# Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics programme. It was the nineteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 1 to 2 August 1984. 58 fencers from 26 nations competed. Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by Mauro Numa of Italy, the nation's sixth victory in the men's foil (behind only France with seven). His countryman Stefano Cerioni took bronze. The silver medal went to Matthias Behr, West Germany's first medal in the event and the first medal for any German athlete since 1928. France's five-Games podium streak ended.

## Background

This was the 19th 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). Two of the six finalists from 1980 returned: silver medalist Pascal Jolyot of France and sixth-place finisher Petru Kuki of Romania. The 1980 gold medalist, Vladimir Smirnov of the Soviet Union, had died after an accident during the 1982 world championships. The bronze medalist, Alexandr Romankov also of the Soviet Union, was kept out of the tournament, along with the other two 1980 finalists, due to the Soviet-led boycott. Romankov would have been a heavy favorite: he had won silver at the 1976 Games, bronze in 1980, and won the world championships in 1974, 1977, 1979, 1982, and 1983. In the absence of the Soviets, Poles, and Hungarians, the French, Italian, and West German teams were expected to dominate.
Bolivia, the People's Republic of China, Chinese Taipei, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the Virgin Islands each made their debut in the men's foil. France and the United States each made their 17th 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 1984 tournament used a three-phase format similar to that of 1976 and 1980, though the final phase was different.
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 10 pools of 5 or 6 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing.
* The second round had 8 pools of 5 fencers each, with the top 3 in each pool advancing.
* The third round had 4 pools of 6 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. (This was changed from a 6-man final round-robin pool in previous years.)
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 Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Wednesday, 1 August 1984 | 9:00 | Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 |
| Thursday, 2 August 1984 | 9:00  20:00 | Double elimination round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals |
| Friday, 3 August 1984 | 14:00 | Finals |

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

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | AB | SJ | HD | RB | MARHU |
| 1 | Andrea Borella (ITA) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 8 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Stefan Joos (BEL) | 2 | 2 | 17 | 13 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–2 | 4–5 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Henri Darricau (LIB) | 2 | 2 | 13 | 16 | Q | 1–5 | 2–5 | | 5–3 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Robert Blaschka (AUT) | 1 | 3 | 14 | 19 | Q | 2–5 | 5–4 | 3–5 | | 4–5 |
| 5 | Majed Abdul Rahim Habib Ullah (KSA) | 1 | 3 | 11 | 19 | | 2–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | 5–4 | |

#### Round 1 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | KU | SE | SC | HY | JF |
| 1 | Kenichi Umezawa (JPN) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 12 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Shlomo Eyal (ISR) | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Stefano Cerioni (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | Q | 3–5 | 2–5 | | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Haluk Yamaç (TUR) | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | Q | 3–5 | 1–5 | 0–5 | | 5–1 |
| 5 | Julito Francis (ISV) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | | 2–5 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | IH | PO | NA | ST | KYF | SM |
| 1 | Itzhak Hatuel (ISR) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 10 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Philippe Omnès (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 15 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Nobuyuki Azuma (JPN) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | Q | 2–5 | 1–5 | | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Sergio Turiace (ARG) | 1 | 4 | 17 | 21 | Q | 2–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | | 4–5 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Ko Yin Fai (HKG) | 1 | 4 | 14 | 24 | | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 5–4 | | 3–5 |
| 6 | Saul Mendoza (BOL) | 1 | 4 | 10 | 23 | | 0–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 5–3 | |

#### Round 1 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | MN | PJ | SL | TS | DH | AJ |
| 1 | Mauro Numa (ITA) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 7 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–0 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Pascal Jolyot (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Sergio Luchetti (ARG) | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | Q | 0–5 | 2–5 | | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Tadashi Shimokawa (JPN) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 15 | Q | 3–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| 5 | Dany Haddad (LIB) | 1 | 4 | 12 | 20 | | 1–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 0–5 | | 5–0 |
| 6 | Ayman Jumean (JOR) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | | 0–5 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 0–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool E

