Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée
# Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 30 to 31 July 1980. 52 fencers from 11 nations competed.

## Results

### Round 1

**Round 1 Pool A**

In the only match in pool A, Sweden defeated Great Britain 8–3 (with one double-loss).

| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | SWE | GBR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | Q | | 8–3 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | Q | 3–8 | |

**Round 1 Pool B**

Poland and the Soviet Union each defeated Cuba, 12–4 and 15–1, respectively. The two victors then faced off. The Soviet Union won 7–5, with 2 double losses and a 64–49 touches advantage making the final two bouts unnecessary.

| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | URS | POL | CUB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 2 | 0 | 22 | 8 | Q | | 7–5 | 15–1 |
| 2 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 17 | 13 | Q | 5–7 | | 12–4 |
| 3 | Cuba | 0 | 2 | 5 | 27 | | 1–15 | 4–12 | |

**Round 1 Pool C**

Czechoslovakia and Hungary each defeated Finland, 13–3 and 8–8 (67 touches to 53), respectively. The two victors then faced off. Hungary won 9–1.

| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | HUN | TCH | FIN |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Hungary | 2 | 0 | 17 | 9 | Q | | 9–1 | 8.67–8.53 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 | 14 | 12 | Q | 1–9 | | 13–3 |
| 3 | Finland | 0 | 2 | 11 | 21 | | 8.53–8.67 | 3–13 | |

**Round 1 Pool D**

Romania and France each defeated Kuwait, 12–4 and 16–0 respectively. The winners then faced off, with France winning 9–6.

| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | FRA | ROU | KUW |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | Q | | 9–6 | 16–0 |
| 2 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 18 | 13 | Q | 6–9 | | 12–4 |
| 3 | Kuwait | 0 | 2 | 4 | 28 | | 0–16 | 4–12 | |

### Elimination rounds

**Main bracket**

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A1 | Sweden | 6 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Poland | 8 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Poland | 8 | B2 | Poland | 8 | | | |
| | | | D2 | Romania | 4 | | | |
| C1 | Hungary | 5 | D2 | Romania | 4 | | | |
| D2 | Romania | 8 | | | | | | |
| D2 | Romania | 8 | | | | B2 | Poland | 4 |
| | | | | | | A1 | France | 8 |
| C2 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | | | | | | | A1 | France | 8 |
| D1 | France | 9 | | | |
| D1 | France | 9 | C1 | France | 9 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | A1 | Soviet Union | 3 |
| A2 | Great Britain | 2 | A1 | Soviet Union | 3 | D2 | Romania | 5 |
| B1 | Soviet Union | 9 | | | | C1 | Soviet Union | 9 |

**Consolation bracket**

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A1 | Sweden | 9 | | | |
| C1 | Hungary | 4 | | | |
| C1 | Hungary | 4 | A1 | Sweden | 9 |
| | | | C2 | Czechoslovakia | 2 |
| C2 | Czechoslovakia | 9 | C2 | Czechoslovakia | 2 |
| A2 | Great Britain | 4 | Seventh place | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | | C1 | Hungary | DNS |
| | | | A2 | Great Britain | WO |
