The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 29 to 30 September 1988. 85 fencers from 18 nations competed.
Rosters
Bahrain Ahmed Al-Doseri Saleh Farhan Abdul Rahman Khalid Khalifa Khamis
Brazil Régis Avila Douglas Fonseca Roberto Lazzarini Antônio Machado
Canada Ian Bramall Jean-Marc Chouinard Alain Côté Michel Dessureault Danek Nowosielski
Colombia Oscar Arango William González Juan Miguel Paz Joaquin Pinto Mauricio Rivas
France Frédéric Delpla Jean-Michel Henry Olivier Lenglet Philippe Riboud Éric Srecki
Hong Kong Chan Kai Sang Choy Kam Shing Tang Wing Keung Tong King King
Hungary László Fábián Ferenc Hegedűs Ernő Kolczonay Szabolcs Pásztor Zoltán Székely
Italy Stefano Bellone Andrea Bermond Des Ambros Sandro Cuomo Angelo Mazzoni Stefano Pantano
Kuwait Mohamed Al-Hamar Younes Al-Mashmoum Nahedh Al-Murdh Khaled Jahrami
Netherlands Paul Besselink Michiel Driessen Stéphane Ganeff Arwin Kardolus Olaf Kardolus
Poland Ludomir Chronowski Witold Gadomski Piotr Kiełpikowski Cezary Siess Bogusław Zych
South Korea Jo Hui-Je Lee Il-Hui Lee Sang-Gi Yang Dal-Sik Yun Nam-jin
Soviet Union Andrey Shuvalov Pavel Kolobkov Wladimir Resnitschenko Mykhailo Tyshko Igor Tikhomirov
Spain Ángel Fernández Oscar Fernández Raúl Maroto Fernando de la Peña Manuel Pereira
Sweden Johan Bergdahl Jerri Bergström Otto Drakenberg Ulf Sandegren Péter Vánky
Switzerland Patrice Gaille André Kuhn Zsolt Madarasz Gérald Pfefferle Michel Poffet
United States Robert Marx Lee Shelley Rob Stull Stephen Trevor
West Germany Elmar Borrmann Volker Fischer Thomas Gerull Alexander Pusch Arnd Schmitt
Results
Round 1
Round 1 Pool A
The United States and West Germany each defeated Brazil, 9–1 and 9–3 respectively. The winners then faced off, with West Germany winning 9–2.
Round 1 Pool B
Canada and the Soviet Union each defeated the Netherlands, 8–7 (one double-loss) and 8–1 (one double-loss) respectively. The winners then faced off, with the Soviet Union winning 9–3.
Round 1 Pool C
Poland and France each defeated Kuwait, 9–1 and 9–0 respectively. The winners then faced off, with France winning 9–4.
Round 1 Pool D
South Korea and Italy each defeated Spain, 9–7 and 8–5 (one double-loss) respectively. The winners then faced off, with Italy winning 8–6 (with an insurmountable 61–50 touch lead).
Round 1 Pool E
Colombia and Switzerland each defeated Hong Kong, 9–2 and 9–1 respectively. The winners then faced off, with Switzerland winning 8–7 (one double-loss).
Round 1 Pool F
Sweden and Hungary each defeated Bahrain, 9–3 and 9–1 respectively. The winners then faced off, with Hungary winning 9–3.
Elimination rounds
Main bracket
Consolation bracket
References