1994
In the new Olympic season we go 1 down to 32 participants, in spite of an interesting debutant: ARG, AUS, AUT, BEL, BLR, CAN, CHN, CZE, FIN, FRA, GBR, GER, HUN, IRE, ITA, JAP, KAZ, KOR, LAT, MGL, NED, NOR, NZL, POL, PRK, ROM, RUS, SWE, SWI, UKR, USA, YUG. Thus we can go direct to the first round proper. The quarter-finalists from last year, RUS, USA, PRK, CAN, SWE, NED, GER and NOR, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw is: HUN-GER, FRA-CHN, JAP-MGL, POL-USA, BEL-SWI, CZE-FIN, LAT-SWE, AUS-IRE, NOR-ARG, KAZ-NZL, ROM-YUG, UKR-PRK, KOR-NED, BLR-AUT, RUS-GBR, CAN-ITA. The matches:
Hungary-Germany 0-11
France-China 2-9
Japan-Mongolia 11-0
Poland-USA 4-7
Belgium-Switzerland 0-10
Czechoslovakia-Finland 1-10
Latvia-Sweden 0-11
Australia-Ireland 11-0
Norway-Argentina 11-0
Kazakhstan-New Zealand 11-0
Romania-Yugoslavia 10-0
Ukraine-North Korea 8-3
South Korea-Netherlands 3-8
Belarus-Austria 2-9
Russia-Britain 11-0, last flickers of a long tradition
Canada-Italy 8-3
Then the second round consists of: AUS, AUT, CAN, CHN, FIN, GER, JAP, KAZ, NED, NOR, ROM, RUS, SWE, SWI, UKR, USA. The semi-finalists from last year, USA, NED, CAN and GER, are seeded and cannot be drawn against each other. The draw: SWE-SWI, AUT-USA, KAZ-ROM, GER-RUS, CHN-UKR, NOR-FIN, NED-AUS, CAN-JAP. The matches proceed as follows:
Sweden-Switzerland 11-0
Austria-USA 6-5
Kazakhstan-Romania 8-3
Germany-Russia 9-2
China-Ukraine 6-5
Norway-Finland 11-0, another flickering tradition
Netherlands-Australia 11-0
Canada-Japan 4-7
The quarter-final consists of: AUT, CHN, GER, JAP, KAZ, NED, NOR, SWE. Only one finalist survives from last year, and so there is no seeding. The draw is as follows: KAZ-CHN, SWE-GER, NOR-AUT, JAP-NED. Results of the matches:
Kazakhstan-China 6-5
Sweden-Germany 1-1o
Norway-Austria 7-4
Japan-Netherlands 5-6, could have been a final
Semi-final draw: NED-KAZ, GER-NOR. Matches:
Netherlands-Kazakhstan 10-1
Germany-Norway 6-5
Bronze final: Kazakhstan-Norway 3-8
FINAL: Netherlands-Germany
40,24- 39,65 (0-1) 1.20,94- 1.19,29 (0-2) 2.03,70- 2.01,83 (0-3) 4.17,36- 4.09,32 (0-4) 7.23,15- 7.03,26 (0-5) 36,91- 37,23 (1-5) 1.13,10- 1.13,48 (2-5) 1.51,60- 1.53,15 (3-5) 4.00,69- 4.04,32 (4-5) 6.39,46- 6.47,26 (5-5) 13.47,14-14.04,33 (6-5)
Final result 6-5
Statistics:
NOR GOLD 46x URS GOLD 36x NED GOLD 10x FIN GOLD 4x SWE GOLD 2x GDR GOLD 2x GER GOLD 2x AUT Silver 5x JAP Silver 3x HUN Silver 2x USA Silver 2x CZE Silver 1955 CHN Silver 1965 CAN Silver 1993 LAT bronze 1940 GBR bronze 1949 PRK bronze 1963 ITA bronze 1991 SWI 4th 3x POL 4th 3x FRA 4th 2x DEN 4th 1912 BEL 4th 1946 KOR 4th 1982 KAZ 4th 1994 EST QF 5x ROM QF 2x LIT QF 1927 AUS QF 1974 MGL 2R 1989 UKR 2R 1994 NZL 1R 9x IRE 1R 5x YUG 1R 4x POR 1R 2x GRE 1R 2x BLR 1R 2x ISV 1R 1972 ESP 1R 1989 IRN 1R 1993 ARG 1R 1994 ISR PR 5x RSA PR 4x ICE PR 2x COL PR 1933 HKG PR 1986 TPE PR 1986