Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre
# Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

The men's team sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 8 to 9 August 1984. 40 fencers from 8 nations competed.

## Rosters

* Canada
* Jean-Marie Banos
* Jean-Paul Banos
* Marc Lavoie
* Claude Marcil
* Eli Sukunda
* China
* Wang Ruiji
* Chen Jinchu
* Yang Shisen
* Liu Guozhen
* Liu Yunhong
* France
* Jean-François Lamour
* Pierre Guichot
* Hervé Granger-Veyron
* Philippe Delrieu
* Franck Ducheix
* Great Britain
* Richard Cohen
* Paul Klenerman
* Jim Philbin
* Mark Slade
* John Zarno
* Italy
* Marco Marin
* Gianfranco Dalla Barba
* Giovanni Scalzo
* Ferdinando Meglio
* Angelo Arcidiacono
* Romania
* Marin Mustață
* Ioan Pop
* Alexandru Chiculiţă
* Cornel Marin
* Vilmoș Szabo
* United States
* Peter Westbrook
* Steve Mormando
* Phil Reilly
* Joel Glucksman
* Mike Lofton
* West Germany
* Dieter Schneider
* Jürgen Nolte
* Freddy Scholz
* Jörg Stratmann
* Jörg Volkmann

## Results

### Round 1

**Round 1 Pool A**

In the first set of matches, France defeated Canada 9–5 and West Germany beat the United States 9–4. The second set saw the winners both win again (securing advancement, with a head-to-head match determining the bye) and the loser both lose again (setting up a head-to-head match for the last advancement place), as France prevailed over the United States 9–4 and West Germany won against Canada 9–6. Finally, France took the top spot in the group and the bye by beating West Germany 9–2 while the United States secured the last advancement spot by beating Canada 9–1.

| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | FRA | FRG | USA | CAN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France | 3 | 0 | 27 | 11 | QS | | 9–2 | 9–4 | 9–5 |
| 2 | West Germany | 2 | 1 | 20 | 19 | QQ | 2–9 | | 9–4 | 9–6 |
| 3 | United States | 1 | 2 | 17 | 19 | QQ | 4–9 | 4–9 | | 9–1 |
| 4 | Canada | 0 | 3 | 12 | 27 | | 5–9 | 6–9 | 1–9 | |

**Round 1 Pool B**

In the first set of matches, Italy defeated China 9–4 and Romania beat Great Britain 9–4. The second set saw the winners both win again (securing advancement, with a head-to-head match determining the bye) and the loser both lose again (setting up a head-to-head match for the last advancement place), as Italy prevailed over Great Britain 9–0 and Romania won against China 9–4. Finally, Italy took the top spot in the group and the bye by beating West Germany 9–3 while China secured the last advancement spot by beating Great Britain 8–6.

| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | ITA | ROU | CHN | GBR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 27 | 7 | QS | | 9–3 | 9–4 | 9–0 |
| 2 | Romania | 2 | 1 | 21 | 17 | QQ | 3–9 | | 9–4 | 9–4 |
| 3 | China | 1 | 2 | 16 | 24 | QQ | 4–9 | 4–9 | | 8–6 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 0 | 3 | 10 | 26 | | 0–9 | 4–9 | 6–8 | |

### Elimination rounds

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A3 | United States | 3 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Romania | 9 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Romania | 9 | B2 | Romania | 4 | | | |
| | | | A1 | France | 9 | | | |
| A1 | France | | A1 | France | 9 | | | |
| | Bye | | | | | | | |
| | Bye | | | | | A1 | France | 3 |
| | | | | | | B1 | Italy | 9 |
| B3 | China | 3 | | | | | | | B1 | Italy | 9 |
| A2 | West Germany | 9 | | | |
| A2 | West Germany | 9 | A2 | West Germany | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | B1 | Italy | 9 |
| B1 | Italy | | B1 | Italy | 9 | B2 | Romania | 8 |
| | Bye | | | | | A2 | West Germany | 7 |
| Fifth Place | Fifth Place | Fifth Place |
| A3 | United States | 7 |
| B3 | China | 9 |
