Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

The men's team épée fencing competition at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 15 at the Olympic Green Convention Centre.

Men's team épée at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Green Convention Centre
Date	15 August 2008
Competitors	32 from 9 nations
Medalists
Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet Ulrich Robeiri  France Robert Andrzejuk Tomasz Motyka Adam Wiercioch Radosław Zawrotniak  Poland Stefano Carozzo Diego Confalonieri Alfredo Rota Matteo Tagliariol  Italy

The team épée competition consisted of a four-round single-elimination bracket with a bronze medal match between the two semifinal losers and classification semifinals and finals for 5th to 8th places. Teams consist of three members each. Matches consist of nine bouts, with every fencer on one team facing each fencer on the other team. Scoring carried over between bouts with a total of 45 touches being the team goal. Bouts lasted until one team reached the target multiple of 5 touches. For example, if the first bout ended with a score of 5-3, that score would remain into the next bout and the second bout would last until one team reached 10 touches. Bouts also had a maximum time of three minutes each; if the final bout ended before either team reached 45 touches, the team leading at that point won. A tie at that point would result in an additional one-minute sudden-death time period. This sudden-death period was further modified by the selection of a draw-winner beforehand; if neither fencer scored a touch during the minute, the predetermined draw-winner won the bout.

Draw

Finals

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
						1	Hungary	43
	9	South Africa	28			8	China	45
	8	China	45								8	China	44
											4	Poland	45
						5	Ukraine	37
						4	Poland	45
																4	Poland	29
																2	France	45
						3	Italy	45
						6	South Korea	37
											3	Italy	39			Third place
											2	France	45
						7	Venezuela	33								8	China	35
						2	France	45								3	Italy	45

Classification 5- 8

	Placement 5-8					Placement 5-6
	1	Hungary	41
	5	Ukraine	29
						1	Hungary	40
						7	Venezuela	25
	6	South Korea	38
	7	Venezuela	45			Placement 7-8
						5	Ukraine	41
						6	South Korea	39

Final classification

Rank	Team	Athlete
	France	Fabrice Jeannet Jérôme Jeannet Ulrich Robeiri
	Poland	Robert Andrzejuk Tomasz Motyka Adam Wiercioch Radosław Zawrotniak
	Italy	Stefano Carozzo Diego Confalonieri Alfredo Rota Matteo Tagliariol
4	China	Li Guojie Wang Lei Yin Lianchi Dong Guotao
5	Hungary	Gábor Boczkó Géza Imre Krisztián Kulcsár Iván Kovács
6	Venezuela	Silvio Fernández Francisco Limardo Rubén Limardo
7	Ukraine	Maksym Khvorost Dmytro Chumak Bogdan Nikishin Vitalii Medvedev
8	South Korea	Jung Jin-Sun Kim Won-Jin Kim Seung-Gu
9	South Africa	Dario Torrente Sello Maduma Mike Wood

References

• Competition format