Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre
# Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twenty-second appearance of the event. The competition was held on 2 August 1992. 44 fencers from 19 nations competed. Nations had been limited to three fencers each since 1928. The event was won by Bence Szabó of Hungary, the nation's first victory in the men's sabre since 1964 (the last of its nine-Games winning streak) and 12th overall. Marco Marin took silver while Jean-François Lamour finished with the bronze. Lamour, who had won gold in 1984 and 1988, was unable to win a third title but still became only the second man with three medals in the event (after Aladár Gerevich earned one of each color in 1936, 1948, and 1952). Marin had also finished second in 1984; he was the 12th man with multiple medals in the sabre.

## Background

This was the 22nd appearance of the event, which is the only fencing event to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Six of the quarterfinalists from 1988 returned: two-time gold medalist Jean-François Lamour of France, silver medalist Janusz Olech of Poland, bronze medalist Giovanni Scalzo of Italy, and fifth-place finishers György Nébald of Hungary and Felix Becker and Jürgen Nolte of West Germany. Marco Marin, 1984 silver medalist who had not advanced through the knockout rounds in 1988, also returned. The three world championships since the previous Games had been won by Grigory Kiriyenko of the Soviet Union (1989 and 1991) and Nébald (1990).

Saudi Arabia made its debut in the men's sabre; some former Soviet republics competed as the Unified Team. Italy made its 20th appearance in the event, most of any nation, having missed the inaugural 1896 event and the 1904 Olympics.

## Competition format

The 1992 tournament used a three-phase format roughly similar to prior years in consisting of a group phase, a double-elimination phase, and a single-elimination phase, but each phase was very different from previous formats.

The first phase was a single round (vs. 3 rounds in 1988) round-robin pool play format; each fencer in a pool faced each other fencer in that pool once. There were 7 pools with 6 or 7 fencers each. The fencers' ranks within the pool were ignored; the overall winning percentage (with touch differential and then touches against used as tie-breakers) were used to rank the fencers. The top 34 advanced to the second phase, while the other fencers were eliminated.

The second phase was a modified, truncated double-elimination tournament. 30 fencers received a bye to the second round (round of 32), while the 4 fencers ranked 31–34 played in the round of 64. Fencers losing in the round of 64 were eliminated, while the remaining rounds were double elimination via repechages. The repechages (but not the main brackets) used a complicated reseeding mechanism. Ultimately, the 4 fencers remaining undefeated after the round of 8 advanced to the quarterfinals along with 4 fencers who advanced through the repechages after one loss.

The final phase was a single elimination tournament with quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final and bronze medal match.

All bouts were to 5 touches. In the second and third phases, matches were best-of-three bouts.

## Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| Sunday, 2 August 1992 | | Group round Elimination round Final round |

## Results

### Group round

Fencers were ranked by win percent, then touch differential, then touches against. This ranking, with adjustments to ensure that no two fencers of the same nation were in the same bracket (noted in parentheses), was used to seed the elimination round brackets.

