The men's team

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event at the

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took place on 2 August 2024 at the

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strip. 24 fencers (eight teams of three) from eight nations competed.

Background

This will be the 26th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1908 except 2012 (during the time when team events were rotated off the schedule, with only two of the three weapons for each of the men's and women's categories). Japan (

Koki Kano Koki Kano (加納虹輝, ''Kanō Kōki'', born 19 December 1997) is a Japanese right-handed épée fencer. Career Kano was a member of the Japanese team that won gold in the team épée event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. It was Japa ...

Kazuyasu Minobe is a Japanese left-handed épée fencer, 2016 team Asian champion, two-time Olympian, and 2021 team Olympic champion. Along with Koki Kano, Masaru Yamada, and Satoru Uyama, Minobe was a member of the Japanese team that won gold in the team ...

Satoru Uyama Satoru Uyama (宇山賢, ''Uyama Satoru'', born 10 December 1991) is a Japanese right-handed épée fencer, 2016 team Asian champion, and 2021 team Olympic champion. Along with Koki Kano, Masaru Yamada, and Kazuyasu Minobe is a Japanese l ...

and

Masaru Yamada Masaru Yamada (山田優, ''Yamada Masaru'', born 14 June 1994) is a Japanese right-handed épée fencer, 2016 team Asian champion, 2019 individual Asian champion, and 2021 team Olympic champion. Along with Koki Kano, Kazuyasu Minobe is a J ...

) were the defending champions, since Uyama was retired, Akira Komata took Uyama's spot, but lost to Hungary in the final.

Qualification

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(NOC) could enter a team of three fencers in the men's team épée. These fencers also automatically qualified for the individual event.

Competition format

The 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.

Schedule

The competition was held over a single day. All times are

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Results

5–8th place classification

Final classification

References

External links

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