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

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
1201911
2111416
3021117

Pool 2

Belgium defeated Mexico 10–6, Denmark beat Canada 13–2, Belgium beat Canada 12–1, and Denmark defeated Mexico 9–2.
RankNationNotes
120224
220227
302817
402325

Pool 3

The United States and Luxembourg each defeated Finland.
RankNationNotes
11095
21086
3021117

Pool 4

Chile withdrew before competition, leaving France and Norway to advance.
RankNationNotes
10000
10000
30000Withdrew

Pool 5

Italy and Great Britain each defeated Brazil.
RankNationNotes
110142
21086
302822

Pool 6

Egypt and Switzerland each defeated Portugal.
RankNationNotes
110105
21086
3021118

Pool 7

Sweden and Hungary each defeated Greece.
RankNationNotes
110160
21091
302125

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
120263
2201713
302919
402724

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
1303212
2212022
3122221
4031231

Pool 3

Switzerland and Sweden each defeated Argentina.
RankNationNotes
110113
21093
302620

Pool 4

Belgium and Luxembourg each defeated the United States.
RankNationNotes
11095
21086
3021117

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
1212416
2212518
3122319
4121333

Semifinal 2

Sweden defeated Hungary 15–0, Italy beat Luxembourg 11–4, Sweden beat Luxembourg 11–3, and Italy defeated Hungary 8–1.
RankNationNotes
120263
220195
302722
402123

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
303110
212521
121826
4031229