| | Event type
Épée, Team, Men
| Date | 30 July 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Makuhari Messe, 2-1, Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan | |
| Participants | 34 from 9 countries | |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament. | |
The competition was won by Japan – totally surprisingly beating reigning champion France in the quarter-finals by 45-44, especially since Japan was only able to enter a men’s epee team by using their wild cards to qualify the required three fencers and the team was seeded ninth of the nine team entered. The Russian Olympic Committee took silver and South Korea bronze. Russia last medal in men’s team épée was in 1996; Japan and South Korea had never medaled in this event. The 2016 champions and silver medallist, Italy and reigning champion France, did not make it to the semifinals, and the bronze medallist of the 2016 Olympics, Hungary, did not qualify for the Olympics.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan |  JPN | Gold | |||||
| Koki Kano • Masaru Yamada • Kazuyasu Minobe • Satoru Uyama | ||||||||
| 2 | ROC |  ROC | Silver | |||||
| Pavel Sukhov • Sergey Bida • Sergey Khodos • Nikita Glazkov | ||||||||
| 3 | Republic of Korea |  KOR | Bronze | |||||
| Park Sang-Yeong • Gwon Yeong-Jun • Ma Se-Geon • Song Jae-Ho | ||||||||
| 4 | People's Republic of China |  CHN | ||||||
| Dong Chao • Lan Minghao • Wang Zijie • Shi Gaofeng (DNS) | ||||||||
| 5 | France |  FRA | ||||||
| Yannick Borel • Romain Cannone • Alexandre Bardenet • Ronan Gustin | ||||||||
| 6 | Ukraine |  UKR | ||||||
| Ihor Reizlin • Bohdan Nikishyn • Roman Svichkar • Anatoliy Herei | ||||||||
| 7 | Italy |  ITA | ||||||
| Marco Fichera • Andrea Santarelli • Enrico Garozzo • Gabriele Cimini | ||||||||
| 8 | Switzerland |  SUI | ||||||
| Max Heinzer • Benjamin Steffen • Michele Niggeler • Lucas Malcotti | ||||||||
| 9 | United States |  USA | ||||||
| Jake Hoyle • Curtis McDowald • Yeisser Ramirez • Alen Hadzic (DNS) | ||||||||
Round One
| Date | 30 July 2021 — 10:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 30 Jul | France | FRA | bye | ||||
| Match #2 | 30 Jul | Blue Piste | Japan | JPN | 45 – 39 | United States | USA | |
| Match #3 | 30 Jul | Republic of Korea | KOR | bye | ||||
| Match #4 | 30 Jul | Switzerland | SUI | bye | ||||
| Match #5 | 30 Jul | Ukraine | UKR | bye | ||||
| Match #6 | 30 Jul | People's Republic of China | CHN | bye | ||||
| Match #7 | 30 Jul | ROC | ROC | bye | ||||
| Match #8 | 30 Jul | Italy | ITA | bye |
Quarter-Finals
| Date | 30 July 2021 — 11:25 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 30 Jul | Blue Piste | Japan | JPN | 45 – 44 | France | FRA | |
| Match #2 | 30 Jul | Yellow Piste | Republic of Korea | KOR | 44 – 39 | Switzerland | SUI | |
| Match #3 | 30 Jul | Green Piste | People's Republic of China | CHN | 45 – 35 | Ukraine | UKR | |
| Match #4 | 30 Jul | Red Piste | ROC | ROC | 45 – 34 | Italy | ITA |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 30 July 2021 — 13:40 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to final pool. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 30 Jul | Yellow Piste | Japan | JPN | 45 – 38 | Republic of Korea | KOR | |
| Match #2 | 30 Jul | Red Piste | ROC | ROC | 45 – 38 | People's Republic of China | CHN |
Classification Round 5-8
| Date | 30 July 2021 — 12:45 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 30 Jul | Yellow Piste | France | FRA | 45 – 37 | Switzerland | SUI | |
| Match #2 | 30 Jul | Red Piste | Ukraine | UKR | 45 – 39 | Italy | ITA |
Final Round
| Date | 30 July 2021 |
|---|
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1/2 | 30 Jul 19:30 | Final Piste | Japan | JPN | 45 – 36 | ROC | ROC | |
| Match 3/4 | 30 Jul 18:30 | Final Piste | Republic of Korea | KOR | 45 – 42 | People's Republic of China | CHN | |
| Match 5/6 | 30 Jul | Yellow Piste | France | FRA | 45 – 39 | Ukraine | UKR | |
| Match 7/8 | 30 Jul | Red Piste | Italy | ITA | 36 – 34 | Switzerland | SUI |