The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 30 to 31 July 1980. 52 fencers from 11 nations competed.
Rosters
Cuba Efigenio Favier Guillermo Betancourt Heriberto González Pedro Hernández
Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Jurka Jaromír Holub Jiří Douba Jiří Adam Oldřich Kubišta
Finland Heikki Hulkkonen Kimmo Puranen Peter Grönholm Peder Planting Mikko Salminen
France Philippe Boisse Hubert Gardas Philippe Riboud Patrick Picot Michel Salesse
Great Britain Steven Paul John Llewellyn Neal Mallett Rob Bruniges
Hungary Ernő Kolczonay István Osztrics László Pető Jenő Pap Péter Takács
Kuwait Ebrahim Al-Cattan Osama Al-Khurafi Mohamed Al-Thuwani Kazem Hasan Kifah Al-Mutawa
Poland Andrzej Lis Marius Strzalka Leszek Swornowski Ludomir Chronowski Piotr Jabłkowski
Romania Ioan Popa Octavian Zidaru Anton Pongratz Costică Bărăgan
Soviet Union Ashot Karagyan Aleksandr Abushakhmetov Aleksandr Mozhayev Boris Lukomsky Volodymyr Smyrnov
Sweden Johan Harmenberg Rolf Edling Leif Högström Göran Malkar Hans Jacobson
Results
Round 1
Round 1 Pool A
In the only match in pool A, Sweden defeated Great Britain 8–3 (with one double-loss).
Round 1 Pool B
Poland and the Soviet Union each defeated Cuba, 12–4 and 15–1, respectively. The two victors then faced off. The Soviet Union won 7–5, with 2 double losses and a 64–49 touches advantage making the final two bouts unnecessary.
Round 1 Pool C
Czechoslovakia and Hungary each defeated Finland, 13–3 and 8–8 (67 touches to 53), respectively. The two victors then faced off. Hungary won 9–1.
Round 1 Pool D
Romania and France each defeated Kuwait, 12–4 and 16–0 respectively. The winners then faced off, with France winning 9–6.
Elimination rounds
Main bracket
Consolation bracket
References