| Rank | Fencer | Nation | Pool | Rank | Wins | Losses | Win % | TF | TA | TF - TA | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | György Nébald | Hungary | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 30 | 11 | 19 | Q |
| 2 | Giovanni Scalzo | Italy | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .833 | 29 | 17 | 12 | Q |
| 3 | Aleksandr Shirshov | Unified Team | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 24 | 10 | 14 | Q |
| 4 | Jörg Kempenich | Germany | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 23 | 14 | 9 | Q |
| 5 | Jean-François Lamour | France | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 24 | 16 | 8 | Q |
| 6 | Antonio García | Spain | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 22 | 15 | 7 | Q |
| 7 | Felix Becker | Germany | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 24 | 17 | 7 | Q |
| 8 | Vilmoș Szabo | Romania | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 24 | 18 | 6 | Q |
| 9 | Ferdinando Meglio | Italy | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 22 | 18 | 4 | Q |
| 10 | Bence Szabó | Hungary | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 19 | 12 | 7 | Q |
| 11 | Jean-Philippe Daurelle | France | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 17 | 12 | 5 | Q |
| 12 | Marco Marin | Italy | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 26 | 15 | 11 | Q |
| 13 (15) | Franck Ducheix | France | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 27 | 20 | 7 | Q |
| 14 (13) | Grigory Kiriyenko | Unified Team | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 24 | 21 | 3 | Q |
| 15 (14) | Zisis Babanasis | Greece | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 23 | 21 | 2 | Q |
| 16 | Robert Kościelniakowski | Poland | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 20 | 14 | 6 | Q |
| 17 (19) | Csaba Köves | Hungary | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 21 | 16 | 5 | Q |
| 18 (17) | Jürgen Nolte | Germany | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 23 | 18 | 5 | Q |
| 19 (18) | Jean-Marie Banos | Canada | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 22 | 20 | 2 | Q |
| 20 | Janusz Olech | Poland | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 20 | 19 | 1 | Q |
| 21 (22) | Marek Gniewkowski | Poland | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .600 | 19 | 22 | -3 | Q |
| 22 (21) | Raúl Peinador | Spain | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 24 | 22 | 2 | Q |
| 23 | Zheng Zhaokang | China | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 23 | 22 | 1 | Q |
| 24 | Heorhiy Pohosov | Unified Team | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 24 | 23 | 1 | Q |
| 25 (26) | Alexandru Chiculiţă | Romania | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 18 | 18 | 0 | Q |
| 26 (25) | Mike Lofton | United States | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 21 | 23 | -2 | Q |
| 27 | Kirk Zavieh | Great Britain | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 14 | 17 | -3 | Q |
| 28 | Yang Zhen | China | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 19 | 19 | 0 | Q |
| 29 | Ian Williams | Great Britain | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 20 | 20 | 0 | Q |
| 30 (31) | Gary Fletcher | Great Britain | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 15 | 16 | -1 | Q |
| 31 (30) | Daniel Grigore | Romania | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 18 | 19 | -1 | Q |
| 32 | Jean-Paul Banos | Canada | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 18 | 20 | -2 | Q |
| 33 | Steve Mormando | United States | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 19 | 21 | -2 | Q |
| 34 | Bob Cottingham | United States | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 12 | 19 | -7 | Q |
| 35 | Tony Plourde | Canada | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 25 | 25 | 0 | |
| 36 | Dario Torrente | South Africa | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 11 | 29 | -18 | |
| 37 | Ricardo Menalda | Brazil | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 17 | 25 | -8 | |
| 38 | Jia Guihua | China | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 11 | 20 | -9 | |
| 39 | Esteban Mullins | Costa Rica | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 15 | 25 | -10 | |
| 40 | Luís Silva | Portugal | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 7 | 25 | -18 | |
| 41 | Hiroshi Hashimoto | Japan | 6 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 12 | 30 | -18 | |
| 42 | Hein van Garderen | South Africa | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 10 | 30 | -20 | |
| 43 | Sami Al-Baker | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 3 | 25 | -22 | |
| 44 | José Luis Álvarez | Spain | 5 | 6 | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | |

### Elimination rounds

**Main brackets**

**Main bracket 1**

Mormando was eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Kościelniakowski beating Nébald and Pohosov beating V. Szabo to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, J-P Banos and Lofton, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Nolte, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Meglio won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | 1 | György Nébald (HUN) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | Steve Mormando (USA) | 2 | 2 | 32 | Jean-Paul Banos (CAN) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 32 | Jean-Paul Banos (CAN) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | 32 | Jean-Paul Banos (CAN) | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 17 | Jürgen Nolte (GER) | 5 | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | 17 | Jürgen Nolte (GER) | 6 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 16 | Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) | 5 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17 | Jürgen Nolte (GER) | 3 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 | Ferdinando Meglio (ITA) | 5 | 6 |
| | | | | 9 | Ferdinando Meglio (ITA) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 24 | Heorhiy Pohosov (EUN) | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 9 | Ferdinando Meglio (ITA) | 5 | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 25 | Mike Lofton (USA) | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | 25 | Mike Lofton (USA) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 8 | Vilmoș Szabo (ROU) | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |

**Main brackets**

**Main bracket 1**

**Repechage qualifiers 1**

| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | György Nébald (HUN) | 3 | 1 | |
| 16 | Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) | 5 | 5 | |
| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| 24 | Heorhiy Pohosov (EUN) | 5 | 6 | |
| 8 | Vilmoș Szabo (ROU) | 3 | 5 | |

