Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

The men's team sabre fencing competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place on August 17 at the Olympic Green Convention Centre.

Men's team sabre at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Green Convention Centre
Date	17 August 2008
Competitors	25 from 8 nations
Medalists
Nicolas Lopez Julien Pillet Boris Sanson  France Tim Morehouse Jason Rogers Keeth Smart James Williams  United States Aldo Montano Diego Occhiuzzi Giampiero Pastore Luigi Tarantino  Italy

Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Épée	men	women
Team épée	men
Foil	men	women
Team foil		women
Sabre	men	women
Team sabre	men	women

The team sabre competition consisted of a three-round single-elimination bracket with a bronze medal match between the two semifinal losers and classification semifinals and finals for 5th to 8th places. Teams consist of three members each. Matches consist of nine bouts, with every fencer on one team facing each fencer on the other team. Scoring carried over between bouts with a total of 45 touches being the team goal. Bouts lasted until one team reached the target multiple of 5 touches. For example, if the first bout ended with a score of 5-3, that score would remain into the next bout and the second bout would last until one team reached 10 touches. Bouts also had a maximum time of three minutes each; if the final bout ended before either team reached 45 touches, the team leading at that point won. A tie at that point would result in an additional one-minute sudden-death time period. This sudden-death period was further modified by the selection of a draw-winner beforehand; if neither fencer scored a touch during the minute, the predetermined draw-winner won the bout.