Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

Men's sabre
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Soviet stamp commemorating 1980 Olympic fencing
VenueCSKA Sports Complex
Dates24–25 July 1980
Competitors30 from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Viktor Krovopuskov  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mikhail Burtsev  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Imre Gedővári  Hungary
← 1976
1984 →

The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics programme. It was the nineteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 24 to 25 July 1980. 30 fencers from 12 nations competed.[1] Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by defending champion Viktor Krovopuskov of the Soviet Union, the nation's third consecutive victory in the event (a streak that would be broken by the Soviet-led boycott four years later). Krovopuskov was the third man to successfully defend a sabre title and the 10th man to win two medals of any color in the event. His teammate Mikhail Burtsev took silver. Imre Gedővári's bronze medal returned Hungary to the podium after a one-Games absence broke an eleven-Games streak.

Background

This was the 19th appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Five of the six finalists from 1976 returned: gold medalist Viktor Krovopuskov of the Soviet Union, silver medalist (and 1972 bronze medalist) Vladimir Nazlymov of the Soviet Union, fourth-place finisher Ioan Pop of Romania, fifth-place finisher Mario Aldo Montano of Italy, and sixth-place finisher Michele Maffei of Italy. Bronze medalist (and 1972 gold medalist) Viktor Sidyak's place on the Soviet team had been filled by Mikhail Burtsev. The three world championships since the last Games had been won by Hungarian Pál Gerevich (1977) and Soviets Krovopuskov (1978) and Nazlymov (1979), the latter of whom had also won in 1975. The American-led boycott had little effect on the top of the favorites list, with the Soviet Union dominating, other Eastern Bloc countries such as Hungary, Poland, Romania being perpetually strong (with Bulgarian twins Vasil Etropolski and Khristo Etropolski making a case to add that nation), and the strongest Western nation in the event (Italy) participating under the Olympic flag. Indeed, the only nation that had ever won a men's sabre medal to boycott the 1980 Games was the United States—which had taken silver in St. Louis 1904 by default, with only one Cuban fencer (who took gold) making the event international.[2]

Kuwait and East Germany each made their debut in the men's sabre. Italy made its 17th appearance in the event, most of any nation, having missed the inaugural 1896 event and the 1904 St. Louis Games.

Competition format

The 1980 tournament continued to use a mix of pool and knockout rounds. The competition included two pool rounds, followed by a double-elimination knockout round, finishing with a final pool round. In each pool round, the fencers competed in a round-robin.

Bouts in the round-robin pools were to 5 touches; bouts in the double-elimination round were to 10 touches. Repechages were not used in the first two rounds, but were used to determine medalists if necessary in the final.

Schedule

All times are Moscow Time (UTC+3)

Date Time Round
Thursday, 24 July 1980 Round 1
Round 2
Friday, 25 July 1980 Elimination rounds
Final

Results

Round 1

Round 1 Pool A

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes IG VE JL LJ VP
1  Imre Gedővári (HUN) 4 0 20 12 Q 5–4 5–2 5–3 5–3
2  Vasil Etropolski (BUL) 2 2 18 16 4–5 4–5 5–3 5–3
3  José Laverdecia (CUB) 2 2 16 18 2–5 5–4 5–4 4–5
4  Leszek Jabłonowski (POL) 1 3 15 19 3–5 3–5 4–5 5–4
5  Valentín Paraíso (ESP) 1 3 15 19 3–5 3–5 5–4 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 243

Round 1 Pool B

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VN JO JFL MS RM
1  Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) 3 1 19 12 Q 4–5 5–3 5–3 5–1
2  Jesús Ortiz (CUB) 3 1 16 14 5–4 1–5 5–1 5–4
3  Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 2 2 16 13 3–5 5–1 3–5 5–2
4  Mark Slade (GBR) 2 2 14 17 3–5 1–5 5–3 5–4
5  Rüdiger Müller (GDR) 0 4 11 20 1–5 4–5 2–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 243

Round 1 Pool C

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes GN FEH MM GC MO
1  György Nébald (HUN) 3 1 15 16 Q 0–5 5–4 5–4 5–3
2  Frank-Eberhard Höltje (GDR) 2 2 16 13 5–0 5–3 3–5 3–5
3  Michele Maffei (ITA) 2 2 17 14 4–5 3–5 5–1 5–3
4  Georgi Chomakov (BUL) 2 2 15 17 4–5 5–3 1–5 5–4
5  Manuel Ortiz (CUB) 1 3 15 18 3–5 5–3 3–5 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 243

