Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

Men's team foil at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	5 August
Competitors	35 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
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Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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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.

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)

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					Placement 5–6
	9	Great Britain	45
	4	France	29
						9	Great Britain	35
						6	Russia	45
	6	Russia	45
	2	China	40			Placement 7–8
						4	France	33
						2	China	45

Final classification[]

Rank	Team	Athlete
	Italy	Valerio Aspromonte Andrea Baldini Andrea Cassarà Giorgio Avola
	Japan	Kenta Chida Ryo Miyake Yuki Ota Suguru Awaji
	Germany	Sebastian Bachmann Peter Joppich Benjamin Kleibrink André Weßels
4	United States	Miles Chamley-Watson Race Imboden Alexander Massialas Gerek Meinhardt
5	Russia	Artur Akhmatkhuzin Aleksey Cheremisinov Renal Ganeyev Aleksey Khovanskiy
6	Great Britain	James-Andrew Davis Richard Kruse Husayn Rosowsky Laurence Halsted
7	China	Lei Sheng Ma Jianfei Zhu Jun Zhang Liangliang
8	France	Erwann Le Péchoux Enzo Lefort Victor Sintès Marcel Marcilloux
9	Egypt	Alaaeldin Abouelkassem Tarek Ayad Sherif Farrag

References[]

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