Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

Men's team épée
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Men's team épée; at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	Long Beach Convention Center
Dates	10–11 August 1984
Competitors	75 from 16 nations
Medalists
	← 1980 1988 →

The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 10 to 11 August 1984. 75 fencers from 16 nations competed.^[1]

Rosters

Argentina

Canada

China

Egypt

France

Great Britain

Hong Kong

Italy

Kuwait

Norway

Saudi Arabia

South Korea

Sweden

Switzerland

United States

West Germany

Results

Round 1

Round 1 Pool A

In the first set of matches, France beat Saudi Arabia 9–0 and China defeated the United States 9–4. The second set saw the winners both win or tie again (securing advancement) and the losers both lose or tie again (resulting in elimination), as France drew against the United States 8–8 (tied 59–59 on touches) and China won against Saudi Arabia 9–0. Finally, France took the top spot in the group by beating China 9–1 while Saudi Arabia finished last after losing to the United States 8–5.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.	FRA	CHN	USA	KSA
1	France	2.5	0.5	26	9	Q		9–1	8.59–8.59	9–0
2	China	2	1	19	13	Q	1–9		9–4	9–0
3	United States	1.5	1.5	20	22		8.59–8.59	4–9		8–5
4	Saudi Arabia	0	3	5	26		0–9	0–9	5–8

Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 412

Round 1 Pool B

In the first set of matches, West Germany beat Hong Kong 9–1 and Great Britain defeated Norway 9–2. The second set saw the winners both win again (securing advancement) and the losers both lose again (resulting in elimination), as West Germany prevailed against Norway 9–2 and Great Britain won against Hong Kong 9–0. Finally, West Germany took the top spot in the group by beating Great Britain 9–3 while Hong Kong finished last after losing to Norway 9–2.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.	FRG	GBR	NOR	HKG
1	West Germany	3	0	27	6	Q		9–3	9–2	9–1
2	Great Britain	2	1	21	13	Q	3–9		9–4	9–0
3	Norway	1	2	15	20		2–9	4–9		9–2
4	Hong Kong	0	3	3	27		1–9	0–9	2–9

Source: Official Report, vol. 2, p. 413

Round 1 Pool C

In the first set of matches, Italy beat Argentina 9–1 and Canada defeated Egypt 8–0 (with 2 double-losses). The second set saw the winners both win again (securing advancement) and the losers both lose again (resulting in elimination), as Italy prevailed against Egypt 9–0 and Canada won against Argentina 8–3 (2 double losses). Finally, Italy took the top spot in the group by beating Canada 9–5 while Argentina finished last after losing to Egypt 9–4.

Pos	Team	W	L	BW	BL	Qual.	ITA	CAN	EGY	ARG
1	Italy	3	0	27	6	Q		9–5	9–0	9–1
2	Canada	2	1	21	16	Q	5–9		8–0	8–3
3	Egypt	1	2	9	23		0–9	0–8		9–4
4	Argentina	0	3	8	28		1–9	3–8	4–9

Source: Official Report, vol. 2, pp. 413–14

Round 1 Pool D

In the first set of matches, Switzerland beat Kuwait 9–3 and South Korea defeated Sweden 7–3 (with 3 double-losses). The second set saw Sweden beat Switzerland 8–4 (2 double-losses) and South Korea prevail against Kuwait 9–1. In the final set, Switzerland defeated South Korea 9–5; this margin put both teams at 2–1 but South Korea led in bouts (21–16 vs. 18–18) and thus secured advancement; Kuwait was also eliminated at 0–2 before its match with Sweden. The match between Sweden and Kuwait would determine whether Sweden or Switzerland advanced; Sweden had already lost 16 bouts going into the match, so (to stay ahead of Switzerland on the first tie-breaker, bouts lost) could lose no more than 2 bouts against Kuwait to advance. Sweden won 9–2, matching Switzerland on bouts lost (18 to 18) but advancing on the second tie-breaker, bouts won (20 to 18).