# Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 29 – 30 August 1960. 78 fencers from 31 nations competed. Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by Viktor Zhdanovich of the Soviet Union, with his countryman Yury Sisikin the runner-up; they were the nation's first medals in the event. The Soviets nearly swept the medals, with Mark Midler advancing to a three-man barrage for third place before finishing in fifth place. Albie Axelrod's bronze put the United States on the podium for the event for the first time since 1932. Traditional powers Italy and France, who between them had won 11 of 12 gold medals and 9 of 12 silver, were kept off the podium entirely (and Italy did not even have a fencer made the final).

## Background

This was the 13th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1908 (when there was a foil display only rather than a medal event). Three of the eight finalists from 1956 returned: two-time gold medalist (and 1948 silver medalist) Christian d'Oriola of France, fourth-place finisher Allan Jay of Great Britain, and seventh-place finisher Mark Midler of the Soviet Union. D'Oriola was a strong contender for a third gold medal, but the Italian and French hegemony in the event was threatened by rising strength of other nations. Jay was the reigning world champion. The Soviets had won the team event at the world championships.
Monaco, Morocco, New Zealand, Tunisia, and Vietnam each made their debut in the men's foil. The United States made its 12th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 competition.

## Competition format

The competition used a pool play format, with each fencer facing the other fencers in the pool in a round robin. Bouts were to 5 touches. It is unclear how ties were broken in the first round; beginning in round 2, barrages were used to break ties necessary for advancement. However, only as much fencing was done as was necessary to determine advancement, so some bouts never occurred if the fencers advancing from the pool could be determined. The competition involved 5 rounds:
* Round 1: 12 pools, 6 or 7 fencers to a pool (one pool had 5 due to a withdrawal), top 3 advance (total 36 advancing)
* Round 2: 6 pools, 6 fencers to a pool, top 4 advance (total 24 advancing)
* Quarterfinals: 4 pools, 6 fencers to a pool, top 3 advance (total 12 advancing)
* Semifinals: 2 pools, 6 fencers to a pool, top 4 advance (total 8 advancing)
* Final: 1 pool, 8 fencers

## Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Monday, 29 August 1960 | 8:30 15:00 | Round 1 Round 2 |
| Tuesday, 30 August 1960 | 8:30 13:00 15:00 | Quarterfinals Semifinals Final |

## Results
### Round 1

The top three fencers in each pool advanced.

#### Round 1 Pool A

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | MF | MM | JP | MS | AEE | OA |
| 1 | Mitsuyuki Funamizu (JPN) | 4 | 1 | 21 | 11 | Q | | 1–5 | 5–0 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Mark Midler (URS) | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | Q | 5–1 | | 4–5 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Joseph Paletta Jr. (USA) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 20 | Q | 0–5 | 5–4 | | 5–3 | 5–3 | 4–5 |
| 4 | Michel Steininger (SUI) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 19 | | 3–5 | 5–4 | 3–5 | | 3–5 | 5–0 |
| 5 | Ahmed El-Hamy El-Husseini (EGY) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 18 | | 3–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 5–3 | | 5–0 |
| 6 | Orlando Azinhais (POR) | 1 | 4 | 9 | 24 | | 0–5 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 0–5 | 3–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | CdO | TG | RC | FQ | MSo | MSi | PM |
| 1 | Christian d'Oriola (FRA) | 5 | 1 | 29 | 13 | Q | | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Tim Gerresheim (EUA) | 4 | 2 | 22 | 18 | Q | 1–5 | | 5–1 | 1–5 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Ralph Cooperman (GBR) | 4 | 2 | 22 | 17 | Q | 1–5 | 1–5 | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Freddy Quintero (VEN) | 3 | 3 | 25 | 19 | | 2–5 | 5–1 | 4–5 | | 4–5 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Moustafa Soheim (EGY) | 2 | 4 | 22 | 26 | | 3–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 5–4 | | 5–2 | 4–5 |
| 6 | Michael Sichel (AUS) | 2 | 4 | 18 | 24 | | 5–4 | 4–5 | 0–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | | 5–0 |
| 7 | Pedro Marçal (POR) | 1 | 5 | 8 | 29 | | 1–5 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 0–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | AJ | JC | TM | FD | BS | LK |
| 1 | Allan Jay (GBR) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 13 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Jean Cerrottini (SUI) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 22 | Q | 4–5 | | 0–5 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Tănase Mureșanu (ROU) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 17 | Q | 2–5 | 5–0 | | 0–5 | 5–2 | 4–5 |
| 4 | Franck Delhem (BEL) | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | | 2–5 | 4–5 | 5–0 | | 4–5 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Boris Stavrev (BUL) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 21 | | 3–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 5–4 | | 5–2 |
| 6 | Leif Klette (NOR) | 1 | 4 | 14 | 24 | | 2–5 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 1–5 | 2–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | JR | JK | EG | LG | GO | JD | GA |
| 1 | Jan Różycki (POL) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 15 | Q | | 3–5 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 | | 5–2 |
| 2 | Jenő Kamuti (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | Q | 5–3 | | 5–1 | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Eugene Glazer (USA) | 4 | 2 | 25 | 19 | Q | 4–5 | 1–5 | | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Luis García (VEN) | 3 | 3 | 22 | 26 | | 2–5 | 5–4 | 1–5 | | 4–5 | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 5 | Gilbert Orengo (MON) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 23 | | 2–5 | | 1–5 | 5–4 | | 5–4 | 2–5 |
| 6 | Jesús Díez (ESP) | 1 | 4 | 20 | 23 | | | 3–5 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 4–5 | | 5–3 |
| 7 | Göran Abrahamsson (SWE) | 1 | 5 | 18 | 27 | | 2–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 5–2 | 3–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool E