Round 1 Pool D

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes KE IP VK AK AAA
1  Khristo Etropolski (BUL) 4 0 20 8 Q 5–4 5–3 5–0 5–1
2  Ioan Pop (ROU) 2 2 16 12 4–5 5–2 2–5 5–0
3  Viktor Krovopuskov (URS) 2 2 15 12 3–5 2–5 5–0 5–2
4  Andrzej Kostrzewa (POL) 2 2 10 12 0–5 5–2 0–5 5–0
5  Ahmed Al-Ahmed (KUW) 0 4 3 20 1–5 0–5 2–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 243

Round 1 Pool E

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes MAM PU CM MB ME
1  Mario Aldo Montano (ITA) 3 1 18 12 Q 5–3 5–4 3–5 5–0
2  Peter Ulbrich (GDR) 3 1 18 13 3–5 5–3 5–4 5–1
3  Cornel Marin (ROU) 2 2 17 13 4–5 3–5 5–3 5–0
4  Mikhail Burtsev (URS) 2 2 17 14 5–3 4–5 3–5 5–1
5  Mohamed Eyiad (KUW) 0 4 2 20 0–5 1–5 0–5 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 243

Round 1 Pool F

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes JB FM PG MM AAK
1  Jacek Bierkowski (POL) 4 0 20 10 Q 5–4 5–2 5–2 5–2
2  Ferdinando Meglio (ITA) 3 1 19 11 4–5 5–4 5–2 5–0
3  Pál Gerevich (HUN) 2 2 16 13 2–5 4–5 5–2 5–1
4  Marin Mustață (ROU) 1 3 11 15 2–5 2–5 2–5 5–0
5  Ali Al-Khawajah (KUW) 0 4 3 20 2–5 0–5 1–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 243

Round 2

Round 2 Pool A

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes MMa MB GN KE JO MMu
1  Michele Maffei (ITA) 5 0 25 15 Q 5–4 5–3 5–4 5–2 5–2
2  Mikhail Burtsev (URS) 4 1 24 13 4–5 5–1 5–2 5–3 5–2
3  György Nébald (HUN) 3 2 19 18 3–5 1–5 5–2 5–4 5–2
4  Khristo Etropolski (BUL) 1 4 17 22 4–5 2–5 2–5 4–5 5–2
5  Jesús Ortiz (CUB) 1 4 18 24 2–5 3–5 4–5 5–4 4–5
6  Marin Mustață (ROU) 1 4 13 24 2–5 2–5 2–5 2–5 5–4
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 244

Round 2 Pool B

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes JB VE PG IP LJ PU
1  Jacek Bierkowski (POL) 4 1 24 14 Q 5–2 5–3 4–5 5–2 5–2
2  Vasil Etropolski (BUL) 3 2 18 15 2–5 1–5 5–1 5–2 5–2
3  Pál Gerevich (HUN) 3 2 19 16 3–5 5–1 1–5 5–4 5–1
4  Ioan Pop (ROU) 3 2 18 19 5–4 1–5 5–1 2–5 5–4
5  Leszek Jabłonowski (POL) 2 3 18 20 2–5 2–5 4–5 5–2 5–3
6  Peter Ulbrich (GDR) 0 5 12 25 2–5 2–5 1–5 4–5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 244

Round 2 Pool C

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VK IG CM AK MAM MS
1  Viktor Krovopuskov (URS) 5 0 25 15 Q 5–4 5–1 5–2 5–4 5–4
2  Imre Gedővári (HUN) 4 1 24 16 4–5 5–1 5–4 5–3 5–3
3  Cornel Marin (ROU) 3 2 17 16 1–5 1–5 5–2 5–3 5–1
4  Andrzej Kostrzewa (POL) 2 3 18 20 2–5 4–5 2–5 5–4 5–1
5  Mario Aldo Montano (ITA) 1 4 19 20 4–5 3–5 3–5 4–5 5–0
6  Mark Slade (GBR) 0 5 9 25 4–5 3–5 1–5 1–5 0–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 244

Round 2 Pool D

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VN JL FM GC FEH JFL
1  Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) 5 0 25 19 Q 5–3 5–4 5–4 5–4 5–4
2  José Laverdecia (CUB) 3 2 22 18 3–5 5–3 5–2 4–5 5–3
3  Ferdinando Meglio (ITA) 2 3 19 18 4–5 3–5 2–5 5–3 5–0
4  Georgi Chomakov (BUL) 2 3 20 20 4–5 2–5 5–2 5–3 4–5
5  Frank-Eberhard Höltje (GDR) 2 3 20 23 4–5 5–4 3–5 3–5 5–4
6  Jean-François Lamour (FRA) 1 4 16 24 4–5 3–5 0–5 5–4 4–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 244

