Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

Men's team foil
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date5 August
Competitors35 from 9 nations
Medalists
   Italy
   Japan
   Germany
Fencing at the
2012 Summer Olympics

Épée   men   women
Team épée women
Foil men women
Team foil men women
Sabre men women
Team sabre men

The men's team foil competition in fencing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on 5 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

Twenty-eight fencers from nine countries competed.

Format

Great Britain, as hosts, were allowed to enter a team in any event they chose. They entered a team in this competition, and fenced against the 8th-seeded Egyptian team, with the winning team joining the seven other teams in the main quarter-final draw. Quarter-final losers continued fencing to determine ranking spots for fifth through eighth, while the quarter-final winners met in the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-final bouts competed for the gold medal, while the losing teams competed for the bronze.

Team events competed to a maximum of 45 touches.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 5 August 2012 09:00 Round of 16
Sunday, 5 August 2012 10:30 Quarter-finals
Sunday, 5 August 2012 12:00 Semi-finals
Sunday, 5 August 2012 15:00 Placement 5-6 / 7-8
Sunday, 5 August 2012 18:00 Bronze medal match
Sunday, 5 August 2012 19:15 Final

Draw

Finals

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
      
         1   Italy 45  
9   Great Britain 45     9   Great Britain 40  
8   Egypt 33       1   Italy 45  
           5   United States 24  
         5   United States 45  
         4   France 39  
           1   Italy 45
           7   Japan 39
         3   Germany 44  
         6   Russia 40  
           3   Germany 40   Third place
           7   Japan (OT) 41  
         7   Japan 45   5   United States 27
         2   China 30   3   Germany 45
      

Classification 5–8

  Placement 5–8            
  9   Great Britain 45  
  4   France 29   Placement 5–6
      9   Great Britain 35
  Placement 5–8   6   Russia 45
  6   Russia 45
  2   China 40   Placement 7–8
    4   France 33
    2   China 45

Final classification

RankTeamAthlete
1st ItalyValerio Aspromonte
Andrea Baldini
Andrea Cassarà
Giorgio Avola
2nd JapanKenta Chida
Ryo Miyake
Yuki Ota
Suguru Awaji
3rd GermanySebastian Bachmann
Peter Joppich
Benjamin Kleibrink
André Weßels
4 United StatesMiles Chamley-Watson
Race Imboden
Alexander Massialas
Gerek Meinhardt
5 RussiaArtur Akhmatkhuzin
Aleksey Cheremisinov
Renal Ganeyev
Aleksey Khovanskiy
6 Great BritainJames-Andrew Davis
Richard Kruse
Husayn Rosowsky
Laurence Halsted
7 ChinaLei Sheng
Ma Jianfei
Zhu Jun
Zhang Liangliang
8 FranceErwann Le Péchoux
Enzo Lefort
Victor Sintès
Marcel Marcilloux
9 EgyptAlaaeldin Abouelkassem
Tarek Ayad
Sherif Farrag

References

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