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | JG | JB | MC | ED | AD | HT | JK |
| 1 | Jesús Gruber (VEN) | 5 | 1 | 25 | 16 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–3 | 0–5 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Jürgen Brecht (EUA) | 4 | 2 | 26 | 18 | Q | 4–5 | | 2–5 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Mario Curletto (ITA) | 4 | 2 | 26 | 19 | Q | 3–5 | 5–2 | | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 3–5 |
| 4 | Édouard Didier (LUX) | 3 | 3 | 19 | 18 | | 5–0 | 1–5 | 2–5 | | 1–5 | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 5 | Asen Dyakovski (BUL) | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | | 1–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 5–1 | | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 6 | Harry Thuillier (IRL) | 1 | 5 | 13 | 26 | | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | | 5–1 |
| 7 | Jean Khayat (TUN) | 1 | 5 | 12 | 28 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool F

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | BH | MF | JM | HL | WF | HB | RB |
| 1 | Bill Hoskyns (GBR) | 6 | 0 | 30 | 5 | Q | | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Mihály Fülöp (HUN) | 5 | 1 | 26 | 13 | Q | 1–5 | | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Joaquín Moya (ESP) | 3 | 3 | 20 | 24 | Q | 0–5 | 2–5 | | 3–5 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Hans Lagerwall (SWE) | 3 | 2 | 17 | 15 | | 1–5 | 1–5 | 5–3 | | 5–0 | | 5–2 |
| 5 | William Fajardo (MEX) | 1 | 5 | 16 | 28 | | 3–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | 0–5 | | 5–3 | 3–5 |
| 6 | Henri Bini (MON) | 1 | 4 | 10 | 21 | | 0–5 | 0–5 | 4–5 | | 1–5 | | 5–1 |
| 7 | Raoul Barouch (TUN) | 1 | 5 | 13 | 28 | | 0–5 | 4–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 1–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool G

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | VZ | AC | EG | JD | JP | BP |
| 1 | Viktor Zhdanovich (URS) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 11 | Q | | 4–5 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–0 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Attila Csipler (ROU) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 17 | Q | 5–4 | | 5–1 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Enrique González (ESP) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 19 | Q | 2–5 | 1–5 | | 5–3 | 3–5 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Jacques Debeur (BEL) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 19 | | 2–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Juan Paladino (URU) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 22 | | 0–5 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 4–5 | | 4–5 |
| 6 | Brian Pickworth (NZL) | 1 | 4 | 13 | 24 | | 2–5 | 4–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 5–4 | |

