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Host City: Ciudad de México, Mexico
Venue(s): Fernando Montes de Oca Fencing Hall, Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City, Ciudad de México
Date Started: October 19, 1968
Date Finished: October 19, 1968
Format: Classification pool to determine places for final matches for 1st-2nd, 3rd-4th, and 5th-6th. Essentially, teams winning both matches advanced to final match for 1st-2nd; teams losing both matches were eliminated; and teams winning one match were classified based on percentages of bouts won/bouts lost to determine who competed for 3rd-6th places.
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Rank | Team | NOC | MW | ML | BW | BL | |
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1 | Soviet Union | URS | 2 | 0 | 17 | 11 | |
2 | France | FRA | 2 | 0 | 17 | 15 | |
3 | Poland | POL | 1 | 1 | 16 | 13 | |
4 | Romania | ROU | 1 | 1 | 16 | 15 | |
5 | Hungary | HUN | 1 | 1 | 13 | 13 | |
6 | West Germany | FRG | 1 | 1 | 12 | 17 | |
7 | Japan | JPN | 0 | 2 | 16 | 16 | |
8 | Italy | ITA | 0 | 2 | 11 | 17 |