# Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 21 to 22 July 1976. 46 fencers from 18 nations competed. Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by Viktor Krovopuskov of the Soviet Union, the nation's second consecutive victory in the men's sabre. The Soviet Union's two gold medals in the event moved it out of a six-way tie into sole possession of second place all-time, after Hungary with 11. The Soviet team swept the men's sabre medals in 1976, with Vladimir Nazlymov taking silver and Viktor Sidyak bronze. It was the third sweep in the event (Hungary accomplished it in 1912 and 1952). Nazlymov and Sidyak were the eighth and ninth men to win multiple medals in the event. Excluding matches against each other, the three Soviets went 48–3 during the tournament. For the first time since 1900, Hungary competed in the men's sabre but did not win a medal (did not compete in 1904 or 1920, medaled in 1908, 1912, and for eleven straight Games from 1924 to 1972).

## Background

This was the 18th appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics. All six of the finalists from 1972 returned: gold medalist Viktor Sidyak of the Soviet Union, silver medalist Péter Marót of Hungary, bronze medalist Vladimir Nazlymov of the Soviet Union, fourth-place finisher Michele Maffei of Italy, fifth-place finisher Régis Bonissent of France, and sixth-place finisher Tamás Kovács of Hungary. Nazlymov was the reigning (1975) world champion, Mario Aldo Montano of Italy had won the two before him (1973 and 1974). Hungary was no longer the sabre power it once was, having been surpassed by the Soviet Union, though (along with Poland and Italy) continued to be among the perennial contenders.
Paraguay and Thailand each made their debut in the men's sabre. Italy made its 16th appearance in the event, most of any nation, having missed the inaugural 1896 event and the 1904 Olympics.

## 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.

## Schedule

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Wednesday, 21 July 1976 | 8:30 11:00 13:30 | Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 |
| Thursday, 22 July 1976 | 16:00 18:00 | Elimination rounds Final |

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

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | VN | JN | RB | MM | AHF |
| 1 | Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 5 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Józef Nowara (POL) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–0 | 2–5 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Régis Bonissent (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | Q | 2–5 | 0–5 | | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Marcelo Méndez (ARG) | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | Q | 0–5 | 5–2 | 1–5 | | 5–4 |
| 5 | Abdul Hamid Fathi (IRI) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 20 | | 0–5 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 4–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | AM | JB | PA | JD | AE |
| 1 | Anani Mikhaylov (BUL) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 11 | Q | | 3–5 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Jacek Bierkowski (POL) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 14 | Q | 5–3 | | 5–4 | 3–5 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Paul Apostol (USA) | 2 | 2 | 18 | 17 | Q | 4–5 | 4–5 | | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 4 | John Deanfield (GBR) | 1 | 3 | 14 | 18 | Q | 1–5 | 5–3 | 4–5 | | 4–5 |
| 5 | Ahmed Eskandarpour (IRI) | 1 | 3 | 11 | 19 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 5–4 | |

#### Round 1 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | IP | PW | PMar | PMat | JG |
| 1 | Ioan Pop (ROU) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 3 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Peter Westbrook (USA) | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Péter Marót (HUN) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 15 | Q | 1–5 | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Peter Mather (GBR) | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | Q | 0–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | | 5–2 |
| 5 | Juan Gavajda (ARG) | 0 | 4 | 6 | 20 | | 0–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | IG | CM | LJ | ML | KR |
| 1 | Imre Gedővári (HUN) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 7 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Cornel Marin (ROU) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Leszek Jabłonowski (POL) | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | Q | 4–5 | 2–5 | | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Marc Lavoie (CAN) | 1 | 3 | 10 | 15 | Q | 0–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–0 |
| 5 | Kam Roger (HKG) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 20 | | 0–5 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 0–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool E

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | VK | TK | GS | ES | JMC |
| 1 | Viktor Krovopuskov (URS) | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | Q | | 5–2 | 4–5 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Tamás Kovács (HUN) | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Guzman Salazar (CUB) | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | Q | 5–4 | 1–5 | | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Eli Sukunda (CAN) | 1 | 3 | 8 | 19 | Q | 1–5 | 2–5 | 0–5 | | 5–4 |
| 5 | José María Casanovas (ARG) | 0 | 4 | 7 | 20 | | 0–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool F

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | MM | MO | SK | IPA | HB |
| 1 | Michele Maffei (ITA) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 6 | Q | | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Manuel Ortiz (CUB) | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | Q | 1–5 | | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Stephen Kaplan (USA) | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | Q | 3–5 | 3–5 | | 5–2 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Ismail Pashapour-Alamdari (IRI) | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | Q | 2–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | | 5–1 |
| 5 | Hanns Brandstätter (AUT) | 0 | 4 | 7 | 20 | | 0–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool G