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | MG | JRM | JW | ED | AAA | JK |
| 1 | Matthias Gey (FRG) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 6 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–2 |
| 2 | José Rafael Magallanes (VEN) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 16 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Joachim Wendt (AUT) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | Q | 0–5 | 3–5 | | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Edgardo Díaz (PUR) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 21 | Q | 0–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 5 | Ahmed Al-Ahmed (KUW) | 1 | 4 | 14 | 22 | | 0–5 | 4–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | | 5–2 |
| 6 | James Kreglo (ISV) | 0 | 5 | 8 | 25 | | 2–5 | 0–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool F

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | LY | HH | NB | GS | LTC | AAZ |
| 1 | Liu Yunhong (CHN) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | Q | | 2–5 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Harald Hein (FRG) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 15 | Q | 5–2 | | 4–5 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Nick Bell (GBR) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 17 | Q | 4–5 | 5–4 | | 0–5 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Georg Somloi (AUT) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 18 | Q | 1–5 | 4–5 | 5–0 | | 5–3 | 3–5 |
| 5 | Lee Tai-Chung (TPE) | 1 | 4 | 13 | 22 | | 2–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–2 |
| 6 | Abdullah Al-Zawayed (KSA) | 1 | 4 | 11 | 23 | | 0–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 5–3 | 2–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool G

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | MB | GB | YY | AMEH | LTC | JN |
| 1 | Matthias Behr (FRG) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 14 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Greg Benko (AUS) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 10 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Yu Yifeng (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | Q | 4–5 | 1–5 | | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Abdel Monem El-Husseini (EGY) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 19 | Q | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Lam Tak Chuen (HKG) | 1 | 4 | 10 | 23 | | 0–5 | 2–5 | 0–5 | 3–5 | | 5–3 |
| 6 | Jeppe Normann (NOR) | 0 | 5 | 9 | 25 | | 4–5 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool H

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | PH | FP | PL | CS | KFAR | HD |
| 1 | Pierre Harper (GBR) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 11 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Frédéric Pietruszka (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 14 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Peter Lewison (USA) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 16 | Q | 3–5 | 1–5 | | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Chu Shisheng (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 17 | 18 | Q | 5–4 | 1–5 | 1–5 | | 5–0 | 5–4 |
| 5 | Khaled Fahd Al-Rasheed (KSA) | 1 | 4 | 11 | 21 | | 1–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 0–5 | | 5–1 |
| 6 | Henri Darricau (LIB) | 0 | 5 | 12 | 25 | | 0–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool I

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | PJ | PK | MM | KAA | AD | TSH |
| 1 | Peter Joos (BEL) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | Q | | 5–0 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Petru Kuki (ROU) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | Q | 0–5 | | 5–4 | 3–5 | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Mike McCahey (USA) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 17 | Q | 5–2 | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 2–5 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Khaled Al-Awadhi (KUW) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 20 | Q | 3–5 | 5–3 | 3–5 | | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 5 | Ahmed Diab (EGY) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 21 | | 3–5 | 0–5 | 5–2 | 3–5 | | 5–4 |
| 6 | Tsai Shing-Hsiang (TPE) | 0 | 5 | 10 | 25 | | 0–5 | 0–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 4–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool J

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | BG | GM | TS | BR | LYL | KAM |
| 1 | Bill Gosbee (GBR) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | Q | | 2–5 | 5–0 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Greg Massialas (USA) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | Q | 5–2 | | 3–5 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Thierry Soumagne (BEL) | 4 | 1 | 20 | 12 | Q | 0–5 | 5–3 | | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Bilal Rifaat (EGY) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 21 | Q | 3–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | | 5–2 | 5–4 |
| 5 | Lai Yee Lap (HKG) | 1 | 4 | 10 | 21 | | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | | 5–1 |
| 6 | Kifah Al-Mutawa (KUW) | 0 | 5 | 14 | 25 | | 4–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 1–5 | |

