| Men's team épée at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Carioca Arena 3 | ||||||||||||
| Date | 14 August 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 35 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| 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 épée competition in fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 14 August at the Carioca Arena 3. [1]
All times are Brasília time (UTC−3)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 14 August 2016 | 09:00 | Round of 16 |
| Sunday, 14 August 2016 | 10:30 | Quarter-finals |
| Sunday, 14 August 2016 | 12:00 | Placement 5-8 |
| Sunday, 14 August 2016 | 13:15 | Semi-finals |
| Sunday, 14 August 2016 | 14:30 | Placement 5-6 |
| Sunday, 14 August 2016 | 14:30 | Placement 7-8 |
| Sunday, 14 August 2016 | 17:00 | Bronze medal match |
| Sunday, 14 August 2016 | 18:30 | Final |
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
 France | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Brazil | 25 |  Venezuela | 29 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | 45 | France | 45 | ||||||||||||||||
 Hungary | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||
 South Korea | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||
| France | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Italy | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Switzerland | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 45 | Third place | |||||||||||||||||
 Ukraine | 33 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Russia | 32 | Hungary | 39 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 45 | Ukraine | 37 | ||||||||||||||||
| Placement 5–8 | Placement 5–6 | ||||||
| Venezuela | 40 | ||||||
| South Korea | 45 | ||||||
| South Korea | 45 | ||||||
| Switzerland | 36 | ||||||
| Switzerland | 45 | ||||||
| Russia | 28 | Placement 7–8 | |||||
| Venezuela | 30 | ||||||
| Russia | 36 | ||||||
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