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | VS | AA | PQ | PU | RS |
| 1 | Viktor Sidyak (URS) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 6 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Angelo Arcidiacono (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Patrick Quivrin (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 12 | 15 | Q | 0–5 | 2–5 | | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Peter Urban (CAN) | 1 | 3 | 15 | 16 | Q | 2–5 | 4–5 | 4–5 | | 5–1 |
| 5 | Royengyot Srivorapongpant (THA) | 0 | 4 | 3 | 20 | | 0–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool H

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | MAM | RC | FdlT | MD | SS |
| 1 | Mario Aldo Montano (ITA) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 6 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Richard Cohen (GBR) | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Francisco de la Torre (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 15 | Q | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Miroslav Dudekov (BUL) | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | Q | 0–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | | 5–1 |
| 5 | Sutipong Santitevagul (THA) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | | 0–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool I

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | DI | PB | TW | TH | TD | CB |
| 1 | Dan Irimiciuc (ROU) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 10 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Philippe Bena (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–4 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Tycho Weißgerber (FRG) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 17 | Q | 3–5 | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Taweewat Hurapan (THA) | 1 | 4 | 14 | 23 | Q | 2–5 | 0–5 | 3–5 | | 5–3 | 4–5 |
| 5 | Trayan Dimitrov (BUL) | 1 | 4 | 15 | 24 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | | 5–4 |
| 6 | César Bejarano (PAR) | 1 | 4 | 13 | 24 | | 2–5 | 2–5 | 0–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | |

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

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | FdlT | IP | AM | PA | RC | TH |
| 1 | Francisco de la Torre (CUB) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 11 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Ioan Pop (ROU) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Anani Mikhaylov (BUL) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 19 | Q | 1–5 | 4–5 | | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Paul Apostol (USA) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 19 | Q | 1–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Richard Cohen (GBR) | 1 | 4 | 16 | 21 | | 3–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | | 5–1 |
| 6 | Taweewat Hurapan (THA) | 0 | 5 | 8 | 25 | | 3–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | AA | VN | TK | PQ | SK | ES |
| 1 | Angelo Arcidiacono (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 13 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–2 | 4–5 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 15 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Tamás Kovács (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 17 | Q | 2–5 | 4–5 | | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Patrick Quivrin (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 19 | Q | 5–4 | 3–5 | 2–5 | | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 5 | Stephen Kaplan (USA) | 1 | 4 | 16 | 24 | | 3–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | | 5–4 |
| 6 | Eli Sukunda (CAN) | 0 | 5 | 9 | 25 | | 0–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | VK | DI | PMar | RB | GS | PMat |
| 1 | Viktor Krovopuskov (URS) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 10 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Dan Irimiciuc (ROU) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 13 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Péter Marót (HUN) | 2 | 3 | 20 | 18 | Q | 3–5 | 3–5 | | 4–5 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Régis Bonissent (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 19 | Q | 0–5 | 2–5 | 5–4 | | 4–5 | 5–0 |
| 5 | Guzman Salazar (CUB) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 20 | | 2–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 5–4 | | 5–1 |
| 6 | Peter Mather (GBR) | 0 | 5 | 6 | 25 | | 2–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 0–5 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | VS | PW | CM | LJ | MM | IPA |
| 1 | Viktor Sidyak (URS) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 8 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Peter Westbrook (USA) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–2 | 4–5 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Cornel Marin (ROU) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 17 | Q | 4–5 | 2–5 | | 5–4 | 5–0 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Leszek Jabłonowski (POL) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 21 | Q | 2–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | | 3–5 | 5–2 |
| 5 | Marcelo Méndez (ARG) | 2 | 3 | 11 | 18 | | 0–5 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 5–3 | | 5–0 |
| 6 | Ismail Pashapour-Alamdari (IRI) | 0 | 5 | 6 | 25 | | 0–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 0–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool E

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | MO | MM | JN | MD | PB | PU |
| 1 | Manuel Ortiz (CUB) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 9 | Q | | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Michele Maffei (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | Q | 1–5 | | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Józef Nowara (POL) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 17 | Q | 4–5 | 1–5 | | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Miroslav Dudekov (BUL) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | Q | 2–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| 5 | Philippe Bena (FRA) | 1 | 4 | 12 | 24 | | 2–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 0–5 | | 5–4 |
| 6 | Peter Urban (CAN) | 0 | 5 | 6 | 25 | | 0–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 4–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool F

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | MAM | IG | JB | TW | ML | JD |
| 1 | Mario Aldo Montano (ITA) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 12 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Imre Gedővári (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 16 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Jacek Bierkowski (POL) | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | Q | 4–5 | 4–5 | | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Tycho Weißgerber (FRG) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 21 | Q | 2–5 | 4–5 | 1–5 | | 5–3 | 5–3 |
| 5 | Marc Lavoie (CAN) | 1 | 4 | 11 | 24 | | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | | 5–4 |
| 6 | John Deanfield (GBR) | 0 | 5 | 12 | 25 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | |

