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 RoundSunday, 5 August 2012 09:00 Round of 16Sunday, 5 August 2012 10:30 Quarter-finalsSunday, 5 August 2012 12:00 Semi-finalsSunday, 5 August 2012 15:00 Placement 5-6 / 7-8Sunday, 5 August 2012 18:00 Bronze medal matchSunday, 5 August 2012 19:15 Final
Draw
Finals
Classification 5–8
Final classification RankTeamAthlete Valerio AspromonteAndrea BaldiniAndrea CassaràGiorgio Avola Kenta ChidaRyo MiyakeYuki OtaSuguru Awaji Sebastian BachmannPeter JoppichBenjamin KleibrinkAndré Weßels4 Miles Chamley-WatsonRace ImbodenAlexander MassialasGerek Meinhardt5 Artur AkhmatkhuzinAleksey CheremisinovRenal GaneyevAleksey Khovanskiy6 James-Andrew DavisRichard KruseHusayn RosowskyLaurence Halsted7 Lei ShengMa JianfeiZhu JunZhang Liangliang8 Erwann Le PéchouxEnzo LefortVictor SintèsMarcel Marcilloux9 Alaaeldin AbouelkassemTarek AyadSherif Farrag
References
Results