The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twentieth appearance of the event. The competition was held from August 3 to 4, 1984. 33 fencers from 16 nations competed.[1] Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by Jean-François Lamour of France, the nation's first victory in the event since 1900 (and second overall). Marco Marin of Italy took silver and Peter Westbrook of the United States took bronze. It was the first medal in the event in many Games for each of the three nations since 1964 for France, since 1960 for Italy, and since 1904 for the United States), as the men's sabre competitions had been dominated by Hungary and the Soviet Union. With both of those nations boycotting the 1984 Games, other nations had an opportunity to win medals in the sabre.
This was the 20th appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics. None of the finalists from 1980 returned; five of the six were from boycotting countries and Michele Maffei (at age 38) was no longer on the Italian team. All three of the world champions since the 1980 Games had been from boycotting nations as well. The favorite was rising French star Jean-François Lamour, a seven-time French champion who had never placed better than fifth in a global championship—though this time he would be facing Italians and Romanians rather than Soviets and Hungarians.[2]
The People's Republic of China, Monaco, and the Virgin Islands each made their debut in the men's sabre. Italy made its 18th appearance in the event, most of any nation, having missed the inaugural 1896 event and the 1904 Olympics.
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The 1984 tournament used a three-phase format similar to that of 1976 and 1980, though the final phase was different.
The first phase was a multi-round round-robin pool play format; each fencer in a pool faced each other fencer in that pool once. There were three pool rounds:
The first round had 6 pools of 5 or 6 fencers each, with the top 5 in each pool advancing.
The second round had 6 pools of 5 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing.
The third round had 4 pools of 6 fencers each, with the top 4 in each pool advancing.
The second phase was a truncated double-elimination tournament. Four fencers advanced to the final round through the winners brackets and four more advanced via the repechage.
The final phase was a single elimination tournament with a bronze medal match. (This was changed from a 6-man final round-robin pool in previous years.)
Bouts in the round-robin pools were to 5 touches; bouts in the double-elimination and final rounds were to 10 touches.
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The men s sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics programme It was the twentieth appearance of the event The competition was held from August 3 to 4 1984 33 fencers from 16 nations competed 1 Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928 The event was won by Jean Francois Lamour of France the nation s first victory in the event since 1900 and second overall Marco Marin of Italy took silver and Peter Westbrook of the United States took bronze It was the first medal in the event in many Games for each of the three nations since 1964 for France