| Men's team foil at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Carioca Arena 3 |
| Date | 12 August 2016 |
| Competitors | 31 from 8 nations |
| Medalists | |
| Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Qualification | ||
| Épée | men | women |
| Team épée | men | women |
| Foil | men | women |
| Team foil | men | |
| Sabre | men | women |
| Team sabre | women | |
The men's team foil competition in fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 12 August at the Carioca Arena 3.
All times are Brasília time (UTC−3)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 12 August 2016 | 9:00 | Quarter-finals |
| Friday, 12 August 2016 | 10:30 | Placement 5-8 |
| Friday, 12 August 2016 | 12:00 | Semi-finals |
| Friday, 12 August 2016 | 13:15 | Fifth place |
| Friday, 12 August 2016 | 13:15 | Seventh place |
| Friday, 12 August 2016 | 17:00 | Bronze medal match |
| Friday, 12 August 2016 | 18:30 | Final |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Italy | 45 | ||||||||||||
| 8 |  Brazil | 27 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Italy | 30 | ||||||||||||
| 4 |  France | 45 | ||||||||||||
| 5 |  China | 42 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | France | 45 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | France | 41 | ||||||||||||
| 3 |  Russia | 45 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Russia | 45 | ||||||||||||
| 6 |  Great Britain | 43 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Russia | 45 | Third place | |||||||||||
| 2 |  United States | 41 | ||||||||||||
| 7 |  Egypt | 37 | 1 | Italy | 31 | |||||||||
| 2 | United States | 45 | 2 | United States | 45 | |||||||||
| Placement 5–8 | Fifth place | ||||||||
| 8 | Brazil | 41 | |||||||
| 5 | China | 43 | |||||||
| 5 | China | 45 | |||||||
| 6 | Great Britain | 38 | |||||||
| 6 | Great Britain | 45 | |||||||
| 7 | Egypt | 43 | Seventh place | ||||||
| 8 | Brazil | 39 | |||||||
| 7 | Egypt | 45 | |||||||
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