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

The men's team sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 26 to 27, 1976. 63 fencers from 14 nations competed.

## Rosters

* Argentina
* Marcelo Méndez
* Juan Gavajda
* Fernando Lupiz
* José María Casanovas
* Bulgaria
* Miroslav Dudekov
* Anani Mikhaylov
* Konstantin Dzhelepov
* Khristo Khristov
* Canada
* Marc Lavoie
* Peter Urban
* Imre Nagy
* Eli Sukunda
* Cuba
* Manuel Ortiz
* Francisco de la Torre
* Guzman Salazar
* Ramón Hernández
* Lazaro Mora
* France
* Philippe Bena
* Régis Bonissent
* Bernard Dumont
* Didier Flament
* Patrick Quivrin
* Great Britain
* Bill Hoskyns
* Peter Mather
* John Deanfield
* Richard Cohen
* Hungary
* Péter Marót
* Tamás Kovács
* Imre Gedővári
* Ferenc Hammang
* Csaba Körmöczi
* Iran
* Abdul Hamid Fathi
* Ahmed Eskandarpour
* Ahmed Akbari
* Ismail Pashapour-Alamdari
* Italy
* Mario Aldo Montano
* Mario Tullio Montano
* Michele Maffei
* Tommaso Montano
* Angelo Arcidiacono
* Poland
* Leszek Jabłonowski
* Sylwester Królikowski
* Jacek Bierkowski
* Józef Nowara
* Romania
* Dan Irimiciuc
* Ioan Pop
* Marin Mustață
* Cornel Marin
* Alexandru Nilca
* Soviet Union
* Viktor Sidyak
* Vladimir Nazlymov
* Viktor Krovopuskov
* Mikhail Burtsev
* Eduard Vinokurov
* Thailand
* Taweewat Hurapan
* Samachai Trangjaroenngarm
* Sutipong Santitevagul
* Royengyot Srivorapongpant
* United States
* Paul Apostol
* Peter Westbrook
* Stephen Kaplan
* Thomas Losonczy
* Alex Orban

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

France and the Soviet Union each defeated Bulgaria, 11–5. The two victors then faced off. The Soviet Union won 9–1.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | URS | FRA | BUL |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | QQ | | 9–1 | 11–5 |
| 2 | France | 1 | 1 | 12 | 14 | QQ | 1–9 | | 11–5 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 10 | 22 | | 5–11 | 5–11 | |

#### Round 1 Pool B

The United States and Italy each defeated Canada, 9–7 and 13–3, respectively. The two victors then faced off. Italy won 9–3.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | ITA | USA | CAN |
| 1 | Italy | 2 | 0 | 22 | 6 | QQ | | 9–3 | 13–3 |
| 2 | United States | 1 | 1 | 12 | 16 | QQ | 3–9 | | 9–7 |
| 3 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 10 | 22 | | 3–13 | 7–9 | |

#### Round 1 Pool C

The first two rounds of matches left Romania and Cuba at 2–0 apiece (advancing to the knockout rounds) and Great Britain and Thailand at 0–2 each (eliminating them). Romania defeated Cuba 9–3 to take the top spot in the group. Great Britain and Thailand did not face each other.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | ROU | CUB | GBR | THA |
| 1 | Romania | 3 | 0 | 39 | 5 | QQ | | 9–3 | 14–2 | 16–0 |
| 2 | Cuba | 2 | 1 | 29 | 15 | QQ | 3–9 | | 11–5 | 15–1 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 7 | 25 | | 2–14 | 5–11 | | |
| 4 | Thailand | 0 | 2 | 1 | 31 | | 0–16 | 1–15 | | |

#### Round 1 Pool D

The first two rounds of matches left Hungary and Poland at 2–0 apiece (advancing to the knockout rounds) and Argentina and Iran at 0–2 each (eliminating them). Hungary defeated Poland 8–6 (with a 58–46 touches advantage making the final two bouts unnecessary) to take the top spot in the group. Argentina defeated Iran 9–4 for third place.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | HUN | POL | ARG | IRI |
| 1 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 36 | 10 | QQ | | 8–6 | 14–2 | 14–2 |
| 2 | Poland | 2 | 1 | 25 | 21 | QQ | 6–8 | | 10–6 | 9–7 |
| 3 | Argentina | 0 | 2 | 17 | 28 | | 2–14 | 6–10 | | 9–4 |
| 4 | Iran | 0 | 2 | 13 | 32 | | 2–14 | 7–9 | 4–9 | |

### Elimination rounds

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Soviet Union | 9 | | | | | | |
| B2 | United States | 1 | | | | | | |
| B2 | United States | 1 | A1 | Soviet Union | 8 (65) | | | |
| | | | C1 | Romania | 8 (64) | | | |
| C1 | Romania | 9 | C1 | Romania | 8 (64) | | | |
| D2 | Poland | 4 | | | | | | |
| D2 | Poland | 4 | | | | A1 | Soviet Union | 9 |
| | | | | | | B1 | Italy | 4 |
| D1 | Hungary | 8 | | | | | | | B1 | Italy | 4 |
| C2 | Cuba | 7 | | | |
| C2 | Cuba | 7 | D1 | Hungary | 5 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | B1 | Italy | 9 |
| B1 | Italy | 9 | B1 | Italy | 9 | C1 | Romania | 9 |
| A2 | France | 2 | | | | D1 | Hungary | 4 |
| Consolation Round | Consolation Round | Consolation Round | Fifth Place | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| B2 | United States | 3 | | | |
| D2 | Poland | 9 | | | |
| D2 | Poland | 9 | D2 | Poland | 6 |
| | | | C2 | Cuba | 9 |
| C2 | Cuba | 9 | C2 | Cuba | 9 |
| A2 | France | 5 | | | |