# Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 21 to 22 October 1968. 72 fencers from 28 nations competed. Each nation was limited to three fencers. The event was won by Győző Kulcsár of Hungary, the nation's first medal in the men's individual épée. Defending gold medalist Grigory Kriss of the Soviet Union took silver, becoming the eighth man to win multiple medals in the event and extending the Soviet podium streak to three Games. Italy returned to the podium as well after a one-Games absence broke its six-Games gold medal streak, with Gianluigi Saccaro (who came within a barrage of a medal in 1964) earning bronze.

## Background

This was the 15th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (with only foil and sabre events held) but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900.
Seven of the eight quarterfinalists from the 1964 Games returned: gold medalist Grigory Kriss of the Soviet Union, silver medalist Bill Hoskyns of Great Britain, fourth-place finisher Gianluigi Saccaro of Italy, fifth-place finisher Bogdan Gonsior of Poland, sixth-place finisher Claude Bourquard of France, and seventh-place finishers Orvar Lindwall of Sweden and Franz Rompza of the United Team of Germany (now competing for West Germany). Hoskyns (1958) was a former World Champion, as were Roland Losert of Austria (1963) and Zoltán Nemere of Hungary (1965); Kriss would win in 1971. The two-time reigning World Champion (1966 and 1967) was Aleksey Nikanchikov of the Soviet Union.
Puerto Rico made its debut in the event. East Germany and West Germany competed separately for the first time. Belgium and the United States each appeared for the 14th time, tied for most among nations.

## Competition format

The 1968 tournament continued to use a mix of pool play and knockout rounds, but with substantial changes from 1964. The first two rounds were round-robin pool play, followed by a knockout round, finishing with another pool for the final. Early-round barrages were eliminated and the knockout round was a modified double elimination round.
* Round 1: 12 pools, with 6 or 7 fencers in each pool (one pool had 5 due to a withdrawal). The top 4 fencers in each pool advanced, cutting the field from 72 to 48.
* Round 2: 8 pools, with 6 fencers per pool. Again, the top 4 fencers advanced, reducing the number of remaining fencers from 48 to 32.
* Knockout round: This was a modified double-elimination tournament. The 32 fencers were divided into 4 groups of 8. The winner of the "winners bracket" in each group advanced to the final pool. The winner of the "losers bracket" from each group faced the winner of a different group's "losers bracket," with the winner of that match advancing to the final pool as well. The knockout round winnowed the fencers from 32 to 6.
* Final round: A final pool with the 6 remaining fencers determined the medals and 4th through 6th place. A barrage was used if necessary.

## Schedule

All times are Central Standard Time (UTC-6)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Monday, 21 October 1968 | 8:00 | Round 1 Round 2 |
| Tuesday, 22 October 1968 | 10:00 | Knockout rounds Final |

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

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | AN | HP | EF | KD | AZE | MR |
| 1 | Aleksey Nikanchikov (URS) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 9 | Q | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Herbert Polzhuber (AUT) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 17 | Q | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Ernesto Fernández (MEX) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 18 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Klaus Dumke (GDR) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 21 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Ahmed Zein El-Abidin (EGY) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 21 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Michael Ryan (IRL) | 0 | 5 | 11 | 25 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |

#### Round 1 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | FR | DM | GK | PB | AC | JAD |
| 1 | Franz Rompza (FRG) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 15 | Q | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | David Micahnik (USA) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 16 | Q | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Grigory Kriss (URS) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 18 | Q | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| 4 | Peter Bakonyi (CAN) | 2 | 3 | 21 | 19 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Ali Chekr (LIB) | 1 | 4 | 14 | 21 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | José Antonio Díaz (CUB) | 1 | 4 | 13 | 23 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |

#### Round 1 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | RL | OV | JLD | SF | JP | DA |
| 1 | Roland Losert (AUT) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 10 | Q | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Omar Vergara (ARG) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 17 | Q | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Jacques La Degaillerie (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 18 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| 4 | Silvio Fernández (VEN) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 19 | Q | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 5 | José Pinheiro (POR) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 23 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Darío Amaral (BRA) | 1 | 4 | 17 | 22 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |

#### Round 1 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | CF | GP | VP | SH | RH | FdS | JMP |
| 1 | Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | 6 | 0 | 30 | 11 | Q | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Gianfranco Paolucci (ITA) | 4 | 2 | 26 | 21 | Q | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Valeriano Pérez (MEX) | 3 | 3 | 25 | 22 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Ștefan Haukler (ROU) | 3 | 3 | 24 | 23 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Russell Hobby (AUS) | 3 | 3 | 23 | 23 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 6 | Francisco da Silva (POR) | 2 | 4 | 20 | 24 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| 7 | José Miguel Pérez (PUR) | 0 | 6 | 6 | 30 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |

#### Round 1 Pool E

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | MC | RT | BA | AB | KK | GJ |
| 1 | Michel Constandt (BEL) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 14 | Q | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Rudolf Trost (AUT) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 21 | Q | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Bohdan Andrzejewski (POL) | 3 | 2 | 23 | 17 | Q | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Alexandre Bretholz (SUI) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 23 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Khalil Kallas (LIB) | 1 | 4 | 18 | 22 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 |
| 6 | Graeme Jennings (AUS) | 1 | 4 | 14 | 24 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |

#### Round 1 Pool F

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | RJ | BG | PL | FB | BR | GO |
| 1 | Ralph Johnson (GBR) | 4 | 1 | 20 | 14 | Q | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Bogdan Gonsior (POL) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | Q | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Peter Lötscher (SUI) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 16 | Q | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| 4 | Florent Bessemans (BEL) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 19 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Bill Ronald (AUS) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 20 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Guillermo Obeid (ARG) | 1 | 4 | 12 | 24 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |

#### Round 1 Pool G

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | GK | HPS | HN | SN | JdA | AB |
| 1 | Győző Kulcsár (HUN) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 12 | Q | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Hans-Peter Schulze (GDR) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 17 | Q | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Henryk Nielaba (POL) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Stephen Netburn (USA) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 21 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| 5 | João de Abreu (POR) | 1 | 4 | 15 | 22 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Alberto Balestrini (ARG) | 1 | 4 | 13 | 24 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |

#### Round 1 Pool H

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | PP | GS | OL | CC | DM | TM |
| 1 | Paul Pesthy (USA) | 4 | 1 | 20 | 16 | Q | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Gianluigi Saccaro (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | Q | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Orvar Lindwall (SWE) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 16 | Q | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Carlos Couto (BRA) | 3 | 2 | 17 | 16 | Q | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Dag Midling (NOR) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 22 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Tănase Mureșanu (ROU) | 0 | 5 | 13 | 25 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |

#### Round 1 Pool I

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | BH | HF | JPA | MC | DS | MG |
| 1 | Bill Hoskyns (GBR) | 4 | 1 | 21 | 19 | Q | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Harry Fiedler (GDR) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | Q | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Jean-Pierre Allemand (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 16 | Q | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Magdy Conyd (CAN) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 17 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Dicki Sörensen (SWE) | 2 | 3 | 17 | 18 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Manuel González (CUB) | 0 | 5 | 11 | 25 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |

#### Round 1 Pool J

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | ZN | LEL | GO | CO | CB | FP |
| 1 | Zoltán Nemere (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 21 | 13 | Q | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Lars-Erik Larsson (SWE) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | Q | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Gustavo Oliveros (CUB) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 20 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Colm O'Brien (IRL) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 21 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Claude Bourquard (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 22 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 |
| 6 | Félix Piñero (VEN) | 1 | 4 | 14 | 24 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |

#### Round 1 Pool K

John Bouchier-Hayes of Ireland was entered in this pool but did not compete.
| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | FZ | JvK | MS | CF | GW |
| 1 | Fritz Zimmermann (FRG) | 3 | 1 | 17 | 14 | Q | | –0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Jan von Koss (NOR) | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | Q | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Michel Steininger (SUI) | 2 | 2 | 18 | 16 | Q | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Claudio Francesconi (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 15 | 16 | Q | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 |
| 5 | Gerry Wiedel (CAN) | 1 | 3 | 10 | 18 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |

#### Round 1 Pool L

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | DJ | VM | NH | CC | AR | AV |
| 1 | Dieter Jung (FRG) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | Q | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Viktor Modzolevsky (URS) | 3 | 2 | 23 | 16 | Q | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Nick Halsted (GBR) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 21 | Q | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Carlos Calderón (MEX) | 2 | 3 | 14 | 22 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| 5 | Arthur Ribeiro (BRA) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 23 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Alberto Varela (URU) | 1 | 4 | 16 | 22 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |

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

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | AN | JPA | GS | PB | HF | VP |
| 1 | Aleksey Nikanchikov (URS) | 4 | 1 | 25 | 15 | Q | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Jean-Pierre Allemand (FRA) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 15 | Q | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Gianluigi Saccaro (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 18 | Q | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Peter Bakonyi (CAN) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 21 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| 5 | Harry Fiedler (GDR) | 1 | 4 | 14 | 21 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Valeriano Pérez (MEX) | 1 | 4 | 10 | 23 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |

#### Round 2 Pool B

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | HPS | HN | FR | MS | LEL | SF |
| 1 | Hans-Peter Schulze (GDR) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 13 | Q | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Henryk Nielaba (POL) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 16 | Q | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Franz Rompza (FRG) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 17 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Michel Steininger (SUI) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 20 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| 5 | Lars-Erik Larsson (SWE) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 22 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Silvio Fernández (VEN) | 1 | 4 | 11 | 23 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |

#### Round 2 Pool C

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | BG | PL | KD | NH | JvK | RL |
| 1 | Bogdan Gonsior (POL) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 10 | Q | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Peter Lötscher (SUI) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 19 | Q | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| 3 | Klaus Dumke (GDR) | 2 | 3 | 21 | 20 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Nick Halsted (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 22 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Jan von Koss (NOR) | 2 | 3 | 16 | 23 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Roland Losert (AUT) | 1 | 4 | 18 | 23 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |

#### Round 2 Pool D

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | VM | CF | SH | BA | RT | GO |
| 1 | Viktor Modzolevsky (URS) | 4 | 1 | 23 | 13 | Q | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 19 | Q | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Ștefan Haukler (ROU) | 3 | 2 | 19 | 20 | Q | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Bohdan Andrzejewski (POL) | 2 | 3 | 20 | 19 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Rudolf Trost (AUT) | 1 | 4 | 19 | 22 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 |
| 6 | Gustavo Oliveros (CUB) | 1 | 4 | 13 | 25 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |

#### Round 2 Pool E

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | OL | MC | DJ | AB | GP | CO |
| 1 | Orvar Lindwall (SWE) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 19 | Q | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Michel Constandt (BEL) | 3 | 2 | 23 | 18 | Q | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Dieter Jung (FRG) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 19 | Q | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Alexandre Bretholz (SUI) | 3 | 2 | 22 | 21 | Q | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Gianfranco Paolucci (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 22 | 18 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Colm O'Brien (IRL) | 0 | 5 | 8 | 25 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |

#### Round 2 Pool F

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | ZN | SN | JLD | RJ | CC | OV |
| 1 | Zoltán Nemere (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 13 | Q | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Stephen Netburn (USA) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 17 | Q | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Jacques La Degaillerie (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 18 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Ralph Johnson (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 19 | Q | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| 5 | Carlos Calderón (MEX) | 2 | 3 | 15 | 21 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Omar Vergara (ARG) | 1 | 4 | 16 | 24 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |

#### Round 2 Pool G

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | GK | EF | FB | FZ | CF | DM |
| 1 | Győző Kulcsár (HUN) | 5 | 0 | 25 | 12 | Q | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Ernesto Fernández (MEX) | 3 | 2 | 20 | 18 | Q | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Florent Bessemans (BEL) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 20 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Fritz Zimmermann (FRG) | 2 | 3 | 18 | 22 | Q | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| 5 | Claudio Francesconi (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 21 | 23 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | David Micahnik (USA) | 1 | 4 | 15 | 22 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |

#### Round 2 Pool H

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | GK | CC | HP | BH | PP | MC |
| 1 | Grigory Kriss (URS) | 4 | 1 | 25 | 14 | Q | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Carlos Couto (BRA) | 4 | 1 | 22 | 19 | Q | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Herbert Polzhuber (AUT) | 3 | 2 | 21 | 18 | Q | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Bill Hoskyns (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 21 | 19 | Q | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Paul Pesthy (USA) | 2 | 3 | 19 | 19 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Magdy Conyd (CAN) | 0 | 5 | 6 | 25 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |

