# Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

The men's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 24 to 25 July 1976. 63 fencers from 14 nations competed.
One of the gold medalists from West Germany team was Thomas Bach, who currently serves as President of the International Olympic Committee.

## Participating teams

* Cuba
* Eduardo Jhons
* Enrique Salvat
* Jorge Garbey
* Pedro Hernández
* France
* Daniel Revenu
* Christian Noël
* Didier Flament
* Bernard Talvard
* Frédéric Pietruszka
* Great Britain
* Geoffrey Grimmett
* Barry Paul
* Rob Bruniges
* Graham Paul
* Nick Bell
* Hong Kong
* Chan Matthew
* Denis Cunningham
* Kam Roger
* Ng Wing Biu
* Hungary
* József Komatits
* Csaba Fenyvesi
* Lajos Somodi Jr.
* Jenő Kamuti
* Sándor Erdős
* Iran
* Hossein Niknam
* Sarkis Assatourian
* Ali Asghar Pashapour-Alamdari
* Ahmed Akbari
* Italy
* Carlo Montano
* Fabio Dal Zotto
* Stefano Simoncelli
* Giovanni Battista Coletti
* Attilio Calatroni
* Japan
* Masanori Kawatsu
* Hideaki Kamei
* Toshio Jingu
* Noriyuki Sato
* Kuwait
* Ahmed Al-Arbeed
* Jamal Ameen
* Ali Al-Khawajah
* Abdul Nasser Al-Sayegh
* Poland
* Leszek Martewicz
* Lech Koziejowski
* Ziemowit Wojciechowski
* Arkadiusz Godel
* Marek Dąbrowski
* Romania
* Petru Kuki
* Mihai Țiu
* Tudor Petruș
* Petrică Buricea
* Soviet Union
* Sabirzhan Ruziyev
* Aleksandr Romankov
* Vladimir Denisov
* Vasyl Stankovych
* United States
* Martin Lang
* Ed Ballinger
* Ed Wright
* Edward Donofrio
* Brooke Makler
* West Germany
* Thomas Bach
* Harald Hein
* Klaus Reichert
* Matthias Behr
* Erk Sens-Gorius

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

Great Britain and the Soviet Union each defeated Romania, 8–8 (59–52) and 9–7, respectively. The two victors then faced off. The Soviet Union won 9–3.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | URS | GBR | ROU |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 18 | 10 | QQ | | 9–3 | 9–7 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 11 | 17 | QQ | 3–9 | | 8.59–8.52 |
| 3 | Romania | 0 | 2 | 15 | 17 | | 7–9 | 8.52–8.59 | |

#### Round 1 Pool B

Hungary and France each defeated Cuba, 10–6 and 11–5, respectively. The two victors then faced off. France won 9–1.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | FRA | HUN | CUB |
| 1 | France | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | QQ | | 9–1 | 11–5 |
| 2 | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 11 | 15 | QQ | 1–9 | | 10–6 |
| 3 | Cuba | 0 | 2 | 11 | 21 | | 5–11 | 6–10 | |

#### Round 1 Pool C

The first two rounds of matches left Italy and West Germany at 2–0 apiece (advancing to the knockout rounds) and Japan and Kuwait at 0–2 each (eliminating them). Italy defeated West Germany 9–7 to take the top spot in the group. Kuwait finished with only a single bout won, out of 48.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | ITA | FRG | JPN | KUW |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 37 | 11 | QQ | | 9–7 | 12–4 | 16–0 |
| 2 | West Germany | 2 | 1 | 33 | 15 | QQ | 7–9 | | 11–5 | 15–1 |
| 3 | Japan | 1 | 2 | 25 | 23 | | 4–12 | 5–11 | | 16–0 |
| 4 | Kuwait | 0 | 3 | 1 | 47 | | 0–16 | 1–15 | 0–16 | |

#### Round 1 Pool D

The first two rounds of matches left Poland and the United States at 2–0 apiece (advancing to the knockout rounds) and Hong Kong and Iran at 0–2 each (eliminating them). Poland defeated the United States 9–2 to take the top spot in the group.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | POL | USA | IRI | HKG |
| 1 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 37 | 11 | QQ | | 9–2 | 13–3 | 15–1 |
| 2 | United States | 2 | 1 | 33 | 15 | QQ | 2–9 | | 12–4 | 15–1 |
| 3 | Iran | 1 | 2 | 25 | 23 | | 3–13 | 4–12 | | 9–7 |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 0 | 3 | 9 | 39 | | 1–15 | 1–15 | 7–9 | |

### Elimination rounds

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Soviet Union | 9 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Hungary | 3 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Hungary | 3 | A1 | Soviet Union | 7 | | | |
| | | | C2 | West Germany | 9 | | | |
| D1 | Poland | 4 | C2 | West Germany | 9 | | | |
| C2 | West Germany | 9 | | | | | | |
| C2 | West Germany | 9 | | | | C2 | West Germany | 9 |
| | | | | | | C1 | Italy | 6 |
| C1 | Italy | 9 | | | | | | | C1 | Italy | 6 |
| D2 | United States | 3 | | | |
| D2 | United States | 3 | C1 | Italy | 8 (61) | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | B1 | France | 8 (59) |
| B1 | France | 9 | B1 | France | 8 (59) | A1 | Soviet Union | 4 |
| A2 | Great Britain | 3 | | | | B1 | France | 9 |
| Consolation round | Consolation round | Consolation round | Fifth place | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| B2 | Hungary | 3 | | | |
| D1 | Poland | 9 | | | |
| D1 | Poland | 9 | D1 | Poland | 9 |
| | | | A2 | Great Britain | 1 |
| D2 | United States | 7 | A2 | Great Britain | 1 |
| A2 | Great Britain | 8 | | | |