#### Round 1 Pool H

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | JL | LK | BM | HO | OL | CE | TVX |
| 1 | Jean Link (LUX) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 8 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–1 | | 5–0 | 5–3 |
| 2 | László Kamuti (HUN) | 5 | 1 | 27 | 17 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Brian McCowage (AUS) | 4 | 2 | 26 | 21 | Q | 2–5 | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–0 | 5–4 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Heizaburo Okawa (JPN) | 3 | 3 | 23 | 19 | | 1–5 | 4–5 | 3–5 | | 5–4 | 5–0 | 5–0 |
| 5 | Orvar Lindwall (SWE) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 21 | | | 1–5 | 0–5 | 4–5 | | 5–2 | 5–4 |
| 6 | Charles El-Gressy (MAR) | 0 | 5 | 8 | 25 | | 0–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 0–5 | 2–5 | | |
| 7 | Trần Văn Xuan (VIE) | 0 | 5 | 12 | 25 | | 3–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | 0–5 | 4–5 | | |

#### Round 1 Pool I

Saev of Bulgaria did not start, leaving this pool with only 5 fencers.
| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | WW | LC | RC | RS | NB |
| 1 | Witold Woyda (POL) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 8 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Luigi Carpaneda (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 17 | 15 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Roger Closset (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | Q | 1–5 | 4–5 | | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Robert Schiel (LUX) | 1 | 3 | 10 | 18 | | 2–5 | 2–5 | 1–5 | | 5–3 |
| 5 | Norbert Brami (TUN) | 0 | 4 | 10 | 20 | | 3–5 | 4–5 | 0–5 | 3–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool J

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | EM | RP | AA | JD | CP | AE |
| 1 | Eberhard Mehl (EUA) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 5 | Q | | 5–0 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Ryszard Parulski (POL) | 4 | 1 | 20 | 14 | Q | 0–5 | | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Albie Axelrod (USA) | 3 | 2 | 17 | 16 | Q | 1–5 | 1–5 | | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Jaime Duque (COL) | 1 | 3 | 12 | 17 | | 2–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | | | 5–2 |
| 5 | Claudio Polledri (SUI) | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 | | 2–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | | | 5–2 |
| 6 | Abderraouf El-Fassy (MAR) | 0 | 5 | 7 | 25 | | 0–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool K

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | YS | JCM | RC | IL | MGE | KT | MB |
| 1 | Yury Sisikin (URS) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 13 | Q | | 4–5 | | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Jean-Claude Magnan (FRA) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 12 | Q | 5–4 | | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–4 | | |
| 3 | Raúl Cicero (MEX) | 3 | 1 | 17 | 14 | Q | | 2–5 | | | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Ivan Lund (AUS) | 1 | 3 | 11 | 17 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | | | | 5–2 | 3–5 |
| 5 | Mohamed Gamil El-Kalyoubi (EGY) | 1 | 3 | 14 | 19 | | 3–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | | | 5–4 | |
| 6 | Kazuhiko Tabuchi (JPN) | 1 | 4 | 17 | 22 | | 3–5 | | 3–5 | 2–5 | 4–5 | | 5–2 |
| 7 | Manuel Borrego (POR) | 1 | 3 | 12 | 18 | | 1–5 | | 4–5 | 5–3 | | 2–5 | |

#### Round 1 Pool L

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | AP | ID | AV | CS | BH | EE | MBJ |
| 1 | Alberto Pellegrino (ITA) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 7 | Q | | | | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Ion Drîmbă (ROU) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 12 | Q | | | 4–5 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–2 |
| 3 | André Verhalle (BEL) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 12 | Q | | 5–4 | | 5–2 | 5–1 | 3–5 | 5–0 |
| 4 | Carl Schwende (CAN) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | | 2–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | | | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| 5 | Brian Hamilton (IRL) | 1 | 3 | 9 | 19 | | 2–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | | | | 5–4 |
| 6 | Emilio Echeverry (COL) | 1 | 3 | 8 | 18 | | 3–5 | 0–5 | 5–3 | 0–5 | | | |
| 7 | Mohamed Ben Joullon (MAR) | 0 | 5 | 7 | 25 | | 0–5 | 2–5 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | | |

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

The fifth (final) round of the pool was cancelled entirely, as it was clear who the four advancing would be; each fencer thus faced only 4 others.
| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | JCM | BH | AA | JG | LK | JM |
| 1 | Jean-Claude Magnan (FRA) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 7 | Q | | 5–1 | 5–3 | | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Bill Hoskyns (GBR) | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | Q | 1–5 | | | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Albie Axelrod (USA) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 12 | Q | 3–5 | | | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Jesús Gruber (VEN) | 2 | 2 | 13 | 17 | Q | | 2–5 | 1–5 | | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 5 | László Kamuti (HUN) | 0 | 4 | 9 | 20 | | 3–5 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | | |
| 6 | Joaquín Moya (ESP) | 0 | 4 | 8 | 20 | | 0–5 | 0–5 | 4–5 | 4–5 | | |