### Double elimination rounds
#### Winners brackets
##### Winners group 1

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Győző Kulcsár (HUN) | Győző Kulcsár (HUN) | W | | | | | | |
| Florent Bessemans (BEL) | Florent Bessemans (BEL) | L | | | | | | |
| Florent Bessemans (BEL) | Florent Bessemans (BEL) | L | Győző Kulcsár (HUN) | Győző Kulcsár (HUN) | W | | | |
| | | | Ralph Johnson (GBR) | Ralph Johnson (GBR) | L | | | |
| Peter Lötscher (SUI) | Peter Lötscher (SUI) | L | Ralph Johnson (GBR) | Ralph Johnson (GBR) | L | | | |
| Ralph Johnson (GBR) | Ralph Johnson (GBR) | W | | | | | | |
| Ralph Johnson (GBR) | Ralph Johnson (GBR) | W | | | | Győző Kulcsár (HUN) | Győző Kulcsár (HUN) | W |
| | | | | | | Jacques La Degaillerie (FRA) | Jacques La Degaillerie (FRA) | L |
| Michel Constandt (BEL) | Michel Constandt (BEL) | L | | | | | | | Jacques La Degaillerie (FRA) | Jacques La Degaillerie (FRA) | L |
| Stephen Netburn (USA) | Stephen Netburn (USA) | W | | | | | | |
| Stephen Netburn (USA) | Stephen Netburn (USA) | W | Stephen Netburn (USA) | Stephen Netburn (USA) | L | | | |
| | | | Jacques La Degaillerie (FRA) | Jacques La Degaillerie (FRA) | W | | | |
| Jacques La Degaillerie (FRA) | Jacques La Degaillerie (FRA) | W | Jacques La Degaillerie (FRA) | Jacques La Degaillerie (FRA) | W | | | |
| Dieter Jung (FRG) | Dieter Jung (FRG) | L | | | | | | |

##### Winners group 2

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Bogdan Gonsior (POL) | Bogdan Gonsior (POL) | W | | | | | | |
| Nick Halsted (GBR) | Nick Halsted (GBR) | L | | | | | | |
| Nick Halsted (GBR) | Nick Halsted (GBR) | L | Bogdan Gonsior (POL) | Bogdan Gonsior (POL) | L | | | |
| | | | Grigory Kriss (URS) | Grigory Kriss (URS) | W | | | |
| Ștefan Haukler (ROU) | Ștefan Haukler (ROU) | L | Grigory Kriss (URS) | Grigory Kriss (URS) | W | | | |
| Grigory Kriss (URS) | Grigory Kriss (URS) | W | | | | | | |
| Grigory Kriss (URS) | Grigory Kriss (URS) | W | | | | Grigory Kriss (URS) | Grigory Kriss (URS) | W |
| | | | | | | Jean-Pierre Allemand (FRA) | Jean-Pierre Allemand (FRA) | L |
| Jean-Pierre Allemand (FRA) | Jean-Pierre Allemand (FRA) | W | | | | | | | Jean-Pierre Allemand (FRA) | Jean-Pierre Allemand (FRA) | L |
| Fritz Zimmermann (FRG) | Fritz Zimmermann (FRG) | L | | | | | | |
| Fritz Zimmermann (FRG) | Fritz Zimmermann (FRG) | L | Jean-Pierre Allemand (FRA) | Jean-Pierre Allemand (FRA) | W | | | |
| | | | Hans-Peter Schulze (GDR) | Hans-Peter Schulze (GDR) | L | | | |
| Michel Steininger (SUI) | Michel Steininger (SUI) | L | Hans-Peter Schulze (GDR) | Hans-Peter Schulze (GDR) | L | | | |
| Hans-Peter Schulze (GDR) | Hans-Peter Schulze (GDR) | W | | | | | | |

