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programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from August 10 to 11 1984. 75 fencers from 16 nations competed.

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;Argentina * Csaba Gaspar * Sergio Luchetti * Marcelo Magnasco * Sergio Turiace ;Canada * Jacques Cardyn * Jean-Marc Chouinard * Alain Côté * Michel Dessureault * Daniel Perreault ;China * Cui Yining * Pang Jin * Zhao Zhizhong * Zong Xiangqing ;Egypt * Ihab Aly * Ahmed Diab * Abdel Monem Salem * Khaled Soliman ;France * Philippe Boisse *

Jean-Michel Henry Jean-Michel Henry (born 14 December 1963) is a French fencer. He won a gold, a silver and two bronze medals in the épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport o ...

* Olivier Lenglet * Philippe Riboud *

Michel Salesse Michel Salesse (born 3 January 1955) is a French fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée at the 1980 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XX ...

;Great Britain * Ralph Johnson * John Llewellyn *

Neal Mallett Neal Mallett (born 30 September 1957) is a British fencer. He competed at the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international mult ...

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* Jonathan Stanbury ;Hong Kong * Denis Cunningham * Lai Yee Lap * Lam Tak Chuen * Liu Chi On ;Italy *

Stefano Bellone Stefano Bellone (born 23 April 1955) is an Italian fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) w ...

Sandro Cuomo Sandro Cuomo (born 21 October 1962) is an Italian former épée fencer. He won a team gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and a team bronze at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is also three-time team world champion. He is director of épée at t ...

* Cosimo Ferro * Roberto Manzi *

Angelo Mazzoni Angelo Mazzoni (born 3 April 1961, in Milan) is an Italian épée fencer who competed at six consecutive Olympics between 1980 and 2000, winning gold in 1996 and 2000. Career He was the eighth fencer, and the first Italian fencer, to compete ...

;Kuwait *

Osama Al-Khurafi Osama Al-Kharafi (born 24 April 1963) is a Kuwaiti fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los ...

* Abdul Nasser Al-Sayegh * Ali Hasan * Kazem Hasan * Mohamed Al-Thuwani ;Norway *

Paal Frisvold Paal Frisvold (born 5 May 1962) is a Norwegian organizational leader and retired fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. In 2009 he was elected as the new leader of the European Movement in Norway, succeeding ...

* Nils Koppang * John Hugo Pedersen * Ivar Schjøtt * Bård Vonen ;Saudi Arabia * Mohamed Ahmed Abu Ali * Rashid Fahd Al-Rasheed * Jamil Mohamed Bubashit * Nassar Al-Dosari ;South Korea * Kim Bong-Man * Kim Seong-Mun * Lee Il-Hui *

Min Gyeong-Seung Min Gyeong-seung (born 10 February 1962) is a South Korean fencer. He competed in the team épée event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) w ...

* Yun Nam-jin ;Sweden * Jerri Bergström *

Greger Forslöw Thomas Greger Forslöw (born 27 May 1961) is a Swedish fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angel ...

* Kent Hjerpe * Jonas Rosén * Björne Väggö ;Switzerland * Olivier Carrard *

Daniel Giger Daniel Giger (born 1 October 1949) is a Swiss fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1972 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same event at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The Internati ...

* Gabriel Nigon *

Michel Poffet Michel Poffet (born 24 August 1957) is a Swiss fencer. He won a bronze medal in the team épée event at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ente ...

François Suchanecki François Suchanecki (born 23 December 1949) is a Swiss fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1972 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same event at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The ...

;United States * Robert Marx * John Moreau * Peter Schifrin * Lee Shelley * Stephen Trevor ;West Germany *

Elmar Borrmann Elmar Borrmann (born 18 January 1957) is a German fencer. He won a gold and silver medal in the team épée event for West Germany in 1984 and 1988 and a gold in the same event for Germany in 1992. Biography Elmar Borrmann attended the Kaufm� ...

Volker Fischer Volker Fischer (born 15 August 1950) is a German fencer. He won a gold medal and two silvers at three Olympic Games. He keeps fencing in the Veterans category, with excellent results. For example, he won the World Veterans Championship at Debre ...

Gerhard Heer Gerhard Heer (born 19 December 1955) is a German former fencer. He won a gold medal in the team épée event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984 ...

* Rafael Nickel *

Alexander Pusch Alexander Pusch (born 15 May 1955 in Tauberbischofsheim, Baden-Württemberg) is a German fencer and Olympic champion in épée competition. Biography Alexander Pusch fought for the Fencing-Club Tauberbischofsheim. He won a gold medal in the in ...

Results

Round 1

Round 1 Pool A

In the first set of matches, France beat Saudi Arabia 9–0 and China defeated the United States 9–4. The second set saw the winners both win or tie again (securing advancement) and the losers both lose or tie again (resulting in elimination), as France drew against the United States 8–8 (tied 59–59 on touches) and China won against Saudi Arabia 9–0. Finally, France took the top spot in the group by beating China 9–1 while Saudi Arabia finished last after losing to the United States 8–5.

Round 1 Pool B

In the first set of matches, West Germany beat Hong Kong 9–1 and Great Britain defeated Norway 9–2. The second set saw the winners both win again (securing advancement) and the losers both lose again (resulting in elimination), as West Germany prevailed against Norway 9–2 and Great Britain won against Hong Kong 9–0. Finally, West Germany took the top spot in the group by beating Great Britain 9–3 while Hong Kong finished last after losing to Norway 9–2.

Round 1 Pool C

In the first set of matches, Italy beat Argentina 9–1 and Canada defeated Egypt 8–0 (with 2 double-losses). The second set saw the winners both win again (securing advancement) and the losers both lose again (resulting in elimination), as Italy prevailed against Egypt 9–0 and Canada won against Argentina 8–3 (2 double losses). Finally, Italy took the top spot in the group by beating Canada 9–5 while Argentina finished last after losing to Egypt 9–4.

Round 1 Pool D

In the first set of matches, Switzerland beat Kuwait 9–3 and South Korea defeated Sweden 7–3 (with 3 double-losses). The second set saw Sweden beat Switzerland 8–4 (2 double-losses) and South Korea prevail against Kuwait 9–1. In the final set, Switzerland defeated South Korea 9–5; this margin put both teams at 2–1 but South Korea led in bouts (21–16 vs. 18–18) and thus secured advancement; Kuwait was also eliminated at 0–2 before its match with Sweden. The match between Sweden and Kuwait would determine whether Sweden or Switzerland advanced; Sweden had already lost 16 bouts going into the match, so (to stay ahead of Switzerland on the first tie-breaker, bouts lost) could lose no more than 2 bouts against Kuwait to advance. Sweden won 9–2, matching Switzerland on bouts lost (18 to 18) but advancing on the second tie-breaker, bouts won (20 to 18).

Elimination rounds

References

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