The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from October 18 to 19 1964. 65 fencers from 25 nations competed.[1] Each nation was limited to three fencers. The event was won by Grigory Kriss of the Soviet Union, the nation's first gold medal in the event after a bronze four years earlier. The Soviets also took bronze, with Guram Kostava finishing in third place. Between the two was silver medalist Bill Hoskyns of Great Britain; it was the second consecutive Games with a British silver medalist in the event. Italy's six-Games gold medal streak in the men's individual épée ended with the nation missing the podium entirely; Gianluigi Saccaro finished fourth after losing the bronze-medal barrage to Kostava.
This was the 14th appearance of the event, which was not held at the first Games in 1896 (with only foil and sabre events held) but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900.[2]
Four of the eight finalists from the 1960 Games returned, including all three medalists: gold medalist (and 1956 silver medalist) Giuseppe Delfino of Italy, silver medalist Allan Jay of Great Britain, bronze medalist Bruno Habārovs of the Soviet Union, and sixth-place finisher Yves Dreyfus of France. The field included the previous five World Champions: Bill Hoskyns of Great Britain (1958), Habārovs (1959), Jack Guittet of France (1961), István Kausz of Hungary (1962), and Roland Losert of Austria (1963, the reigning champion).[2]
Malaysia and South Korea each made their debut in the event. Belgium and the United States each appeared for the 13th time, tied for most among nations.
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The competition underwent a significant format change from prior Games. Rather than exclusively pool play, the format now featured a mix of pool play and single-elimination brackets. It was the first time, other than the odd "extra final" round in 1928, that bracket play was used in the event. The format began with two rounds of pool play that narrowed the field to 24 fencers, continued with three rounds of knockout brackets that reduced the competitors to 4, and finished with a final pool featuring those fencers. A ranking bracket was also used for the four quarterfinal losers, placing them 5th, 6th, and 7th (two fencers, with no 7th/8th match). Barrages were used to break ties where necessary for advancement out of pools. Pool round bouts were to 5 touches, with double-losses possible. Knockout round bouts were to 10 touches.[2]
Round 1: 8 pools, 8 or 9 fencers to a pool, top 5 advance (total 40 advancing)
Round 2: 6 pools, 6 or 7 fencers to a pool, top 4 advance (total 24 advancing)
Round of 24: Single-elimination. 16 of the 24 fencers competed, with 8 others having a bye.
Round of 16: Single-elimination. The 8 winners of the round of 24 faced the 8 fencers who had a bye.
Quarterfinals: Single-elimination, with losers to a consolation bracket. The winners advanced to the final pool.
5th–8th bracket: Quarterfinal losers competed in two 5th–8th semifinals, with the winners playing a 5th/6th final.
Final pool: The four quarterfinal winners competed in a round-robin final pool.
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^ abc"Épée, Individual, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
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Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.
November 11, 2023
