 | Q | 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 | |

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

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | 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 | Q | 1–5 | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Rolf Edling (SWE) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 16 | Q | 2–5 | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Philippe Boisse (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 22 | Q | 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 | |

#### Round 3 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | 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 | Q | 1–5 | | 5–1 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Alexander Pusch (FRG) | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | Q | 1–5 | 1–5 | | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Göran Flodström (SWE) | 2 | 3 | 23 | 18 | Q | 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 | |

#### Round 3 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | 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 | Q | 5.1–5 | | 5–4 | 4–5 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Ralph Johnson (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 20 | 22 | Q | 4–5 | 4–5 | | 5.1–5 | 5–2 | 2–5 |
| 4 | Jerzy Janikowski (POL) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 23 | Q | 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 | |

#### Round 3 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | 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 | Q | 5–3 | | 5–3 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Jaroslav Jurka (TCH) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 20 | Q | 5–4 | 3–5 | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 4–5 |
| 3 | Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 20 | Q | 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 | |

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

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| István Osztrics (HUN) | István Osztrics (HUN) | 10 | | | |
| Ralph Johnson (GBR) | Ralph Johnson (GBR) | 5 | István Osztrics (HUN) | István Osztrics (HUN) | 10 |
| John Pezza (ITA) | John Pezza (ITA) | 10 | John Pezza (ITA) | John Pezza (ITA) | 6 |
| Hans-Jürgen Hehn (FRG) | Hans-Jürgen Hehn (FRG) | 6 | | | |

##### Winners group 2

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Alexander Pusch (FRG) | Alexander Pusch (FRG) | 10 | | | |
| Győző Kulcsár (HUN) | Győző Kulcsár (HUN) | 5 | Alexander Pusch (FRG) | Alexander Pusch (FRG) | 10 |
| Göran Flodström (SWE) | Göran Flodström (SWE) | 10 | Göran Flodström (SWE) | Göran Flodström (SWE) | 7 |
| Nicolae Iorgu (ROU) | Nicolae Iorgu (ROU) | 10 | | | |

##### Winners group 3

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Rolf Edling (SWE) | Rolf Edling (SWE) | 10 | | | |
| Jaroslav Jurka (TCH) | Jaroslav Jurka (TCH) | 8 | Rolf Edling (SWE) | Rolf Edling (SWE) | 10 |
| Philippe Boisse (FRA) | Philippe Boisse (FRA) | 7 | Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | 1 |
| Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | 10 | | | |

##### Winners group 4

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Hans Jacobson (SWE) | Hans Jacobson (SWE) | 10 | | | |
| Christian Kauter (SUI) | Christian Kauter (SUI) | 6 | Hans Jacobson (SWE) | Hans Jacobson (SWE) | 7 |
| Jerzy Janikowski (POL) | Jerzy Janikowski (POL) | 10 | Jerzy Janikowski (POL) | Jerzy Janikowski (POL) | 10 |
| Reinhold Behr (FRG) | Reinhold Behr (FRG) | 9 | | | |

#### Losers brackets
##### Losers group 1

| Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 |
| Ralph Johnson (GBR) | Ralph Johnson (GBR) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Hans-Jürgen Hehn (FRG) | Hans-Jürgen Hehn (FRG) | 10 | Hans-Jürgen Hehn (FRG) | Hans-Jürgen Hehn (FRG) | 10 | | | |
| | | | John Pezza (ITA) | John Pezza (ITA) | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | Hans-Jürgen Hehn (FRG) | Hans-Jürgen Hehn (FRG) | 10 |
| Jaroslav Jurka (TCH) | Jaroslav Jurka (TCH) | 10 | | | | Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | 5 |
| Philippe Boisse (FRA) | Philippe Boisse (FRA) | 10 | Philippe Boisse (FRA) | Philippe Boisse (FRA) | 8 | | | |
| | | | Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | 10 | | | |