**Main brackets**

**Main bracket 2**

The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Yang beating Peinador and Olech beating Williams to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Marin and Kempenich, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Kiriyenko, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Lamour won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Jean-François Lamour (FRA) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 28 | Yang Zhen (CHN) | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 | Jean-François Lamour (FRA) | 6 | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 12 | Marco Marin (ITA) | 4 | 2 | | | | | | |
| 21 | Raúl Peinador (ESP) | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Marco Marin (ITA) | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 5 | Jean-François Lamour (FRA) | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 13 | Grigory Kiriyenko (EUN) | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 13 | Grigory Kiriyenko (EUN) | 4 | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 20 | Janusz Olech (POL) | 6 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 13 | Grigory Kiriyenko (EUN) | 5 | 1 | 5 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 4 | Jörg Kempenich (GER) | 3 | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| 29 | Ian Williams (GBR) | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Jörg Kempenich (GER) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |

**Main brackets**

**Main bracket 2**

**Repechage qualifiers 2**

| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 28 | Yang Zhen (CHN) | 6 | 5 | |
| 16 | Raúl Peinador (ESP) | 5 | 4 | |
| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| 20 | Janusz Olech (POL) | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 29 | Ian Williams (GBR) | 5 | 2 | 1 |

**Main brackets**

**Main bracket 3**

The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Yang beating Babanasis and Daurelle beating Zavieh to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Grigore and Gniewkowski, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. Köves, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. García won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Aleksandr Shirshov (EUN) | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 30 | Daniel Grigore (ROU) | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Aleksandr Shirshov (EUN) | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 19 | Csaba Köves (HUN) | 6 | 5 | | | | | |
| 19 | Csaba Köves (HUN) | 1 | 6 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Zisis Babanasis (GRE) | 5 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 19 | Csaba Köves (HUN) | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | 6 | Antonio García (ESP) | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Jean-Philippe Daurelle (FRA) | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 22 | Marek Gniewkowski (POL) | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | 22 | Marek Gniewkowski (POL) | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 6 | Antonio García (ESP) | 6 | 5 | | | | | |
| 27 | Kirk Zavieh (GBR) | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Antonio García (ESP) | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |

**Main brackets**

**Main bracket 3**

**Repechage qualifiers 3**

| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 30 | Daniel Grigore (ROU) | 5 | 5 | |
| 14 | Zisis Babanasis (GRE) | 2 | 1 | |
| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| 11 | Jean-Philippe Daurelle (FRA) | 5 | 5 | |
| 27 | Kirk Zavieh (GBR) | 1 | 3 | |

**Main brackets**

**Main bracket 4**

Fletcher was eliminated after the round of 64. The losers in the round of 32 faced off, with Zheng beating Chiculiţă and Cottingham beating J-M Banos to advance to the repechage. The losers of the round of 16, Becker and Ducheix, advanced directly to the first round of the repechage. B. Szabó, having lost in the round of 8, went to the third round of the repechage. Scalzo won the bracket, advancing to the quarterfinals.

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 | Round of 8 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | | 7 | Felix Becker (GER) | 3 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 26 | Alexandru Chiculiţă (ROU) | 5 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 7 | Felix Becker (GER) | 3 | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 10 | Bence Szabó (HUN) | 5 | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| | | | | 23 | Zheng Zhaokang (CHN) | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 10 | Bence Szabó (HUN) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | Bence Szabó (HUN) | 4 | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) | 6 | 6 |
| | | | | 15 | Franck Ducheix (FRA) | 5 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 18 | Jean-Marie Banos (CAN) | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 15 | Franck Ducheix (FRA) | 0 | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| 31 | Gary Fletcher (GBR) | 2 | 2 | | | | | | 2 | Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) | 5 | 2 | 5 | | | | |
| 34 | Bob Cottingham (USA) | 5 | 5 | 34 | Bob Cottingham (USA) | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |

**Main brackets**

**Main bracket 4**

**Repechage qualifiers 4**

| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 | Alexandru Chiculiţă (ROU) | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| 23 | Zheng Zhaokang (CHN) | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier | Repechage qualifier |
| 18 | Jean-Marie Banos (CAN) | 5 | 1 | |
| 34 | Bob Cottingham (USA) | 6 | 5 | |

**Repechage rounds 1 and 2**

The fencers were reseeded: the eight fencers who had lost in the round of 16 were reseeded as 1–8 while the eight fencers who had lost in the round of 32 but won the repechage qualifiers were reseeded as 9–16. For example, original seed #11 Daurelle was reseeded as #9 because he was the top-seeded fencer who had advanced through the repechage qualifiers. Original seeds are shown in parentheses in the brackets.

