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events on the fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held October 20–21, 1964, with 86 fencers from 18 nations competing.

Results

Round 1

Ties between teams were broken by individual victories (in parentheses), then by touches received.

Championship rounds

Fifth place semifinal

Rosters

;Argentina *

Félix Galimi Félix Domingo Galimi Gherardi (1 January 1921 – 2 January 2005) was an Argentine fencer. He competed at the 1948, 1952 and 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-spor ...

Zelmar Casco Zelmar Roberto Casco (31 July 1926 – 5 September 2020) was an Argentine fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1964 Summer Olympics. His uncle was fellow fencer Horacio Casco Horacio Casco (13 September 186 ...

* Jesús Taboada * Francisco Serp ;Australia * Russell Hobby * John Humphreys * Imants Terrauds * Ivan Lund * Ian Bowditch ;Austria * Udo Birnbaum *

Herbert Polzhuber Herbert Polzhuber (June 1938 – 24 June 2015) was an Austrian fencer and modern pentathlete. Considered one of Austria's greatest ''épée'' fencers, he participated at four consecutive Olympic Games in 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976, being a f ...

* Roland Losert * Rudolf Trost * Marcus Leyrer ;Colombia * Emilio Echeverry * Ernesto Sastre * Dibier Tamayo * Humberto Posada ;France * Claude Brodin * Yves Dreyfus * Claude Bourquard * Jack Guittet * Jacques Brodin ;Great Britain * Bill Hoskyns * John Pelling * Peter Jacobs *

Michael Howard Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne (born Michael Hecht; 7 July 1941) is a British politician who was Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom), Leader of the Opposi ...

Allan Jay Allan Louis Neville Jay MBE (30 June 1931 – 5 March 2023) was a British five-time-Olympian foil and épée fencer, and world champion. Early life Jay was born in London, England, and was Jewish. His father died fighting in World War II in ...

;Germany * Franz Rompza * Max Geuter *

Volkmar Würtz Volkmar Würtz (born 3 October 1938) is a German fencer. He represented the United Team of Germany at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the team épée The (, ; ), also rendered as epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons ...

Paul Gnaier Paul Karl Rudolf Gnaier (8 March 1926 – 25 November 2013) was a German fencer and sports official. He represented the United Team of Germany in 1960 and 1964 and West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal ...

* Haakon Stein ;Hungary *

Győző Kulcsár Győző Kulcsár (18 October 1940 – 19 September 2018) was a Hungarian fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won four gold (one individual and three team) and two indi ...

Zoltán Nemere Zoltán Nemere (20 April 1942 – 6 May 2001) was a Hungarian fencer. He won gold medals in the team épée events at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () ...

Tamás Gábor Tamás Gábor (24 April 1932 – 6 May 2007 in Budapest) was a Hungarian Olympic champion épée fencer. Gábor was born in Budapest, Hungary, and was Jewish. Fencing career National championships He was a five-time Hungarian champion. Wo ...

* István Kausz *

Árpád Bárány Árpád Bárány (born 24 June 1931) is a Hungarian fencing, fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1931 births Living people Hungarian male épée fencers Olymp ...

;Iran *

Houshmand Almasi Houshmand Almasi (; 30 March 1928 – 17 December 2016) was an Iranian fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil, épée and sabre events at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), ...

* Nasser Madani * Bizhan Zarnegar *

Shahpour Zarnegar Shahpour Zarnegar (; 25 March 1929 – 12 September 2022) was an Iranian épée, foil and sabre fencer. He competed in four events at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an internationa ...

;Italy * Giuseppe Delfino *

Alberto Pellegrino Alberto Pellegrino (20 May 1930 – 9 March 1996) was an Italian fencer. He won two gold and two silver medals with the Italian épée and foil teams at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympic Games. References External links * * 19 ...

* Gianluigi Saccaro * Gianfranco Paolucci * Giovanni Battista Breda ;Japan * Toshiaki Araki * Katsutada Minatoi *

Kazuhiko Tabuchi Kazuhiko Tabuchi (; born 5 October 1936) is a Japanese épée, foil and sabre fencer. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held ...

* Heizaburo Okawa * Takeshi Teshima ;Lebanon * Michel Saykali * Joseph Gemayel * Hassan El-Said * Ibrahim Osman ;Poland * Henryk Nielaba * Mikołaj Pomarnacki * Bogdan Gonsior * Bohdan Andrzejewski *

Jerzy Pawłowski Jerzy Władysław Pawłowski (Polish pronunciation: ; 25 October 1932 – 11 January 2005) was a Polish fencing, fencer and double agent. He is regarded among the most successful Polish fencers in history having won 5 Olympic medals as well as ...

;South Korea * Sin Du-Ho * Kim Chang-Hwan * Han Myeong-Seok * Kim Man-Sig ;Soviet Union * Bruno Habārovs *

Guram Kostava Guram Kostava ( ka, გურამ კოსტავა; 18 June 1937 – 20 June 2024) was a Soviet fencer. Kostava won a bronze in the team épée event at the 1960 Summer Olympics and another one in the individual épée event at the 1964 ...

* Yury Smolyakov *

Grigory Kriss Grigory Yakovlevich Kriss (, , born 24 December 1940) is a retired Soviet Olympic épée fencer who won four Olympic medals. Early life Kriss was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and is Jewish. He was an officer in the Red Army of the Soviet Union. Fenc ...

* Aleksey Nikanchikov ;Switzerland * Claudio Polledri *

Paul Meister Paul Meister (20 January 1926 – 17 December 2018) was a Swiss fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and ...

* Walter Bar *

Jean Gontier Jean Gontier (born 26 January 1942) is a Swiss fencing, fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1964 Summer Olympics. References

1942 births Living people Swiss male fencers Olympic fencers for Switzerland Fencers at the 19 ...

* Michel Steininger ;Sweden * Ivar Genesjö *

Orvar Lindwall Lars Orvar Martin Lindwall (also ''Orwar''; born 10 August 1941) is a Swedish épée fencer who won two team medals at the 1961 and 1962 Fencing World Championships. He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics and finished fifth wit ...

Hans Lagerwall Hans Lagerwall (1 March 1941 – 5 October 2022) was a Swedish épée and foil fencer. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event hel ...

* Göran Abrahamsson * Carl-Wilhelm Engdahl ;United States * Paul Pesthy * Frank Anger *

David Micahnik David Micahnik (born November 5, 1938) is an American fencer and fencing coach. He was born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, and is Jewish. Biography Micahnik attended the University of Pennsylvania (1959), fencing for the University of Pennsylvani ...

* Larry Anastasi

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Men's team epee Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics Men's events at the 1964 Summer Olympics