Double elimination rounds

Winners brackets

Winners group 1
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Andrzej Kostrzewa (POL) W
 Jacek Bierkowski (POL) L  Andrzej Kostrzewa (POL) L
 Khristo Etropolski (BUL) W  Khristo Etropolski (BUL) W
 Ferdinando Meglio (ITA) L
Winners group 2
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Pál Gerevich (HUN) W
 Michele Maffei (ITA) L  Pál Gerevich (HUN) L
 Viktor Krovopuskov (URS) 10  Viktor Krovopuskov (URS) W
 Ioan Pop (ROU) 9
Winners group 3
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) W
 José Laverdecia (CUB) L  Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) L
 Vasil Etropolski (BUL) W  Vasil Etropolski (BUL) W
 György Nébald (HUN) L
Winners group 4
Round of 16 Round of 8
 Mikhail Burtsev (URS) W
 Cornel Marin (ROU) L  Mikhail Burtsev (URS) L
 Imre Gedővári (HUN) W  Imre Gedővári (HUN) W
 Georgi Chomakov (BUL) L

Losers brackets

Losers group 1
Round of 4 Round of 4 Round of 2
 Jacek Bierkowski (POL) L
 Ferdinando Meglio (ITA) W  Ferdinando Meglio (ITA) W
 Pál Gerevich (HUN) L
 Ferdinando Meglio (ITA) L
 José Laverdecia (CUB) W  Mikhail Burtsev (URS) W
 György Nébald (HUN) L  José Laverdecia (CUB) L
 Mikhail Burtsev (URS) W
Losers group 2
Round of 4 Round of 4 Round of 2
 Michele Maffei (ITA) W
 Ioan Pop (ROU) L  Michele Maffei (ITA) W
 Andrzej Kostrzewa (POL) L
 Michele Maffei (ITA) W
 Cornel Marin (ROU) W  Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) L
 Georgi Chomakov (BUL) L  Cornel Marin (ROU) L
 Vladimir Nazlymov (URS) W

Final round

Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VK MB IG VE KE MM
1  Viktor Krovopuskov (URS) 4 1 24 17 B 4–5 5–4 5–3 5–3 5–2
1  Mikhail Burtsev (URS) 4 1 23 18 5–4 3–5 5–3 5–3 5–3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Imre Gedővári (HUN) 3 2 23 21 4–5 5–3 4–5 5–4 5–4
4  Vasil Etropolski (BUL) 2 3 17 23 3–5 3–5 5–4 5–4 1–5
5  Khristo Etropolski (BUL) 1 4 19 21 3–5 3–5 4–5 4–5 5–1
6  Michele Maffei (ITA) 1 4 15 21 2–5 3–5 4–5 5–1 1–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 245
Barrage
Pos Fencer W L TF TA VK MB
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Viktor Krovopuskov (URS) 1 0 5 3 5–3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Mikhail Burtsev (URS) 0 1 3 5 3–5
Source: Official Report, vol. 3, p. 245

Final classification

Fencer Nation
Viktor Krovopuskov  Soviet Union
Mikhail Burtsev  Soviet Union
Imre Gedővári  Hungary
Vasil Etropolski  Bulgaria
Khristo Etropolski  Bulgaria
Michele Maffei  Italy
Ferdinando Meglio  Italy
Vladimir Nazlymov  Soviet Union
Cornel Marin  Romania
Pál Gerevich  Hungary
Andrzej Kostrzewa  Poland
José Laverdecia  Cuba
Jacek Bierkowski  Poland
Ioan Pop  Romania
György Nébald  Hungary
Georgi Chomakov  Bulgaria
Leszek Jabłonowski  Poland
Frank-Eberhard Höltje  East Germany
Mario Aldo Montano  Italy
Jesús Ortiz  Cuba
Jean-François Lamour  France
Marin Mustață  Romania
Peter Ulbrich  East Germany
Mark Slade  Great Britain
Manuel Ortiz  Cuba
Valentín Paraíso  Spain
Rüdiger Müller  East Germany
Ahmed Al-Ahmed  Kuwait
Ali Al-Khawajah  Kuwait
Mohamed Eyiad  Kuwait

References

  1. ^ "Fencing: 1980 Olympic Results - Men's sabre". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Sabre, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 November 2020.