Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

Men's team foil at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic fencing
Venue	Makuhari Messe
Date	1 August 2021
Competitors	35 from 9 nations
Medalists
Erwann Le Péchoux Enzo Lefort Julien Mertine Maxime Pauty  France Anton Borodachev Kirill Borodachev Vladislav Mylnikov Timur Safin  ROC Race Imboden Nick Itkin Alexander Massialas Gerek Meinhardt  United States
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Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Épée	men	women
Team épée	men	women
Foil	men	women
Team foil	men	women
Sabre	men	women
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The men's team foil event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 1 August 2021 at the Makuhari Messe.^[1] 27 fencers (9 teams of 3) from 9 nations are expected to compete.^[2]

Background[]

This will be the 24th appearance of the event. It was first held in 1904, but omitted in 1908 (when no foil medal events were held) and 1912 (when it was the only one of the six possible men's events not included). The men's team foil returned in 1920 and has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1920 except 2008 (during the time when team events were rotated off the schedule, with only two of the three weapons for each of the men's and women's categories).

The reigning Olympic champion is Russia (Aleksey Cheremisinov, Artur Akhmatkhuzin, and Timur Safin). The reigning World Champion is the United States (Miles Chamley-Watson, Race Imboden, Alexander Massialas, and Gerek Meinhardt). A preview from Olympics.com identified 2016 individual gold medalist Daniele Garozzo as the leader of a strong Italian team that will compete with the United States (especially 2016 silver medalist Massialas) and France (especially 2019 individual World Champion Enzo Lefort) for the team and individual medals in foil.^[3]

Qualification[]

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter a team of 3 fencers in the men's team foil. These fencers also automatically qualified for the individual event.^[2]

There are 8 dedicated quota spots for men's team foil. They are allocated as through the world team ranking list of 5 April 2021. The top 4 spots, regardless of geographic zone, qualify (United States, France, Italy, and ROC). The next four spots are allocated to separate geographic zones, as long as an NOC from that zone is in the top 16. These places went to Hong Kong (Asia/Oceania), Canada (Americas), Egypt (Africa), and Germany (Europe).^[2]

Additionally, there are 8 host/invitational spots that can be spread throughout the various fencing events.^[2] Japan qualified one men's foil fencer through normal individual qualification and used two host quota places to complete a men's foil team.

The COVID-19 pandemic delayed many of the events for qualifying for fencing, moving the close of the rankings period back to April 5, 2021 rather than the original April 4, 2020.^[2][4]

Competition format[]

The 2020 tournament is a single-elimination tournament, with classification matches for all places. Each match features the three fencers on each team competing in a round-robin, with 9 three-minute bouts to 5 points; the winning team is the one that reaches 45 total points first or is leading after the end of the nine bouts. Standard foil rules regarding target area, striking, and priority are used.^[5][6]

Schedule[]

The competition is held over a single day, Sunday, 1 August. The first session runs from 9 a.m. to approximately 4 p.m. (when all matches except the bronze and gold medal finals are expected to conclude), after which there is a break until 6:30 p.m. before the medal bouts are held.^[1]

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Results[]

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
					United States	45
					Germany	36
	Canada	31
	Germany	45
									United States	41
									ROC	45
					Hong Kong	39
					ROC	45
													ROC	28
													France	45
					Italy	43
					Japan	45
									Japan	42
									France	45			Bronze medal bout
					Egypt	34							United States	45
					France	45							Japan	31

5–8th place classification

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place bout
	Germany	45
	Hong Kong	38
					Germany
					Italy	WD
	Italy	45
	Egypt	30
					Seventh place bout
					Hong Kong	45
					Egypt	21

Final classification[]

Rank	Team	Athlete
	France	Erwann Le Péchoux Enzo Lefort Julien Mertine Maxime Pauty
	ROC	Anton Borodachev Kirill Borodachev Vladislav Mylnikov Timur Safin
	United States	Race Imboden Nick Itkin Alexander Massialas Gerek Meinhardt
4	Japan	Kyosuke Matsuyama Yudai Nagano Toshiya Saito Takahiro Shikine
5	Italy	Giorgio Avola Andrea Cassarà Alessio Foconi Daniele Garozzo
6	Germany	Peter Joppich Benjamin Kleibrink Luis Klein André Sanità
7	Hong Kong	Cheung Ka-long Cheung Siu Lun Ryan Choi Lawrence Ng
8	Egypt	Alaaeldin Abouelkassem Mohamed Hamza Mohamed Hassan Youssef Sanaa
9	Canada	Blake Broszus Alex Cai Maximilien Van Haaster

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