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
VenueExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date5 August
Competitors35 from 9 nations
Medalists
Andrea Baldini
Giorgio Avola
Andrea Cassarà
Valerio Aspromonte
 Italy
Ryo Miyake
Yuki Ota
Kenta Chida
Suguru Awaji
 Japan
Peter Joppich
Sebastian Bachmann
Benjamin Kleibrink
André Weßels
 Germany

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
Sunday, 5 August 201209:00Round of 16
Sunday, 5 August 201210:30Quarter-finals
Sunday, 5 August 201212:00Semi-finals
Sunday, 5 August 201215:00Placement 5-6 / 7-8
Sunday, 5 August 201218:00Bronze medal match
Sunday, 5 August 201219:15Final

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

Final classification

RankTeamAthlete
 ItalyValerio Aspromonte
Andrea Baldini
Andrea Cassarà
Giorgio Avola
 JapanKenta Chida
Ryo Miyake
Yuki Ota
Suguru Awaji
 GermanySebastian Bachmann
Peter Joppich
Benjamin Kleibrink
André Weßels
4 United StatesMiles Chamley-Watson
Race Imboden
Alexander Massialas
Gerek Meinhardt
5 RussiaArtur Akhmatkhuzin
Aleksey Cheremisinov
Renal Ganeyev
Aleksey Khovanskiy
6 Great BritainJames-Andrew Davis
Richard Kruse
Husayn Rosowsky
Laurence Halsted
7 ChinaLei Sheng
Ma Jianfei
Zhu Jun
Zhang Liangliang
8 FranceErwann Le Péchoux
Enzo Lefort
Victor Sintès
Marcel Marcilloux
9 EgyptAlaaeldin Abouelkassem
Tarek Ayad
Sherif Farrag

References

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