since 1960 for Italy and since 1904 for the United States as the men s sabre competitions had been dominated by Hungary and the Soviet Union With both of those nations boycotting the 1984 Games other nations had an opportunity to win medals in the sabre Men s sabreat the Games of the XXIII OlympiadJean Francois Lamour 1988 VenueLong Beach Convention and Entertainment CenterDatesAugust 3 4 1984Competitors33 from 16 nationsMedalistsJean Francois Lamour FranceMarco Marin ItalyPeter Westbrook United States 19801988 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 2 5 Round 2 Pool E 4 2 6 Round 2 Pool F 4 3 Round 3 4 3 1 Round 3 Pool A 4 3 2 Round 3 Pool B 4 3 3 Round 3 Pool C 4 3 4 Round 3 Pool D 4 4 Double elimination rounds 4 4 1 Winners brackets 4 4 1 1 Winners group 1 4 4 1 2 Winners group 2 4 4 1 3 Winners group 3 4 4 1 4 Winners group 4 4 4 2 Losers brackets 4 4 2 1 Losers group 1 4 4 2 2 Losers group 2 4 4 2 3 Losers group 3 4 4 2 4 Losers group 4 4 5 Final round 5 Final classification 6 ReferencesBackground editThis was the 20th appearance of the event which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics None of the finalists from 1980 returned five of the six were from boycotting countries and Michele Maffei at age 38 was no longer on the Italian team All three of the world champions since the 1980 Games had been from boycotting nations as well The favorite was rising French star Jean Francois Lamour a seven time French champion who had never placed better than fifth in a global championship though this time he would be facing Italians and Romanians rather than Soviets and Hungarians 2 The People s Republic of China Monaco and the Virgin Islands each made their debut in the men s sabre Italy made its 18th appearance in the event most of any nation having missed the inaugural 1896 event and the 1904 Olympics Competition format editThe 1984 tournament used a three phase format similar to that of 1976 and 1980 though the final phase was different The first phase was a multi round round robin pool play format each fencer in a pool faced each other fencer in that pool once There were three pool rounds The first round had 6 pools of 5 or 6 fencers each with the top 5 in each pool advancing The second round had 6 pools of 5 fencers each with the top 4 in each pool advancing The third round had 4 pools of 6 fencers each with the top 4 in each pool advancing The second phase was a truncated double elimination tournament Four fencers advanced to the final round through the winners brackets and four more advanced via the repechage The final phase was a single elimination tournament with a bronze medal match This was changed from a 6 man final round robin pool in previous years Bouts in the round robin pools were to 5 touches bouts in the double elimination and final rounds were to 10 touches Schedule editAll times are Pacific Daylight Time UTC 7 Date Time RoundFriday 3 August 1984 9 00 Round 1Round 2Round 3Friday 3 August 1984 9 00 20 00 Double elimination roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalsResults editRound 1 edit Round 1 Pool A edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes GDB Marin HB FS Marcil1 nbsp Gianfranco Dalla Barba ITA 4 0 20 10 Q 5 2 5 3 5 3 5 22 nbsp Cornel Marin