Women's Events Fencing Foil - Individual

Statistics: 44 participants from 20 countries.

Results: Wins *TR **TG

1. Antonella Ragno Lonzi, Italy 4 13 19 2. Ildiko Bobis, Hungary 3 14 17 3. Galina Gorokhova, USSR 3 14 16 4. Marie-Chantal Demaille, France 3 16 14 5. Elena Belova, USSR 2 13 15 6. Kerstin Palm, Sweden 0 20 9 *TR Touches Received **TG Touches Given

Foil-Teams

Statistics: 11 teams.

Results: Wins *TR**TG

Match for 1st and 2nd places. 1. USSR Belova/Zabelina/Gorokhova/Semusenko 9 33 43 2. Hungary Sagine Rejtoe/Schwarczenberger/ 5 43 33 Szolnoki/Bobis Match for 3rd and 4th places. 3. Roumania Szabo/Gyulai/Pascu/Stahl 9 45 47 4. Italy Ragno Lonzi/Lorenzoni/Cipriani/Collino 7 47 45 Match for 5th and 6th places. 5. W.Germany Broniecki/Theuerkauff/Giesselmann/ 8 42 48 Bethmann 6. France Ceretti/Gapais-Dumont/Josland/Demaille 7 48 42 *TR Touches Received **TG Touches Given

Japan had firmly established itself placed in the top eleven in the com- –Men head and shoulders above the rest of petition. the men's gymnastics world at Mexico. September 1 was the date for the With three holdovers from the suc- competition in the six individual cessful team of four years earlier, the events and the Japanese showered domination was even more pro- themselves with medals, 12 out of a nounced. The USSR garnered four possible 18. Sawao Kato, '68 and 72 medals and East Germany picked up all-around king, picked up a gold and the gold in the individual competition two silvers in the individual events by long horse , otherwise it was all prevailing in the where Japan. Nippon's stars swept all three medals. The Japanese men, in the team com- The "piece de resistance" in the men's petition, had the best score in every program came in the horizontal bar exercise except those on the long where Tsukahara executed the "Tsu- horse vault, The margin of victory, kahara Jump," a double twist with more than seven points, was con- a turn in between for a near perfect sidered large. 9.9 score. With a change in the program to de- East Germany's first gold medal in termine the all-around medalists, the men's gymnastics came about when top 36 gymnasts from the team com- Klaus Koeste, a 29 year-old student petition were brought back for an- at the Leipzig sports university and other round of optimal exercises. the father of two, climaxed 18 years Not only did the Japanese sweep the of gymnastics competition by winning three medals - Sawao Kato, Eizo Ken- the vaulting competition—the event motsu and in that in which he has enjoyed the least order, but the six men from Nippon success in National championships.

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