Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil
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.
Men's team foil at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | ExCeL Exhibition Centre | ||||||||||||
Date | 5 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 35 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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Épée | men | women |
Team épée | women | |
Foil | men | women |
Team foil | men | women |
Sabre | men | women |
Team sabre | men | |
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)
Date | Time | Round |
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Sunday, 5 August 2012 | 09:00 | Round of 16 |
Sunday, 5 August 2012 | 10:30 | Quarter-finals |
Sunday, 5 August 2012 | 12:00 | Semi-finals |
Sunday, 5 August 2012 | 15:00 | Placement 5-6 / 7-8 |
Sunday, 5 August 2012 | 18:00 | Bronze medal match |
Sunday, 5 August 2012 | 19:15 | Final |
Draw
Finals
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||||||
1 | Italy | 45 | ||||||||||||||||
9 | Great Britain | 45 | 9 | Great Britain | 40 | |||||||||||||
8 | Egypt | 33 | 1 | Italy | 45 | |||||||||||||
5 | United States | 24 | ||||||||||||||||
5 | United States | 45 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | France | 39 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Italy | 45 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Japan | 39 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Germany | 44 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Russia | 40 | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Germany | 40 | Third place | |||||||||||||||
7 | Japan (OT) | 41 | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Japan | 45 | 5 | United States | 27 | |||||||||||||
2 | China | 30 | 3 | Germany | 45 | |||||||||||||
Classification 5–8
Placement 5–8 | |||||||||
9 | Great Britain | 45 | |||||||
4 | France | 29 | Placement 5–6 | ||||||
9 | Great Britain | 35 | |||||||
Placement 5–8 | 6 | Russia | 45 | ||||||
6 | Russia | 45 | |||||||
2 | China | 40 | Placement 7–8 | ||||||
4 | France | 33 | |||||||
2 | China | 45 |