Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre
# Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

The men's team sabre 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 20 to 21 October 1968. 56 fencers from 12 nations competed.

## Results

### Round 1

Ties between teams were broken by individual victories (in parentheses), then by touches received.

Pool A :

| 1. | Soviet Union (URS) | 2-0 (24:2) | Q2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2. | Great Britain (GBR) | 1-1 (12:4) | Q2 |
| 3. | Mexico (MEX) | 0-2 (6:26) | |

Pool B :

| 1. | Hungary (HUN) | 2-0 (29:3) | Q2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2. | West Germany (FRG) | 1-1 (17:15) | Q2 |
| 3. | Ireland (IRL) | 0-2 (2:30) | |

Pool C :

| 1. | Italy (ITA) | 2-0 (24:3) | Q2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2. | United States (USA) | 1-1 (13:14) | Q2 |
| 3. | Argentina (ARG) | 0-2 (6:26) | |

Pool D :

| 1. | France (FRA) | 2-0 (22:10) | Q2 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2. | Poland (POL) | 1-1 (20:12) | Q2 |
| 3. | Cuba (CUB) | 0-2 (6:26) | |

### Championship rounds

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Soviet Union (URS) | 9 | | |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | | |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 9 |
| | | France (FRA) | 4 |
| France (FRA) | 9 | France (FRA) | 4 |
| Poland (POL) | 2 | | | | |
| Poland (POL) | 2 | | | Soviet Union (URS) | 9 |
| | | | | Italy (ITA) | 7 |
| Italy (ITA) | 8 | | | Italy (ITA) | 7 |
| United States (USA) | 6 | | | | |
| United States (USA) | 6 | Italy (ITA) | 9 | | |
| | | Hungary (HUN) | 6 | Third place | Third place |
| Hungary (HUN) | 9 | Hungary (HUN) | 6 | Third place | Third place |
| West Germany (FRG) | 4 | | | | |
| West Germany (FRG) | 4 | | | Hungary (HUN) | 9 |
| | | | | France (FRA) | 5 |

**Fifth place semifinal**

| Fifth place semifinals | Fifth place semifinals | Fifth place match | Fifth place match |
| - | - | - | - |
| Poland (POL) | 9 |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | | |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | Poland (POL) | 9 |
| | | United States (USA) | 5 |
| United States (USA) | 9 | United States (USA) | 5 |
| West Germany (FRG) | 7 | | |