#### Round 2 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | WW | JB | YS | MC | RC | ID |
| 1 | Witold Woyda (POL) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 9 | Q | | | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–1 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Jürgen Brecht (EUA) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | Q | | | 5–2 | 3–5 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Yury Sisikin (URS) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 16 | Q | 1–5 | 2–5 | | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Mario Curletto (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 14 | Q | 3–5 | 5–3 | 2–5 | | 5–1 | |
| 5 | Ralph Cooperman (GBR) | 1 | 4 | 12 | 23 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | | 5–3 |
| 6 | Ion Drîmbă (ROU) | 0 | 4 | 9 | 20 | | 4–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | | 3–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | EM | VZ | MF | AV | JP | RC |
| 1 | Eberhard Mehl (EUA) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 15 | Q | | 5–3 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Viktor Zhdanovich (URS) | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–3 | | 5–0 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Mihály Fülöp (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 19 | Q | 5–3 | 3–5 | | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–3 |
| 4 | André Verhalle (BEL) | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | Q | 3–5 | | 3–5 | | 5–4 | 5–2 |
| 5 | Joseph Paletta Jr. (USA) | 1 | 3 | 9 | 19 | | 4–5 | 0–5 | 5–4 | 0–5 | | |
| 6 | Raúl Cicero (MEX) | 0 | 4 | 6 | 20 | | 0–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | | |

#### Round 2 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | TG | LC | MM | JR | JL | BM |
| 1 | Tim Gerresheim (EUA) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 15 | Q | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Luigi Carpaneda (ITA) | 3 | 1 | 19 | 12 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–3 | | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Mark Midler (URS) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | Q | 2–5 | 3–5 | | 5–3 | 5–0 | |
| 4 | Jan Różycki (POL) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 15 | Q | 2–5 | | 3–5 | | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 5 | Jean Link (LUX) | 1 | 4 | 15 | 21 | | 4–5 | 3–5 | 0–4 | 3–5 | | 5–2 |
| 6 | Brian McCowage (AUS) | 0 | 4 | 8 | 20 | | 3–5 | 1–5 | | 2–5 | 2–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool E

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | AP | RP | CdO | TM | JC | EG |
| 1 | Alberto Pellegrino (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | Q | | 2–5 | 1–5 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Ryszard Parulski (POL) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 16 | Q | 5–2 | | 2–5 | 3–5 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Christian d'Oriola (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 17 | 12 | Q | 5–1 | 5–2 | | 5–4 | 2–5 | |
| 4 | Tănase Mureșanu (ROU) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 18 | Q | 0–5 | 5–3 | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 5 | Jean Cerrottini (SUI) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 20 | | 1–5 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 3–5 | | 5–3 |
| 6 | Enrique González (ESP) | 0 | 4 | 11 | 20 | | 4–5 | 2–5 | | 2–5 | 3–5 | |

#### Round 2 Pool F

There was a 4-way tie for 3rd place, requiring a barrage for the last two advancement places.
| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | JK | RC | AJ | EG | MF | AC |
| 1 | Jenő Kamuti (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | Q | | 4–5 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Roger Closset (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 16 | 16 | Q | 5–4 | | 0–5 | 1–5 | 5–2 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Allan Jay (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 19 | B | 1–5 | 5–0 | | 4–5 | 4–5 | 5–4 |
| 4 | Eugene Glazer (USA) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 20 | B | 3–5 | 5–1 | 5–4 | | 1–5 | 4–5 |
| 5 | Mitsuyuki Funamizu (JPN) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 20 | B | 2–5 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 5–1 | | 2–5 |
| 6 | Attila Csipler (ROU) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 21 | B | 3–5 | 0–5 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 5–2 | |

##### Barrage

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | AJ | EG | MF | AC |
| 1 | Allan Jay (GBR) | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | Q | | 2–5 | 5–3 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Eugene Glazer (USA) | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | Q | 5–2 | | 5–4 | 0–5 |
| 3 | Mitsuyuki Funamizu (JPN) | 1 | 2 | 12 | 14 | | 3–5 | 4–5 | | 5–4 |
| 4 | Attila Csipler (ROU) | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | | 1–5 | 5–0 | 4–5 | |

### Quarterfinals
#### Quarterfinal A

There was a four-way tie for 3rd place; a barrage was held to determine the final advancing fencer.
| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | BH | YS | WW | MC | AV | JK |
| 1 | Bill Hoskyns (GBR) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 19 | Q | | 5–4 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Yury Sisikin (URS) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 18 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 3–5 | 5–1 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Witold Woyda (POL) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 20 | B | 5–3 | 3–5 | | 5–2 | 3–5 | 3–5 |
| 4 | Mario Curletto (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 19 | B | 3–5 | 5–3 | 2–5 | | 5–1 | 2–5 |
| 5 | André Verhalle (BEL) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 20 | B | 3–5 | 1–5 | 5–3 | 1–5 | | 5–2 |
| 6 | Jenő Kamuti (HUN) | 2 | 3 | 20 | 20 | B | 4–5 | 4–5 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 2–5 | |

##### Barrage

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | WW | MC | JK |
| 1 | Witold Woyda (POL) | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | Q | | 4–5 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Mario Curletto (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | | 5–4 | | 2–5 |
| 3 | André Verhalle (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| 4 | Jenő Kamuti (HUN) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | | 1–5 | 5–2 | |

#### Quarterfinal B

Carpaneda and d'Oriola tied for the 3rd and final advancement place at 3–2, so fenced off for the spot. Carpaneda had won the initial round-robin bout, but d'Oriola won the fence-off and advanced.
| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | RP | MM | CdO | LC | EG | JB |
| 1 | Ryszard Parulski (POL) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 12 | Q | | 5–2 | 3–5 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 5–2 |
| 2 | Mark Midler (URS) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | Q | 2–5 | | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| 3 | Christian d'Oriola (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 20 | B | 5–3 | 1–5 | | 3–5 | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Luigi Carpaneda (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 16 | B | 1–5 | 4–5 | 5–3 | | 5–1 | 5–2 |
| 5 | Eugene Glazer (USA) | 1 | 4 | 13 | 23 | | 2–5 | 1–5 | 4–5 | 1–5 | | 5–3 |
| 6 | Jürgen Brecht (EUA) | 0 | 5 | 11 | 25 | | 2–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | |

##### Barrage

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | CdO | LC |
| 1 | Christian d'Oriola (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | Q | | 5–4 |
| 2 | Luigi Carpaneda (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 4–5 | |

#### Quarterfinal C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | VZ | JR | RC | AP | TG | JG |
| 1 | Viktor Zhdanovich (URS) | 4 | 0 | 20 | 4 | Q | | | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Jan Różycki (POL) | 3 | 1 | 16 | 14 | Q | | | 5–3 | 1–5 | 5–3 | 5–3 |
| 3 | Roger Closset (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 17 | Q | 1–5 | 3–5 | | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Alberto Pellegrino (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 19 | | 0–5 | 5–1 | 2–5 | | 3–5 | 5–3 |
| 5 | Tim Gerresheim (EUA) | 1 | 3 | 13 | 18 | | 2–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 5–3 | | |
| 6 | Jesús Gruber (VEN) | 0 | 4 | 9 | 20 | | 1–5 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 3–5 | | |

#### Quarterfinal D

With a three-way tie for 2nd place, a barrage was needed to determine two advancement spots.
| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | AA | EM | MF | TM | JCM | AJ |
| 1 | Albie Axelrod (USA) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 16 | Q | | 4–5 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Eberhard Mehl (EUA) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 17 | B | 5–4 | | 4–5 | 3–5 | 5–3 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Mihály Fülöp (HUN) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 20 | B | 3–5 | 5–4 | | 5–3 | 1–5 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Tănase Mureșanu (ROU) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 18 | B | 4–5 | 5–3 | 3–5 | | 5–2 | 5–3 |
| 5 | Jean-Claude Magnan (FRA) | 1 | 4 | 14 | 21 | | 1–5 | 3–5 | 5–1 | 2–5 | | 3–5 |
| 6 | Allan Jay (GBR) | 1 | 4 | 14 | 23 | | 3–5 | 0–5 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 5–3 | |

##### Barrage

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | EM | MF | TM |
| 1 | Eberhard Mehl (EUA) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | Q | | | 5–3 |
| 2 | Mihály Fülöp (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | Q | | | 5–3 |
| 3 | Tănase Mureșanu (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | | 3–5 | 3–5 | |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal A