| R1 seed | O seed | Fencer | Nation |
| - | - | - | - |
| From round of 16 ||||
| 1 | 3 | Aleksandr Shirshov | Unified Team |
| 2 | 4 | Jörg Kempenich | Germany |
| 3 | 7 | Felix Becker | Germany |
| 4 | 12 | Marco Marin | Italy |
| 5 | 15 | Franck Ducheix | France |
| 6 | 22 | Marek Gniewkowski | Poland |
| 7 | 25 | Mike Lofton | United States |
| 8 | 32 | Jean-Paul Banos | Canada |
| From round of 32 and qualifiers ||||
| 9 | 11 | Jean-Philippe Daurelle | France |
| 10 | 16 | Robert Kościelniakowski | Poland |
| 11 | 20 | Janusz Olech | Poland |
| 12 | 23 | Zheng Zhaokang | China |
| 13 | 24 | Heorhiy Pohosov | Unified Team |
| 14 | 28 | Yang Zhen | China |
| 15 | 30 | Daniel Grigore | Romania |
| 16 | 34 | Bob Cottingham | United States |

**Repechage rounds 1 and 2**

**Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 1**

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 (3) | Aleksandr Shirshov (EUN) | 2 | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
| 16 (34) | Bob Cottingham (USA) | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 (3) | Aleksandr Shirshov (EUN) | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 9 (11) | Jean-Philippe Daurelle (FRA) | 5 | 5 | | 9 (11) | Jean-Philippe Daurelle (FRA) | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 (32) | Jean-Paul Banos (CAN) | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |

**Repechage rounds 1 and 2**

**Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 2**

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 (15) | Franck Ducheix (FRA) | 5 | 3 | 5 | | | | |
| 12 (23) | Zheng Zhaokang (CHN) | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 (23) | Zheng Zhaokang (CHN) | 0 | 1 |
| 13 (24) | Heorhiy Pohosov (EUN) | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 (12) | Marco Marin (ITA) | 5 | 5 |
| 4 (12) | Marco Marin (ITA) | 5 | 2 | 6 | | | | |

**Repechage rounds 1 and 2**

**Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 3**

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 (7) | Felix Becker (GER) | 5 | 5 | | | | | |
| 14 (28) | Yang Zhen (CHN) | 2 | 3 | 3 (7) | Felix Becker (GER) | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| 11 (20) | Janusz Olech (POL) | 5 | 5 | 11 (20) | Janusz Olech (POL) | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 (22) | Marek Gniewkowski (POL) | 2 | 2 | | | | | |

**Repechage rounds 1 and 2**

**Repechage rounds 1 and 2 bracket 4**

| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 | Repechage round 2 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 (25) | Mike Lofton (USA) | 5 | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| 10 (16) | Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 (16) | Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 15 (30) | Daniel Grigore (ROU) | 5 | 5 | | 15 (30) | Daniel Grigore (ROU) | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 2 (4) | Jörg Kempenich (GER) | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |

**Repechage round 3**

The fencers were reseeded again. Seeds 1–4 were given to round 8 losers, based on their original seeds (excluding adjustments to avoid having multiple fencers from the same nation in a bracket, which affected Köves and Nolte). Seeds 5–8 were given to the winners of the second round of the repechage, based on their original seeds.

| R3 seed | R1 seed | O seed | Fencer | Nation |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| From round of 8 |||||
| 1 | – | 10 | Bence Szabó | Hungary |
| 2 | – | 13 | Grigory Kiriyenko | Unified Team |
| 3 | – | 19 | Csaba Köves | Hungary |
| 4 | – | 17 | Jürgen Nolte | Germany |
| From repechage round 2 |||||
| 5 | 9 | 11 | Jean-Philippe Daurelle | France |
| 6 | 4 | 12 | Marco Marin | Italy |
| 7 | 10 | 16 | Robert Kościelniakowski | Poland |
| 8 | 11 | 20 | Janusz Olech | Poland |

**Repechage round 3**

**Repechage round 3 bracket 1**

| Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 (10) | Bence Szabó (HUN) | 5 | 6 | |
| 8 (20) | Janusz Olech (POL) | 1 | 4 | |

**Repechage round 3**

**Repechage round 3 bracket 2**

| Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 (11) | Jean-Philippe Daurelle (FRA) | 2 | 4 | |
| 4 (17) | Jürgen Nolte (GER) | 5 | 6 | |

**Repechage round 3**

**Repechage round 3 bracket 3**

| Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 (19) | Csaba Köves (HUN) | 3 | 3 | |
| 6 (12) | Marco Marin (ITA) | 5 | 5 | |