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The men s epee was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme It was the fourteenth appearance of the event The competition was held from October 18 to 19 1964 65 fencers from 25 nations competed 1 Each nation was limited to three fencers The event was won by Grigory Kriss of the Soviet Union the nation s first gold medal in the event after a bronze four years earlier The Soviets also took bronze with Guram Kostava finishing in third place Between the two was silver medalist Bill Hoskyns of Great Britain it was the second consecutive Games with a British silver medalist in the event Italy s six Games gold medal streak in the men s individual epee ended with the nation missing the podium entirely Gianluigi Saccaro finished fourth after losing the bronze medal barrage to Kostava Men s epeeat the Games of the XVIII OlympiadGrigory Kriss 1972 VenueWaseda University Memorial HallDates18 19 OctoberCompetitors65 from 25 nationsMedalistsGrigory Kriss Soviet UnionBill Hoskyns Great BritainGuram Kostava Soviet Union 19601968 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Schedule 4 Results 4 1 Round 1 4 1 1 Round 1 pool A 4 1 2 Round 1 pool B 4 1 3 Round 1 pool C 4 1 4 Round 1 pool D 4 1 5 Round 1 pool E 4 1 6 Round 1 pool F 4 1 7 Round 1 pool G 4 1 8 Round 1 pool H 4 2 Round 2 4 2 1 Round 2 pool A 4 2 2 Round 2 pool B 4 2 3 Round 2 pool C 4 2 4 Round 2 pool D 4 2 5 Round 2 pool E 4 2 6 Round 2 pool F 4 3 Knockout rounds 4 3 1 Group 1 4 3 2 Group 2 4 3 3 Group 3 4 3 4 Group 4 4 4 Fifth place semifinal 4 5 Final 5 References 6 SourcesBackground editThis was the 14th appearance of the event which was not held at the first Games in 1896 with only foil and sabre events held but has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1900 2 Four of the eight finalists from the 1960 Games returned including all three medalists gold medalist and 1956 silver medalist Giuseppe Delfino of Italy silver medalist Allan Jay of Great Britain bronze medalist Bruno Habarovs of the Soviet Union and sixth place finisher Yves Dreyfus of France The field included the previous five World Champions Bill Hoskyns of Great Britain 1958 Habarovs 1959 Jack Guittet of France 1961 Istvan Kausz of Hungary 1962 and Roland Losert of Austria 1963 the reigning champion 2 Malaysia and South Korea each made their debut in the event Belgium and the United States each appeared for the 13th time tied for most among nations Competition format editThe competition underwent a significant format change from prior Games Rather than exclusively pool play the format now featured a mix of pool play and single elimination brackets It was the first time other than the odd extra final round in 1928 that bracket play was used in the event The format began with two rounds of pool play that narrowed the field to 24 fencers continued with three rounds of knockout brackets that reduced the competitors to 4 and finished with a final pool featuring those fencers A ranking bracket was also used for the four quarterfinal losers placing them 5th 6th and 7th two fencers with no 7th 8th match Barrages were used to break ties where necessary for advancement out of pools Pool round bouts were to 5 touches with double losses possible Knockout round bouts were to 10 touches 2 Round 1 8 pools 8 or 9 fencers to a pool top 5 advance total 40 advancing Round 2 6 pools 6 or 7 fencers to a pool top 4 advance total 24 advancing Round of 24 Single elimination 16 of the 24 fencers competed with 8 others having a bye Round of 16 Single elimination The 8 winners of the round of 24 faced the 8 fencers who had a bye Quarterfinals Single elimination with losers to a consolation bracket The winners advanced to the final pool 5th 8th bracket Quarterfinal losers competed in two 5th 8th semifinals with the winners playing a 5th 6th final Final pool The four quarterfinal winners competed in a round robin final pool Schedule editAll times are Japan Standard Time UTC 9 Date Time RoundSunday 18 October 1964 8 30 Round 1Round 2Monday 19 October 1964 8 30 17 30 Round of 24Round of 16QuarterfinalsClassification 5 8FinalResults editRound 1 edit Round 1 pool A edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes1 Hans Lagfrwall nbsp Sweden 6 1 Q2 Bruno Habarovs nbsp Soviet Union 6 1 Q3 Roland Losert nbsp Austria 5 2 Q4 Claudio Polledri nbsp Switzerland 4 3 Q5 John Humphreys nbsp Australia 4 3 Q6 Zelmar Casco nbsp Argentina 2 57 Kim Man Shik nbsp South Korea 1 68 Ronnie Theseira nbsp Malaysia 0 7Round 1 pool B edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes1 Grigory Kriss nbsp Soviet Union 6 1 Q2 Paul Gnaier nbsp United Team of Germany 5 2 Q3 Yves Dreyfus nbsp France 4 3 Q4 Hassan Sayd nbsp Lebanon 4 3 Q5 Rene van den Driessche nbsp Belgium 3 4 BOkawa Heizaburo nbsp Japan 3 4 B7 Xuan Tran Van nbsp Vietnam 1 68 Michael Ryan nbsp Ireland 1 6BarrageRank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes5 Okawa Heizaburo nbsp Japan 1 0 Q6 Rene van den Driessche nbsp Belgium 0 1Round 1 pool C edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes1 Peter Jacobs nbsp Great Britain 6 1 Q2 Henryk Nielaba nbsp Poland 5 2 Q3 Guram Kostava nbsp Soviet Union 5 2 Q4 Orvar Lindwall nbsp Sweden 4 3 Q5 J Bouchier Hayes nbsp Ireland 3 4 BJoseph Gemayel nbsp Lebanon 3 4 B7 Francisco Serp nbsp Argentina 2 58 Bijan Zarnegar nbsp Iran 0 7BarrageRank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes5 J Bouchier Hayes nbsp Ireland 1 0 Q6 Joseph Gemayel nbsp Lebanon 0 1Round 1 pool D edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes1 Bogdan Gonsior nbsp Poland 6 1 Q2 Michel Saikali nbsp Lebanon 5 2 Q3 Rudolf Trost nbsp Austria 5 2 Q4 Gianluigi Saccaro nbsp Italy 4 3 Q5 Stefan Haukler nbsp Romania 4 3 Q6 Frank Anger nbsp United States 3 47 John Andru nbsp Canada 1 68 Shahpour Zarnegar nbsp Iran 0 7Round 1 pool E edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes1 Claude Bourquard nbsp France 7 1 Q2 Alberto Pellegrino nbsp Italy 6 2 QWalter Bar nbsp Switzerland 6 2 Q4 Goran Abrahamson nbsp Sweden 5 3 Q5 Dietrich Hecke nbsp United Team of Germany 5 3 Q6 Hahn Myung Seok nbsp South Korea 3 57 Sergio Vergara nbsp Chile 2 68 Didier Tamayo nbsp Colombia 1 79 Houshmand Almasi nbsp Iran 1 7Round 1 pool F edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes1 Franz Rompza nbsp United Team of Germany 6 1 Q2 Gyoyo Kulcsar nbsp Hungary 5 2 Q3 Giuseppe Delfino nbsp Italy 4 3 Q4 Allan Jay nbsp Great Britain 4 3 Q5 Marcus Leyrer nbsp Austria 3 4 BIvan Lund nbsp Australia 3 4 B7 Robert Foxcroft nbsp Canada 2 58 Ernesto Sastre nbsp Colombia 0 7BarrageRank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes5 Marcus Leyrer nbsp Austria 1 0 Q6 Ivan Lund nbsp Australia 0 1Round 1 pool G edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes1 Tabuchi Kazuhiko nbsp Japan 5 2 Q2 Jack Guittet nbsp France 5 2 Q3 Michel Steininger nbsp Switzerland 4 3 Q4 Istvan Kausz nbsp Hungary 4 3 Q5 David Micahnik nbsp United States 4 3 Q6 Russ Hobby nbsp Australia 3 47 Sergio Jimenez nbsp Chile 2 58 Emilio Echeverri nbsp Colombia 1 6Round 1 pool H edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes1 Bill Hoskyns nbsp Great Britain 6 1 Q2 Zoltan Nemere nbsp Hungary 6 1 Q3 Paul Pesthy nbsp United States 4 3 Q4 Shin Doo Ho nbsp South Korea 4 3 Q5 Wieslaw Glos nbsp Poland 4 3 Q6 Araki Toshiaki nbsp Japan 3 47 Aquiles Gloffka nbsp Chile 1 68 Jesus Taboada nbsp Argentina 0 7Round 2 edit Round 2 pool A edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes1 Gyozo Kulcsar nbsp Hungary 5 1 Q2 Hans Lagfrwall nbsp Sweden 4 2 Q3 Hassan Sayd nbsp Lebanon 3 3 Q4 Giuseppe Delfino nbsp Italy 3 3 Q5 Wieslaw Glos nbsp Poland 2 46 J Bouchier Hayes nbsp Ireland 1 57 Tabuchi Kazuhiko nbsp Japan 1 5Round 2 pool B edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes1 Grigory Kriss nbsp Soviet Union 4 2 Q2 Bill Hoskyns nbsp Great Britain 4 2 Q3 Alberto Pellegrino nbsp Italy 4 2 Q4 Goran Abrahamson nbsp Sweden 3 3 BDavid Micahnik nbsp United States 3 3 B6 Istvan Kausz nbsp Hungary 2 47 Yves Dreyfus nbsp France 1 5BarrageRank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes4 Goran Abrahamson nbsp Sweden 1 0 Q5 David Micahnik nbsp United States 0 1Round 2 pool C edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes1 Gianluigi Saccaro nbsp Italy 4 2 Q2 Jack Guittet nbsp France 4 2 Q3 Michel Steininger nbsp Switzerland 4 2 Q4 Paul Gnaier nbsp United Team of Germany 3 3 Q5 Marcus Leyrer nbsp Austria 2 46 Peter Jacobs nbsp Great Britain 1 57 Shin Doo Ho nbsp South Korea 1 5Round 2 pool D edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes1 Bogdan Gonsior nbsp Poland 4 2 Q2 Rudolf Trost nbsp Austria 4 2 Q3 Zoltan Nemere nbsp Hungary 4 2 Q4 Dietrich Hecke nbsp United Team of Germany 3 3 Q5 Bruno Habarovs nbsp Soviet Union 2 46 Okawa Heizaburo nbsp Japan 2 47 Claudio Polledri nbsp Switzerland 2 4Round 2 pool E edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes1 Roland Losert nbsp Austria 5 0 Q2 Claude Bourquard nbsp France 3 2 Q3 Guram Kostava nbsp Soviet Union 3 2 Q4 Orvar Lindwall nbsp Sweden 2 3 Q5 Stefan Haukler nbsp Romania 0 56 Michel Saikali nbsp Lebanon 0 5Round 2 pool F edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes1 Henryk Nielaba nbsp Poland 4 1 Q2 Franz Rompza nbsp United Team of Germany 4 1 Q3 Walter Bar nbsp Switzerland 2 3 BJohn Humphreys nbsp Australia 2 3 BAllan Jay nbsp Great Britain 2 3 B6 Paul Pesthy nbsp United States 1 4BarrageRank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes3 Walter Bar nbsp Switzerland 1 0 Q4 John Humphreys nbsp Australia 1 0 Q5 Allan Jay nbsp Great Britain 0 2Knockout rounds edit The winner of each group advanced to the final pool while the runner up moved into a 5th place semifinal Group 1 edit Round of 24Round of 16Quarterfinals nbsp Grigory Kriss URS 10 nbsp Goran Abrahamson SWE 9 nbsp Goran Abrahamson SWE 10 nbsp Rudolf Trost AUT 9 nbsp Grigory Kriss URS 10 nbsp Bogdan Gonsior POL 3 nbsp Bogdan Gonsior POL 10 nbsp Dietrich Hecke EUA 5 nbsp Dietrich Hecke EUA 10 nbsp Alberto Pellegrino ITA 9 Group 2 edit Round of 24Round of 16Quarterfinals nbsp Bill Hoskyns GBR 10 nbsp Zoltan Nemere HUN 7 nbsp Zoltan Nemere HUN 10 nbsp Giuseppe Delfino ITA 8 nbsp Bill Hoskyns GBR 10 nbsp Franz Rompza EUA 5 nbsp Franz Rompza EUA 10 nbsp Jack Guittet FRA 10 nbsp Jack Guittet FRA 10 nbsp Walter Bar SUI 9 Group 3 edit Round of 24Round of 16Quarterfinals nbsp Guram Kostava URS 10 nbsp Michel Steininger SUI 5 nbsp Guram Kostava URS 10 nbsp Roland Losert AUT 9 nbsp Guram Kostava URS 10 nbsp Orvar Lindwall SWE 3 nbsp Orvar Lindwall SWE 10 nbsp Hassan Sayd LIB 3 nbsp Orvar Lindwall SWE 10 nbsp Gyozo Kulcsar HUN 6 Group 4 edit Round of 24Round of 16Quarterfinals nbsp Gianluigi Saccaro ITA 10 nbsp Paul Gnaier EUA 4 nbsp Gianluigi Saccaro ITA 10 nbsp Hans Lagfrwall SWE 4 nbsp Gianluigi Saccaro ITA 10 nbsp Claude Bourquard FRA 8 nbsp Claude Bourquard FRA 10 nbsp Henryk Nielaba POL 7 nbsp Henryk Nielaba POL 10 nbsp John Humphreys AUS 5 Fifth place semifinal edit Fifth place semifinalsFifth place match nbsp Bogdan Gonsior POL 10 nbsp Orvar Lindwall SWE 7 nbsp Bogdan Gonsior POL 10 nbsp Claude Bourquard FRA 3 nbsp Franz Rompza EUA 8 nbsp Claude Bourquard FRA 10 Final edit Rank Fencer Nation Wins Losses Notes1 Bill Hoskyns nbsp Great Britain 2 1 GBGrigory Kriss nbsp Soviet Union 2 1 GB3 Guram Kostava nbsp Soviet Union 1 2 BBGianluigi Saccaro nbsp Italy 1 2 BBGold medal barrageRank Fencer Nation Wins Losses nbsp Grigory Kriss nbsp Soviet Union 1 0 nbsp Bill Hoskyns nbsp Great Britain 0 1Bronze medal barrageRank Fencer Nation Wins Losses nbsp Guram Kostava nbsp Soviet Union 1 04 Gianluigi Saccaro nbsp Italy 0 1References edit Fencing 1964 Olympic Results Men s epee sports reference com Archived from the original on 14 November 2010 Retrieved 8 December 2010 a b c Epee Individual Men Olympedia Retrieved 17 March 2021 Sources editTokyo Organizing Committee 1964 The Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokyo 1964 vol 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fencing at the 1964 Summer Olympics Men 27s epee amp oldid 1109799555, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
