The women's team épée was one of ten

fencing Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, s ...

events on the

fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics At the 2000 Summer Olympics, ten fencing events were contested. Men competed in both individual and team events for each of the three weapon types (épée, foil and sabre). Women competed in the foil and the épée events. The events took place ...

programme. It was the second appearance of the event. The competition was held on 19 September 2000. 26 fencers from 8 nations competed.

Medalists

Main tournament bracket

The field of 8 teams competed in a

single-elimination tournament A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...

to determine the medal winners. Semifinal losers proceeded to a

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. Matches were also conducted to determine the final team placements.

Classification 5-8

References

External links

Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics
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