**Repechage round 3**

**Repechage round 3 bracket 4**

| Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 | Repechage round 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 (16) | Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 2 (13) | Grigory Kiriyenko (EUN) | 5 | 1 | 6 |

### Final rounds

The fencers were reseeded a final time. Seeds 1–4 were given to the round of 8 winners, based on their original seeds. Seeds 5–8 were given to the winners of the third round of the repechage, based on their original seeds.

| F seed | R3 seed | R1 seed | O seed | Fencer | Nation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| From round of 8 ||||||
| 1 | – | – | 2 | Giovanni Scalzo | Italy |
| 2 | – | – | 5 | Jean-François Lamour | France |
| 3 | – | – | 6 | Antonio García | Spain |
| 4 | – | – | 9 | Ferdinando Meglio | Italy |
| From repechage round 3 ||||||
| 5 | 1 | – | 10 | Bence Szabó | Hungary |
| 6 | 6 | 4 | 12 | Marco Marin | Italy |
| 7 | 7 | 10 | 16 | Robert Kościelniakowski | Poland |
| 8 | 4 | – | 17 | Jürgen Nolte | Germany |
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 (2) | Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) | 2 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 (17) | Jürgen Nolte (GER) | 5 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 (17) | Jürgen Nolte (GER) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 (2) | Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) | 3 | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5 (10) | Bence Szabó (HUN) | 5 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| 5 (10) | Bence Szabó (HUN) | 5 | 5 | | 5 (10) | Bence Szabó (HUN) | 5 | 3 | 6 | | | | | |
| 4 (9) | Ferdinando Meglio (ITA) | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 (9) | Ferdinando Meglio (ITA) | 2 | 0 | | | | | | | 5 (10) | Bence Szabó (HUN) | 5 | 5 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 6 (12) | Marco Marin (ITA) | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 (6) | Antonio García (ESP) | 3 | 5 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | 6 (12) | Marco Marin (ITA) | 1 | 1 |
| 6 (12) | Marco Marin (ITA) | 5 | 2 | 5 | | | | | |
| 6 (12) | Marco Marin (ITA) | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 (12) | Marco Marin (ITA) | 6 | 5 | | Bronze match | Bronze match | Bronze match | Bronze match | Bronze match |
| | | | | | 2 (5) | Jean-François Lamour (FRA) | 4 | 3 | |
| 7 (16) | Robert Kościelniakowski (POL) | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 (5) | Jean-François Lamour (FRA) | 4 | 3 | | 1 (2) | Giovanni Scalzo (ITA) | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| 2 (5) | Jean-François Lamour (FRA) | 5 | 1 | 6 | | | | | | 2 (5) | Jean-François Lamour (FRA) | 3 | 6 | 5 |

## Final classification

| Fencer | Nation |
| - | - |
| Bence Szabó | Hungary |
| Marco Marin | Italy |
| Jean-François Lamour | France |
| Giovanni Scalzo | Italy |
| Antonio García | Spain |
| Ferdinando Meglio | Italy |
| Robert Kościelniakowski | Poland |
| Jürgen Nolte | Germany |
| Jean-Philippe Daurelle | France |
| Grigory Kiriyenko | Unified Team |
| Csaba Köves | Hungary |
| Janusz Olech | Poland |
| Aleksandr Shirshov | Unified Team |
| Felix Becker | Germany |
| Zheng Zhaokang | China |
| Daniel Grigore | Romania |
| Jörg Kempenich | Germany |
| Franck Ducheix | France |
| Marek Gniewkowski | Poland |
| Heorhiy Pohosov | Unified Team |
| Mike Lofton | United States |
| Yang Zhen | China |
| Jean-Paul Banos | Canada |
| Bob Cottingham | United States |
| György Nébald | Hungary |
| Vilmoș Szabo | Romania |
| Zisis Babanasis | Greece |
| Jean-Marie Banos | Canada |
| Raúl Peinador | Spain |
| Alexandru Chiculiţă | Romania |
| Kirk Zavieh | Great Britain |
| Ian Williams | Great Britain |
| Gary Fletcher | Great Britain |
| Steve Mormando | United States |
| Tony Plourde | Canada |
| Dario Torrente | South Africa |
| Ricardo Menalda | Brazil |
| Jia Guihua | China |
| Esteban Mullins | Costa Rica |
| Luís Silva | Portugal |
| Hiroshi Hashimoto | Japan |
| Hein van Garderen | South Africa |
| Sami Al-Baker | Saudi Arabia |
| José Luis Álvarez | Spain |
