# Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

The men's team sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 28 to 29 July 1980. 63 fencers from 8 nations competed.

## Rosters

* Bulgaria
* Khristo Etropolski
* Nikolay Marincheshki
* Vasil Etropolski
* Georgi Chomakov
* Marin Ivanov
* Cuba
* Manuel Ortiz
* Jesús Ortiz
* José Laverdecia
* Guzman Salazar
* East Germany
* Rüdiger Müller
* Hendrik Jung
* Peter Ulbrich
* Frank-Eberhard Höltje
* Gerd May
* Hungary
* Imre Gedővári
* Pál Gerevich
* Ferenc Hammang
* Rudolf Nébald
* György Nébald
* Italy
* Mario Aldo Montano
* Michele Maffei
* Ferdinando Meglio
* Marco Romano
* Giovanni Scalzo
* Poland
* Tadeusz Piguła
* Leszek Jabłonowski
* Jacek Bierkowski
* Andrzej Kostrzewa
* Romania
* Ioan Pop
* Marin Mustață
* Cornel Marin
* Ion Pantelimonescu
* Alexandru Nilca
* Soviet Union
* Viktor Sidyak
* Vladimir Nazlymov
* Viktor Krovopuskov
* Mikhail Burtsev
* Nikolay Alyokhin

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

Cuba defeated Romania 9–7, followed by Romania defeating the Soviet Union 9–7. In the final match of the pool, Cuba needed a win to take first place while the Soviet team needed to reach at least 10 bouts won to guarantee first place (a 9–7 Soviet win would result in a three-way tie, broken by touches). The Soviets got to 10–5 to win the pool, with the final bout unnecessary.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | URS | ROU | CUB |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 17 | 14 | QS | | 7–9 | 10–5 |
| 2 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16 | QQ | 9–7 | | 7–9 |
| 3 | Cuba | 1 | 1 | 14 | 17 | | 5–10 | 9–7 | |

#### Round 1 Pool B

Poland defeated East Germany 9–7, followed by East Germany and Bulgaria tying 8–8 (with 63 touches apiece). Poland defeated Bulgaria 9–7 to win the pool. East Germany and Bulgaria were tied on matches, bouts, and touches received, but East Germany had 2 more touches scored than Bulgaria (having scored 60–62 against Poland, to Bulgaria's 58–62).
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | POL | GDR | BUL |
| 1 | Poland | 2 | 0 | 18 | 14 | QQ | | 9–7 | 9–7 |
| 2 | East Germany | 0.5 | 1.5 | 15 | 17 | QQ | 7–9 | | 8–8 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 0.5 | 1.5 | 15 | 17 | | 7–9 | 8–8 | |

#### Round 1 Pool C

In the only match of the pool, Italy defeated Hungary 8–7. (The final bout was unnecessary, as Italy's 65–52 touches lead ensured that Italy would win the tie-breaker even if Hungary won the last bout 5–0.)
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | ITA | HUN |
| 1 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | QS | | 8–7 |
| 2 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | QQ | 7–8 | |

### Elimination rounds

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| C2 | Hungary | 9 | | | | | | |
| B2 | East Germany | 7 | | | | | | |
| B2 | East Germany | 7 | C2 | Hungary | 6 | | | |
| | | | A1 | Soviet Union | 8 | | | |
| A1 | Soviet Union | | A1 | Soviet Union | 8 | | | |
| | Bye | | | | | | | |
| | Bye | | | | | A1 | Soviet Union | 9 |
| | | | | | | C1 | Italy | 2 |
| A2 | Romania | 7 | | | | | | | C1 | Italy | 2 |
| B1 | Poland | 9 | | | |
| B1 | Poland | 9 | B1 | Poland | 5 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | C1 | Italy | 10 |
| C1 | Italy | | C1 | Italy | 10 | C2 | Hungary | 9 |
| | Bye | | | | | B1 | Poland | 6 |
| Fifth Place | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| B2 | East Germany | 6 |
| A2 | Romania | 9 |