##### Losers group 2

| Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 |
| Győző Kulcsár (HUN) | Győző Kulcsár (HUN) | 10 | | | | | | |
| Nicolae Iorgu (ROU) | Nicolae Iorgu (ROU) | 8 | Győző Kulcsár (HUN) | Győző Kulcsár (HUN) | 10 | | | |
| | | | Hans Jacobson (SWE) | Hans Jacobson (SWE) | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | Győző Kulcsár (HUN) | Győző Kulcsár (HUN) | 10 |
| Christian Kauter (SUI) | Christian Kauter (SUI) | 6 | | | | Göran Flodström (SWE) | Göran Flodström (SWE) | 4 |
| Reinhold Behr (FRG) | Reinhold Behr (FRG) | 10 | Reinhold Behr (FRG) | Reinhold Behr (FRG) | 2 | | | |
| | | | Göran Flodström (SWE) | 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 | Notes | 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 | B | 2–5 | | 5–4 | 1–5 | 5–3 | 5–3 |
| 1 | Győző Kulcsár (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 19 | B | 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 | |

#### Barrage

| 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 | |

## Final classification

| Rank | Fencer | Nation |
| 1 | Alexander Pusch | West Germany |
| 2 | Hans-Jürgen Hehn | West Germany |
| 3 | Győző Kulcsár | Hungary |
| 4 | István Osztrics | Hungary |
| 5 | Jerzy Janikowski | Poland |
| 6 | Rolf Edling | Sweden |
| 7 | Csaba Fenyvesi | Hungary |
| 7 | Göran Flodström | Sweden |
| 9 | Hans Jacobson | Sweden |
| 9 | John Pezza | Italy |
| 9 | Reinhold Behr | West Germany |
| 9 | Philippe Boisse | France |
| 13 | Nicolae Iorgu | Romania |
| 13 | Christian Kauter | Switzerland |
| 13 | Ralph Johnson | Great Britain |
| 13 | Jaroslav Jurka | Czechoslovakia |
| 17 | Nils Koppang | Norway |
| 18 | Boris Lukomsky | Soviet Union |
| 19 | Paul Szabo | Romania |
| 20 | Aleksandr Bykov | Soviet Union |
| 21 | Karl-Heinz Müller | Austria |
| 22 | François Suchanecki | Switzerland |
| 23 | Nicola Granieri | Italy |
| 24 | Jeppe Normann | Norway |
| 25 | Daniel Giger | Switzerland |
| 26 | Aleksandr Abushakhmetov | Soviet Union |
| 27 | Greg Benko | Australia |
| 28 | Teddy Bourne | Great Britain |
| 29 | Zbigniew Matwiejew | Poland |
| 30 | Ole Mørch | Norway |
| 31 | Thierry Soumagne | Belgium |
| 32 | Sarkis Assatourian | Iran |
| 33 | Anton Pongratz | Romania |
| 34 | Peter Zobl-Wessely | Austria |
| 34 | Omar Vergara | Argentina |
| 36 | Herbert Lindner | Austria |
| 37 | Philippe Riboud | France |
| 38 | Brooke Makler | United States |
| 39 | Arthur Ribeiro | Brazil |
| 40 | Tim Belson | Great Britain |
| 41 | Marceli Wiech | Poland |
| 42 | Scotty Bozek | United States |
| 43 | Robert Schiel | Luxembourg |
| 44 | George Masin | United States |
| 44 | Sneh Chousurin | Thailand |
| 46 | Taweewat Hurapan | Thailand |
| 47 | Iraj Dastgerdi | Iran |
| 48 | Roger Menghi | Luxembourg |
| 49 | Daniel Feraud | Argentina |
| 50 | Jacques Ladègaillerie | France |
| 51 | George Varaljay | Canada |
| 52 | Marcello Bertinetti | Italy |
| 53 | Alain Dansereau | Canada |
| 54 | Gilberto Peña | Puerto Rico |
| 55 | Geza Tatrallyay | Canada |
| 56 | Sutipong Santitevagul | Thailand |
| 57 | Juan Inostroza | Chile |
| 58 | Veikko Salminen | Finland |
| 58 | Esfandihar Zarnegar | Iran |
| 60 | Rubén Hernández | Puerto Rico |
| 61 | Denis Cunningham | Hong Kong |
| 62 | Chan Matthew | Hong Kong |
| 63 | Kam Roger | Hong Kong |
| 64 | Juan Daniel Pirán | Argentina |