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

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | VS | IG | DI | PQ | TW | AM |
| 1 | Viktor Sidyak (URS) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 15 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–4 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Imre Gedővári (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 16 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Dan Irimiciuc (ROU) | 3 | 2 | 23 | 13 | Q | 4–5 | 4–5 | | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Patrick Quivrin (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 21 | Q | 5–3 | 2–5 | 2–5 | | 5–3 | 3–5 |
| 5 | Tycho Weißgerber (FRG) | 1 | 4 | 15 | 24 | | 3–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | | 5–4 |
| 6 | Anani Mikhaylov (BUL) | 1 | 4 | 12 | 23 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 0–5 | 5–3 | 4–5 | |

#### Round 3 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | IP | AA | JN | MO | PM | RB |
| 1 | Ioan Pop (ROU) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 18 | Q | | 2–5 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Angelo Arcidiacono (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 18 | Q | 5–2 | | 4–5 | 5–2 | 5–4 | 2–5 |
| 3 | Józef Nowara (POL) | 2 | 3 | 21 | 21 | Q | 4–5 | 5–4 | | 3–5 | 4–5 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Manuel Ortiz (CUB) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 21 | Q | 4–5 | 2–5 | 5–3 | | 5–3 | 3–5 |
| 5 | Péter Marót (HUN) | 2 | 3 | 21 | 23 | | 4–5 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 3–5 | | 5–4 |
| 6 | Régis Bonissent (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 20 | | 1–5 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 4–5 | |

#### Round 3 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | VK | MM | JB | PA | TK | CM |
| 1 | Viktor Krovopuskov (URS) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 13 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–0 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Michele Maffei (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 16 | Q | 4–5 | | 3–5 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Jacek Bierkowski (POL) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 21 | Q | 0–5 | 5–3 | | 5–4 | 3–5 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Paul Apostol (USA) | 2 | 3 | 20 | 20 | Q | 3–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | | 5–2 | 5–3 |
| 5 | Tamás Kovács (HUN) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 21 | | 4–5 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 2–5 | | 5–3 |
| 6 | Cornel Marin (ROU) | 0 | 5 | 12 | 25 | | 2–5 | 0–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | |

#### Round 3 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Notes | VN | MAM | FdlT | PW | MD | LJ |
| 1 | Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 14 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Mario Aldo Montano (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 10 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Francisco de la Torre (CUB) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 15 | Q | 4–5 | 2–5 | | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Peter Westbrook (USA) | 2 | 3 | 13 | 22 | Q | 2–5 | 0–5 | 1–5 | | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 5 | Miroslav Dudekov (BUL) | 1 | 4 | 13 | 23 | | 2–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–3 |
| 6 | Leszek Jabłonowski (POL) | 0 | 5 | 13 | 25 | | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | |

### 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 |
| Viktor Krovopuskov (URS) | Viktor Krovopuskov (URS) | 10 | | | |
| Paul Apostol (USA) | Paul Apostol (USA) | 4 | Viktor Krovopuskov (URS) | Viktor Krovopuskov (URS) | 10 |
| Michele Maffei (ITA) | Michele Maffei (ITA) | 10 | Michele Maffei (ITA) | Michele Maffei (ITA) | 9 |
| Dan Irimiciuc (ROU) | Dan Irimiciuc (ROU) | 7 | | | |

##### Winners group 2

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Francisco de la Torre (CUB) | Francisco de la Torre (CUB) | 10 | | | |
| Jacek Bierkowski (POL) | Jacek Bierkowski (POL) | 7 | Francisco de la Torre (CUB) | Francisco de la Torre (CUB) | 7 |
| Peter Westbrook (USA) | Peter Westbrook (USA) | 4 | Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) | Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) | 10 |
| Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) | Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) | 10 | | | |

##### Winners group 3

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Viktor Sidyak (URS) | Viktor Sidyak (URS) | 10 | | | |
| Józef Nowara (POL) | Józef Nowara (POL) | 7 | Viktor Sidyak (URS) | Viktor Sidyak (URS) | 10 |
| Angelo Arcidiacono (ITA) | Angelo Arcidiacono (ITA) | 3 | Imre Gedővári (HUN) | Imre Gedővári (HUN) | 6 |
| Imre Gedővári (HUN) | Imre Gedővári (HUN) | 10 | | | |