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

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | MG | FP | TSo | GS | TSh |
| 1 | Matthias Gey (FRG) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | Q | | 3–5 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Frédéric Pietruszka (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 19 | 10 | Q | 5–3 | | 5–2 | 5–0 | 4–5 |
| 3 | Thierry Soumagne (BEL) | 2 | 2 | 13 | 14 | Q | 1–5 | 2–5 | | 5–4 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Georg Somloi (AUT) | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | | 1–5 | 0–5 | 4–5 | | 5–0 |
| 5 | Tadashi Shimokawa (JPN) | 1 | 3 | 6 | 19 | | 1–5 | 5–4 | 0–5 | 0–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | MN | SJ | JRM | HH | HD |
| 1 | Mauro Numa (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | Q | | 4–5 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Stefan Joos (BEL) | 3 | 1 | 16 | 14 | Q | 5–4 | | 1–5 | 5–1 | 5–4 |
| 3 | José Rafael Magallanes (VEN) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | Q | 1–5 | 5–1 | | 4–5 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Harald Hein (FRG) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 15 | | 4–5 | 1–5 | 5–4 | | 5–1 |
| 5 | Henri Darricau (LIB) | 0 | 4 | 7 | 20 | | 1–5 | 4–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | PO | IH | SC | YY | BR |
| 1 | Philippe Omnès (FRA) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 7 | Q | | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Itzhak Hatuel (ISR) | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | Q | 1–5 | | 3–5 | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Stefano Cerioni (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 13 | 16 | Q | 2–5 | 5–3 | | 1–5 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Yu Yifeng (CHN) | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | | 2–5 | 0–5 | 5–1 | | 3–5 |
| 5 | Bilal Rifaat (EGY) | 1 | 3 | 11 | 18 | | 2–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | 5–3 | |

#### Round 2 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | AB | CS | SE | PJ | ED |
| 1 | Andrea Borella (ITA) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 8 | Q | | 5–0 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Chu Shisheng (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 15 | 13 | Q | 0–5 | | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Shlomo Eyal (ISR) | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | Q | 3–5 | 4–5 | | 5–2 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Pascal Jolyot (FRA) | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | | 2–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | | 5–1 |
| 5 | Edgardo Díaz (PUR) | 0 | 4 | 7 | 20 | | 3–5 | 3–5 | 0–5 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool E

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | MB | AMEH | PK | GM | NB |
| 1 | Matthias Behr (FRG) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 10 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Abdel Monem El-Husseini (EGY) | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–1 | 4–5 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Petru Kuki (ROU) | 2 | 2 | 14 | 16 | Q | 3–5 | 1–5 | | 5–3 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Greg Massialas (USA) | 1 | 3 | 15 | 19 | | 3–5 | 5–4 | 3–5 | | 4–5 |
| 5 | Nick Bell (GBR) | 1 | 3 | 14 | 19 | | 2–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 5–4 | |

#### Round 2 Pool F

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | RB | BG | KU | MM | KAA |
| 1 | Robert Blaschka (AUT) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | Q | | 5–3 | 3–5 | 5–1 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Bill Gosbee (GBR) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 14 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Kenichi Umezawa (JPN) | 3 | 1 | 19 | 15 | Q | 5–3 | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Mike McCahey (USA) | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–1 |
| 5 | Khaled Al-Awadhi (KUW) | 0 | 4 | 12 | 20 | | 4–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool G

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | LY | NA | GB | HY | SL |
| 1 | Liu Yunhong (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 14 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–3 | 3–5 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Nobuyuki Azuma (JPN) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | Q | 3–5 | | 2–5 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Greg Benko (AUS) | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | Q | 3–5 | 5–2 | | 3–5 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Haluk Yamaç (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 13 | 16 | | 5–3 | 1–5 | 5–3 | | 2–5 |
| 5 | Sergio Luchetti (ARG) | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | | 3–5 | 0–5 | 3–5 | 5–2 | |

#### Round 2 Pool H

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | JW | PL | PJ | PH | ST |
| 1 | Joachim Wendt (AUT) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | Q | | 4–5 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Peter Lewison (USA) | 3 | 1 | 17 | 14 | Q | 5–4 | | 2–5 | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Peter Joos (BEL) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | Q | 2–5 | 5–2 | | 3–5 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Pierre Harper (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 16 | 17 | | 2–5 | 4–5 | 5–3 | | 5–4 |
| 5 | Sergio Turiace (ARG) | 0 | 4 | 8 | 20 | | 2–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | |

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

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | PO | SC | MN | IH | NA | BG |
| 1 | Philippe Omnès (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | Q | | 5–4 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Stefano Cerioni (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 15 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Mauro Numa (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 16 | Q | 5–4 | 3–5 | | 3–5 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Itzhak Hatuel (ISR) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 20 | Q | 2–5 | 3–5 | 5–3 | | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 5 | Nobuyuki Azuma (JPN) | 1 | 4 | 15 | 24 | | 3–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | | 5–4 |
| 6 | Bill Gosbee (GBR) | 0 | 5 | 10 | 25 | | 0–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | |

#### Round 3 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | AB | RB | TS | LY | SE | JRM |
| 1 | Andrea Borella (ITA) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 11 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–0 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Robert Blaschka (AUT) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 12 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Thierry Soumagne (BEL) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 18 | Q | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Liu Yunhong (CHN) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 20 | Q | 3–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 5 | Shlomo Eyal (ISR) | 1 | 4 | 13 | 20 | | 0–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | | 5–0 |
| 6 | José Rafael Magallanes (VEN) | 0 | 5 | 9 | 25 | | 3–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 0–5 | |

#### Round 3 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | MB | KU | PK | AMEH | JW | SJ |
| 1 | Matthias Behr (FRG) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | Q | | 4–5 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Kenichi Umezawa (JPN) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 17 | Q | 5–4 | | 2–5 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Petru Kuki (ROU) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 19 | Q | 3–5 | 5–2 | | 4–5 | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Abdel Monem El-Husseini (EGY) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 22 | Q | 1–5 | 2–5 | 5–4 | | 5–4 | 5–4 |
| 5 | Joachim Wendt (AUT) | 1 | 4 | 18 | 23 | | 4–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | | 5–3 |
| 6 | Stefan Joos (BEL) | 0 | 5 | 16 | 25 | | 1–5 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | |

#### Round 3 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | MG | CS | FP | PL | GB | PJ |
| 1 | Matthias Gey (FRG) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 8 | Q | | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Chu Shisheng (CHN) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | Q | 1–5 | | 4–5 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Frédéric Pietruszka (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 22 | Q | 2–5 | 5–4 | | 5–4 | 2–5 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Peter Lewison (USA) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 22 | Q | 2–5 | 0–5 | 4–5 | | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 5 | Greg Benko (AUS) | 1 | 4 | 16 | 22 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 4–5 | | 4–5 |
| 6 | Peter Joos (BEL) | 1 | 4 | 15 | 24 | | 2–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 5–4 | |

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

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Andrea Borella (ITA) | 10 | | |
| Abdel Monem El-Husseini (EGY) | 9 | Andrea Borella (ITA) | 9 |
| Frédéric Pietruszka (FRA) | 10 | Frédéric Pietruszka (FRA) | 10 |
| Chu Shisheng (CHN) | 4 | | |

##### Winners group 2

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Robert Blaschka (AUT) | 3 | | |
| Thierry Soumagne (BEL) | 10 | Thierry Soumagne (BEL) | 2 |
| Petru Kuki (ROU) | 9 | Matthias Behr (FRG) | 10 |
| Matthias Behr (FRG) | 10 | | |

##### Winners group 3

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Philippe Omnès (FRA) | 10 | | |
| Liu Yunhong (CHN) | 5 | Philippe Omnès (FRA) | 6 |
| Stefano Cerioni (ITA) | 10 | Stefano Cerioni (ITA) | 10 |
| Kenichi Umezawa (JPN) | 5 | | |

##### Winners group 4

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Mauro Numa (ITA) | 10 | | |
| Itzhak Hatuel (ISR) | 2 | Mauro Numa (ITA) | 10 |
| Peter Lewison (USA) | 7 | Matthias Gey (FRG) | 6 |
| Matthias Gey (FRG) | 10 | | |

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

| Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 |
| Abdel Monem El-Husseini (EGY) | 10 | | |
| Chu Shisheng (CHN) | 5 | Abdel Monem El-Husseini (EGY) | 3 |
| | | Matthias Gey (FRG) | 10 |

##### Losers group 2

| Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 |
| Robert Blaschka (AUT) | 4 | | |
| Petru Kuki (ROU) | 10 | Petru Kuki (ROU) | 7 |
| | | Philippe Omnès (FRA) | 10 |

