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Épée, Team, Men

Date	23 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	33 from 11 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

The top seeded Italian team duly won the Olympic title but it was a victory that threatened to be derailed every time they took to the piste. In their first match they beat the USA on a 45-44 score line, repeated that score exactly to beat Germany in the semi-final then clinched gold with a 45-43 over a Russian time which included individual champion Aleksandr Beketov. For Sandro Cuomo and Angelo Mazzoni this was the culmination of long Olympic careers. Mazzoni had first competed in 1980 in Moscow whilst Cuomo’s first Games was in 1984.

Pos	Competitors	NOC
1	Italy	ITA	Gold
	Sandro Cuomo • Angelo Mazzoni • Maurizio Randazzo
2	Russian Federation	RUS	Silver
	Aleksandr Beketov • Pavel Kolobkov • Valery Zakharevich
3	France	FRA	Bronze
	Jean-Michel Henry • Robert Leroux • Éric Srecki
4	Germany	GER
	Elmar Borrmann • Arnd Schmitt • Marius Strzalka
5	Estonia	EST
	Kaido Kaaberma • Andrus Kajak • Meelis Loit
6	Hungary	HUN
	Géza Imre • Iván Kovács • Krisztián Kulcsár
7	Spain	ESP
	Óscar Fernández • César González • Raúl Maroto
8	United States	USA
	Tamir Bloom • Jim Carpenter • Mike Marx
9	Canada	CAN
	Jean-Marc Chouinard • Danek Nowosielski • James Ransom
10	Republic of Korea	KOR
	Jang Tae-Seok • Lee Sang-Gi • Yang Noe-Seong
11	Romania	ROU
	Aurel Bratu • Gheorghe Epurescu • Gabriel Pantelimon

Round One

Date	23 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul		Italy	ITA				bye
Match #2	23 Jul	Piste 1	United States	USA	45 – 41	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #3	23 Jul		Estonia	EST				bye
Match #4	23 Jul		Germany	GER				bye
Match #5	23 Jul		Hungary	HUN				bye
Match #6	23 Jul	Piste 4	Russian Federation	RUS	45 – 35	Romania	ROU
Match #7	23 Jul	Piste 6	Spain	ESP	45 – 41	Canada	CAN
Match #8	23 Jul		France	FRA				bye

Quarter-Finals

Date	23 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Piste 1	Italy	ITA	45 – 44	United States	USA
Match #2	23 Jul	Piste 5	Germany	GER	45 – 39	Estonia	EST
Match #3	23 Jul	Piste 6	Russian Federation	RUS	45 – 39	Hungary	HUN
Match #4	23 Jul	Piste 4	France	FRA	45 – 38	Spain	ESP

Semi-Finals

Date	23 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to final.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Piste 5	Italy	ITA	45 – 44	Germany	GER
Match #2	23 Jul	Piste 4	Russian Federation	RUS	45 – 42	France	FRA

Classification Round 9-12

Date	23 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Piste 3	Canada	CAN	45 – 26	Romania	ROU

Classification Round 5-8

Date	23 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	23 Jul	Piste 1	Estonia	EST	45 – 44	United States	USA
Match #2	23 Jul	Piste 6	Hungary	HUN	45 – 20	Spain	ESP

Final Round

Date	23 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	23 Jul	Piste 1	Italy	ITA	45 – 43	Russian Federation	RUS
Match 3/4	23 Jul	Piste 1	France	FRA	45 – 42	Germany	GER
Match 5/6	23 Jul	Piste 4	Estonia	EST	45 – 39	Hungary	HUN
Match 7/8	23 Jul	Piste 6	Spain	ESP	45 – 32	United States	USA
Match 9/10	23 Jul	Piste 3	Canada	CAN	45 – 40	Republic of Korea	KOR