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Fencing At The 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's Team épée
The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 24 to 25 October 1968. 91 fencers from 20 nations competed. For the first time in 60 years, Italy failed to finish in the top three positions. Rosters ;Argentina * Guillermo Saucedo * Alberto Balestrini * Guillermo Obeid * Omar Vergara ;Australia * Russell Hobby * Peter Macken * Graeme Jennings * Bill Ronald * Duncan Page ;Austria * Udo Birnbaum * Roland Losert * Herbert Polzhuber * Frank Battig ;Brazil * Arthur Ribeiro * Darío Amaral * José Maria Pereira * Carlos Couto ;Canada * Peter Bakonyi * John Andru * Magdy Conyd * Gerry Wiedel ;Cuba * Orlando Ruíz * Gustavo Oliveros * Manuel González * José Antonio Díaz ;East Germany * Bernd Uhlig * Klaus Dumke * Harry Fiedler * Hans-Peter Schulze ;France * François Jeanne * Claude Bourquard * Yves Boissier * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando Montes De Oca Fencing Hall
The Fernando Montes de Oca Fencing Hall is an indoor sports venue located in the Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City area of Mexico City. It hosted the Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics, fencing competitions and the fencing part of the Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics, modern pentathlon competition of the 1968 Summer Olympics. The Olympic Fencing Hall was built between November 13, 1967, and September 1968, in the Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City. The rectangular structure is covered by a convex roof of corrugated asbestos supported by steel cables. For the Olympics, the ground floor had 15 fencing strips—each of which was provided with a two-sided scoreboard, a judges' podium and a control table—and 37 cubicles for competitors. On the south side were facilities for the press, dressing rooms, etc. The north side housed offices, a lounge, a warm-up area and additional dressing rooms and service areas. On the upper floor were grandstands with a seating capacity of 3,000. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |