| Women's team sabre at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Carioca Arena 3 |
| Date | 13 August 2016 |
| Competitors | 30 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 women's team sabre competition in fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 13 August at the Carioca Arena 3. [1]
All times are Brasília time (UTC−3)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 13 August 2016 | 09:00 | Quarter-finals |
| Saturday, 13 August 2016 | 10:15 | Placement 5-8 |
| Saturday, 13 August 2016 | 11:30 | Semi-finals |
| Saturday, 13 August 2016 | 12:45 | Placement 5-6 |
| Saturday, 13 August 2016 | 12:45 | Placement 7-8 |
| Saturday, 13 August 2016 | 17:00 | Bronze medal match |
| Saturday, 13 August 2016 | 18:15 | Final |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 |  Russia | 45 | ||||||||||||
| 8 |  Mexico | 31 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Russia | 45 | ||||||||||||
| 4 |  United States | 42 | ||||||||||||
| 5 |  Poland | 43 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | United States | 45 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Russia | 45 | ||||||||||||
| 2 |  Ukraine | 30 | ||||||||||||
| 3 |  France | 36 | ||||||||||||
| 6 |  Italy | 45 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Italy | 42 | Third place | |||||||||||
| 2 | Ukraine | 45 | ||||||||||||
| 7 |  South Korea | 40 | 6 | Italy | 30 | |||||||||
| 2 | Ukraine | 45 | 4 | United States | 45 | |||||||||
| Placement 5-8 | Placement 5-6 | ||||||||
| Mexico | 23 | ||||||||
| Poland | 45 | ||||||||
| Poland | 41 | ||||||||
| South Korea | 45 | ||||||||
| France | 40 | ||||||||
| South Korea | 45 | Placement 7-8 | |||||||
| Mexico | 45 | ||||||||
| France | 38 | ||||||||
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