Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

The men's team foil competition in fencing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on 5 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

Men's team foil
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date5 August
Competitors35 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Andrea Baldini
Giorgio Avola
Andrea Cassarà
Valerio Aspromonte
 Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ryo Miyake
Yuki Ota
Kenta Chida
Suguru Awaji
 Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Peter Joppich
Sebastian Bachmann
Benjamin Kleibrink
André Weßels
 Germany
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Twenty-eight fencers from nine countries competed.

Format

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Great Britain, as hosts, were allowed to enter a team in any event they chose. They entered a team in this competition, and fenced against the 8th-seeded Egyptian team, with the winning team joining the seven other teams in the main quarter-final draw. Quarter-final losers continued fencing to determine ranking spots for fifth through eighth, while the quarter-final winners met in the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-final bouts competed for the gold medal, while the losing teams competed for the bronze.

Team events competed to a maximum of 45 touches.

Schedule

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All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 5 August 2012 09:00 Round of 16
Sunday, 5 August 2012 10:30 Quarter-finals
Sunday, 5 August 2012 12:00 Semi-finals
Sunday, 5 August 2012 15:00 Placement 5-6 / 7-8
Sunday, 5 August 2012 18:00 Bronze medal match
Sunday, 5 August 2012 19:15 Final

Draw

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Finals

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Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
1   Italy 45
9   Great Britain 45 9   Great Britain 40
8   Egypt 33 1   Italy 45
5   United States 24
5   United States 45
4   France 39
1   Italy 45
7   Japan 39
3   Germany 44
6   Russia 40
3   Germany 40 Third place
7   Japan (OT) 41
7   Japan 45 5   United States 27
2   China 30 3   Germany 45

Classification 5–8

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Placement 5–8 Placement 5–6
      
9   Great Britain 45
4   France 29
9   Great Britain 35
6   Russia 45
6   Russia 45
2   China 40 Placement 7–8
4   France 33
2   China 45

Final classification

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Rank Team Athlete
    Italy Valerio Aspromonte
Andrea Baldini
Andrea Cassarà
Giorgio Avola
    Japan Kenta Chida
Ryo Miyake
Yuki Ota
Suguru Awaji
    Germany Sebastian Bachmann
Peter Joppich
Benjamin Kleibrink
André Weßels
4   United States Miles Chamley-Watson
Race Imboden
Alexander Massialas
Gerek Meinhardt
5   Russia Artur Akhmatkhuzin
Aleksey Cheremisinov
Renal Ganeyev
Aleksey Khovanskiy
6   Great Britain James-Andrew Davis
Richard Kruse
Husayn Rosowsky
Laurence Halsted
7   China Lei Sheng
Ma Jianfei
Zhu Jun
Zhang Liangliang
8   France Erwann Le Péchoux
Enzo Lefort
Victor Sintès
Marcel Marcilloux
9   Egypt Alaaeldin Abouelkassem
Tarek Ayad
Sherif Farrag

References

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