##### Winners group 3

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Aleksey Nikanchikov (URS) | Aleksey Nikanchikov (URS) | W | | | | | | |
| Klaus Dumke (GDR) | Klaus Dumke (GDR) | L | | | | | | |
| Klaus Dumke (GDR) | Klaus Dumke (GDR) | L | Aleksey Nikanchikov (URS) | Aleksey Nikanchikov (URS) | L | | | |
| | | | Gianluigi Saccaro (ITA) | Gianluigi Saccaro (ITA) | W | | | |
| Bill Hoskyns (GBR) | Bill Hoskyns (GBR) | L | Gianluigi Saccaro (ITA) | Gianluigi Saccaro (ITA) | W | | | |
| Gianluigi Saccaro (ITA) | Gianluigi Saccaro (ITA) | W | | | | | | |
| Gianluigi Saccaro (ITA) | Gianluigi Saccaro (ITA) | W | | | | Gianluigi Saccaro (ITA) | Gianluigi Saccaro (ITA) | W |
| | | | | | | Henryk Nielaba (POL) | Henryk Nielaba (POL) | L |
| Orvar Lindwall (SWE) | Orvar Lindwall (SWE) | L | | | | | | | Henryk Nielaba (POL) | Henryk Nielaba (POL) | L |
| Henryk Nielaba (POL) | Henryk Nielaba (POL) | W | | | | | | |
| Henryk Nielaba (POL) | Henryk Nielaba (POL) | W | Henryk Nielaba (POL) | Henryk Nielaba (POL) | W | | | |
| | | | Zoltán Nemere (HUN) | Zoltán Nemere (HUN) | L | | | |
| Alexandre Bretholz (SUI) | Alexandre Bretholz (SUI) | L | Zoltán Nemere (HUN) | Zoltán Nemere (HUN) | L | | | |
| Zoltán Nemere (HUN) | Zoltán Nemere (HUN) | W | | | | | | |

##### Winners group 4

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| Viktor Modzolevsky (URS) | Viktor Modzolevsky (URS) | W | | | | | | |
| Ernesto Fernández (MEX) | Ernesto Fernández (MEX) | L | | | | | | |
| Ernesto Fernández (MEX) | Ernesto Fernández (MEX) | L | Viktor Modzolevsky (URS) | Viktor Modzolevsky (URS) | W | | | |
| | | | Franz Rompza (FRG) | Franz Rompza (FRG) | L | | | |
| Bohdan Andrzejewski (POL) | Bohdan Andrzejewski (POL) | L | Franz Rompza (FRG) | Franz Rompza (FRG) | L | | | |
| Franz Rompza (FRG) | Franz Rompza (FRG) | W | | | | | | |
| Franz Rompza (FRG) | Franz Rompza (FRG) | W | | | | Viktor Modzolevsky (URS) | Viktor Modzolevsky (URS) | W |
| | | | | | | Herbert Polzhuber (AUT) | Herbert Polzhuber (AUT) | L |
| Herbert Polzhuber (AUT) | Herbert Polzhuber (AUT) | W | | | | | | | Herbert Polzhuber (AUT) | Herbert Polzhuber (AUT) | L |
| Carlos Couto (BRA) | Carlos Couto (BRA) | L | | | | | | |
| Carlos Couto (BRA) | Carlos Couto (BRA) | L | Herbert Polzhuber (AUT) | Herbert Polzhuber (AUT) | W | | | |
| | | | Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | L | | | |
| Peter Bakonyi (CAN) | Peter Bakonyi (CAN) | L | Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | L | | | |
| Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | W | | | | | | |

