# Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

The men's team sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 3 to 4, 1972. 63 fencers from 13 nations competed.

## Rosters

* Austria
* Hanns Brandstätter
* Bernd Brodar
* Fritz Prause
* Günther Ulrich
* Bulgaria
* Khristo Khristov
* Stoyko Lipchev
* Anani Mikhaylov
* Valentin Nikolov
* Boris Stavrev
* Cuba
* Hilario Hipólito
* Guzman Salazar
* Francisco de la Torre
* Manuel Ortiz
* Manuel Suárez
* France
* Régis Bonissent
* Bernard Dumont
* Bernard Vallée
* Philippe Bena
* Serge Panizza
* Great Britain
* David Acfield
* Richard Cohen
* Rodney Craig
* John Deanfield
* Richard Oldcorn
* Hungary
* Tibor Pézsa
* Péter Marót
* Péter Bakonyi
* Tamás Kovács
* Pál Gerevich
* Italy
* Michele Maffei
* Rolando Rigoli
* Cesare Salvadori
* Mario Aldo Montano
* Mario Tullio Montano
* Poland
* Józef Nowara
* Krzysztof Grzegorek
* Zygmunt Kawecki
* Jerzy Pawłowski
* Janusz Majewski
* Romania
* Dan Irimiciuc
* Iosif Budahazi
* Gheorghe Culcea
* Constantin Nicolae
* Octavian Vintilă
* Soviet Union
* Mark Rakita
* Viktor Sidyak
* Vladimir Nazlymov
* Eduard Vinokurov
* Viktor Bazhenov
* Switzerland
* Alain Barudoni
* Sandor Gombay
* Istvan Kulcsar
* Janos Mohoss
* Toni Reber
* United States
* Paul Apostol
* Robert Dow
* Alfonso Morales
* Alex Orban
* West Germany
* Walter Convents
* Volker Duschner
* Knut Höhne
* Dieter Wellmann
* Paul Wischeidt

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

Romania and Hungary each defeated Bulgaria, 11–5 and 12–4, respectively. The two victors then faced off. Hungary won 9–3.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | HUN | ROU | BUL |
| 1 | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | Q | | 9–3 | 12–4 |
| 2 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14 | Q | 3–9 | | 11–5 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 9 | 23 | | 4–12 | 5–11 | |

#### Round 1 Pool B

Cuba and France each defeated the United States, 9–7 and 11–5, respectively. The two victors then faced off. France won 9–5.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | FRA | CUB | USA |
| 1 | France | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10 | Q | | 9–5 | 11–5 |
| 2 | Cuba | 1 | 1 | 14 | 16 | Q | 5–9 | | 9–7 |
| 3 | United States | 0 | 2 | 12 | 20 | | 5–11 | 7–9 | |

#### Round 1 Pool C

The Soviet Union and Italy each defeated Great Britain, 10–6 and 13–3, respectively. The two victors then faced off. The Soviet Union won 9–7.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | URS | ITA | GBR |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 19 | 13 | Q | | 9–7 | 10–6 |
| 2 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 20 | 12 | Q | 7–9 | | 13–3 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 9 | 23 | | 6–10 | 3–13 | |

#### Round 1 Pool D

In the first set of matches, West Germany defeated Switzerland and Poland prevailed over Austria, both 12–4. In the second, West Germany and Austria drew 8–8 (with 57 touches apiece) and Poland won over Switzerland 12–4. In the third round, Poland defeated West Germany 11–5 to secure first place while Austria and Switzerland drew at 8–8 (61 touches apiece), keeping Austria in third place and allowing West Germany to advance in second.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | POL | FRG | AUT | SUI |
| 1 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 35 | 13 | Q | | 11–5 | 12–4 | 12–4 |
| 2 | West Germany | 1.5 | 1.5 | 25 | 23 | Q | 5–11 | | 8–8 | 12–4 |
| 3 | Austria | 1 | 2 | 20 | 28 | | 4–12 | 8–8 | | 8–8 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 0.5 | 2.5 | 16 | 32 | | 4–12 | 4–12 | 8–8 | |

### Elimination rounds

The final was a rematch of the preliminary round match between the Soviet Union (which had won) and Italy. In this second meeting, Italy won the gold medal by defeating the Soviets 9–5.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Hungary | 9 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Cuba | 2 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Cuba | 2 | A1 | Hungary | 7 | | | |
| | | | C1 | Soviet Union | 9 | | | |
| C1 | Soviet Union | 9 | C1 | Soviet Union | 9 | | | |
| D2 | West Germany | 4 | | | | | | |
| D2 | West Germany | 4 | | | | C1 | Soviet Union | 5 |
| | | | | | | C2 | Italy | 9 |
| D1 | Poland | 2 | | | | | | | C2 | Italy | 9 |
| C2 | Italy | 9 | | | |
| C2 | Italy | 9 | C2 | Italy | 9 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | A1 | Romania | 7 |
| B1 | France | 4 | A1 | Romania | 7 | A1 | Hungary | 8 |
| A2 | Romania | 9 | | | | A1 | Romania | 7 |
| Consolation round | Consolation round | Consolation round | Fifth place | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| B2 | Cuba | 9 | | | |
| D2 | West Germany | 6 | | | |
| D2 | West Germany | 6 | B2 | Cuba | 5 |
| | | | D1 | Poland | 9 |
| D1 | Poland | 9 | D1 | Poland | 9 |
| B1 | France | 6 | | | |