Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

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Men's team foil
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics 7079.jpg Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics 7081.jpg
Venue ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date5 August
Competitors35 from 9 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Andrea Baldini
Giorgio Avola
Andrea Cassarà
Valerio Aspromonte
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Ryo Miyake
Yuki Ota
Kenta Chida
Suguru Awaji
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg Peter Joppich
Sebastian Bachmann
Benjamin Kleibrink
André Weßels
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
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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)

DateTimeRound
Sunday, 5 August 201209:00Round of 16
Sunday, 5 August 201210:30Quarter-finals
Sunday, 5 August 201212:00Semi-finals
Sunday, 5 August 201215:00Placement 5-6 / 7-8
Sunday, 5 August 201218:00Bronze medal match
Sunday, 5 August 201219:15Final

Draw

Finals

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
1 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 45
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 459 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 40
8 Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 33 1 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 45
5 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24
5 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 45
4 Flag of France.svg  France 39
1 Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 45
7 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 39
3 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 44
6 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 40
3 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 40 Third place
7 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (OT) 41
7 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 455 Flag of the United States.svg  United States 27
2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 30 3 Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 45

Classification 5–8

Placement 5–8 Placement 5–6
      
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 45
4 Flag of France.svg  France 29
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 35
6 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 45
6 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 45
2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 40 Placement 7–8
4 Flag of France.svg  France 33
2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 45

Final classification

RankTeamAthlete
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy Valerio Aspromonte
Andrea Baldini
Andrea Cassarà
Giorgio Avola
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Japan Kenta Chida
Ryo Miyake
Yuki Ota
Suguru Awaji
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Sebastian Bachmann
Peter Joppich
Benjamin Kleibrink
André Weßels
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States Miles Chamley-Watson
Race Imboden
Alexander Massialas
Gerek Meinhardt
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Artur Akhmatkhuzin
Aleksey Cheremisinov
Renal Ganeyev
Aleksey Khovanskiy
6Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain James-Andrew Davis
Richard Kruse
Husayn Rosowsky
Laurence Halsted
7Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Lei Sheng
Ma Jianfei
Zhu Jun
Zhang Liangliang
8Flag of France.svg  France Erwann Le Péchoux
Enzo Lefort
Victor Sintès
Marcel Marcilloux
9Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Alaaeldin Abouelkassem
Tarek Ayad
Sherif Farrag

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