In a very closely contested semifinal, each fencer finished either 3–2 or 2–3. With a three-way tie for 4th place, a barrage was needed to determine the final advancement spot.
| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | AA | WW | VZ | CdO | MF | RP |
| 1 | Albie Axelrod (USA) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 16 | Q | | 3–5 | 1–5 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–3 |
| 2 | Witold Woyda (POL) | 3 | 2 | 23 | 17 | Q | 4–5 | | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 4–5 |
| 3 | Viktor Zhdanovich (URS) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 18 | Q | 5–3 | 5–4 | | 3–5 | 5–1 | 3–5 |
| 4 | Christian d'Oriola (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 20 | B | 2–5 | 3–5 | 5–3 | | 4–5 | 5–2 |
| 5 | Mihály Fülöp (HUN) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 20 | B | 1–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 5–4 | | 5–1 |
| 6 | Ryszard Parulski (POL) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 22 | B | 3–5 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 2–5 | 1–5 | |

##### Barrage

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | CdO | MF | RP |
| 1 | Christian d'Oriola (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | Q | | 5–2 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Mihály Fülöp (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | | 2–5 | | |
| 3 | Ryszard Parulski (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | | 0–5 | | |

#### Semifinal B

Hoskyns and Różycki tied for 4th at 2–3. In the barrage, Hoskyns was victorious, repeating his 5–1 win over Różycki in the round-robin.
| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | MM | YS | RC | BH | JR | EM |
| 1 | Mark Midler (URS) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 14 | Q | | 5–3 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 5–4 |
| 2 | Yury Sisikin (URS) | 3 | 2 | 18 | 18 | Q | 3–5 | | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–3 | 0–5 |
| 3 | Roger Closset (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 17 | 16 | Q | 0–5 | 2–5 | | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 4 | Bill Hoskyns (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 20 | B | 2–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | | 5–1 | 5–4 |
| 5 | Jan Różycki (POL) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 17 | B | 5–2 | 3–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | | 5–0 |
| 6 | Eberhard Mehl (EUA) | 1 | 4 | 13 | 20 | | 4–5 | 5–0 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 0–5 | |

##### Barrage

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | BH | JR |
| 1 | Bill Hoskyns (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | Q | | 5–1 |
| 2 | Jan Różycki (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | | 1–5 | |

### Final

After a 3–2 record in the semifinals, Zhdanovich swept the entire field in the final and finished 7–0 for the gold medal. The next closest fencer and thus silver medalist, Sisikin, went 4–2. Closset dislocated his right knee and was unable to finish the round; his bouts against Sisikin, Axelrod, and Woyda were cancelled. The three men tied for third place at 3 wins (regardless of losses, which were different due to Closset's injury) faced off in a barrage for the bronze medal; Axelrod won by beating both of the other hopefuls. Despite only competing in four bouts, Closset finished in a tie for 6th at 2 wins (he was 2–2 in his bouts), winning the tie-breaker against Hoskyns (2–5) based on touches received in their respective victories: Closset's wins were both by 5–3 scores, for a total of 6 touches received, while Hoskyns's wins were by 5–4 scores, with a total of 8 touches received).
| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | VZ | YS | AA | WW | MM | RC | BH | CdO |
| | Viktor Zhdanovich (URS) | 7 | 0 | 35 | 20 | | | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 5–3 | 5–3 |
| | Yury Sisikin (URS) | 4 | 2 | 27 | 21 | | 4–5 | | 5–2 | 3–5 | 5–4 | | 5–1 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Albie Axelrod (USA) | 3 | 3 | 23 | 24 | B | 2–5 | 2–5 | | 5–3 | 5–2 | | 4–5 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Witold Woyda (POL) | 3 | 3 | 24 | 23 | B | 2–5 | 5–3 | 3–5 | | 4–5 | | 5–3 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Mark Midler (URS) | 3 | 4 | 28 | 25 | B | 4–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 5–4 | | 3–5 | 5–1 | 5–0 |
| 6 | Roger Closset (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 14 | 16 | | 2–5 | | | | 5–3 | | 5–3 | 2–5 |
| 7 | Bill Hoskyns (GBR) | 2 | 5 | 21 | 33 | | 3–5 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 3–5 | | 5–4 |
| 8 | Christian d'Oriola (FRA) | 1 | 6 | 22 | 32 | | 3–5 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 0–5 | 5–2 | 4–5 | |

