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

Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Épée	men	women
Team épée		women
Foil	men	women
Team foil	men	women
Sabre	men	women
Team sabre	men

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

• Results Archived 2013-01-03 at archive.today