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

The men's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 1 to 2 September 1972. 63 fencers from 13 nations competed.

## Rosters

* Canada
* Magdy Conyd
* Herbert Obst
* Gerry Wiedel
* Lester Wong
* Cuba
* Evelio González
* Eduardo Jhons
* Jesús Gil
* Enrique Salvat
* Jorge Garbey
* France
* Jean-Claude Magnan
* Daniel Revenu
* Christian Noël
* Gilles Berolatti
* Bernard Talvard
* Great Britain
* Mike Breckin
* Barry Paul
* Graham Paul
* Anthony Power
* Ian Single
* Hungary
* Sándor Szabó
* Csaba Fenyvesi
* László Kamuti
* István Marton
* Jenő Kamuti
* Italy
* Alfredo Del Francia
* Nicola Granieri
* Carlo Montano
* Arcangelo Pinelli
* Stefano Simoncelli
* Japan
* Shiro Maruyama
* Masaya Fukuda
* Hiroshi Nakajima
* Kiyoshi Uehara
* Ichiro Serizawa
* Lebanon
* Ali Chekr
* Yves Daniel Darricau
* Fawzi Merhi
* Ali Sleiman
* Poland
* Witold Woyda
* Lech Koziejowski
* Jerzy Kaczmarek
* Marek Dąbrowski
* Arkadiusz Godel
* Romania
* Iuliu Falb
* Ștefan Haukler
* Mihai Țiu
* Tănase Mureșanu
* Aurel Ștefan
* Soviet Union
* Vasyl Stankovych
* Viktor Putyatin
* Anatoly Koteshev
* Vladimir Denisov
* Leonid Romanov
* United States
* Carl Borack
* Martin Jay Davis
* Joseph Freeman
* John Nonna
* Tyrone Simmons
* West Germany
* Klaus Reichert
* Friedrich Wessel
* Harald Hein
* Dieter Wellmann
* Erk Sens-Gorius

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

West Germany and Poland each defeated Italy, 12–4 and 11–5, respectively. The two victors then faced off. West Germany won 8–7, with a 61–55 touches advantage making the final bout irrelevant.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | FRG | POL | ITA |
| 1 | West Germany | 2 | 0 | 20 | 11 | Q | | 8–7 | 12–4 |
| 2 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | Q | 7–8 | | 11–5 |
| 3 | Italy | 0 | 2 | 9 | 23 | | 4–12 | 5–11 | |

#### Round 1 Pool B

Cuba and France each defeated Great Britain, 11–5 and 10–6, respectively. The two victors then faced off. France won 9–1.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | FRA | CUB | GBR |
| 1 | France | 2 | 0 | 19 | 7 | Q | | 9–1 | 10–6 |
| 2 | Cuba | 1 | 1 | 12 | 14 | Q | 1–9 | | 11–5 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 11 | 21 | | 6–10 | 5–11 | |

#### Round 1 Pool C

Japan and the Soviet Union each defeated United States 12–4. The two victors then faced off. Japan won 9–7.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | JPN | URS | USA |
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 0 | 21 | 11 | Q | | 9–7 | 12–4 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 19 | 13 | Q | 7–9 | | 12–4 |
| 3 | United States | 0 | 2 | 8 | 24 | | 4–12 | 4–12 | |

#### Round 1 Pool D

In the first set of matches, Hungary defeated Lebanon 13–3 and Romania shut out Canada 16–0. In the second, Hungary beat Canada 13–3 and Romania won over Lebanon 9–7. Canada and Lebanon were eliminated and did not face each other; Hungary and Romania vied for position within the group, with Hungary winning 8–7 (with a 62–55 touches advantage making the 16th bout unnecessary).
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | HUN | ROU | LIB | CAN |
| 1 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 34 | 13 | Q | | 8–7 | 13–3 | 13–3 |
| 2 | Romania | 2 | 1 | 32 | 15 | Q | 7–8 | | 9–7 | 16–0 |
| 3 | Lebanon | 0 | 2 | 10 | 22 | | 3–13 | 7–9 | | |
| 4 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 3 | 29 | | 3–13 | 0–16 | | |

### Elimination rounds

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| B1 | France | 9 | | | | | | |
| D2 | Romania | 6 | | | | | | |
| D2 | Romania | 6 | B1 | France | 6 | | | |
| | | | C2 | Soviet Union | 9 | | | |
| A1 | West Germany | 6 | C2 | Soviet Union | 9 | | | |
| C2 | Soviet Union | 9 | | | | | | |
| C2 | Soviet Union | 9 | | | | C2 | Soviet Union | 5 |
| | | | | | | A2 | Poland | 9 |
| C1 | Japan | 5 | | | | | | | A2 | Poland | 9 |
| A2 | Poland | 9 | | | |
| A2 | Poland | 9 | A2 | Poland | 8 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | D1 | Hungary | 7 |
| D1 | Hungary | 9 | D1 | Hungary | 7 | B1 | France | 9 |
| B2 | Cuba | 6 | | | | D1 | Hungary | 7 |
| Consolation Round | Consolation Round | Consolation Round | Fifth Place | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| D2 | Romania | 3 | | | |
| A1 | West Germany | 9 | | | |
| A1 | West Germany | 9 | A1 | West Germany | 9 |
| | | | C1 | Japan | 7 |
| C1 | Japan | 9 | C1 | Japan | 7 |
| B2 | Cuba | 6 | | | |