# Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

The men's team épée was one of seven fencing events on the Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth appearance of the event.
The competition was held from Saturday July 6, 1924, to Tuesday July 9, 1924. 16 teams, composed of 88 fencers, competed.

## Rosters

Each team could have up to eight members. Four were selected for each match.
Argentina :
* Luis Lucchetti
* Pedro Nazar
* Wenceslao Paunero
* Cipriano Pons
Belgium :
* Paul Anspach
* Joseph De Craecker
* Fernand de Montigny
* Charles Delporte
* Ernest Gevers
* Léon Tom
Cuba :
* Eduardo Alonso
* Ramón Fonst
* Afonso López
* Ramíro Mañalich
* Osvaldo Miranda
* Salvador Quesada
Denmark :
* Jens Berthelsen
* Ivan Osiier
* Peter Ryefelt
* Viggo Stilling-Andersen
France :
* Georges Buchard
* Roger Ducret
* Lucien Gaudin
* André Labatut
* Alexandre Lippmann
* Georgers Tainturier
Great Britain :
* Charles Biscoe
* Archibald Craig
* Robert Frater
* Martin Holt
* Robert Montgomerie
* Charles Notley
Greece :
* Konstantinos Kotzias
* Konstantinos Nikolopoulos
* Evangelos Skotidas
* Tryfon Triantafyllakos
Italy :
* Giulio Basletta
* Marcello Bertinetti
* Giovanni Canova
* Vincenzo Cuccia
* Virgilio Mantegazza
* Oreste Moricca
Netherlands :
* Wouter Brouwer
* Jan de Beaufort
* Adrianus de Jong
* Willem Hubert
* Pieter van Boven
* Henri Wijnoldy-Daniëls
Norway :
* Sigurd Akre
* Johan Falkenberg
* Raoul Heide
* Frithjof Lorentzen
Portugal :
* Henrique da Silveira
* António de Castro
* Mário de Lopez
* Paulo d'Eça
* Ruimondo Ferro
* Jorge Paiva
* Frederico Paredes
* António Leite
Spain :
* Félix de Pomés
* Juan Delgado
* Diego Díez
* Domingo García
* Jesús López de Lara
* Miguel Zabalza
Sweden :
* Gustaf Dyrssen
* Carl Gripenstedt
* Nils Hellsten
* Gustaf Lindblom
* Bertil Uggla
Switzerland :
* John Albaret
* Constantin Antoniades
* Eugène Empeyta
* Frédéric Fitting
* Henri Jacquet
United States :
* George Breed
* George Calnan
* Arthur Lyon
* Allen Milner
* William Russell
* Leon Shore
* Donald Waldhaus
Uruguay :
* Héctor Belo Herrera
* Santos Ferreira
* Domingo Mendy
* Conrado Rolando

## Results
### Round 1

The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless a match was unnecessary to determine qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to two touches.

#### Pool A

The Spain vs. Norway match was tied on bouts, 8 to 8, and touches, 19 to 19, so was scored as a draw.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | ESP | ITA | NOR |
| 1 | Spain | 1.5 | 0.5 | 17 | 15 | Q | | 9–7 | 8–8 |
| 2 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16 | Q | 7–9 | | 9–7 |
| 3 | Norway | 0.5 | 1.5 | 15 | 17 | | 8–8 | 7–9 | |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | BEL | GBR | ARG |
| 1 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | Q | | | 11–5 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | Q | | | 9–7 |
| 3 | Argentina | 0 | 2 | 12 | 20 | | 5–11 | 7–9 | |

#### Pool C

| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | FRA | USA | SWE |
| 1 | France | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | Q | | | 13–3 |
| 2 | United States | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | Q | | | 9–7 |
| 3 | Sweden | 0 | 2 | 10 | 22 | | 3–13 | 7–9 | |

#### Pool D

Portugal received the top rank over the Netherlands on touches received, 56 to 60. Uruguay topped Denmark, 64 to 65.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | POR | NED | URU | DEN |
| 1 | Portugal | 2 | 1 | 26 | 22 | Q | | 6–10 | 10–6 | 10–6 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 26 | 22 | Q | 10–6 | | 9–7 | 7–9 |
| 3 | Uruguay | 1 | 2 | 22 | 26 | | 6–10 | 7–9 | | 9–7 |
| 4 | Denmark | 1 | 2 | 22 | 26 | | 6–10 | 9–7 | 7–9 | |

#### Pool E

| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | SUI | CUB | GRE |
| 1 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | Q | | | 12–4 |
| 2 | Cuba | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | Q | | | 9–7 |
| 3 | Greece | 0 | 2 | 11 | 21 | | 4–12 | 7–9 | |

### Quarterfinals

The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless a match was unnecessary to determine qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to two touches.

#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | POR | ESP | CUB | GBR |
| 1 | Portugal | 2 | 0 | 23 | 9 | Q | | | 11–5 | 12–4 |
| 2 | Spain | 2 | 0 | 20 | 12 | Q | | | 9–7 | 11–5 |
| 3 | Cuba | 0 | 2 | 12 | 20 | | 5–11 | 7–9 | | |
| 4 | Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 9 | 23 | | 4–12 | 5–11 | | |

#### Pool B

The United States won the match against Switzerland on touches, 21 to 19.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | BEL | USA | SUI |
| 1 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | Q | | | 13–3 |
| 2 | United States | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | Q | | | 8–8 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 0 | 2 | 11 | 21 | | 3–13 | 8–8 | |

#### Pool C

| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | FRA | ITA | NED |
| 1 | France | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | Q | | | 13–3 |
| 2 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | Q | | | 10–6 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 9 | 23 | | 3–13 | 6–10 | |

### Semifinals

The top two teams in each pool advanced. Each team played each other team in its pool, unless the match was unnecessary to decide qualification. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to two touches.

#### Pool A

France was ahead of Portugal on touches received in the standings, 15 to 17.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | FRA | POR | USA |
| 1 | France | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | Q | | | 10–6 |
| 2 | Portugal | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | Q | | | 10–6 |
| 3 | United States | 0 | 2 | 12 | 20 | | 6–10 | 6–10 | |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | Qual. | ITA | BEL | ESP |
| 1 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | Q | | | 10–6 |
| 2 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | Q | | | 9–7 |
| 3 | Spain | 0 | 2 | 13 | 19 | | 6–10 | 7–9 | |

### Final

Each team played each other team. Each team match included 16 bouts: four fencers from one team faced four fencers from the other team once apiece. Bouts were to two touches. France won its bout against Italy on touches, 21 to 20.
| Pos | Team | W | L | BW | BL | FRA | BEL | ITA | POR |
| | France | 3 | 0 | 29 | 17 | | 10–5 | 8–8 | 11–4 |
| | Belgium | 2 | 1 | 25 | 22 | 5–10 | | 11–5 | 9–7 |
| | Italy | 1 | 2 | 21 | 26 | 8–8 | 5–11 | | 8–7 |
| 4 | Portugal | 0 | 3 | 18 | 28 | 4–11 | 7–9 | 7–8 | |