The men's team épée was one of eight
fencing
Fencing is a combat sport that features sword fighting. It consists of three primary disciplines: Foil (fencing), foil, épée, and Sabre (fencing), sabre (also spelled ''saber''), each with its own blade and set of rules. Most competitive fe ...
events on the
fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, eight events in fencing were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types (épée, foil and sabre), but women competed only in foil events. They were held be ...
programme. It was the sixteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 30 to 31 July 1980. 52 fencers from 11 nations competed.
Rosters
;Cuba
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Efigenio Favier
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Guillermo Betancourt
Guillermo Betancourt Scull (born 19 July 1963) is a Cuban fencer. He won a silver medal in the team foil event at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially brande ...
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Heriberto González
Heriberto González (born 23 March 1959) is a Cuban fencing, fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil (fencing), foil and épée events at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
References
1959 births
Living people
Cuban male fencers
Oly ...
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Pedro Hernández
;Czechoslovakia
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Jaroslav Jurka
Jaroslav Jurka (born 8 July 1949) is a Czech fencer. He competed at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an inte ...
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Jaromír Holub
Jaromír Holub (born 17 December 1954) is a Czech fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow ...
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Jiří Douba
Jiří Douba (born 23 May 1958) is a Czech fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1980 and 1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially bran ...
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Jiří Adam
Jiří Adam (born 12 October 1950) is a Czech modern pentathlete and épée fencer. He won a silver medal in the team modern pentathlon event at the 1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the ...
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Oldřich Kubišta
Oldřich Kubišta (born 22 July 1960) is a former fencer for Czechoslovakia. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad ( ...
;Finland
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Heikki Hulkkonen
Heikki Hulkkonen (born 3 July 1955) is a Finnish modern pentathlete and fencer. He competed both events at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially ...
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Kimmo Puranen
Kimmo Puranen (born 10 October 1958) is a Finnish fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1 ...
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Peter Grönholm
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Peder Planting
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Mikko Salminen
;France
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Philippe Boisse
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Hubert Gardas
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Philippe Riboud
Philippe Riboud (born 9 April 1957) is a French fencer. He won two golds, two silvers and two bronze medals at three Olympic Games. He also competed at the Mediterranean Games in the individual épée event winning gold medal in 1979 and a silv ...
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Patrick Picot
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Michel Salesse
;Great Britain
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Steven Paul
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Life and career
Paul was born in New York City. His mother, Dorothy Koster Paul, was ...
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John Llewellyn
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Neal Mallett
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Rob Bruniges
;Hungary
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Ernő Kolczonay
Ernő Kolczonay (15 May 1953 – 3 October 2009) was a Hungarian épée fencer, who won two Olympic silver medals in the Épée competitions. He was a member of the Hungarian fencing team that won the world championship in Hamburg, 1978. H ...
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István Osztrics
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László Pető
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Jenő Pap
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Péter Takács
;Kuwait
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Ebrahim Al-Cattan
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Osama Al-Khurafi
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Mohamed Al-Thuwani
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Kazem Hasan
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Kifah Al-Mutawa
;Poland
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Andrzej Lis
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Marius Strzalka
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Leszek Swornowski
Leszek Swornowski (born 28 March 1955) is a Polish fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded ...
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Ludomir Chronowski
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Piotr Jabłkowski
;Romania
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Ioan Popa
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Octavian Zidaru
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Anton Pongratz
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Costică Bărăgan
;Soviet Union
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Ashot Karagyan
Ashot Karagyan (; born 23 January 1951) is a Soviet fencer. He won a silver medal in the team foil and a bronze in the team épée events at the 1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Ol ...
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Aleksandr Abushakhmetov
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Aleksandr Mozhayev
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Boris Lukomsky
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Volodymyr Smyrnov
;Sweden
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Johan Harmenberg
Johan Georg Harmenberg Åkerman (born 8 September 1954) is a Swedish Olympic and world champion épée Fencing (sport), fencer.
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Rolf Edling
Rolf Erik Sören Edling (born 30 November 1943) is a retired Swedish épée fencer. He competed at the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics and won a team gold medal in 1976. His best individual result was fourth place in 1980.
Edling was born in ...
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Leif Högström
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Göran Malkar
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Hans Jacobson
Results
Round 1
Round 1 Pool A
In the only match in pool A, Sweden defeated Great Britain 8–3 (with one double-loss).
Round 1 Pool B
Poland and the Soviet Union each defeated Cuba, 12–4 and 15–1, respectively. The two victors then faced off. The Soviet Union won 7–5, with 2 double losses and a 64–49 touches advantage making the final two bouts unnecessary.
Round 1 Pool C
Czechoslovakia and Hungary each defeated Finland, 13–3 and 8–8 (67 touches to 53), respectively. The two victors then faced off. Hungary won 9–1.
Round 1 Pool D
Romania and France each defeated Kuwait, 12–4 and 16–0 respectively. The winners then faced off, with France winning 9–6.
Elimination rounds
Main bracket
Consolation bracket
References
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Epee team
Men's events at the 1980 Summer Olympics