Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

Men's team épée
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueWembley Palace of Engineering, London
Dates5–6 August
Competitors113 from 21 nations
Medalists
Henri Guérin
Henri Lepage
Marcel Desprets
Michel Pécheux
Édouard Artigas
Maurice Huet
 France
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Carlo Agostoni
Dario Mangiarotti
Gino Cantone
Marco Antonio Mandruzzato
Fiorenzo Marini
 Italy
Sven Thofelt
Per Carleson
Frank Cervell
Carl Forssell
Bengt Ljungquist
Arne Tollbom
 Sweden

The men's team épée was one of seven fencing events on the fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighth appearance of the event. The competition was held from 5 August 1948 to 6 August 1948. 113 fencers from 21 nations competed.

The competition format continued the pool play round-robin from prior years. Each of the four fencers from one team would face each of the four from the other, for a total of 16 bouts per match. Bouts were to three touches. The team that won more bouts won the match, with competition potentially stopping when one team reached 9 points out of the possible 16 (this did not always occur and matches sometimes continued). If the bouts were 8–8, touches received was used to determine the winning team. (Because double-loss bouts were possible, these victory conditions were adjusted where necessary.) Pool matches unnecessary to the result were not played.

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