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

The men's team sabre competition in fencing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on 3 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

Men's team sabre at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Medal winners on the podium
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	3 August
Competitors	31 from 8 nations
Medalists
Gu Bon-gil Won Woo-young Kim Jung-hwan Oh Eun-seok  South Korea Rareș Dumitrescu Tiberiu Dolniceanu Florin Zalomir Alexandru Sirițeanu  Romania Diego Occhuizzi Aldo Montano Luigi Samele Luigi Tarantino  Italy
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Competition format

This team event featured eight national teams. Great Britain, as hosts were allowed to enter a team in any event they chose, however they chose not to enter this event. First round 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)

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 3 August 2012	09:00	Qualifications and finals

Draw

Finals

	Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Russia	45
	8	United States	33
						1	Russia	43
						4	Romania	45
	5	China	30
	4	Romania	45
											4	Romania	26
											6	South Korea	45
	3	Germany	38
	6	South Korea	45
						6	South Korea	45			Third place
						7	Italy	37
	7	Italy	45								1	Russia	40
	2	Belarus	44								7	Italy	45

Classification 5–8

	Placement 5–8					Placement 5–6
	8	United States	28
	5	China	45
						5	China	30
						3	Germany	45
	3	Germany	45
	2	Belarus	40			Placement 7–8
						8	United States	35
						2	Belarus	45

Final classification

Rank	Team	Athlete
	South Korea	Gu Bon-gil Kim Jung-hwan Won Woo-young Oh Eun-seok
	Romania	Tiberiu Dolniceanu Rareș Dumitrescu Florin Zalomir Alexandru Sirițeanu
	Italy	Aldo Montano Diego Occhiuzzi Luigi Tarantino Luigi Samele
4	Russia	Nikolay Kovalev Veniamin Reshetnikov Aleksey Yakimenko
5	Germany	Max Hartung Nicolas Limbach Benedikt Wagner Björn Hübner
6	China	Liu Xiao Wang Jingzhi Zhong Man Jiang Kelü
7	Belarus	Aliaksandr Buikevich Dmitry Lapkes Valery Pryiemka Aliaksei Likhacheuski
8	United States	Daryl Homer Tim Morehouse James Leighman Williams Jeff Spear