#### Losers brackets
##### Losers group 1

| Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | 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 |
| Florent Bessemans (BEL) | Florent Bessemans (BEL) | L | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Peter Lötscher (SUI) | Peter Lötscher (SUI) | W | Peter Lötscher (SUI) | Peter Lötscher (SUI) | W | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Ralph Johnson (GBR) | Ralph Johnson (GBR) | L | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Peter Lötscher (SUI) | Peter Lötscher (SUI) | W | | | | | | |
| Michel Constandt (BEL) | Michel Constandt (BEL) | W | | | | Stephen Netburn (USA) | Stephen Netburn (USA) | L | | | | | | |
| Dieter Jung (FRG) | Dieter Jung (FRG) | L | Michel Constandt (BEL) | Michel Constandt (BEL) | L | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Stephen Netburn (USA) | Stephen Netburn (USA) | W | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Peter Lötscher (SUI) | Peter Lötscher (SUI) | W | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Jacques La Degaillerie (FRA) | Jacques La Degaillerie (FRA) | L | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Peter Lötscher (SUI) | Peter Lötscher (SUI) | L |
| Nick Halsted (GBR) | Nick Halsted (GBR) | W | | | | | | | | | | Jean-Pierre Allemand (FRA) | Jean-Pierre Allemand (FRA) | W |
| Ștefan Haukler (ROU) | Ștefan Haukler (ROU) | L | Nick Halsted (GBR) | Nick Halsted (GBR) | L | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Bogdan Gonsior (POL) | Bogdan Gonsior (POL) | W | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Bogdan Gonsior (POL) | Bogdan Gonsior (POL) | W | | | | | | |
| Fritz Zimmermann (FRG) | Fritz Zimmermann (FRG) | W | | | | Fritz Zimmermann (FRG) | Fritz Zimmermann (FRG) | L | | | | | | |
| Michel Steininger (SUI) | Michel Steininger (SUI) | L | Fritz Zimmermann (FRG) | Fritz Zimmermann (FRG) | W | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Hans-Peter Schulze (GDR) | Hans-Peter Schulze (GDR) | L | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Bogdan Gonsior (POL) | Bogdan Gonsior (POL) | L | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Jean-Pierre Allemand (FRA) | Jean-Pierre Allemand (FRA) | W | | | |

##### Losers group 2

| Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | 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 |
| Klaus Dumke (GDR) | Klaus Dumke (GDR) | W | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bill Hoskyns (GBR) | Bill Hoskyns (GBR) | L | Klaus Dumke (GDR) | Klaus Dumke (GDR) | L | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Aleksey Nikanchikov (URS) | Aleksey Nikanchikov (URS) | W | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Aleksey Nikanchikov (URS) | Aleksey Nikanchikov (URS) | W | | | | | | |
| Orvar Lindwall (SWE) | Orvar Lindwall (SWE) | W | | | | Zoltán Nemere (HUN) | Zoltán Nemere (HUN) | L | | | | | | |
| Alexandre Bretholz (SUI) | Alexandre Bretholz (SUI) | L | Orvar Lindwall (SWE) | Orvar Lindwall (SWE) | L | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Zoltán Nemere (HUN) | Zoltán Nemere (HUN) | W | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Aleksey Nikanchikov (URS) | Aleksey Nikanchikov (URS) | L | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Henryk Nielaba (POL) | Henryk Nielaba (POL) | W | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Henryk Nielaba (POL) | Henryk Nielaba (POL) | L |
| Ernesto Fernández (MEX) | Ernesto Fernández (MEX) | L | | | | | | | | | | Herbert Polzhuber (AUT) | Herbert Polzhuber (AUT) | W |
| Bohdan Andrzejewski (POL) | Bohdan Andrzejewski (POL) | W | Bohdan Andrzejewski (POL) | Bohdan Andrzejewski (POL) | L | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Franz Rompza (FRG) | Franz Rompza (FRG) | W | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Franz Rompza (FRG) | Franz Rompza (FRG) | L | | | | | | |
| Carlos Couto (BRA) | Carlos Couto (BRA) | L | | | | Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | W | | | | | | |
| Peter Bakonyi (CAN) | Peter Bakonyi (CAN) | W | Peter Bakonyi (CAN) | Peter Bakonyi (CAN) | L | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | W | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) | L | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Herbert Polzhuber (AUT) | Herbert Polzhuber (AUT) | W | | | |

### Final round

| Pos | Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | Qual. | GKu | GKr | GS | VM | AZE | JPA |
| 1 | Győző Kulcsár (HUN) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | B | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 1 | Grigory Kriss (URS) | 4 | 1 | 25 | 19 | B | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 1 | Gianluigi Saccaro (ITA) | 4 | 1 | 21 | 19 | B | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Viktor Modzolevsky (URS) | 2 | 3 | 20 | 23 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 5 | Herbert Polzhuber (AUT) | 1 | 4 | 17 | 24 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 |
| 6 | Jean-Pierre Allemand (FRA) | 0 | 5 | 17 | 25 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |

#### Barrage

| Fencer | W | L | TF | TA | GKu | GKr | GS |
| Győző Kulcsár (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Grigory Kriss (URS) | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0–1 | | 0–1 |
| Gianluigi Saccaro (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |