Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil
# Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

The men's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 25 to 26 July 1980. 40 fencers from 9 nations competed.

## Rosters

* Cuba
* Efigenio Favier
* Guillermo Betancourt
* Heriberto González
* Pedro Hernández
* East Germany
* Siegmar Gutzeit
* Hartmuth Behrens
* Adrian Germanus
* Klaus Kotzmann
* Klaus Haertter
* France
* Frédéric Pietruszka
* Didier Flament
* Pascal Jolyot
* Philippe Bonnin
* Bruno Boscherie
* Great Britain
* John Llewellyn
* Steven Paul
* Rob Bruniges
* Pierre Harper
* Hungary
* István Szelei
* Ernő Kolczonay
* András Papp
* László Demény
* Jenő Pap
* Kuwait
* Ahmed Al-Ahmed
* Khaled Al-Awadhi
* Ali Al-Khawajah
* Kifah Al-Mutawa
* Poland
* Adam Robak
* Bogusław Zych
* Lech Koziejowski
* Marian Sypniewski
* Romania
* Petru Kuki
* Mihai Țiu
* Sorin Roca
* Tudor Petruș
* Soviet Union
* Aleksandr Romankov
* Volodymyr Smyrnov
* Sabirzhan Ruziyev
* Ashot Karagyan
* Vladimir Lapitsky

## Results

### Round 1

**Round 1 Pool A**

Romania and the Soviet Union each defeated Great Britain, 12–4 and 13–3, respectively. The two victors then faced off. The Soviet Union won 9–2.

| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | URS | ROU | GBR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 | QS | | 9–2 | 13–3 |
| 2 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 14 | 13 | QQ | 2–9 | | 12–4 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 7 | 25 | | 3–13 | 4–12 | |

**Round 1 Pool B**

Cuba and Hungary tied at 8–8, with 58 touches apiece. France then defeated both of the other teams, 10–6 each.

| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | FRA | HUN | CUB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France | 2 | 0 | 20 | 12 | QS | | 10–6 | 10–6 |
| 2 | Hungary | 0.5 | 1.5 | 14 | 18 | QQ | 6–10 | | 8–8 |
| 3 | Cuba | 0.5 | 1.5 | 14 | 18 | | 6–10 | 8–8 | |

**Round 1 Pool C**

East Germany and Poland each defeated Kuwait, 14–2 and 15–1, respectively. The two victors then faced off. Poland won 9–5.

| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | POL | GDR | KUW |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Poland | 2 | 0 | 24 | 6 | QQ | | 9–5 | 15–1 |
| 2 | East Germany | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | QQ | 5–9 | | 14–2 |
| 3 | Kuwait | 0 | 2 | 3 | 29 | | 1–15 | 2–14 | |

### Elimination rounds

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A2 | Romania | 5 | | | | | | |
| C2 | East Germany | 8 | | | | | | |
| C2 | East Germany | 8 | C2 | East Germany | 7 | | | |
| | | | B1 | France | 9 | | | |
| B1 | France | | B1 | France | 9 | | | |
| | Bye | | | | | | | |
| | Bye | | | | | B1 | France | 8 (68) |
| | | | | | | A1 | Soviet Union | 8 (60) |
| B2 | Hungary | 7 | | | | | | | A1 | Soviet Union | 8 (60) |
| C1 | Poland | 9 | | | |
| C1 | Poland | 9 | C1 | Poland | 7 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | A1 | Soviet Union | 9 |
| A1 | Soviet Union | | A1 | Soviet Union | 9 | C2 | East Germany | 5 |
| | Bye | | | | | C1 | Poland | 9 |
| Fifth Place | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| A2 | Romania | 9 |
| B2 | Hungary | 7 |
