| | Event type
Épée, Team, Men
| Date | 15 August 2008 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Guojia Huiyi Zhongxin, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing | |
| Participants | 32 from 9 countries | |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament. | |
The French team of Jérôme Jeannet, his brother Fabrice Jeannet, who won the silver medal in the Individual event, and Ulrich Robeiri had little trouble extending their winning run of World and Olympic championships that started at the Athina Olympics. They disposed of Venezuela and Italy before defeating Poland by 45-29 in the final. The Jeannet brothers were also members of the victorious team in 2004. Fabrice ended his career after Beijing while elder brother Jérôme fenced on until 2010.
| Pos | Seed | Competitors | NOC | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | France |  FRA | Gold | |||||
| Fabrice Jeannet • Jérôme Jeannet • Ulrich Robeiri | |||||||||
| 2 | 4 | Poland |  POL | Silver | |||||
| Robert Andrzejuk • Tomasz Motyka • Adam Wiercioch • Radosław Zawrotniak | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Italy |  ITA | Bronze | |||||
| Diego Confalonieri • Alfredo Rota • Matteo Tagliariol • Stefano Carozzo | |||||||||
| 4 | 8 | People's Republic of China |  CHN | ||||||
| Dong Guotao • Li Guojie • Wang Lei • Yin Lianchi | |||||||||
| 5 | 1 | Hungary |  HUN | ||||||
| Gábor Boczkó • Géza Imre • Iván Kovács • Krisztián Kulcsár | |||||||||
| 6 | 7 | Venezuela |  VEN | ||||||
| Silvio Fernández Briceño • Francisco Limardo • Rubén Limardo | |||||||||
| 7 | 5 | Ukraine |  UKR | ||||||
| Dmytro Chumak • Maksym Khvorost • Vitaliy Medvediev • Bohdan Nikishyn | |||||||||
| 8 | 6 | Republic of Korea |  KOR | ||||||
| Jeong Jin-Seon • Kim Seung-Gu • Kim Won-Jin | |||||||||
| 9 | 9 | South Africa |  RSA | ||||||
| Given Maduma • Dario Torrente • Mike Wood | |||||||||
Round One
| Date | 15 August 2008 — 9:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to quarter-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 15 Aug | Hungary | HUN | bye | ||||
| Match #2 | 15 Aug 9:00 | Piste Yellow | People's Republic of China (8) | CHN | 45 – 28 | South Africa (9) | RSA | |
| Match #3 | 15 Aug | Ukraine | UKR | bye | ||||
| Match #4 | 15 Aug | Poland | POL | bye | ||||
| Match #5 | 15 Aug | Italy | ITA | bye | ||||
| Match #6 | 15 Aug | Republic of Korea | KOR | bye | ||||
| Match #7 | 15 Aug | Venezuela | VEN | bye | ||||
| Match #8 | 15 Aug | France | FRA | bye |
Quarter-Finals
| Date | 15 August 2008 — 11:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to semi-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors (Seed) | NOC | Result | Competitors (Seed) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 15 Aug 11:00 | Piste Yellow | People's Republic of China (8) | CHN | 45 – 43 | Hungary (1) | HUN | |
| Match #2 | 15 Aug 11:00 | Piste Red | Poland (4) | POL | 45 – 37 | Ukraine (5) | UKR | |
| Match #3 | 15 Aug 11:00 | Piste Blue | Italy (3) | ITA | 45 – 37 | Republic of Korea (6) | KOR | |
| Match #4 | 15 Aug 11:00 | Piste Green | France (2) | FRA | 45 – 33 | Venezuela (7) | VEN |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 15 August 2008 — 14:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Winner of each match advanced to final pool. |
| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors (Seed) | NOC | Result | Competitors (Seed) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 15 Aug 14:00 | Piste Yellow | Poland (4) | POL | 45 – 44 | People's Republic of China (8) | CHN | |
| Match #2 | 15 Aug 14:00 | Piste Blue | France (2) | FRA | 45 – 39 | Italy (3) | ITA |
Classification Round 5-8
| Date | 15 August 2008 — 12:30 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors (Seed) | NOC | Result | Competitors (Seed) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 15 Aug 12:30 | Piste Blue | Hungary (1) | HUN | 41 – 29 | Ukraine (5) | UKR | |
| Match #2 | 15 Aug 12:30 | Piste Yellow | Venezuela (7) | VEN | 45 – 38 | Republic of Korea (6) | KOR |
Final Round
| Date | 15 August 2008 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitors (Seed) | NOC | Result | Competitors (Seed) | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1/2 | 15 Aug 19:30 | Piste Final | France (2) | FRA | 45 – 29 | Poland (4) | POL | |
| Match 3/4 | 15 Aug 18:00 | Piste Final | Italy (3) | ITA | 45 – 35 | People's Republic of China (8) | CHN | |
| Match 5/6 | 15 Aug 15:30 | Piste Yellow | Hungary (1) | HUN | 40 – 25 | Venezuela (7) | VEN | |
| Match 7/8 | 15 Aug 15:30 | Piste Blue | Ukraine (5) | UKR | 41 – 39 | Republic of Korea (6) | KOR |