##### Winners group 4

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Ioan Pop (ROU) | Ioan Pop (ROU) | 7 | | | |
| Manuel Ortiz (CUB) | Manuel Ortiz (CUB) | 10 | Manuel Ortiz (CUB) | Manuel Ortiz (CUB) | 5 |
| Patrick Quivrin (FRA) | Patrick Quivrin (FRA) | 1 | Mario Aldo Montano (ITA) | Mario Aldo Montano (ITA) | 10 |
| Mario Aldo Montano (ITA) | Mario Aldo Montano (ITA) | 10 | | | |

#### 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 |
| Paul Apostol (USA) | Paul Apostol (USA) | 6 | | | | | | |
| Dan Irimiciuc (ROU) | Dan Irimiciuc (ROU) | 10 | Dan Irimiciuc (ROU) | Dan Irimiciuc (ROU) | 9 | | | |
| | | | Michele Maffei (ITA) | Michele Maffei (ITA) | 10 | | | |
| | | | | | | Michele Maffei (ITA) | Michele Maffei (ITA) | 10 |
| Józef Nowara (POL) | Józef Nowara (POL) | 6 | | | | Imre Gedővári (HUN) | Imre Gedővári (HUN) | 3 |
| Angelo Arcidiacono (ITA) | Angelo Arcidiacono (ITA) | 10 | Angelo Arcidiacono (ITA) | Angelo Arcidiacono (ITA) | 7 | | | |
| | | | Imre Gedővári (HUN) | Imre Gedővári (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 |
| Jacek Bierkowski (POL) | Jacek Bierkowski (POL) | 10 | | | | | | |
| Peter Westbrook (USA) | Peter Westbrook (USA) | 8 | Jacek Bierkowski (POL) | Jacek Bierkowski (POL) | 9 | | | |
| | | | Francisco de la Torre (CUB) | Francisco de la Torre (CUB) | 10 | | | |
| | | | | | | Francisco de la Torre (CUB) | Francisco de la Torre (CUB) | 5 |
| Ioan Pop (ROU) | Ioan Pop (ROU) | 10 | | | | Ioan Pop (ROU) | Ioan Pop (ROU) | 10 |
| Patrick Quivrin (FRA) | Patrick Quivrin (FRA) | 9 | Ioan Pop (ROU) | Ioan Pop (ROU) | 10 | | | |
| | | | Manuel Ortiz (CUB) | Manuel Ortiz (CUB) | 7 | | | |

### Final round

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | VK | VN | VS | IP | MAM | MM |
| | Viktor Krovopuskov (URS) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 14 | | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| | Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 3–5 | | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| | Viktor Sidyak (URS) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 20 | 4–5 | 3–5 | | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Ioan Pop (ROU) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 20 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | | 5–2 | 5–3 |
| 5 | Mario Aldo Montano (ITA) | 1 | 4 | 16 | 21 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | | 5–1 |
| 6 | Michele Maffei (ITA) | 0 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | |

## Final classification

| Fencer | Nation |
| Viktor Krovopuskov | Soviet Union |
| Vladimir Nazlymov | Soviet Union |
| Viktor Sidyak | Soviet Union |
| Ioan Pop | Romania |
| Mario Aldo Montano | Italy |
| Michele Maffei | Italy |
| Francisco de la Torre | Cuba |
| Imre Gedővári | Hungary |
| Jacek Bierkowski | Poland |
| Manuel Ortiz | Cuba |
| Dan Irimiciuc | Romania |
| Angelo Arcidiacono | Italy |
| Paul Apostol | United States |
| Peter Westbrook | United States |
| Józef Nowara | Poland |
| Patrick Quivrin | France |
| Tamás Kovács | Hungary |
| Péter Marót | Hungary |
| Régis Bonissent | France |
| Tycho Weißgerber | West Germany |
| Miroslav Dudekov | Bulgaria |
| Anani Mikhaylov | Bulgaria |
| Leszek Jabłonowski | Poland |
| Cornel Marin | Romania |
| Guzman Salazar | Cuba |
| Marcelo Méndez | Argentina |
| Richard Cohen | Great Britain |
| Stephen Kaplan | United States |
| Philippe Bena | France |
| Marc Lavoie | Canada |
| John Deanfield | Great Britain |
| Eli Sukunda | Canada |
| Taweewat Hurapan | Thailand |
| Peter Mather | Great Britain |
| Ismail Pashapour-Alamdari | Iran |
| Peter Urban | Canada |
| Ahmed Eskandarpour | Iran |
| Trayan Dimitrov | Bulgaria |
| César Bejarano | Paraguay |
| José María Casanovas | Argentina |
| Hanns Brandstätter | Austria |
| Juan Gavajda | Argentina |
| Abdul Hamid Fathi | Iran |
| Sutipong Santitevagul | Thailand |
| Royengyot Srivorapongpant | Thailand |
| Kam Roger | Hong Kong |