##### Losers group 3

| Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 |
| Liu Yunhong (CHN) | 10 | | |
| Kenichi Umezawa (JPN) | 7 | Liu Yunhong (CHN) | 5 |
| | | Thierry Soumagne (BEL) | 10 |

##### Losers group 4

| Round of 4 | Round of 4 | Round of 2 | Round of 2 |
| Itzhak Hatuel (ISR) | 8 | | |
| Peter Lewison (USA) | 10 | Peter Lewison (USA) | 4 |
| | | Andrea Borella (ITA) | 10 |

### Final round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Matthias Behr (FRG) | 10 | | | | |
| Thierry Soumagne (BEL) | 5 | | | | |
| Thierry Soumagne (BEL) | 5 | Matthias Behr (FRG) | 10 | | |
| | | Frédéric Pietruszka (FRA) | 7 | | |
| Andrea Borella (ITA) | 6 | Frédéric Pietruszka (FRA) | 7 | | |
| Frédéric Pietruszka (FRA) | 10 | | | | |
| Frédéric Pietruszka (FRA) | 10 | | | Matthias Behr (FRG) | 11 |
| | | | | Mauro Numa (ITA) | 12 |
| Stefano Cerioni (ITA) | 11 | | | | | Mauro Numa (ITA) | 12 |
| Matthias Gey (FRG) | 9 | | |
| Matthias Gey (FRG) | 9 | Stefano Cerioni (ITA) | 9 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Mauro Numa (ITA) | 11 |
| Philippe Omnès (FRA) | 8 | Mauro Numa (ITA) | 11 | Frédéric Pietruszka (FRA) | 5 |
| Mauro Numa (ITA) | 10 | | | Stefano Cerioni (ITA) | 10 |

## Final classification

| Fencer | Country |
| Mauro Numa | Italy |
| Matthias Behr | West Germany |
| Stefano Cerioni | Italy |
| Frédéric Pietruszka | France |
| Andrea Borella | Italy |
| Matthias Gey | West Germany |
| Philippe Omnès | France |
| Thierry Soumagne | Belgium |
| Petru Kuki | Romania |
| Liu Yunhong | China |
| Peter Lewison | United States |
| Abdel Monem El-Husseini | Egypt |
| Robert Blaschka | Austria |
| Kenichi Umezawa | Japan |
| Chu Shisheng | China |
| Itzhak Hatuel | Israel |
| Joachim Wendt | Austria |
| Greg Benko | Australia |
| Shlomo Eyal | Israel |
| Nobuyuki Azuma | Japan |
| Peter Joos | Belgium |
| Stefan Joos | Belgium |
| Bill Gosbee | Great Britain |
| José Rafael Magallanes | Venezuela |
| Harald Hein | West Germany |
| Pierre Harper | Great Britain |
| Haluk Yamaç | Turkey |
| Greg Massialas | United States |
| Georg Somloi | Austria |
| Mike McCahey | United States |
| Nick Bell | Great Britain |
| Yu Yifeng | China |
| Pascal Jolyot | France |
| Sergio Luchetti | Argentina |
| Bilal Rifaat | Egypt |
| Tadashi Shimokawa | Japan |
| Khaled Al-Awadhi | Kuwait |
| Sergio Turiace | Argentina |
| Henri Darricau | Lebanon |
| Edgardo Díaz | Puerto Rico |
| Ahmed Diab | Egypt |
| Majed Abdul Rahim Habib Ullah | Saudi Arabia |
| Dany Haddad | Lebanon |
| Ahmed Al-Ahmed | Kuwait |
| Lee Tai-Chung | Chinese Taipei |
| Khaled Fahd Al-Rasheed | Saudi Arabia |
| Ko Yin Fai | Hong Kong |
| Lai Yee Lap | Hong Kong |
| Abdullah Al-Zawayed | Saudi Arabia |
| Saul Mendoza | Bolivia |
| Lam Tak Chuen | Hong Kong |
| Kifah Al-Mutawa | Kuwait |
| Yves Daniel Darricau | Lebanon |
| Tsai Shing-Hsiang | Chinese Taipei |
| Julito Francis | Virgin Islands |
| Jeppe Normann | Norway |
| James Kreglo | Virgin Islands |
| Ayman Jumean | Jordan |