Dates July 24 (final) | Competitors 45 from 9 nations | |
Venue Franco-British Exhibition fencing grounds | ||
The men's team épée was one of four fencing events on the Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The event was won by the French team, who also swept the medals in the individual épée event.
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Play-in match
The first bout was a play-in match between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
First round
Winners advanced, losers out. The team that was defeated by the eventual champions moved to the repechage.
Semifinals
Winners advanced to play for the gold medal, loser to eventual champion was sent to repechage.
Final
The winner received the gold medal, while the loser had to play the winner of the repechage in the silver medal match.
Repechage
Denmark and Great Britain had been defeated by France, the winner of the final, in the first two rounds. The two teams faced each other for the right to advance to the silver medal match against the loser of the final.
Silver medal match
The winner took the silver medal, with loser receiving bronze. The final three individual bouts of the match were not played, as Belgium was then down by 4 and unable to tie up the contest. Under Rule 50 of the competition, the decision whether to continue or not was given to the Belgian team captain, who elected not to finish the contest.