The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics programme. It was the thirteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 24 to 25 October 1968. 91 fencers from 20 nations competed. For the first time in 60 years, Italy failed to finish in the top three positions.
Rosters
Argentina Guillermo Saucedo Alberto Balestrini Guillermo Obeid Omar Vergara
Australia Russell Hobby Peter Macken Graeme Jennings Bill Ronald Duncan Page
Austria Udo Birnbaum Roland Losert Herbert Polzhuber Frank Battig
Brazil Arthur Ribeiro Darío Amaral José Maria Pereira Carlos Couto
Canada Peter Bakonyi John Andru Magdy Conyd Gerry Wiedel
Cuba Orlando Ruíz Gustavo Oliveros Manuel González José Antonio Díaz
East Germany Bernd Uhlig Klaus Dumke Harry Fiedler Hans-Peter Schulze
France François Jeanne Claude Bourquard Yves Boissier Jacques La Degaillerie Jean-Pierre Allemand
Great Britain Nick Halsted Teddy Bourne Bill Hoskyns Ralph Johnson Peter Jacobs
Hungary Zoltán Nemere Győző Kulcsár Pál B. Nagy Csaba Fenyvesi Pál Schmitt
Ireland John Bouchier-Hayes Fionbarr Farrell Michael Ryan Colm O'Brien
Italy Gianfranco Paolucci Claudio Francesconi Giovanni Battista Breda Gianluigi Saccaro Antonio Albanese
Mexico Carlos Calderón Valeriano Pérez Jorge Castillejos Ernesto Fernández
Poland Bohdan Andrzejewski Michał Butkiewicz Bogdan Gonsior Henryk Nielaba Kazimierz Barburski
Portugal Hélder Reis José Pinheiro João de Abreu Francisco da Silva
Soviet Union Grigory Kriss Viktor Modzolevsky Iosif Vitebsky Aleksey Nikanchikov Yury Smolyakov
Sweden Dicki Sörensen Orvar Lindwall Carl von Essen Lars-Erik Larsson Rolf Edling
Switzerland Denys Chamay Peter Lötscher Christian Kauter Alexandre Bretholz Michel Steininger
United States Paul Pesthy Stephen Netburn David Micahnik Daniel Cantillon Robert Beck
West Germany Dieter Jung Franz Rompza Fritz Zimmermann Max Geuter Paul Gnaier
Results
Round 1
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Pool E
Elimination rounds
Main bracket
Consolation
Final ranking
Rank Nation 4 5 6 7 9 11 16
References