Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée


The men's team épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 5 August 1948 to 6 August 1948. 113 fencers from 21 nations competed.
The competition format continued the pool play round-robin from prior years. Each of the four fencers from one team would face each of the four from the other, for a total of 16 bouts per match. Bouts were to three touches. The team that won more bouts won the match, with competition potentially stopping when one team reached 9 points out of the possible 16. If the bouts were 8–8, touches received was used to determine the winning team. Pool matches unnecessary to the result were not played.

Rosters

;Argentina
;Belgium
;Brazil
;Canada
;Cuba
;Denmark
;Egypt
;Finland
;France
;Great Britain
;Greece
;Hungary
;Italy
;Luxembourg
;Mexico
;Norway
;Poland
;Portugal
;Sweden
;Switzerland
;United States

Results

Round 1

The top two teams in each pool advanced to round 2.

Pool 1

Argentina beat Poland 10–6, Poland beat Cuba 8–6, and Argentina beat Cuba 9–5.
RankNationNotes
1Argentina|1948 Summertooltip|Q|Qualified for round 2

Pool 2

Belgium defeated Mexico 10–6, Denmark beat Canada 13–2, Belgium beat Canada 12–1, and Denmark defeated Mexico 9–2.
RankNationNotes
1Denmark|1948 Summertooltip|Q|Qualified for round 2

Pool 3

The United States and Luxembourg each defeated Finland.
RankNationNotes
1United States|1948 Summertooltip|Q|Qualified for round 2

Pool 4

Chile withdrew before competition, leaving France and Norway to advance.
RankNationNotes
1France|1948 Summertooltip|Q|Qualified for round 2

Pool 5

Italy and Great Britain each defeated Brazil.
RankNationNotes
1Italy|1948 Summertooltip|Q|Qualified for round 2

Pool 6

Egypt and Switzerland each defeated Portugal.
RankNationNotes
1Egypt|1948 Summertooltip|Q|Qualified for round 2

Pool 7

Sweden and Hungary each defeated Greece.
RankNationNotes
1Sweden|1948 Summertooltip|Q|Qualified for round 2

Round 2

The top two teams in each pool advanced to the semifinals.

Pool 1

Italy beat Poland 14–1, Hungary beat Norway 7–7, Italy beat Norway 12–2, and Hungary beat Poland 10–6.
RankNationNotes
1Italy|1948 Summertooltip|Q|Qualified for semifinals

Pool 2

France defeated Denmark 12–4, Egypt beat Great Britain 11–5, France beat Great Britain 12–3, Denmark beat Egypt 8–6, France defeated Egypt 8–5, and Denmark defeated Great Britain 8–4.
RankNationNotes
1France|1948 Summertooltip|Q|Qualified for semifinals

Pool 3

Switzerland and Sweden each defeated Argentina.
RankNationNotes
1Switzerland|1948 Summertooltip|Q|Qualified for semifinals

Pool 4

Belgium and Luxembourg each defeated the United States.
RankNationNotes
1Belgium|1948 Summertooltip|Q|Qualified for semifinals

Semifinals

The top two teams in each pool advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

This semifinal was one of the more chaotic of the tournament, as Belgium defeated the heavy favorite France but also lost to the last-place Switzerland.
Denmark beat Poland 7–6, France beat Switzerland 12–3, Belgium defeated France 10–5, Denmark beat Switzerland 12–3, Switzerland beat Belgium 7–7, and France beat Denmark 7–5.
RankNationNotes
1Denmark|1948 Summertooltip|Q|Qualified for final

Semifinal 2

Sweden defeated Hungary 15–0, Italy beat Luxembourg 11–4, Sweden beat Luxembourg 11–3, and Italy defeated Hungary 8–1.
RankNationNotes
1Sweden|1948 Summertooltip|Q|Qualified for final

Final

In the first pairings, France defeated Sweden 11–4 and Italy beat Denmark 12–4. The second pairings saw the favorites again win, with France 9–1 over Denmark and Italy 8–6 over Sweden. The Sweden-Denmark match was thus a de facto bronze medal match, with Sweden winning 8–7. France defeated Italy 11–5 to take the gold medal.
RankNation
France|1948 Summersilver02