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

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

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.

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

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 Ke Lu
7	Belarus	Aliaksandr Buikevich Dmitry Lapkes Valery Pryiemka Aliaksei Likhacheuski
8	United States	Daryl Homer Tim Morehouse James Leighman Williams Jeff Spear

References

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