The men's team épée was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event.
The competition was held from Saturday July 6, 1924, to Tuesday July 9, 1924. 16 teams, composed of 88 fencers, competed.
Rosters
Each team could have up to eight members. Four were selected for each match.
+ Argentina Luis Lucchetti Pedro Nazar Wenceslao Paunero Cipriano Pons + Belgium Paul Anspach Joseph De Craecker Fernand de Montigny Charles Delporte Ernest Gevers Léon Tom + Cuba Eduardo Alonso Ramón Fonst Afonso López Ramíro Mañalich Osvaldo Miranda Salvador Quesada + Denmark Jens Berthelsen Ivan Osiier Peter Ryefelt Viggo Stilling-Andersen + France Georges Buchard Roger Ducret Lucien Gaudin André Labatut Alexandre Lippmann Georgers Tainturier + Great Britain Charles Biscoe Archibald Craig Robert Frater Martin Holt Robert Montgomerie Charles Notley + Greece Konstantinos Kotzias Konstantinos Nikolopoulos Tryfon Triantafyllakos + Italy Giulio Basletta Marcello Bertinetti Giovanni Canova Vincenzo Cuccia Virgilio Mantegazza Oreste Moricca + Netherlands Wouter Brouwer Jan de Beaufort Adrianus de Jong Willem Hubert Pieter van Boven Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls + Norway Sigurd Akre Johan Falkenberg Raoul Heide Frithjof Lorentzen + Portugal Henrique da Silveira António de Castro Mário de Lopez Paulo d'Eça Ruimondo Ferro Jorge Paiva Frederico Paredes António Leite + Spain Félix de Pomés Juan Delgado Diego Díez Domingo García Jesús López de Lara Miguel Zabalza + Sweden Gustaf Dyrssen Carl Gripenstedt Nils Hellsten Gustaf Lindblom Bertil Uggla + Switzerland John Albaret Constantin Antoniades Eugène Empeyta Frédéric Fitting Henri Jacquet + United States George Breed George Calnan Arthur Lyon Allen Milner William Russell Leon Shore Donald Waldhaus + Uruguay Héctor Belo Herrera Santos Ferreira Domingo Mendy Conrado Rolando
Results
Round 1
The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless a match was unnecessary to determine qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to two touches.
Pool A The Spain vs. Norway match was tied on bouts, 8 to 8, and touches, 19 to 19, so was scored as a draw.
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D Portugal received the top rank over the Netherlands on touches received, 56 to 60. Uruguay topped Denmark, 64 to 65.
Pool E
Quarterfinals
The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless a match was unnecessary to determine qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to two touches.
Pool A
Pool B The United States won the match against Switzerland on touches, 21 to 19.
Pool C
Semifinals
The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless the match was unnecessary to decide qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to two touches.
Pool A France was ahead of Portugal on touches received in the standings, 15 to 17.
Pool B
Final
Each team played each other team. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to two touches. France won its bout against Italy on touches, 21 to 20.
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