ROU 3 1 17 13 2 5 5 3 5 3 5 23 nbsp Hanns Brandstatter AUT 1 3 13 15 3 5 3 5 2 5 5 04 nbsp Freddy Scholz FRG 1 3 14 17 3 5 3 5 5 2 3 55 nbsp Claude Marcil CAN 1 3 9 18 2 5 2 5 0 5 5 3Source Official Report vol 2 p 398 Round 1 Pool B edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes JFL ML JS WR JZ JM1 nbsp Jean Francois Lamour FRA 5 0 25 8 Q 5 1 5 2 5 1 5 1 5 32 nbsp Mike Lofton USA 3 2 18 19 1 5 5 3 2 5 5 2 5 43 nbsp Jorg Stratmann FRG 3 2 20 21 2 5 3 5 5 4 5 3 5 44 nbsp Wang Ruiji CHN 2 3 18 19 1 5 5 2 4 5 3 5 5 25 nbsp John Zarno GBR 2 3 16 21 1 5 2 5 3 5 5 3 5 36 nbsp Joao Marquilhas POR 0 5 16 25 3 5 4 5 4 5 2 5 3 5Source Official Report vol 2 p 398 Round 1 Pool C edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes AT PW IP GS OM JK1 nbsp Atilio Tass ARG 2 3 17 18 Q 3 5 3 5 1 5 5 2 5 12 nbsp Peter Westbrook USA 3 2 22 17 5 3 4 5 3 5 5 4 5 03 nbsp Ioan Pop ROU 4 1 20 16 5 3 5 4 0 5 5 1 5 34 nbsp Giovanni Scalzo ITA 5 0 25 7 5 1 5 3 5 0 5 2 5 15 nbsp Olivier Martini MON 1 4 14 22 2 5 4 5 1 5 2 5 5 26 nbsp James Kreglo ISV 0 5 7 25 1 5 0 5 3 5 1 5 2 5Source Official Report vol 2 p 398 Round 1 Pool D edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes MM HGV LG JMB AG JMC1 nbsp Marin Mustață ROU 4 1 24 14 Q 5 4 5 2 4 5 5 1 5 22 nbsp Herve Granger Veyron FRA 4 1 24 15 4 5 5 3 5 4 5 1 5 23 nbsp Liu Guozhen CHN 3 2 20 16 2 5 3 5 5 3 5 3 5 04 nbsp Jean Marie Banos CAN 3 2 22 19 5 4 4 5 3 5 5 4 5 15 nbsp Antonio Garcia ESP 1 4 14 20 1 5 1 5 3 5 4 5 5 06 nbsp Jose Maria Casanovas ARG 0 5 5 25 2 5 2 5 0 5 1 5 0 5Source Official Report vol 2 p 398 Round 1 Pool E edit Allam did not start Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes MM ZB JPB RC CJ IA1 nbsp Marco Marin ITA 4 0 20 9 Q 5 3 5 1 5 3 5 22 nbsp Zisis Babanasis GRE 3 1 18 12 3 5 5 2 5 1 5 43 nbsp Jean Paul Banos CAN 2 2 13 17 1 5 2 5 5 3 5 44 nbsp Richard Cohen GBR 1 3 12 15 3 5 1 5 3 5 5 05 nbsp Chen Jinchu CHN 0 4 10 20 2 5 4 5 4 5 0 5 nbsp Ibrahim Allam EGY 0 0 0 0Source Official Report vol 2 p 398 Round 1 Pool F edit Ko did not start Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes PG JN MS IS SM KYF1 nbsp Pierre Guichot FRA 3 1 19 10 Q 4 5 5 3 5 1 5 12 nbsp Jurgen Nolte FRG 3 1 18 17 5 4 3 5 5 4 5 43 nbsp Mark Slade GBR 2 2 13 13 3 5 5 3 0 5 5 04 nbsp Ildemaro Sanchez VEN 1 3 11 15 1 5 4 5 5 0 1 55 nbsp Steve Mormando USA 1 3 10 16 1 5 4 5 0 5 5 1 nbsp Ko Yin Fai HKG 0 0 0 0Source Official Report vol 2 p 398 Round 2 edit Round 2 Pool A edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes FS GS PW IS LG1 nbsp Freddy Scholz FRG 4 0 20 13 Q 5 3 5 3 5 3 5 42 nbsp Giovanni Scalzo ITA 3 1 18 11 3 5 5 3 5 0 5 33 nbsp Peter Westbrook USA 2 2 16 16 3 5 3 5 5 3 5 34 nbsp Ildemaro Sanchez VEN 1 3 11 16 3 5 0 5 3 5 5 15 nbsp Liu Guozhen CHN 0 4 11 20 4 5 3 5 3 5 1 5Source Official Report vol 2 p 400 Round 2 Pool B edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes JFL JN RC SM JMB1 nbsp Jean Francois Lamour FRA 4 0 20 5 Q 5 3 5 0 5 1 5 12 nbsp Jurgen Nolte FRG 2 2 17 16 3 5 5 2 4 5 5 43 nbsp Richard Cohen GBR 2 2 12 13 0 5 2 5 5 2 5 14 nbsp Steve Mormando USA 2 2 13 17 1 5 5 4 2 5 2 35 nbsp Jean Marie Banos CAN 0 4 9 20 1 5 4 5 1 5 3 5Source Official Report vol 2 p 400 Round 2 Pool C edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes MM HB CMarin ML Marcil1 nbsp Marco Marin ITA 4 0 20 9 Q 5 3 5 2 5 1 5 32 nbsp Hanns Brandstatter AUT 2 2 17 15 3 5 5 3 4 5 5 23 nbsp Cornel Marin ROU 2 2 15 15 2 5 3 5 5 4 5 14 nbsp Mike Lofton USA 2 2 15 17 1 5 5 4 4 5 5 35 nbsp Claude Marcil CAN 0 4 9 20 3 5 2 5 1 5 3 5Source Official Report vol 2 p 400 Round 2 Pool D edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes GDB ZB JS JZ AG1 nbsp Gianfranco Dalla Barba ITA 4 0 20 4 Q 5 1 5 1 5 1 5 12 nbsp Zisis Babanasis GRE 3 1 16 12 1 5 5 2 5 2 5 33 nbsp Jorg Stratmann FRG 2 2 13 14 1 5 2 5 5 1 5 34 nbsp John Zarno GBR 1 3 9 17 1 5 2 5 1 5 5 25 nbsp Antonio Garcia ESP 0 4 9 20 1 5 3 5 3 5 2 5Source Official Report vol 2 p 400 Round 2 Pool E edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes MM PG WR MS OM1 nbsp Marin Mustață ROU 3 1 19 10 Q 4 5 5 3 5 1 5 12 nbsp Pierre Guichot FRA 3 1 19 13 5 4 4 5 5 3 5 13 nbsp Wang Ruiji CHN 2 2 16 16 3 5 5 4 3 5 5 24 nbsp Mark Slade GBR 2 2 14 17 1 5 3 5 5 3 5 45 nbsp Olivier Martini MON 0 4 8 20 1 5 1 5 2 5 4 5Source Official Report vol 2 p 400 Round 2 Pool F edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes HGV IP CJ JPB AT1 nbsp Herve Granger Veyron FRA 3 1 18 13 Q 3 5 5 2 5 4 5 22 nbsp Ioan Pop ROU 3 1 19 14 5 3 5 3 5 3 4 53 nbsp Chen Jinchu CHN 2 2 15 12 2 5 3 5 5 0 5 24 nbsp Jean Paul Banos CAN 1 3 12 18 4 5 3 5 0 5 5 35 nbsp Atilio Tass ARG 1 3 12 19 2 5 5 4 2 5 3 5Source Official Report vol 2 p 400 Round 3 edit Round 3 Pool A edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes GDB HGV PW IP RC JZ1 nbsp Gianfranco Dalla Barba ITA 5 0 25 10 Q 5 3 5 2 5 1 5 3 5 12 nbsp Herve Granger Veyron FRA 4 1 23 19 3 5 5 4 5 4 5 2 5 43 nbsp Peter Westbrook USA 3 2 21 14 2 5 4 5 5 3 5 1 5 04 nbsp Ioan Pop ROU 2 3 18 21 1 5 4 5 3 5 5 3 5 35 nbsp Richard Cohen GBR 1 4 14 24 3 5 2 5 1 5 3 5 5 46 nbsp John Zarno GBR 0 5 12 25 1 5 4 5 0 5 3 5 4 5Source Official Report vol 2 p 400 Round 3 Pool B edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes JFL CM ZB GS JPB JS1 nbsp Jean Francois Lamour FRA 5 0 25 14 Q 5 3 5 3 5 4 5 4 5 02 nbsp Cornel Marin ROU 3 2 20 15 3 5 5 1 2 5 5 3 5 13 nbsp Zisis Babanasis GRE 3 2 19 17 3 5 1 5 5 4 5 2 5 14 nbsp Giovanni Scalzo ITA 2 3 21 17 4 5 5 2 4 5 3 5 5 05 nbsp Jean Paul Banos CAN 1 4 18 23 4 5 3 5 2 5 5 3 4 56 nbsp Jorg Stratmann FRG 1 4 7 24 0 5 1 5 1 5 0 5 5 4Source Official Report vol 2 p 400 Round 3 Pool C edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes PG MM CJ JN ML IS1 nbsp Pierre Guichot FRA 4 1 24 12 Q 5 2 5 2 4 5 5 3 5 02 nbsp Marco Marin ITA 3 2 21 16 2 5 4 5 5 2 5 3 5 13 nbsp Chen Jinchu CHN 3 2 20 18 2 5 5 4 3 5 5 2 5 24 nbsp Jurgen Nolte FRG 3 2 18 20 5 4 2 5 5 3 1 5 5 35 nbsp Mike Lofton USA 2 3 18 19 3 5 3 5 2 5 5 1 5 36 nbsp Ildemaro Sanchez VEN 0 5 9 25 0 5 1 5 2 5 3 5 3 5Source Official Report vol 2 p 400 Round 3 Pool D edit Pos Fencer W L TF TA Notes FS SM MM WR MS HB1 nbsp Freddy Scholz FRG 4 1 22 11 Q 5 2 2 5 5 3 5 0 5 12 nbsp Steve Mormando USA 3 2 20 17 2 5 5 2 3 5 5 3 5 23 nbsp Marin Mustață ROU 3 2 19 19 5 2 2 5 5 4 5 3 2 54 nbsp Wang Ruiji CHN 2 3 19 22 3 5 5 3 4 5 2 5 5 45 nbsp Mark Slade GBR 2 3 16 21 0 5 3 5 3 5 5 2 5 46 nbsp Hanns Brandstatter AUT 1 4 16 22 1 5 2 5 5 2 4 5 4 5Source Official Report vol 2 p 400 Double elimination rounds edit Winners brackets edit Winners group 1 edit Round of 16Round of 8 nbsp Gianfranco Dalla Barba ITA 10 nbsp Wang Ruiji CHN 4 nbsp Gianfranco Dalla Barba ITA 9 nbsp Peter Westbrook USA 10 nbsp Peter Westbrook USA 11 nbsp Zisis Babanasis GRE 3Winners group 2 edit Round of 16Round of 8 nbsp Marco Marin ITA 10 nbsp Chen Jinchu CHN 3 nbsp Marco Marin ITA 11 nbsp Ioan Pop ROU 10 nbsp Ioan Pop ROU 10 nbsp Pierre Guichot FRA 3Winners group 3 edit Round of 16Round of 8 nbsp Freddy Scholz FRG 4 nbsp Steve Mormando USA 10 nbsp Steve Mormando USA 9 nbsp Cornel Marin ROU 9 nbsp Herve Granger Veyron FRA 10 nbsp Herve Granger Veyron FRA 10Winners group 4 edit Round of 16Round of 8 nbsp Marin Mustață ROU 5 nbsp Giovanni Scalzo ITA 10 nbsp Giovanni Scalzo ITA 5 nbsp Jurgen Nolte FRG 2 nbsp Jean Francois Lamour FRA 10 nbsp Jean Francois Lamour FRA 10Losers brackets edit Losers group 1 edit Round of 4Round of 2 nbsp Wang Ruiji CHN 9 nbsp Zisis Babanasis GRE 10 nbsp Zisis Babanasis GRE 4 nbsp Giovanni Scalzo ITA 10Losers group 2 edit Round of 4Round of 2 nbsp Chen Jinchu CHN 3 nbsp Pierre Guichot FRA 10 nbsp Pierre Guichot FRA 10 nbsp Steve Mormando USA 8Losers group 3 edit Round of 4Round of 2 nbsp Freddy Scholz FRG 10 nbsp Cornel Marin ROU 9 nbsp Freddy Scholz FRG 4 nbsp Ioan Pop ROU 10Losers group 4 edit Round of 4Round of 2 nbsp Marin Mustață ROU 10 nbsp Jurgen Nolte FRG 6 nbsp Marin Mustață ROU 11 nbsp Gianfranco Dalla Barba ITA 9Final round edit QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals nbsp Jean Francois Lamour FRA 10 nbsp Ioan Pop ROU 6 nbsp Jean Francois Lamour FRA 10 nbsp Peter Westbrook USA 4 nbsp Pierre Guichot FRA 8 nbsp Peter Westbrook USA 10 nbsp Jean Francois Lamour FRA 12 nbsp Marco Marin ITA 11 nbsp Herve Granger Veyron FRA 10 nbsp Marin Mustață ROU 8 nbsp Herve Granger Veyron FRA 4Third place nbsp Marco Marin ITA 10 nbsp Giovanni Scalzo ITA 9 nbsp Peter Westbrook USA 10 nbsp Marco Marin ITA 11 nbsp Herve Granger Veyron FRA 5Final classification editFencer NationJean Francois Lamour nbsp FranceMarco Marin nbsp ItalyPeter Westbrook nbsp United StatesHerve Granger Veyron nbsp FrancePierre Guichot nbsp FranceMarin Mustață nbsp RomaniaGiovanni Scalzo nbsp ItalyIoan Pop nbsp RomaniaGianfranco Dalla Barba nbsp ItalyFreddy Scholz nbsp West GermanyZisis Babanasis nbsp GreeceSteve Mormando nbsp United StatesCornel Marin nbsp RomaniaChen Jinchu nbsp ChinaJurgen Nolte nbsp West GermanyWang Ruiji nbsp ChinaMike Lofton nbsp United StatesMark Slade nbsp Great BritainJean Paul Banos nbsp CanadaHanns Brandstatter nbsp AustriaRichard Cohen nbsp Great BritainJorg Stratmann nbsp West GermanyJohn Zarno nbsp Great BritainIldemaro Sanchez nbsp VenezuelaAtilio Tass nbsp ArgentinaLiu Guozhen nbsp ChinaJean Marie Banos nbsp CanadaClaude Marcil nbsp CanadaAntonio Garcia nbsp SpainOlivier Martini nbsp MonacoJoao Marquilhas nbsp PortugalJames Kreglo nbsp Virgin IslandsJose Maria Casanovas nbsp ArgentinaReferences edit Fencing 1984 Olympic Results Men s sabre sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 26 April 2011 Sabre Individual Men Olympedia Retrieved 24 November 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics Men 27s sabre amp oldid 1161790933, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