#### Barrage

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | AA | WW | MM |
| | Albie Axelrod (USA) | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | | 5–4 | 5–3 |
| 4 | Witold Woyda (POL) | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4–5 | | 5–2 |
| 5 | Mark Midler (URS) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3–5 | 2–5 | |

## Overall standings

| Rank | Fencer | Nation | Round 1 | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
| | Viktor Zhdanovich | Soviet Union | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| | Yury Sisikin | Soviet Union | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| | Albie Axelrod | United States | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Witold Woyda | Poland | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Mark Midler | Soviet Union | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Roger Closset | France | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Bill Hoskyns | Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Christian d'Oriola | France | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | Mihály Fülöp | Hungary | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Did not advance |
| 9 | Jan Różycki | Poland | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | Did not advance |
| 11 | Ryszard Parulski | Poland | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | Did not advance |
| 11 | Eberhard Mehl | United Team of Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Did not advance |
| 13 | Mario Curletto | Italy | 3 | 4 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 13 | Luigi Carpaneda | Italy | 2 | 2 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 13 | Alberto Pellegrino | Italy | 1 | 1 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 13 | Tănase Mureșanu | Romania | 3 | 4 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 17 | André Verhalle | Belgium | 3 | 4 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 17 | Eugene Glazer | United States | 3 | 4 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 17 | Tim Gerresheim | United Team of Germany | 2 | 1 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 17 | Jean-Claude Magnan | France | 2 | 1 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 21 | Jenő Kamuti | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| 21 | Jürgen Brecht | United Team of Germany | 2 | 2 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 21 | Jesús Gruber | Venezuela | 1 | 4 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 21 | Allan Jay | Great Britain | 1 | 3 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 25 | László Kamuti | Hungary | 2 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 25 | Ralph Cooperman | Great Britain | 3 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 25 | Joseph Paletta Jr. | United States | 3 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 25 | Jean Link | Luxembourg | 1 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 25 | Jean Cerrottini | Switzerland | 2 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 25 | Mitsuyuki Funamizu | Japan | 1 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 31 | Joaquín Moya | Spain | 3 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 31 | Ion Drîmbă | Romania | 2 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 31 | Raúl Cicero | Mexico | 3 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 31 | Brian McCowage | Australia | 3 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 31 | Enrique González | Spain | 3 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 31 | Attila Csipler | Romania | 2 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Michel Steininger | Switzerland | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Freddy Quintero | Venezuela | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Franck Delhem | Belgium | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Luis García | Venezuela | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Édouard Didier | Luxembourg | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Hans Lagerwall | Sweden | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Jacques Debeur | Belgium | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Heizaburo Okawa | Japan | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Robert Schiel | Luxembourg | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Jaime Duque | Colombia | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Ivan Lund | Australia | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | Carl Schwende | Canada | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | Ahmed El-Hamy El-Husseini | Egypt | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | Moustafa Soheim | Egypt | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | Boris Stavrev | Bulgaria | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | Gilbert Orengo | Monaco | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | Asen Dyakovski | Bulgaria | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | William Fajardo | Mexico | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | Juan Paladino | Uruguay | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | Orvar Lindwall | Sweden | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | Norbert Brami | Tunisia | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | Claudio Polledri | Switzerland | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | Mohamed Gamil El-Kalyoubi | Egypt | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 49 | Brian Hamilton | Ireland | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | Orlando Azinhais | Portugal | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | Michael Sichel | Australia | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | Leif Klette | Norway | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | Jesús Díez | Spain | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | Harry Thuillier | Ireland | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | Henri Bini | Monaco | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | Brian Pickworth | New Zealand | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | Charles El-Gressy | Morocco | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | Abderraouf El-Fassy | Morocco | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | Kazuhiko Tabuchi | Japan | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 61 | Emilio Echeverry | Colombia | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 72 | Pedro Marçal | Portugal | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 72 | Göran Abrahamsson | Sweden | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 72 | Jean Khayat | Tunisia | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 72 | Raoul Barouch | Tunisia | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 72 | Trần Văn Xuan | Vietnam | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 72 | Manuel Borrego | Portugal | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 72 | Mohamed Ben Joullon | Morocco | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |