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.
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.
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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.
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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 Gedovari s bronze medal returned Hungary to the podium after a one Games absence broke an eleven Games streak Men s sabreat the Games of the XXII OlympiadSoviet stamp commemorating 1980 Olympic fencingVenueCSKA Sports ComplexDates24 25 July 1980Competitors30 from 12 nationsMedalistsViktor Krovopuskov Soviet UnionMikhail Burtsev Soviet UnionImre Gedovari Hungary 19761984 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 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 3 Double elimination rounds 4 3 1 Winners brackets 4 3 1 1 Winners group 1 4 3 1 2 Winners group 2 4 3 1 3 Winners group 3 4 3 1 4 Winners group 4 4 3 2 Losers brackets 4 3 2 1 Losers group 1 4 3 2 2 Losers group 2 4 4 Final round 5 Final classification 6 ReferencesBackground editThis 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 Pal 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 editThe 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 editAll times are Moscow Time UTC 3 Date Time RoundThursday 24 July 1980 Round 1Round 2Friday 25 July 1980 Elimination roundsFinalResults editRound 1 edit Round 1 Pool A edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes IG VE JL LJ VP1 nbsp Imre Gedovari HUN 4 0 20 12 Q 5 4 5 2 5 3 5 32 nbsp Vasil Etropolski BUL 2 2 18 16 4 5 4 5 5 3 5 33 nbsp Jose Laverdecia CUB 2 2 16 18 2 5 5 4 5 4 4 54 nbsp Leszek Jablonowski POL 1 3 15 19 3 5 3 5 4 5 5 45 nbsp Valentin Paraiso ESP 1 3 15 19 3 5 3 5 5 4 4 5Source Official Report vol 3 p 243 Round 1 Pool B edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VN JO JFL MS RM1 nbsp Vladimir Nazlymov URS 3 1 19 12 Q 4 5 5 3 5 3 5 12 nbsp Jesus Ortiz CUB 3 1 16 14 5 4 1 5 5 1 5 43 nbsp Jean Francois Lamour FRA 2 2 16 13 3 5 5 1 3 5 5 24 nbsp Mark Slade GBR 2 2 14 17 3 5 1 5 5 3 5 45 nbsp Rudiger Muller GDR 0 4 11 20 1 5 4 5 2 5 4 5Source Official Report vol 3 p 243 Round 1 Pool C edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes GN FEH MM GC MO1 nbsp Gyorgy Nebald HUN 3 1 15 16 Q 0 5 5 4 5 4 5 32 nbsp Frank Eberhard Holtje GDR 2 2 16 13 5 0 5 3 3 5 3 53 nbsp Michele Maffei ITA 2 2 17 14 4 5 3 5 5 1 5 34 nbsp Georgi Chomakov BUL 2 2 15 17 4 5 5 3 1 5 5 45 nbsp Manuel Ortiz CUB 1 3 15 18 3 5 5 3 3 5 4 5Source Official Report vol 3 p 243 Round 1 Pool D edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes KE IP VK AK AAA1 nbsp Khristo Etropolski BUL 4 0 20 8 Q 5 4 5 3 5 0 5 12 nbsp Ioan Pop ROU 2 2 16 12 4 5 5 2 2 5 5 03 nbsp Viktor Krovopuskov URS 2 2 15 12 3 5 2 5 5 0 5 24 nbsp Andrzej Kostrzewa POL 2 2 10 12 0 5 5 2 0 5 5 05 nbsp Ahmed Al Ahmed KUW 0 4 3 20 1 5 0 5 2 5 0 5Source Official Report vol 3 p 243 Round 1 Pool E edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes MAM PU CM MB ME1 nbsp Mario Aldo Montano ITA 3 1 18 12 Q 5 3 5 4 3 5 5 02 nbsp Peter Ulbrich GDR 3 1 18 13 3 5 5 3 5 4 5 13 nbsp Cornel Marin ROU 2 2 17 13 4 5 3 5 5 3 5 04 nbsp Mikhail Burtsev URS 2 2 17 14 5 3 4 5 3 5 5 15 nbsp Mohamed Eyiad KUW 0 4 2 20 0 5 1 5 0 5 1 5Source Official Report vol 3 p 243 Round 1 Pool F edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes JB FM PG MM AAK1 nbsp Jacek Bierkowski POL 4 0 20 10 Q 5 4 5 2 5 2 5 22 nbsp Ferdinando Meglio ITA 3 1 19 11 4 5 5 4 5 2 5 03 nbsp Pal Gerevich HUN 2 2 16 13 2 5 4 5 5 2 5 14 nbsp Marin Mustață ROU 1 3 11 15 2 5 2 5 2 5 5 05 nbsp Ali Al Khawajah KUW 0 4 3 20 2 5 0 5 1 5 0 5Source Official Report vol 3 p 243 Round 2 edit Round 2 Pool A edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes MMa MB GN KE JO MMu1 nbsp Michele Maffei ITA 5 0 25 15 Q 5 4 5 3 5 4 5 2 5 22 nbsp Mikhail Burtsev URS 4 1 24 13 4 5 5 1 5 2 5 3 5 23 nbsp Gyorgy Nebald HUN 3 2 19 18 3 5 1 5 5 2 5 4 5 24 nbsp Khristo Etropolski BUL 1 4 17 22 4 5 2 5 2 5 4 5 5 25 nbsp Jesus Ortiz CUB 1 4 18 24 2 5 3 5 4 5 5 4 4 56 nbsp Marin Mustață ROU 1 4 13 24 2 5 2 5 2 5 2 5 5 4Source Official Report vol 3 p 244 Round 2 Pool B edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes JB VE PG IP LJ PU1 nbsp Jacek Bierkowski POL 4 1 24 14 Q 5 2 5 3 4 5 5 2 5 22 nbsp Vasil Etropolski BUL 3 2 18 15 2 5 1 5 5 1 5 2 5 23 nbsp Pal Gerevich HUN 3 2 19 16 3 5 5 1 1 5 5 4 5 14 nbsp Ioan Pop ROU 3 2 18 19 5 4 1 5 5 1 2 5 5 45 nbsp Leszek Jablonowski POL 2 3 18 20 2 5 2 5 4 5 5 2 5 36 nbsp Peter Ulbrich GDR 0 5 12 25 2 5 2 5 1 5 4 5 3 5Source Official Report vol 3 p 244 Round 2 Pool C edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VK IG CM AK MAM MS1 nbsp Viktor Krovopuskov URS 5 0 25 15 Q 5 4 5 1 5 2 5 4 5 42 nbsp Imre Gedovari HUN 4 1 24 16 4 5 5 1 5 4 5 3 5 33 nbsp Cornel Marin ROU 3 2 17 16 1 5 1 5 5 2 5 3 5 14 nbsp Andrzej Kostrzewa POL 2 3 18 20 2 5 4 5 2 5 5 4 5 15 nbsp Mario Aldo Montano ITA 1 4 19 20 4 5 3 5 3 5 4 5 5 06 nbsp Mark Slade GBR 0 5 9 25 4 5 3 5 1 5 1 5 0 5Source Official Report vol 3 p 244 Round 2 Pool D edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VN JL FM GC FEH JFL1 nbsp Vladimir Nazlymov URS 5 0 25 19 Q 5 3 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 42 nbsp Jose Laverdecia CUB 3 2 22 18 3 5 5 3 5 2 4 5 5 33 nbsp Ferdinando Meglio ITA 2 3 19 18 4 5 3 5 2 5 5 3 5 04 nbsp Georgi Chomakov BUL 2 3 20 20 4 5 2 5 5 2 5 3 4 55 nbsp Frank Eberhard Holtje GDR 2 3 20 23 4 5 5 4 3 5 3 5 5 46 nbsp Jean Francois Lamour FRA 1 4 16 24 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 4 4 5Source Official Report vol 3 p 244 Double elimination rounds edit Winners brackets edit Winners group 1 edit Round of 16Round of 8 nbsp Andrzej Kostrzewa POL W nbsp Jacek Bierkowski POL L nbsp Andrzej Kostrzewa POL L nbsp Khristo Etropolski BUL W nbsp Khristo Etropolski BUL W nbsp Ferdinando Meglio ITA LWinners group 2 edit Round of 16Round of 8 nbsp Pal Gerevich HUN W nbsp Michele Maffei ITA L nbsp Pal Gerevich HUN L nbsp Viktor Krovopuskov URS 10 nbsp Viktor Krovopuskov URS W nbsp Ioan Pop ROU 9Winners group 3 edit Round of 16Round of 8 nbsp Vladimir Nazlymov URS W nbsp Jose Laverdecia CUB L nbsp Vladimir Nazlymov URS L nbsp Vasil Etropolski BUL W nbsp Vasil Etropolski BUL W nbsp Gyorgy Nebald HUN LWinners group 4 edit Round of 16Round of 8 nbsp Mikhail Burtsev URS W nbsp Cornel Marin ROU L nbsp Mikhail Burtsev URS L nbsp Imre Gedovari HUN W nbsp Imre Gedovari HUN W nbsp Georgi Chomakov BUL LLosers brackets edit Losers group 1 edit Round of 4Round of 4Round of 2 nbsp Jacek Bierkowski POL L nbsp Ferdinando Meglio ITA W nbsp Ferdinando Meglio ITA W nbsp Pal Gerevich HUN L nbsp Ferdinando Meglio ITA L nbsp Jose Laverdecia CUB W nbsp Mikhail Burtsev URS W nbsp Gyorgy Nebald HUN L nbsp Jose Laverdecia CUB L nbsp Mikhail Burtsev URS WLosers group 2 edit Round of 4Round of 4Round of 2 nbsp Michele Maffei ITA W nbsp Ioan Pop ROU L nbsp Michele Maffei ITA W nbsp Andrzej Kostrzewa POL L nbsp Michele Maffei ITA W nbsp Cornel Marin ROU W nbsp Vladimir Nazlymov URS L nbsp Georgi Chomakov BUL L nbsp Cornel Marin ROU L nbsp Vladimir Nazlymov URS WFinal round edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes VK MB IG VE KE MM1 nbsp Viktor Krovopuskov URS 4 1 24 17 B 4 5 5 4 5 3 5 3 5 21 nbsp Mikhail Burtsev URS 4 1 23 18 5 4 3 5 5 3 5 3 5 3 nbsp nbsp Imre Gedovari HUN 3 2 23 21 4 5 5 3 4 5 5 4 5 44 nbsp Vasil Etropolski BUL 2 3 17 23 3 5 3 5 5 4 5 4 1 55 nbsp Khristo Etropolski BUL 1 4 19 21 3 5 3 5 4 5 4 5 5 16 nbsp Michele Maffei ITA 1 4 15 21 2 5 3 5 4 5 5 1 1 5Source Official Report vol 3 p 245 BarragePos Fencer W L TF TA VK MB nbsp nbsp Viktor Krovopuskov URS 1 0 5 3 5 3 nbsp nbsp Mikhail Burtsev URS 0 1 3 5 3 5Source Official Report vol 3 p 245Final classification editFencer NationViktor Krovopuskov nbsp Soviet UnionMikhail Burtsev nbsp Soviet UnionImre Gedovari nbsp HungaryVasil Etropolski nbsp BulgariaKhristo Etropolski nbsp BulgariaMichele Maffei nbsp ItalyFerdinando Meglio nbsp ItalyVladimir Nazlymov nbsp Soviet UnionCornel Marin nbsp RomaniaPal Gerevich nbsp HungaryAndrzej Kostrzewa nbsp PolandJose Laverdecia nbsp CubaJacek Bierkowski nbsp PolandIoan Pop nbsp RomaniaGyorgy Nebald nbsp HungaryGeorgi Chomakov nbsp BulgariaLeszek Jablonowski nbsp PolandFrank Eberhard Holtje nbsp East GermanyMario Aldo Montano nbsp ItalyJesus Ortiz nbsp CubaJean Francois Lamour nbsp FranceMarin Mustață nbsp RomaniaPeter Ulbrich nbsp East GermanyMark Slade nbsp Great BritainManuel Ortiz nbsp CubaValentin Paraiso nbsp SpainRudiger Muller nbsp East GermanyAhmed Al Ahmed nbsp KuwaitAli Al Khawajah nbsp KuwaitMohamed Eyiad nbsp KuwaitReferences edit Fencing 1980 Olympic Results Men s sabre sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 6 February 2015 Sabre Individual Men Olympedia Retrieved 24 November 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index 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