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Épée, Team, Women

Date	24 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	33 from 11 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament.

Hungary and France had contested the 1995 World Championships final and their fencers’ performances in the individual event suggested a repeat of that final was a likely gold medal match for the Atlanta Olympics. This ended at the semi-final stage when Italy defeated an underperforming Hungarian team by a comfortable margin of 45-32.

In contrast the French team of individual finalists Laura Flessel and Valérie Barlois-Mevel backed up by Sophie Moressée-Pichot were more consistent over the event and even when they made a slow start to a match they always finished strongly. This was evident in the final where they proceeded to win 15 of the final 20 points needed to claim their victory. Hungary, four times World Champions in the proceeding five years, was upset by Russia for bronze.

Pos	Competitors	NOC
1	France	FRA	Gold
	Laura Flessel • Sophie Moressée-Pichot • Valérie Barlois-Mevel
2	Italy	ITA	Silver
	Elisa Uga • Laura Chiesa • Margherita Zalaffi
3	Russian Federation	RUS	Bronze
	Karina Aznavuryan • Mariya Mazina • Yuliya Garayeva
4	Hungary	HUN
	Adrienn Hormay • Gyöngyi Szalay-Horváth • Tímea Nagy
5	Estonia	EST
	Heidi Rohi • Maarika Võsu • Oksana Jermakova
6	Cuba	CUB
	Milagros Palma • Mirayda García • Tamara Esteri
7	Germany	GER
	Claudia Bokel • Eva-Maria Ittner • Katja Nass
8	United States	USA
	Elaine Cheris • Leslie Marx • Nhi Lan Le
9	Switzerland	SUI
	Gianna Bürki • Michèle Wolf • Sandra Kenel
10	Republic of Korea	KOR
	Kim Hui-Jeong • Go Jeong-Jeon • Lee Geum-Nam
11	Japan	JPN
	Nanae Tanaka • Noriko Kubo • Yuko Arai

Round One

Date	24 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul		Hungary	HUN				bye
Match #2	24 Jul	Piste 2	United States	USA	45 – 44	Republic of Korea	KOR
Match #3	24 Jul		Estonia	EST				bye
Match #4	24 Jul		Italy	ITA				bye
Match #5	24 Jul		Germany	GER				bye
Match #6	24 Jul	Piste 4	Russian Federation	RUS	45 – 33	Japan	JPN
Match #7	24 Jul	Piste 6	Cuba	CUB	45 – 39	Switzerland	SUI
Match #8	24 Jul		France	FRA				bye

Quarter-Finals

Date	24 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Piste 1	Hungary	HUN	45 – 25	United States	USA
Match #2	24 Jul	Piste 6	Italy	ITA	45 – 38	Estonia	EST
Match #3	24 Jul	Piste 5	Russian Federation	RUS	45 – 37	Germany	GER
Match #4	24 Jul	Piste 4	France	FRA	45 – 35	Cuba	CUB

Semi-Finals

Date	24 July 1996
Format	Winner of each match advanced to final.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Piste 4	Italy	ITA	45 – 32	Hungary	HUN
Match #2	24 Jul	Piste 2	France	FRA	45 – 39	Russian Federation	RUS

Classification Round 9-12

Date	24 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Piste 3	Switzerland	SUI	45 – 44	Japan	JPN

Classification Round 5-8

Date	24 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	24 Jul	Piste 6	Estonia	EST	45 – 38	United States	USA
Match #2	24 Jul	Piste 1	Cuba	CUB	45 – 40	Germany	GER

Final Round

Date	24 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	24 Jul	Piste 1	France	FRA	45 – 33	Italy	ITA
Match 3/4	24 Jul	Piste 1	Russian Federation	RUS	45 – 44	Hungary	HUN
Match 5/6	24 Jul	Piste 4	Estonia	EST	45 – 30	Cuba	CUB
Match 7/8	24 Jul	Piste 1	Germany	GER	45 – 37	United States	USA
Match 9/10	24 Jul	Piste 3	Switzerland	SUI	45 – 44	Republic of Korea	KOR