[1] Cuba and France each defeated East Germany, 8–8 (68–67 on touches) and 11–5, respectively.

Great Britain defeated Hungary, 8–8 with a touches tie-breaker of 61–58.

Great Britain needed only a win or narrow loss to advance (8–8 would be sufficient to ensure Great Britain's advancement through the bouts tie-breaker, while a 9–7 loss would require looking to the touches tie-breaker), but Poland won decisively at 12–4 to set a three-way tie at 1–1.

The bouts tie-breaker left Great Britain out of the elimination rounds.

Poland had a 122–106 touches record to Hungary's 119–113, giving the Polish team the first place in the group.