The men's team épée event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 2 August 2024 at the Grand Palais strip.[1] 24 fencers (eight teams of three) from eight nations competed.[2]
| Men's team épée at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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 Olympic fencing | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Grand Palais strip | ||||||||||||
| Date | 2 August 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Japan were the defending champions, but lost to Hungary in the final.
Qualification
editA National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter a team of three fencers in the men's team épée. These fencers also automatically qualified for the individual event.[2]
Competition format
editThe tournament was a single-elimination tournament, with classification matches for all places. Each match featured the three fencers on each team competing in a round-robin, with nine three-minute bouts to five points; the winning team was the one that reaches 45 total points first or was leading after the end of the nine bouts.[3]
Schedule
editThe competition was held over a single day.[4]
All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 2 August 2024 | 14:20 16:40 17:30 17:30 19:30 20:30 |
Quarterfinals Semifinals Classification 7/8 Classification 5/6 Bronze medal match Gold medal match |
Results
edit| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 France | 45 | |||||||||
 Egypt | 39 | |||||||||
| France | 30 | |||||||||
 Hungary | 45 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 45 | |||||||||
 Kazakhstan | 30 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 26 | |||||||||
 Japan | 25 | |||||||||
| Japan | 39 | |||||||||
 Venezuela | 33 | |||||||||
| Japan | 45 | |||||||||
 Czech Republic | 37 | Bronze medal bout | ||||||||
| Czech Republic | 43 | |||||||||
 Italy | 38 | |||||||||
| France | 41 | |||||||||
| Czech Republic | 43 | |||||||||
5–8th place classification
| 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place bout | |||||
| Egypt | 21 | |||||
| Kazakhstan | 36 | |||||
| Kazakhstan | 36 | |||||
| Italy | 45 | |||||
| Venezuela | 34 | |||||
| Italy | 45 | |||||
| Seventh place bout | ||||||
| Egypt | 35 | |||||
| Venezuela | 41 | |||||
Final classification
editReferences
edit- ^ "Fencing at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games". NBC Olympics. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Fencing" (PDF). Fédération Internationale d'Escrime. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "A Guide for Beginners to the Olympics Fencing Format". fencingtip.com. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). Olympics.com. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.